TEC 912 Digital Logbook  - January 2018 Revision
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Module 1:  Establishing Communication

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E-mail message to course instructor: Research Topics

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Background Information Module

What the Web Is...

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What the Web Does...

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Basic Web Searching Module

Search Engine Introduction:  Comparison of Search Engine Results

Note:  The Search Engine interfaces change on a regular basis.  Look for the total number of results returned. This will typically be displayed near the top on the first page of results.  If that is not available, record "Not Available".

Google Search Results:

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Judging by the numbers of results, which search engines seem to have the largest database of indexed sites?

Which of the Search Engines seemed to return the most relevant results?

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How Search Engines Work

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Parallel Search Engine Observations:  

Dogpile:

Yippy:

Ixquick:

OpenText Federated Query Server:

Which of the Parallel Search Engines seemed to return the most relevant results?

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Web Indexes Observations:  

Curlie:

Resources by Subject (ipl2):

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Gigablast Directory:

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Online Libraries Observations:  

Which of the Online Libraries offered the most useful resources?

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Online Reference Resources Observations: 

Which of the Online Reference Sites will you be most likely to use on a regular basis?

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Managing Resources Module: 
After Basic Web Searching Module

Bookmark Editing skills

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Advanced Web Searching Module

Analyzing Your Search Topic

Use this template to create a list of keywords and phrases that will guide your online searching.  As you begin searching, you may well discover new keywords, synonyms,  related phrases and related organizations.  Add them to build a more comprehensive list.  

Search Topic:

Keywords:

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Related Organizations:

Related authors and authorities

Outliers:  (keywords and phrases that often appear but are not directly 
related to your search topic)

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Advanced Web Searching: 

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Advanced Web Searching: 
More Like This... (Similar Pages, Related Pages)  

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Advanced Web Searching:
Searching for Phrases:  

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Advanced Web Searching:
Boolean Operators:  

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Advanced Web Searching:
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Advanced Web Searching:
Search Engine Help Files:  

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Advanced Web Searching:
Advanced User Interface Observations 

Google Advanced Search:

Yahoo Advanced Search:

Gigablast Advanced Search: 

Exalead Advanced Search:

Which of the Advanced Search Interfaces did you prefer using?

Which search engine(s) returned the most relevant results for your search topic?

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Specialized Web Directories: 

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Which of the Specialized Web Directories included the most relevant information? 

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Web Rings/Pinterest:  

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Did you find the web rings to be useful for your topic?  

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Searching Beyond the Surface Web 

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E-mail to course instructor: Advanced Web Searching Reflections

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Revisit Managing Resources

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Comprehensive Web Search Module

Analyzing Your Search Topic

Use this template to create a list of keywords and phrases that will guide your online searching.  As you begin searching, you may well discover new keywords, synonyms,  related phrases and related organizations.  Add them to build a more comprehensive list.  

Search Topic:

Keywords:

Synonyms:

Related Phrases:

Related Organizations:

Related authors and authorities

Outliers:  (keywords and phrases that often appear but are not directly related to your search topic)

Complete Phases 2- 7 of the Comprehensive Search Process

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Managing Resources: After Comprehensive Search Strategies Module

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Final Course Project

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Participant Self-Assessment

Using the guidelines below, evaluate your learning.  
Rate your skill level at the beginning and conclusion 
of the course using a scale of 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest).  
Add any comments you care to share.

Using web search engines:
beginning:  1  2  3  4  5
conclusion:  1  2  3  4  5
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Using web indexes and web directories:
beginning:  1  2  3  4  5
conclusion:  1  2  3  4  5
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Using online libraries and ready reference websites:
beginning:  1  2  3  4  5
conclusion:  1  2  3  4  5
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Conducting advanced web searches using Boolean operators:
beginning:  1  2  3  4  5
conclusion:  1  2  3  4  5
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Developing search strategies:
beginning:  1  2  3  4  5
conclusion:  1  2  3  4  5
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Web resource management skills
beginning:  1  2  3  4  5
conclusion:  1  2  3  4  5
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Course/Instructor Evaluation

Evaluation of Instructor:

General Comments on the TEC 912 course:

General comments on online distance learning:

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