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100 1  Notess, Greg R.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n94036831 
245 10 Teaching Web search skills :|btechniques and strategies of
       top trainers /|cGreg R. Notess. 
264  1 Medford, N.J. :|bInformation Today, Inc.,|c[2006] 
264  4 |c©2006 
300    1 online resource (xix, 344 pages) :|billustrations 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
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347    text file|2rdaft 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326) and 
       index. 
505 0  1. Web searching and the teaching paradox -- Online 
       searching background -- Internet information growth -- 
       Origins of the Web -- Instructional background -- The 
       teaching connection -- Teaching simplicity -- The state of
       Web searching today -- Changing patterns -- 2. 
       Understanding our audience -- General audience 
       characteristics -- Novices -- Know-it-alls -- Experienced 
       users -- Pairing strategies for hands-on workshops -- 
       Audience assessment -- Navigation versus search confusion 
       -- Remembering what we did not know -- Box confusion -- 
       Address confusion -- Button confusion -- Browser 
       differences and problems -- Operating system and hardware 
       issues -- Adaptability and change -- 3. Choosing an 
       instructional session type -- Hands-on sessions -- 
       Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Facilities -- Planning -- 
       Exercises -- Lecture and demonstration sessions -- 
       Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Facilities -- Planning -- 
       Semi-online tutorials -- Capturing a screen shot within 
       PowerPoint -- Course coverage and distance education -- 
       Other settings and approaches. 
505 0  4. Online tutorials : friend or foe? -- Advantages -- 
       Disadvantages -- Issues with online tutorials for Web 
       searching -- Search engine inconsistencies -- Search 
       feature changes -- Databases changes -- Online tutorial 
       examples -- Web search guide tutorial : research, Web 
       searching -- Finding information on the Internet : a 
       tutorial -- Internet tutorials -- LearnAndGo, searching 
       the Web -- Quick tutorial on searching the Internet -- 
       Net. TUTOR : using Web search tools -- Interactive 
       tutorials : Internet search tips and mouse exercise -- 
       Tutorial : site clustering and filtering -- The 
       information cycle -- Information literacy online tutorials
       -- Finding tutorials -- Tutorials : worth the effort? -- 
       5. Organization : focus, length, and goals -- Primary 
       session focus -- Pure Web searching -- Basic Internet 
       training -- Advanced Internet training -- Part of multiple
       sessions -- Course-integrated bibliographic instruction --
       Session length -- Variations in length -- Ideal length -- 
       The burnout paradox -- Goal setting -- A collection of 
       goals -- How many main goals? -- Specific objectives -- 
       Bringing it all together. 
505 0  6. Terminology -- Importance of terminology -- Definitions
       -- Search engine -- Directory -- Portal -- Metasearch 
       engine -- Ad bidding engine -- Answer engine -- Metasite -
       - News search engine -- Opinion engine -- Site search 
       engine -- Invisible Web -- Other terminology distinctions 
       -- Final thoughts on terminology -- 7. Content : Web 
       search features -- Search features -- Phrase searching -- 
       Boolean searching -- Truncation -- Field searching -- 
       Limits -- Stop words and case sensitivity -- Sorting -- 
       The teaching choice -- 8. Content : primary concepts -- 
       Research process -- Question analysis -- Using more than 
       one search tool -- Search engines versus directories -- 
       Evaluation -- Which primary concepts to teach -- Recent 
       changes in teaching topics -- Additional concepts to 
       consider -- Identifying ads -- Understanding Web addresses
       (or URLs) -- Understanding databases -- Teaching change --
       9. Additional content : image searching, news, Usenet, and
       more -- News -- Usenet newsgroups and opinions -- Pictures
       and images -- Multimedia -- Phone numbers -- Bibliographic
       databases -- Subject-specific sites -- Invisible Web -- 
       The lost obvious. 
505 0  10. The search engines -- The starting point -- Ask -- 
       Exalead -- Gigablast -- Google -- MSN search -- Windows 
       Live -- Yahoo! -- Directories -- 11. Creating a framed 
       workshop Web page -- Advantages and disadvantages of 
       frames -- Frames code and explanation -- Top page with 
       frameset -- Left frame table of contents -- Content pages 
       -- Exercise pages frame set -- Exercise one top frame : 
       JavaScript and a form -- Other exercise pages -- Solutions
       for frame breakers -- 12. Presentation tips, tricks, and 
       shortcuts -- Keyboard shortcuts -- General Windows 
       shortcuts -- Browser shortcut keys -- Shortcuts for 
       filling out forms -- Other shortcuts -- Quick links and 
       the personal toolbar -- Bookmarklets -- Zapping images, 
       animations, and more -- Bookmarklets for Web searching -- 
       The pop-up presence -- The shortcut advantage -- 13. Tales
       from the trenches : anecdotes, examples, and exercises -- 
       Analogies, sayings, and terminology tales -- Boolean 
       examples -- Exercises -- Unexpected answers -- Limitations
       of search engines -- Failures -- Facilities failures -- 
       The team teaching danger -- Web site instruction and the 
       Web searching paradox -- Lost interest -- Formulas for 
       success -- Afterword -- Appendix A. The trainers : 
       introduction to the interviewees -- Appendix B. Sample 
       handouts and other training material -- Appendix C. URL 
       list. 
520 3  "Here is a unique and practical reference for anyone who 
       teaches Web searching. Greg Notess shares his own 
       techniques and strategies along with expert tips and 
       advice from a virtual "who's who" of Web search training: 
       Joe Barker, Paul Barron, Phil Bradley, John Ferguson, 
       Alice Fulbright, Ran Hock, Jeff Humphrey, Diane Kovacs, 
       Gary Price, Danny Sullivan, Rita Vine, and Sheila Webber. 
       Teaching Web Search Skills covers all these topics and 
       more: understanding your audience; instructional session 
       goals; online tutorials; Web search terminology; 
       organizing the training session; creating workshop Web 
       pages; presentation tips, tricks, and shortcuts; and 
       anecdotes, examples, and exercises. This comprehensive and
       readable guide presents a variety of approaches to 
       instructional design and methodology, lists a range of 
       essential training resources, and features dozens of 
       helpful figures, search screens, worksheets, handouts, and
       sample training materials. If you train Internet users to 
       search the Web, this is the book you've been waiting 
       for!."--|cProvided by publisher. 
588 0  Print version record. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
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650  7 Internet searching|xStudy and teaching.|2fast|0https://
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       977289 
655  4 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aNotess, Greg R.|tTeaching Web search 
       skills.|dMedford, N.J. : Information Today, Inc., ©2006
       |z1573872679|z9781573872676|w(DLC)  2006019130
       |w(OCoLC)70114533 
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