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1 Creative, Nonfiction Essay
Ms. McNellis 9th Grade Background Research for Creative, Nonfiction Essay

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3 Click on Library Catalog

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7 Students at UCLA look books up the same way

8 Directories/Libguides
Ways to Search Electronically: Databases Search Engines Directories/Libguides

9 Search engines: Google

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11 What information do we find on a database that we can’t get to on Google?

12 ? Searching the world wide web with Google But
What about the “deep web” or “Invisible web” ?

13 No entry to gated communities without a “guest pass”

14 What is a database ? Collection of Data Can be images or information
Full text or bibliography Organizes the information for easy retrieval Updates

15 Login: tarbut Password:

16 Your Public Library Card is also a “guest pass”

17 Choose your database appropriately

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21 Evaluate websites

22 How to be a better Google searcher:
Keyword strategies using boolean logic Varies for each search engine and databases (see their help section AND AND NOT OR + _ Domain:

23 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

24 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

25 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

26 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches. Swf + shockwave

27 I can’t remember the poem though, so I am trying to search for it.
I am supposed to write a reflection on a piece of poetry that speaks to me personally.  Lately, I’ve been watching my grandson and keep having this one line run through my head: Like black tape he is stuck to me.  I can’t remember the poem though, so I am trying to search for it.     Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query.  Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

28 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

29 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

30 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

31 So, I have to get a bunch of definitions for vocabulary from my Chemistry class, and I have to document that I used several sources to do it. I am not so happy with the results of my search, and I think that there are a whole bunch of synonyms for vocabulary.  I could type them all in, but thought there was a faster way to try, first….     Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query.  Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

32 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

33 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

34 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

35 I was reading about Jackie Robinson on the Major League Baseball website—did you know they have a section dedicated to baseball history?  Well, I saw a reference to a woman named Effa Manley, who was the only female owner of a team in the history of the Negro Leagues.  I’d like to find all the information about her within the MLB site. Also, whether there is anything on government sites. Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query.  Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

36 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

37 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

38 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

39 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

40 So, you need a little break from your homework.
You were trying to remember some song your friends were talking about by Katy Perry and … someone.  With whom has she sung songs?  You want to search for a phrase like: “Katy Perry and _______ sing....”  But how do you leave a blank for Google to fill in?     Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query.  Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

41 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

42 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

43 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

44 I’m researching the use of satire-type humor in political cartoons.
My teachers say to remember to use synonyms, and since those kinds of comedy can fall into one of several categories, I want to search a bunch of related terms.  That will help me assure that I cover my bases and find everything. Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query.  Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

45 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

46 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

47 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

48 Today you read: “The coup is the most frequently attempted method of changing government, and the most successful,” in a description of Edward Luttwak’s Coup d' État: A Practical Handbook.  It made you wonder what kind of coups there had been, say, between 1900 and       Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query.  Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

49 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

50 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

51 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

52 I’m reading up on the Apollo 13 mission.
But this is for school, so I don’t want all that stuff about the movie, just the actual historical event!     Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query.  Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

53 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

54 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

55 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

56 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

57 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.

58 Like English or math, Google Search has particular operators that modify a search query. 
Tell students they will be introduced to seven advanced operators to use in their searches.


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