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Good Morning! LIS1001 (BBA) Information and Technology for Searching October 2016, Ulrich Werner, Adj. Prof. (IIS-RU)

Some students submit perfect assignments in their courses. Most don’t. Why is that?

What makes a written assignment perfect? • A perfect form – Fully meet the requirements, e.g. in the syllabus – Form follows function – show your professionalism – Perfect references, not just hyper links • A good content – show, that you understood it and learned something • Never write in first person (‘I’), except when your personal opinion is asked for

In this course 1. Picking the right search terms 2. Understanding search results 3. Searching for evidence (for research tasks) 4. Evaluating credibility of sources 5. Research methodology, report writing, and academic reference

How search works (Matt Cutts on YouTube)? An example from Google

From your query to the result you see • Search terms in page title or even in the URL? • Do they appear in the headline? • Or close to it? • Does the page use synonyms? • High or low quality Website? • Google PageRank • All these combined produce your search result.

Picking the right search terms Created by: Tasha Bergson-Michelson Kathy Glass

What food does Tyson like best? Question in a quiz about Percy Jackson books written by Rick Riordan

My three-year-old cow has blisters on its tongue. What’s wrong with it?

[cow blister tongue sick] or [cattle blister tongue sick]

Can people earn money for tossing pizza dough?

[professional toss pizza]

I heard there is an empty town in the San Francisco Bay. What is it called?

[ghost town San Francisco Bay]

What Matters In My Search Query?

Picking the right search terms Intermediate Created by: Tasha Bergson-Michelson Kathy Glass

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

Picking the right search terms Advanced Created by: Tasha Bergson-Michelson Kathy Glass

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The highly sensational story of the U.S. Navy’s Ghost Blimp is all over the web. But is the story just based upon a rumor? Can you find anywhere on the Navy website that talks about the story as if it really took place?

Notice alternate phrasing

Plan-to-learn (background/search terms)

Some more examples to find a place where you can start.

Assignment No. 1: Where can you see today that first-ever extinct animal that got it's DNA analyzed? Hint: It’s not a mammoth…