Study Guide Saul Mendiola EDTC 6343 Competency 001 G & H.

Study Guide

Saul MendiolaEDTC 6343

Competency 001 G & H

Competency 001G.Demonstrates knowledge and application of

strategies for searching (e.g., keyword, Boolean, natural, language), locating and acquiring information from electronic resources (e.g., collaborative software, the Internet, intranets.

Keyword Search Break your topic into keywords and pull out

words that indicate the main concepts

Example:What motivates adult learners taking online

courses?Keywords:

motivates, adult learners, online coursesWords such as “what” and “taking” are not

keywords

Keyword Search

Brainstorm alternative keywords

motivates adult learners online coursesmotivation adult student distance

educationmotivating web-based

course

Boolean Search Boolean searches allow you to combine words and phrases into search statements to retrieve information from the Internet.Much of Internet searching is based on the principles of Boolean logic.It is named for the British-born Irish mathematician George Boole

Boolean logic consists of three logical operators:

1. OR2. AND3. NOT

Boolean Search “OR”

Boolean Search “AND”

Boolean Search “NOT”

Natural Search In search engines a natural search is one where results are returned based on the natural indexing of the Web site, as opposed to those that are returned based on paid advertising and editorial changes made by the search engine itself. Also called organic search or unpaid search.

Language Search Using plain language to enter your searchThis type of search is the easiest to understand, but many databases don't offer it as a function.A natural language search is a search using regular spoken language, such as English. Using this type of search you can ask the database a question or you can type in a sentence that describes the information you are looking for. The database then uses a programmed logic to determine the keywords in the sentence by their position in the sentence.The Internet search service Ask.com offers natural language searching.

Competency 001H. Knows how to organize, store, and retrieve

electronic information found in various formats (e.g., text, graphic, video, audio).

Image File Formats

GIFJPEGPNGBMPEPSPSDTIFF

Audio File Formats

WAVMIDAUDWMAMP3

Video File Formats

AVIDATMP3MPEGWMV

Text File Formats

DOCXLSPDFHTMLRTFPPT

Resources• http://libraryguides.waldenu.edu/• http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp• http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/N/natural_search.html• http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit04/primer04_09.phtml

Game•http://www.classtools.net/mob/quiz_95/Competency_001_GH_wS3fo.htm