Related readings for intentional information search tools
Internet Web Searching Instruction in the
Elementary Classroom: Building a Foundation for Information
Literacy
- Type of resource: Article (hard copy)
- Source: EJ541378 School Library Media Quarterly. v25
n2. p103-11 Win 1997
- Description: The SNAPdragon (School Network Action
Project) project investigated how elementary school children
interact with the Internet by asking them to build an annotated
directory of World Wide Web sites for other children. Describes
instructional arrangements and development of searching skills;
and discusses critical thinking skills and interschool
collaboration, and the role of the media specialist.
Critiquing the Quality of Your Search Results
- Type of resource: Article (hard copy)
- Source: EJ536263 Online User. v3 n1. p22-24,26
Jan-Feb 1997
- Description: This article explains how to verify the
quality of information found in an online search, and provides
17 tips on validating online information.
Intelligent Agents: Software Servants for an Electronic
Information World (And More)
- Type of resource: Article (hard copy)
- Source: EJ488257 Online. v18 n4.
p18-20,22,24-26,28-30,32 Jul 1994
- Description: This article discusses the concept and
characteristics of artificial intelligence software for
information retrieval, news filtering, clerical support,
personal shopping, and investment counseling. Research projects
on artificial intelligence at six academic institutions and
examples of nine retrieval agent software packages are
highlighted. Sidebars discuss Apple Computer's "Knowledge
Navigator" and AT&T's "PersonaLinks."
Cognitive Strategies and the Use of a Hypermedia
Information System: An Exploratory Study
- Type of resource: Article (hard copy)
- Source: In: Proceedings of Selected Research and
Development Presentations at the 1996 National Convention of
the Association for Educational Communications and Technology
(18th, Indianapolis, IN, 1996)
- Description: The purpose of this study was to
identify the strategies used by learners in an open-ended
hypermedia information system. Four participants were drawn
from an introductory technology-for-teachers course
incorporating a unit on telecommunications. Three major
findings related to hypermedia information systems resulted
from the study: a variety of strategies are used by learners;
reported knowledge does have an effect on the strategies used;
and perceptions of disorientation and level of perceived
self-efficacy have an effect on the strategies used.
Implications related to emerging information technologies,
open-ended learning environments, and the ways learners think
are considered.
- Type of resource: Web site
- Source: http://www.thewebtools.com/tutorial/tutorial.htm
- Description: The first 1/2 of this tutorial is called "Searching
with Internet Provided Resources." It describes "the search services, available
operators, and the extremely important information on how to compose your
queries."
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