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Google, Yahoo! MSN, Ask – which search engine to use? Getting too many irrelevant webpages? Taking too long to find what you want from the Internet? In this course, you’ll learn the ‘art’ of advanced Internet searching and reap the benefits of this lifelong skill forever.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, the learner will be able to:

• Identify the keywords in a search statement
• Describe at least 5 search techniques learnt and when to use them
• Create search strategies using the appropriate search techniques such as Boolean operators, phrase, domain, title, file type and field searching
• Evaluate the credibility of websites and their contents

Course outline

Module 1:

• Why do you need search strategies?
• Determining keywords and formulating search statements
• Using Boolean operators, phrase, file type and field searching to refine a search
• Deconstructing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Module 2:

Applying the search strategies learnt in Module 1 in different situations:

• Scenario 1: A student’s class project
• Scenario 2: A homemaker’s quest for information
• Scenario 3: An entrepreneur’s search for data
• Scenario 4: A doctor’s need to keep updated

Module 3:

• Why some of the information on the Internet may not be credible?
• Five criteria for evaluating websites and their contents
• Evaluating different types of websites using a checklist