Class Handouts for teaching web searching-The Library-University of California, Berkeley

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial

Class Handouts
UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops

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UC Berkeley's "Know Your Library" workshops are currently suspended due to budget reductions. This page presents materials that have been used in the "Research-quality Web Searching: Google and Beyond" workshop, which covers:

Making your Google searches more precise and focusing on academic information.
Using other search tools and new technologies to improve your results.

Evaluating what you find for research quality.

Guidelines for use

Anyone is welcome to link to these materials, but be aware that they may change without notice. Reproduction and adaptation for nonprofit educational purposes is allowed, providing any such versions include a credit line to "University of California, Berkeley Library." Those wishing to use the materials for commercial purposes must request permission.

Current versions (Spring 2009)

Previous versions (not updated)

Googling to the Max (PPT)
Beyond Google: Other Search Engines, Directories, and Evaluation of Web Pages (PPT)
Googling to the Max: Hands-on Exercises (PDF)
Table comparing Google Books and Google Scholar (PDF)
Beyond Google: Hands-on Exercises (PDF)
Evaluation of Web Pages Worksheets (PDF)
- Version used in classes
- Generalized version adaptable to other topics
- Shorter checklist version

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