Workshop for OISE ITE students, presented January 7, 2011.

1. Exploring and Evaluating Online Resources Patricia Serafini & Monique Flaccavento Librarians @ the OISE Library

2. Outcomes Knowledge of… Strategies to help your students evaluate websites Strategies to help your students improve their Google searches Student-friendly resources beyond Google

3. Agenda Evaluating Websites Improving Google Searches Alternatives to Google Online Resources Available Through School Board Library Sites

4. Discussion What are some of the issues / challenges your students will face when searching the internet?

5. A search for Immigrants Toronto in Google…

6. …yields over 2.4 million results!

7. Evaluation of Websites Tree Octopus http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ Martin Luther King http://www.martinlutherking.org/

8. Tools for Evaluating Websites pp. 31-32

9. Improving Google Searches

10. Improving Google Searches - (to exclude) “ ” (phrase search) OR googlesite:.edu * (Obama voted * on the * bill)

11. Alternatives to Google http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/

12. http://www.yippy.com/

13. http://www.quintura.com/

14. http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/

15. Activity http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/ http://yippy.com/ http://www.quintura.com/ http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/

16. Activity What makes this search engine better / worse than Google (for your students)? Be prepared to share your findings with the class.

17. Free Internet vs. Licensed Resources Internet Licensed Resources No editor or gatekeeper (not filtered) Sponsored hits / advertising No censorship (no criteria – anyone can post anything) Professionally created / edited Materials carefully selected (censorship; quality control) Current / continuously updated Indexed with Subject Headings

18. What are KO Licensed Databases?

19. http://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/cat.asp?schoolNo=9

20. Licensed Databases

21. http://www.library.utoronto.ca/oise/

22. Student Resource Centre Canadian Edition(now called Canada in Context)

23. Click on “Immigration” (under “Social Issues”). What types of resources do you find? Is this a good search strategy for finding resources about immigration in Toronto? Why? Why not? Student Resource Centre, Canadian Edition (aka Canada in Context)

24. Try to find information about immigration in Toronto written since 2001at the intermediate level using the Advanced Search screen. 4. Describe your search strategy. Student Resource Centre, Canadian Edition (aka Canada in Context)

25. A Few other KO Resources available through the OISE Library CPI.Q InfoTrac Student / InfoTrac Student (Graphic Interface) Teen Health & Wellness

26. Other things to Consider… The importance of… Formulating a clear research question / topic (pages 12 – 16 of Research Success @ Your Library) Selecting the “right” keywords and synonyms (see pages 10 & 11 of Research Success @ Your Library)

27. Other things to Consider… Creating effective search strategies (pages 21 & 22 of Research Success @ Your Library)

28. Questions? Contact us! We’re here to help! Pat Serafini pat.serafini@utoronto.ca 416-978-1903 Monique Flaccavento monique.flaccavento@utoronto.ca 416-978-1867