Internet Research Skills
There are several skills and sites you must become familiar with in order to effectively complete various assignments. Some you may already know this, some of you will not. Consider the information on this page as both introductory and review; and each requires some documentation of completion (see the various forms associated with each).
SearchThe Internet has made information readily accessible to everyone. This is not always a good thing as you can also have information overload. These videos will guide you through how to narrow your inquiries to, hopefully, the more relevant information. Also, take the time to visit this Infographic and Google's Support page, "Inside Search."
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Internet Research Training"Helping you find the best websites for study and research."
This site provides a tutorial for developing effective Internet research skills; helping all to distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources. Click on the image to begin. |
Social Bookmarking
This is the service we will be using in class. All your internet research will be compiled, summarized with sticky notes on the webpage, and archived using Diigo.
For more detailed videos on using Diigo, 'Take the tour.'
To the right is a how-to for making and sorting lists; helpful if you choose to include a link to your list of sources for your project(s). |
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Copyright & Creative Commons
Click "Copyright Scenarios" to go to the first part of this tutorial from UT Austin. It is text only and taken from their "Copyright Crashcourse." You have two goals here:
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Click "Creative Commons" to go to the second part of this tutorial.
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