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Unit 5 Alternative Sources Sample Searches | |
| Government Searches | Locate
the web site for searching the U.S. Government
1. scroll down to the category "Federal Government Resources" 2. select FirstGov.Gov 3. review the site according to the Web Evaluation Checklist |
| Associations Unlimited | Locate associations
dealing with pet abuse.
1. select subject/any word search 2. type pet abuse in the free text box, select Search 3. review the associations and select one using the hypertext links 4. read about the association and note their headquarters
address, many groups have offices in the DC metro area |
| Yahoo | Perform a
search for individual web sites about outsider art.
1. scroll down to "Yahoo! Web Directory" and select "More Yahoo! Web Directory" for a complete list of subjects. select the Arts & Humanities category and browse the results 2. select the Art History category and browse the results 3. type the phrase "outsider art" using quotations in the search box provided 4. note how the results are returned in two sections: category matches and site matches 5. categories lead to more hypertext links and subject site matches lead to specific sites 6. evaluate one of the sites using the criteria specified
in Evaluating Alternative Sources |
| AltaVista | Perform a
search for individual web sites about outsider art.
1. type the phrase "outsider art" in lower case and within quotation marks 2. review the list of sites returned 3. note the annotations included with each entry 4. note the value-added features - URL, related pages, translate, additional relevant pages from this site 5. evaluate one of the sites using the criteria specified in Evaluating Alternative Sources |
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