Graham's tips for Power Searching
Using Word
Consultancy
Early bird reward - Some interesting sites to explore
Technology School of the Future A~Z
Search engines
It does not take a lot of time
to learn the secrets of efficient searching but it does take some. You
will be amply rewarded for taking the time, both now and in the hereafter.
Look through this selection of sites. There are many more that have
been omitted for no reason other than space. Macintosh users will benefit
by using Sherlock to locate information.
Search Engine Watch
All you ever wanted to know about search engines, and then some.
Google advanced search
A good place to start. Remember the help file.
Looksmart
An indexed search engine. Very useful as all its pages have been vetted
by real people associated with Looksmart in accordance with their criteria.
You can even apply to be a Looksmart ‘zealot’ and take part
in the vetting process. This makes the site very useful to refer students
to, both for reasons of safety and also efficiency as there tend to
be a much higher proportion of relevant hits.
All The Web
Vivismo
A clustering engine. Presents hits grouped in categories. Particularly
useful for students and/or to get an overview. Try the advanced search.
Alta
Vista
Kartoo
A rather different way of presenting search results. A useful thought
provoker.
Yahoo
Surfwax
The ‘deep’ web
The Generalised Iceberg Theorem states that 5/6ths of everything can’t
be seen. The visible web, ie, the parts of the web searched by conventional
search engines such as Google, comprise only about 18% of the available
pages on the net. The rest is known as the ‘deep’ or ‘invisible’
web. This
http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/library/invis/default.htm
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html
http://www.weblens.org/invisible.html
http://websearch.about.com/
http://www.metacrawler.com/
http://www.hotbot.com/adv.asp
an online libary
Questia
This is a significant resource comprising entire books, journal and
newspaper articles and encyclopaedia entries. Has a very good range
of tools and is useful to search within texts. Full access is granted
to subscribers. Useful to search for plagiarism.
Spoof sites
Many students believe that everything that is on the
web is absolutely true. And of course it is. Use these sites to set
tasks or innocently slip them into lists of sites for students to visit.
There are many more so please let me know if you come upon a good one.
Ovaprima
Bonsai Kitten
Clyven
The tree octopus
Cat
reactions to beards
Burger
King News
Velcro crop
Sundry tools, databases, etc
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/
The
Internet Movie Database
Oz White Pages
The Australian phone book.
Robins quote
collection
Atomic
Learning
A great place to get learning objects related to computing, digital
imaging, movie making as well as learning how to do most computer tasks.
Some free samplers (see Rule of Thirds) and a modest annual license
fee if you wish to make full use of it. A good way to get ‘just
in time’ help.
Links to the homepage of this website is permitted for educational purposes.