Advanced Web Searching for NTTIers Paul Barron George C. Marshall Foundation Director of Library and Archives [email protected] [email protected]

Advanced Web Searching for NTTIers

Paul BarronGeorge C. Marshall FoundationDirector of Library and [email protected]@gmail.com

2010 National Teacher Training Institute – Harrisonburg High School 2

Presentation Objectives Review search syntaxes to search for:

Search terms on a webpage

Search terms in a specific location on a Web

document Title

Web address (URL)

Webpages from a source Specific website

Top Level Domain (TLD)

Country Code (ccTLD)


Search Query Crafting and Format

Develop the query the way you think about and state your topic.

Format

Topic + Modifiers + Limiters to Refine Search Example

I need teacher and student resources on climate change for my middle

school class and I would like them to be from a U.S. Government agency.

I need teacher and student resources on climate change for my middle

school class and I would like them to be from a U.S. Government agency.


Query Standardization

intitle:“climate change”

AND “teacher resources” OR “student

resources”

AND “middle school” AND site:gov


Phrase Search

Phrase Search - A phrase is more than one keyword.

When the terms are enclosed within “double quotation

marks,” Google searches for them as exact phrase and

return documents with the terms in the exact order as

stated in the query.


Phase Search Results


More search tools Options


Related Searches

Related Searches provides

other suggested searches

related to your query.


Related Searches


Wonder wheel Hub and Spokes

Let’s expand our “small

world” of George C.

Marshall-related sites.

Wonder Wheel visually presents connections between related

searches and your search term as an interactive diagram.


Expanded Hub and Spokes

Search Exercise

Using Google’s Wonder Wheel, build your small world on a topic of interest to you.


AND Boolean Operator

AND – Both of the search terms are

present in the Web documents.


AND Boolean Expression

AND Boolean Expression - Retrieves Web

documents in which the phrases George C.

Marshall and Marshall Plan are present on the

webpage document.


AND Boolean Expression Results

NOTE

All the results have the phrases George C. Marshall and

Marshall Plan in the snippet.


Boolean AND Search for a Glossary

“special education law” AND glossary

“climate change” AND glossary

“k-12 education” AND inclusion AND glossary

"differentiated instruction" AND glossary

"school issues" AND glossary


OR Boolean Expression

OR – At least one of the search terms

is present on the webpage document.


OR Boolean Expression

OR Boolean Expression - Retrieves Web

documents in which at least one of the phrases,

Marshall Plan or European Recovery Program is

present on the webpage document.


OR Boolean Expression Results

NOTE

Only the phrase Marshall Plan appears in the second result.

NOTE

Only the phrase Marshall Plan appears in the second result.


We have learned about …

Google’s Search Tool Options

Finding search terms on a webpage

Single keywords

Phrases of more than one word

Enclose terms “double quotation marks”

to search for a phrase

Searching with Boolean expressions


Let’s learn to find …

Search terms in a specific location on

the webpage.

Webpage title

Webpage address (URL)

Uniform Resource Locator - The standard

addressing scheme for the Web.


Title Field Searching

“The document title … is

the single most important

element used by search

engines to index a

document.”Effective Internet Search: E-searching Made Easy!

Edward N. Baylin and Judith Gill

ISBN - 0921354053


Title Field Searching

“Ask a group of search engine optimization specialists what

the single most important factor in determining high

rankings and most will vote for the mighty title tag.”The Truth about Search Engine Optimization

Rebecca LiebISBN 0-7897-3831-7


Title Field Search Query

Title Field Search (intitle:) - Retrieves the

keyword or phrase in the webpage title which

appears in the title bar on the browser.


Title Field Search Results

NOTE

The phrase George C. Marshall appears in the title

of the results.

NOTE

The phrase George C. Marshall appears in the title

of the results.


Title Field Search Time!

intitle:“your topic” AND “teacher resources”


AND “your school level”


AND “your grade level”

REMEMBER

The syntax is intitle:

REMEMBER

The syntax is intitle:


inurl: Search Query – Single Word Option

URL-limited Search (inurl:) – Finds a string of

characters in the Web address.

One word option

Dashed option

REMEMBER

The syntax is inurl:

REMEMBER

The syntax is inurl:


inurl: Search Results – Single Word Option

NOTE

The results are from Austria and Germany.

Were those sites returned in other demonstrated searches?

NOTE

The results are from Austria and Germany.

Were those sites returned in other demonstrated searches?


inurl: Search Query – Dashed Word Option

NOTE

The results are all different from those returned with the

one word URL query.

NOTE

The results are all different from those returned with the

one word URL query.


inurl: Queries

inurl:k12 AND “your topic” AND “teacher

resources”

inurl:k-12 AND “your topic” AND “teacher

resources”

inurl:yourtopic AND inurl:k12 AND english


Points about inurl Search Queries

Research by indicates that an inurl

search may return better results than a title field

search.

Words in the URL may be more descriptive of the site.

The inurl search query may return results that

would not be returned in any

other type of search query. inurl

I’m sui generis!


