SEARCHING THE INTERNET

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SEARCHING THE INTERNET
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WHO CAN SEARCH?

• Students with a signed permission form with them.

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WHERE CAN YOU SEARCH?

• Access only those sites approved by your teacher

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FOR WHAT DO YOU SEARCH?

• Information for school-related tasks only

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HOW DO YOU SEARCH?

• 1. Go to the FCPS Portal Page -
• http//fcps.org/portals/ms.htm

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USE SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

• Access Science
• American National Biography
• Authors 4 Teens
• Bridges
• Issues Controversies

• Sirs Discoverer
• Sirs Knowledge Source
• Student Resource Center
• Worldbook Online

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USE FREE SITES

• OTHER REFERENCE SITES
• CURRENT EVENTS
• HOMEWORK HELP FOR KIDS
• SEARCH ENGINES

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USE ONLY THESE SEARCH ENGINES

• ASK JEEVES FOR KIDS - type a question
• CYBERSLEUTH KIDS
• KIDS CLICK! - run by librarians
• ONE KEY - Google
• YAHOOLIGANS - Yahoo

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SEARCHING TIPS

• Type in a key word (Ask Jeeves is the only search
  engine where you type in a question)
• Use Boolean Logic
• and (narrows)
• or (broadens)
• quotation marks
• lost continent

PLATO
ATLANTIS
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EVALUATING YOUR SEARCH RESULTS

• Look at the address (URL)
• www.discoverychannel.com

World wide web
Name of the site
domain
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EVALUATING YOUR SEARCH RESULTS

• Check the domain
• com - commercial
• org - organization
• net - network
• int - international
• edu - education
• gov - government
• mil - military

• Which domains would be the most reliable?
• edu
• gov
• mil

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EVALUATING YOUR SEARCH RESULTS

• Also check
• Author - expert, authority, who is it?
• Date - how old is the information?, is it
  up-to-date?
• Bias - facts or opinion
• Double check
• find the same facts in a print source