Using the National Centers Web Site

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Using the National Centers Web Site

• Presented by Yonca Ural, M.A.
• National Center for Mental Health Promotion and
  Youth Violence Prevention
• Education Development Center, Inc.

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Objectives

• Participants will be able to use the tools and
  resources available on the MHPYVP website to
• Conduct research
• Stay up to date with relevant news and funding
  information
• Engage in online discussion with peers, experts,
  and technical assistance specialists

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Quick Tour of the Web Site

• http//www.promoteprevent.org
• Grantee and Technical Assistance Specialist info
• Resources
• News
• Events
• Online Discussion

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Resources

• Center briefs
• Annotated bibliographies
• Funding resources
• Conference materials
• Virtual library

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Online Discussion Board

• Login information
• Using the discussion board
• Discussion board guidelines
• Practice

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Using the Web to Conduct Research

• Search Engines
• Google (crawler)
• Alltheweb (crawler)
• Dogpile (searches several engines at once)
• Yahoo (directory search)

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Using the Web to Conduct Research

• Be specific
• Use lower-case letters
• Use quotes
• Use Boolean searches
• Truncate
• Try several search engines
• Use online help