We have learned to find …

Search terms on a webpage with:

Search terms in a specific location in the

structure of the webpage:


Finding Webpages from a Source

Top Level Domain

Site-limited Search

k12.va.us

Specific website

Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLD)

Countries


Top Level Domains (TLDs)

TLD Purpose

.com Commercial

.edu Educational

.gov Government

.mil Military

.net Network

.org Organization

.us United States


Top Level Domains: Seen these?

TLD Purpose TLD Purpose

.aero Air-transport Industry

.biz Businesses .jobs Employment-related

.cat Catalan Language and Culture .museum Museums

.coop Cooperatives .name Individuals

.info Informational .proLicensed professional

service provider

.int International Treaty

Organizations.travel Travel Industry


Top Level Domain-limited (TLD) Query

Top Level Domain-limited Search - Restricts

the results returned to only the top level domain

stated in the query; for example, the international

top level domain (int).


.int Top Level Domain Results


Your turn to limit to TLDs!

intitle:“your topic” AND “your school level”

AND “teacher resources” AND site:org


AND “teacher resources” AND site:edu


AND “teacher resources” AND site:gov


Try one of these TLD-limited queries! intitle:"climate change" AND agreements AND protocols

AND site:int

intitle:"climate change" AND agreements AND protocols

AND site:info

"food banks" AND use AND unemployment

AND site:coop

obesity AND “elementary school students” AND site:info


k12.va.us-limited Query

k12.va.us-limited Search - Restricts the results

to only Virginia DOE webpages or Virginia school

divisions with k12 in their webpage URL.


k12.va.us-limited Search Results


Your turn for k12.va.us-limited searches!

“your topic” AND “your school level”

AND “teacher resources” AND site:k12.va.us

“your topic” AND “grade level”

AND “teacher guide” AND site:k12.va.us

“your topic” AND “your school level”

AND “lesson plans” AND site:k12.va.us


Try these k12.va.us-limited queries. “your topic” AND links OR resources

OR websites AND site:k12.va.us

“your topic” AND “your school level” AND links

OR resources OR websites AND site:k12.va.us

“your topic” AND “your grade level” AND links

OR resources OR websites AND site:k12.va.us


Try these k12.va.us-limited queries. sol AND “your subject” AND “school level” AND

“practice tests” AND site:k12.va.us

inurl:sol AND “your subject” AND “school level”

AND “practice tests” AND site:k12.va.us

intitle:“sol practice tests” AND “your subject”

AND “school level” AND site:k12.va.us


Check out this k12.va.us-limited search!


Karen’s Resources for Teachers


Site-limited Query

Site-limited Search - Restricts the results to a

specific website in the given domain; for example,

only the Marshall Foundation website.


Site-limited Search Results

NOTE

All the results are Marshall Foundation webpages.

NOTE

All the results are Marshall Foundation webpages.


Portaportal Site-limited Search


Your turn for site-limited searches!

animations AND site:free.ed.gov

“world studies” AND site:free.ed.gov

“language arts” AND site:free.ed.gov

“earth sciences” AND site:free.ed.gov


Check out this animations site!

http://tinyurl.com/2dfr7tj


Speaking about animations, do you know about …

I am not a kid-safe image search engine!

www.picsearch.com


To find animated images select …


In advanced search select …

In the search query box enter your query for the image you want animated.


The results page looks like …

Click the thumbnail

to see image details.


Image Details


To view only the animated image, select …

The image can be copied for

pasting into a PowerPoint slide or

saved to your desktop or a folder.


To copy or to save the image …

Put the cursor on the image and right click the mouse.

Move the cursor to Save Picture As … or Copy.


To paste the image into a PowerPoint slide …

Right click the mouse

and select Paste.


Country Code-limited Search Query

Country Code-limited Search - Restricts the results to a

from country code; for example, China (.cn), Germany

(.de), Spain (.es) or the United Kingdom (.uk).


.uk-limited Search Results

QUESTION

Notice that the sites returned

have .ac.uk in the URL. What

does .ac. signify about the site

host?


Country Codes Source

http://tinyurl.com/yl587mhttp://tinyurl.com/yl587m


Filetype-limited Query

Filetype-limited Search - Restricts the results

to a specific filetype; for example, PowerPoint

(ppt), Word (doc), or Excel (xls).


PowerPoint Filetype-limited Search Results


Time for PowerPoint-limited queries!

“question-answer relationships" AND filetype:ppt

“question-answer relationships" AND filetype:ppt

AND inurl:k12

"to kill a mockingbird" AND “teacher resources”

AND filetype:ppt

"to kill a mockingbird" AND filetype:ppt AND site:k12.va.us


Recommendation

Begin with a title field search with Boolean

expressions and limited to a top level domain or a

specific website. intitle: “your topic”

Boolean expressions – Add specificity to your query

Top Level Domain – Who cares about your topic? Associations or Organizations - .org Educational Institutions - .edu U.S. Government - .gov

Specific website - site:k12.va.us


How about this one?


Recommendation Open any results with any of these words

in the results snippet.

Documents

Advanced Web Searching for NTTIers Paul Barron George C. Marshall Foundation Director of Library and Archives [email protected] [email protected]