Unit+1+Internet+Searches

When you use a search engine to search anything in a specific filetype such as PDF, XLS, or PPT .doc, you will get results only with the filetype you searched for. Ex: I search in www.google.com, population of USA (xls) after searching this I get as the third result a webpage with an excel document showing the population. If I would have searched, population of USA without the trick of putting the filetype, I would have had results without clear charts as in excel. The results would have been anything that had the population of USA. While using a search engine and you want to have results that are specifically in one type of site, for example; .uk, .com, .org, .edu, it is useful to put site: any kind of site you need, and the search you want to do. Ex: When you want to receive only information from academical institutions you can search with site: edu, I searched Biology site: edu. After searching this I found a great result from an academic source, an article from [|www.mcb.harvard.edu]. media type="file" key="filetype, site.wav" width="300" height="50" This google trick is used to find definitions of words in an easy and fast way. Ex. Define:mellow media type="file" key="define.wav" width="300" height="50" Is usually used to search information in a certain range of years or time period. Ex. You want to search information about World War II from 1943 to 1945. You would type World War II 1943..1945. media type="file" key="..operator arianna moeller" width="317" height="52" Is used to connect words in a Google search. Ex. You want to about nutrition and you want to relate the information with health. So you would type nutrition~health.
 * Filetype:**
 * Site:**
 * Define**:
 * .. Operator:**
 * ~operator**

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 * Quotations Marks **

To put quotations marks in a web page, it is useful to have closest or specific matches for a topic you are researching, at the time you are using quotations marks, it is useful because you have a more specific topic about your research, another ventage of putting quotations marks to a sentence or phrase is that the web page is going to search in the exact order the words were putted, this is a common issue in web pages because you insert the words and the web page most of the times is changing that order, and by not having a good research about your topic, however at the time you use quotation marks the research is more specific for your topic,

Ex: a good example is using google because is a common web page, and quotations marks apply to this web page. an example i used in google with quotation marks is polamalu best tackles, so when getting option of web pages, there will only be options of polamalu tackles, and not his biography or other information that is not about tackels.

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OR :the OR will help you to find better answers if youare not sure of what results will Google return to your research. Ex: if you search for WHO, an organization of theUnited Nations which helps and performs public health systems around the world,Google will give another results for“WHO”. When you type WHO OR world health organization the links and resultswould be referred to specifically and organization of the United Nations whichpromotes world’s health. When you don’t type OR you can have many differentlinks, such as the WHO magazine of Australia. This is why the OR word is reallyimportant. - :when you want an accurate research and you want toeliminate or delete information, you shoyld press the general name and “-” withwhat you don’t want to appear as aresult for your research.

Ex: if you search for some information about globalwarming and you need to find any type of file type unless one, you should pressglobal warming –filetype:pp, and theresponse to your research will be every type of files but not power points.

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**Objectivity: ** this parameter means that the information and the webpage is neutral. The information given is not used for advertisement.
 * The intensions of the page are clearly stated.
 * The web site does not try to persuade you to think or act different.
 * The web doesn’t have any advertisement or has a mask for advertisement.

Ex: For example while analyzing an article about John Mayer in nytimes.com I can say that it is correct according to coverage because it has all the information I require and more. The links from that article are very appropriate and show information about the musician’s career and concerts.
 * Coverage of web documents:** Coverage of web pages evaluates how well displayed was the information in a web page. It also evaluates how in depth is the information, how much of the required information on the topic is covered inside that webpage. You must check if the information displayed is also cited in a correct way. Is the web page you are looking at original and has better information than others? Are the links offered in the webpage correct and appropriate?


 * Authority:** How trustworthy is the information given.
 * Characteristics:**
 * Does the webpage has a clear author who is an expert on the field?
 * Are there any links to contact the author?
 * If there are any advertisements, do they distract the reader attention?

