Studying using the Web : the student's guide to using the ultimate information resource /
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| Author / Creator: | Clegg, Brian. |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. |
| Description: | ix, 159 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Internet searching -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Web search engines -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Computer network resources -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Study skills -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Computer network resources. Internet searching. Study skills. Web search engines. Handbooks and manuals. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6425314 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- The mystery
- The essay
- The quick summary
- The visual guide
- Simple rules for generating your search queries
- What to look for - essentials
- 3. Smart searching
- Guessing your way
- Hitting the engines
- Double blips
- 1. Venturing out
- Checking your options
- Special characters and going Boolean
- Going to the next level
- A game of two halves
- Checking the results
- Keeping track of results
- Specific searches - finding book contents
- Specific searches - finding actual books
- Specifics - the rest
- Smart searching - essentials
- Where did it come from?
- 4. Amassing media
- Picture this
- Get the picture
- Making music
- Music without sound
- Moving pictures
- Mapping the world
- Amassing media - essentials
- 5. Real people
- Health warning
- What the web is...and isn't
- Selling yourself
- Academics
- Companies
- Newsgroups and forums
- Celebrities
- It's who you know
- Getting the question right
- Hybrid search - the hunt for Caleb Simper
- Real people - essentials
- 6. Who do you trust?
- Engage hyperdrive
- Whose site is it?
- Who wrote the text?
- Is there contact information?
- What is the presentation like?
- How's the spelling?
- Is the page consistent?
- Are basic facts right?
- Protecting yourself (multiple sources)
- Why would they lie?
- I'm right, you're wrong
- To get moving, take a step back
- Who to trust - the essentials
- 7. Collecting output
- Collecting in Word
- One Note to bind them all
- Giving it structure
- Mapping your mind
- Collecting output - the essentials
- 8. Making text your own
- Cut and paste
- Collect and modify
- 2. What to look for
- Collate and write
- Write and refine
- Editing down
- Padding up
- Turning Information into original work
- Making the Information more readable
- Presenting the Information a different way
- Charting troubled waters
- Pulling together elements of the information that don't otherwise appear together
- Putting your own opinions alongside the factual content
- Spot the computer
- Quoting your sources
- Proud of what you've done?
- Making text your own - the essentials
- 9. Keeping up to date
- RSS rules
- Read all about it
- Where's the stuff?
- Just a quick letter
- What's new, what's good?
- Blog away
- The big project
- Online exam preparation
- So what are you waiting for?
- Index