Successful Searching

Dover School DistrictSummer 2011

Successful SearchingStacy Billet

AgendaEducationally sound websitesSocial Bookmarking SitesWorks Cited Page in Microsoft WordTime to browse internet

How to Tell if a Website is ReliableWho wrote the site?Who published the site?What is the main purpose of the site?Who is the intended audience?What is the quality of information on the

website?

Who wrote the site?Look for an “About” or “More About the

Author” link on the webpage.If no information is provided, be suspicious.Should show credentials or expertise about

topic.Try “googling” the author.

What type of websites are associated with the name.

Is the author affiliated with any education institutions?

Who published the site?Look at the domain name of the website (this

will tell you who is hosting the site)Do a search on the domain name at

http://www.whois.sc/ Do not ignore the suffix on the domain name.

--.edu = educational --.gov = government

--.com = commercial --.org = nonprofit

--.mil = military

What is the main purpose of the site?Possible Purposes:To sell a product, as a personal hobby, as a

public service, to further scholarship on a topic, to provide general information on a topic, to persuade you of a particular point of view.

How to find out?Scan the homepage of the website.

Is there a lot of advertising, does it appear to be professionally designed, is the writing trying to persuade you to buy something.

Who is the intended audience?Scholars or the general public?Which age group is it written for?Is it aimed at people from a particular

geographic area?Is it aimed at members of a particular

profession or with specific training?

What is the quality of information on the website?

Timeliness—when was it first published and has it been updated?

Does the author cite sources?What type of other sites does the website link

to?What type of sites link to the website you’re

evaluating?—Is the website being cited by others?

Social BookmarkingWhat is social bookmarking?

The practice of saving bookmarks to a public Web site and “tagging” them with keywords.

Why use social bookmarking?Have access to your favorites from any

computer.Students can have access to marked sites you

want them to use, without having to search for the specific site

Things you Should Know7 things you should know about social

bookmarking:

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7001.pdf

Top 15 Most Popular Social Bookmarking Sites

http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-bookmarking-websites

Delicious.comMy favorite social bookmarking site.

http://www.delicious.com/

Why Use Works Cited in WordThis is a new feature to Microsoft Word 2007.High school English teachers use this in all

their classes.Can choose the style to be used.Easy to use and the layout will be correct.

Adding Sources Steps 1-3Open a blank documentClick the References tab on the ribbonLook at the Citations & Bibliography group

Adding Sources Step 4Click the dropdown arrow next to style and

choose what style (MLA at the high school)

Adding Sources Step 5 Click the button that says Manage Sources

This will open a box called source manager

Adding Sources Steps 6 & 7Click the new button in the middle of the

window.Click the drop down arrow next to Type of

Source.

Adding Sources Steps 8-11 Type in the information about the sourcePress OKRepeat Steps 6-9 as necessaryClick Close button at bottom right of window.

After All Sources are EnteredClick References Tab on RibbonClick the Bibliography Button—choose Works

Cited optionAll your sources should now appear in a box

titled Works Cited

Formatting Works Cited1. Formatting the title

a. Center the titleb. Change the color to blackc. Change case to Uppercased. Change font to Times New Romane. Press Enter after the title

2. Select all sourcesa. Change font and font size to Times New Roman, 14 pt.b. Add a hanging indenti. Go to page layout tab on the ribbonii. Go to the paragraph groupiii. Click the box with the arrow at the bottom right hand corneriv. Go to the drop down arrow underneath the word

Special and choose Hanging

Adding More Sources1. Go to Reference tab and Citations and Bibliography group, click the Manage Sources button2. Click New and add your additional sources, click OK, then click Close3. Click somewhere in your Works Cited text4. Click the following button Update (piece of paper with a red ! mark beside it) and your Works Cited will be updated with your additional source. 

***Warning!!! If you click the Update button; your font, font size and formatting will change back to the original formatting, so you need to redo it.

ReferencesReliable Website Information:

http://www.edb.utexas.edu/petrosino/Legacy_Cycle/mf_jm/Challenge%201/website%20reliable.pdf