1. Searching the Web:
Information Literacy
Tips, Tricks, and
Strategies for
Educators -
Melda Yildiz,
Global Scholar

2. Invisible Web-
http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/di
agrams/n4layers.htm

3. Language Tools
 Multilingual websites and resources
 Dictionaries
 Translation Tools
 Translate a page to your language
 Look for the translation bar at the top of
the page whenever you come across a
page written in a language that isn't one
of your preferred webpage languages.

4. Web search Video-
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8aYoVpd
z8o

5. Noodle Tools
 Online citation tool- http://citationmachine.net/
 NoodleBib- http://www.noodletools.com/login.php
 Choose the best search engine-
 http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/
5locate/adviceengine.html
 NoodleQuest- http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/

6. Library of Congress
Add Words to Improve Results: More words will increase the number of search results. But documents containing all of the words entered will be ranked highest.
 Example: kid teacher history learn
Enclose Exact Phrases in Quotes: The results will include documents containing those words in that exact order.
 Examples: "civil war maps" "jackie robinson" "declaration of independence"
Use a Plus Sign to Require and a Minus Sign to Exclude
 Example: +washington +state -george
 Retrieves documents containing the words "state" and "washington" but not "george."
Capitalize Proper Nouns
 Example: Library Congress
 Only finds documents containing "Library" and "Congress" (but not "library" and "congress").
Try Alternate Spellings: Some proper names and common words have variant spellings (British vs. American or because of transliteration differences). Include all known spellings for the broadest search results.
 Examples: Mohammad Muhammad Mohammed labor labour
Tips from http://www.loc.gov/help/help-lc-simple.html

7.  Delicious

8.  Image search

9. Google
 Google Scholar- (within your institution- it
may have a direct link)
 Image Search
 Video Search
 Use Google's Advanced Search feature
http://www.google.com/advanced_search

10.  WorldCat

11. Librarians
 Collaborate
 Share
 Explore
 Communicate
 Present

12. Online Courses, Seminars,
Talks
 TED
 Coursera.org
 P2PU
 Open Source Materials
 http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

13. EasyBib resources
 http://easybib.com/public/list/key/d3f296