1. The Loch Ness Monster:
Does it exist?
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2. How do I find out if the Loch
Ness Monster exists?
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3. Why can’t I just use Google?
• Tree Octopus
• Anyone can post anything
• No one edits or checks the information
• People can pose as experts when they are not
• There are about 3,930,000 web pages found in
a Google search for Loch Ness Monster
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4. Online Databases
• Searchable collections of articles from
– Newspapers
– Magazines
– Books
• Some include multimedia
A research database is like an online library!
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5. Why are databases better than
Google?
• Better information with less to sort through
• You know the source
• Articles are edited
• “Postings” are controlled
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6. Accessing Online Databases
• Accessed through the Internet but are not
web sites
• Are subscriptions (school pays)
• You need a password from home (orange
card)
• Access from www.rhinebeckcsd.org/library
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7. Accessing Online Databases
• Accessed through the Internet but are not
web sites
• Are subscriptions (school pays)
• You need a password from home (orange
card)
• Access from www.rhinebeckcsd.org/library
02/25/13 © D. Linenbroker