Accuracy To see the accuracy of a web page you have to see that the author puts its e-mail or a contact address (phone number). Also you have to difference between the author of the page, and the person who created the page. We should check the accuracy of the web page to see the credibility of the author, and to know how trustworthy and how professional is the web page The web page has been updated recently with accurate information. In addition if the web page has links they need to work normally and the link web page also needs to be updated. Ex. If the webpage has been updated on 04/13/2011, the web page hasn’t been updated recently. Instead if you find a web page that has been updated on 06/02/2011 is much better because it has been modified with recent information.
 * Currency**:

The Trustworthiness of specific web pages Web pages that doesn’t have authority, coverage, accuracy, currency, and objectivity, most of them are not considered trustworthy. an example of a not trustworthy page is [] this is a web page that doesn’t have accuracy because it is not giving any type of contact of the author (phone number, e-mail) an example of a trustworthy web page is [] this is a trustworthy web page because has all the characteristics a trustworthy page needs to have. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbay%C3%A1 Summary: Cumbaya is a village inside the Metropolitan District of Quito, Pichincha. Cumbaya has a population of approximately 30,000, although population has been increasing rapidly the last few years due to urbanization. People move to Cumbaya searching for tranquility and a suburban life. It’s a great place for families due to the fact that has many great quality private schools. According to the author of Wikipedia, Cumbaya is located to the east of Quito and has warmer temperature than Quito.
 * No Author:** Examples on how to create a summary and a paraphrase of an article without an author.

The cookie sells from the second week of May didn’t produce much income because of the lack of sell personal. People preferred buying chocolate chip cookies rather than vanilla and cinnamon products. The offer of “buy two cookies and get one milkyway free” did tremendously increase the sells of each day. (Bolaños, 2011)
 * Summary with an author and date:**

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According to the author of “Seeing the Forest,” the extent of global deforestation was difficult to measure until satellite remote sensing techniques were applied. Measuring the extent of global deforestation is important because of concerns about global warming and species extinctions. The technique compares old infrared LANDSAT images with new images. The authors conclude the method is accurate and cost effective. Reference: Druker, P (2006). //Advanced Technical Writing//. Retrieved on: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 from: [] media type="file" key="Summary without author or date given.wav" width="284" height="42" media type="file" key="no author.wav" width="288" height="50"
 * Summary without and author and date:**

Text citation (there is not date) Ex. [] media type="file" key="no date.wav" width="300" height="50" I n this web page there are some articles, this articles are not trustworthy because there is no information about the author, there is no name, or date published. Differences: Similarities: The small city or parish of Quito, Cumbaya, has been a popular destination for middle-upper and upper class families to live according to Wikipedia authors. Its elevation is of approximately 7200ft above sea level and has a warmer temperature that Quito due to the different altitude it has. It is also located close to the Ilalo volcano in the Tumbaco Valley. Cumbaya is perfect for studying because many prestigious academic institutions are in Cumbaya. The first private university of Quito, USFQ and the k-12 school CMSFQ. Other important institutions as SEK, Terranova School and other academies are inside Cumbaya. The boom in population inside the valley has affected many businesses in Cumbaya and has been a boost to many entertainment restaurants and bars in the beautiful village.
 * Differences and similarities between quote, summary, and paraphrase**
 * Paraphrase: main ideas are explain with details, it’s about the same length as the original text.
 * Quotes: have exact same words as original passage, contain page number.
 * Summary: The main ideas are explain with simple words and no details, its about half length the original passage.
 * All of them need to be sited, give credit to the author of the original passage
 * Paraphrase**:

Differences & similarities between in-text citation and referencing: differences: similarities:
 * In-text citation in beginning or end of the text
 * page number /paragraph number if it is quote
 * it could start with “according to”
 * references go at the end of the paper
 * Complete bibliography when work sited in the end of the text
 * Indent lines for each source starting from the second line
 * Sort sources by last name of author
 * Both help to give credit to author
 * Used to avoid plagiarism
 * <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px;">Both have auhor and year of publication

With author: “quote” (last name of author, year) Ex. “ There were no signs of rescue efforts, because of the difficulties of getting heavy equipment through the rubble, the officials said.” (Burns, 2011) According to Burn (2011) “there were no signs of rescue efforts, because of the difficulties of getting heavy equipment through the rubble, the officials said.” media type="file" key="intext citation.wav" width="300" height="50" **<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">REFERENCE LIST ** <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">media type="file" key="REFERENCES.mp3" width="253" height="32"
 * In-text citation**
 * <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">References go in alphabetical order by author and when there is no author you see the first letter of the first relevant word.
 * <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">Apart from the first line which stays next to the margin, the continuing lines are indented
 * <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">The reference should be at the end of the paper.
 * <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">When you are going to write the references the title should be centered with the name references.
 * <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">It is used to tell that information provided is not yours.