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Five Search Tools Students Often Overlook | Free Technology for Teachers

Five Search Tools Students Often Overlook | Free Technology for Teachers | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

In our new remote teaching and learning environments students may find themselves having to look things up online more than ever before. Even if you're hosting online class meetings in Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams there will still be lots of time when students need to do some research on their own. This is a good time to remind students about some basic search strategies like creating a search checklist and consulting vocabulary lists as part of the search process. Once they've done those basics it might be time for them to try some other search tools that often get overlooked.

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5 Key Google Scholar Features Every Teacher and Research Student Should Know About

5 Key Google Scholar Features Every Teacher and Research Student Should Know About | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Google Scholar is absolutely one of the best academic search engines out there. It allows you to easily search for and access academic papers and journal articles related to your topic of interest. Besides the search functionality, Scholar also provides you with a host of other interesting features to help you in your research jounrey.
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Which search tool should I use: Free Classroom Poster

Which search tool should I use: Free Classroom Poster | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

This poster highlights the 'Big Three' search engines for teachers and
students and highlights the strengths and weaknesses for each one.

Google Search
Wolfram Alpha
Wikipedia



Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Jim Lerman, Mark E. Deschaine, PhD
Mrs. Reinagel's curator insight, June 10, 2016 1:49 PM

Free chart with the +/- of big 3 search engines. 

RH's comment June 11, 2016 7:36 AM
Tom, don't use them, use: Don't use them, use http://www.searchcredible.com/ for classroom research. They are included.
Robert's curator insight, May 20, 2020 8:17 AM
This poster will be printed and provided to my students in every lesson! Great visual aide to knowing what tools are available for what purpose!
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Frequently Overlooked Google Search Tools and Strategies | Free Technology for Teachers

Frequently Overlooked Google Search Tools and Strategies | Free Technology for Teachers | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

This morning I spent some time reading the first part of the solution to Dr. Daniel Russell's most recent search challenge on Search ReSearch. Dr. Russell is a search anthropologist working at Google. Every week he posts search challenges that are designed to introduce you to new ways of searching for information.

Anita Vance's curator insight, September 27, 2014 2:41 PM

Here is the review of google search guides.  A link or reminder for when a student needs a quick reminder of shortcuts, etc.

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As Researchers Turn to Google, Libraries Navigate the Messy World of Discovery Tools

As Researchers Turn to Google, Libraries Navigate the Messy World of Discovery Tools | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Librarians want to make their content searchable, but they’re wary of commercial software that may skew the results.

 

 

Many professors and students gravitate to Google as a gateway to research. Libraries want to offer them a comparably simple and broad experience for searching academic content. As a result, a major change is under way in how libraries organize information. Instead of bewildering users with a bevy of specialized databases—books here, articles there—many libraries are bulldozing their digital silos. They now offer one-stop search boxes that comb entire collections, Google style.

That’s the ideal, anyway. The reality is turning out to be messier.

LibrarianLand's curator insight, April 21, 2014 3:10 PM

The question is, what is being lost by trying to make it a quick and easy one stop shop?

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4 Practical Chrome Extensions for Student Researchers

4 Practical Chrome Extensions for Student Researchers | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
In today's post we are sharing with you four practical Chrome extensions that will enable you to search the web in more efficient and effective ways. More specifically, using these extensions you will be able to easily access and search for scholarly articles, find similar web pages to the page you are currently browsing, initiate a Google search using images, and many more.
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Three Search Tools Students Often Overlook | Free Technology for Teachers

Three Search Tools Students Often Overlook | Free Technology for Teachers | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Google is the default search engine for many students. In fact, if your students have Chromebooks and the school has set Google as the default search engine, they may not even realize that there are search engines other than Google.
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Google Scholar: Providing Academic Results

Google Scholar: Providing Academic Results | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Google Scholar is a search engine that provides academic results to its users for free, showing links to journal articles or theses on a selected topic.

Via Enrico De Angelis, Mark E. Deschaine, PhD
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The Best Websites for Finding Academic Books and Journals ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The Best Websites for Finding Academic Books and Journals ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Instead of heading to the library to bury your face in the stacks, use these search engines to find out which libraries have the books you need, and maybe even find them available online.

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Google and Beyond: NOT Google | Information Literacy Weblog

Google and Beyond: NOT Google | Information Literacy Weblog | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Google and Beyond: NOT Google

Information consultant Karen Blakeman has posted another excellent powerpoint on Slideshare, focusing on alternatives to Google, including alternatives to Google Scholar.

 

http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/28333029?rel=0#

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