Contextualized Online

Search and Research

Skills
Empowerment Technologies
Recap
Directions:
Complete the term or
statement.
1. Republic Act No.
_______ or Intellectual
Code of the Philippines
2. You can freely use the
copyrighted materials for news
reporting, teaching, criticizing
or commenting,
_________________.
3. Virginia Shea’s _______
core rules of netiquette
4. _________ is an
exclusive right given to the
inventor or creator.
5. _______________ is how
we think, being and acting
online.
Search Engine
•is an online software that searches
for an information database
according to the user's query.
It's true that the Internet made our
tasks simple but are we using it
efficiently and effectively? Are we
equipped with research know-how as
researcher? What are those skills in
research?
Any search engine can view millions, even
billions of web pages regarding our question
in just one click. It looks simple as counting 1,
2, 3, but how do we test the correct data we
have received? We cannot access online
applications all the time to test the validity
and reliability of the information. Let's note
that our protection and safety starts in our
hands. Do you have the following skills?
Research Skills
1. Critical thinking is one of the skills a person
should possess in research. It's our capacity to
absorb, reflect and conclude from the searched
knowledge like what Francis Bacon wrote, “some
books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and
some few to be chewed and digested.” Any of the
knowledge shared online is not necessarily
accurate. Before you believe, evaluate first.
Critical Thinking:
Check the following points:
a. Accuracy – check if it is grammatically correct,
verifiable and cite.
b. Author – check the credentials/expertise of the
information provider.
c. Currency – the data must be updated.
d. Fairness – the content must show all the sides and
different points of view.
e. Relevance – the content must be related to the topic.
Research Skills
2. Having an analytical skill, or the ability
to gather, organize, visualize and adapt
information that is tailored to the subject’s
context, is important. There are just a
handful of those millions of web pages that
address or respond to our queries.
Analytical Skill
Use different search engines: Check the following domain
types:
Can you name the top 3 search You can see these domain types
engines? at the end of the URL.
• .com (commercial)
1. • .org (organization)
2. • .edu (education)
3. • .gov (government)
• .net (network)
• .mil (military)
• .ph (country domain)
Research Skills
3. Only a handful of us have good
problem-solving skill. This ability to
present solutions or solve problems, by
submitting a decision based on the
information provided, is necessary.
Research Skills
4. There's no standard solution to any
problem. You'll be helped by your
creativity and imagination. Always
look for alternative solutions, and not just
think in the context, but always go
beyond them and do the unusual
approach.
Research Skills
5. In online searching, computer literacy is
more than just googling (typing a word in Google
and then clicking the search button). Look not
only on the surface while you are searching; look
further and deeper. Awareness of some various
computer applications and resources is fine, but
it is better to optimize its functionality and use
them for your own advantage.
 5. Computer Literacy
• Indigenous knowledge. Or known as local knowledge.
Information that is unique to specific culture or
society.
• Library. It comes in 4 groups (academic, public, school,
and special) and it can be in digital or physical form.
• Internet. Information from the internet can differ in
type and content, which may make it difficult to verify.
Therefore, really go for credible sources.
5. Computer Literacy
Use symbols
+ Add keywords to search

- Remove keywords from search

“” Find the exact words in a phrase

@ or # To show social media results only

& Find web pages that contain all the terms and phrases

() Finds or excludes web pages that contain a group of

words
| Find web pages that contain either of the terms and
phrases
5. Computer Literacy
Google scholar Allows users to search and find a wide
variety of scholarly literature (researcher
papers, theses, etc.) across a range of
discipine and topics
http://scholar.google.com

Creative To search for copy right free images

Commons
http://creativecommons.org

File type Limit search results to specific file format

Example: Pasig City filetype:pdf
5. Computer Literacy
Definition and Simply add the word "define" before a
more search term to bring up the proper
spelling, definition, origin, and fun tools
like voice and translation options.
Example: define onomatopoeia

Age-Appropriate Tools like Google SafeSearch and

Results YouTube's Safety Mode can help filter
out mature content that's beyond what
those below 18 are ready to see or read.
5. Computer Literacy
Time-Zone If you have far-flung family and don’t
Challenged want to wake them up in the middle of
the night, you can find the local time
anywhere in the world by typing "time"
and a city's name into the search bar.
Example: time new york

The Perfect Let’s say the homework assignment

Search requires you to use only one source of
information. Enter your query, followed
by the url for the website and hit enter.
You'll see only results from that website.
Example: senior high school site:ncca.gov.ph/ )
5. Computer Literacy
Photo Magic Learning how to attribute photos is a
critical research skill. With Google
Reverse Image Search , you can upload
any photo to Google Images and hit
"search" to find the name of it, and a
whole lot more

Just for Fun If all you really need is a little distraction,

go to Google and type in "tilt," browse
the Google Doodle archives , or just tell
Google to do a barrel roll
Mental Exercise No. 9
Directions: Match column A to column B.
A B
DOMAIN TYPE 1. Google, Yahoo, Bing
FILE FORMAT 2. .ph, .gov, .com,
RESEARCH SKILLS 3. indigenous knowledge,
library, Internet
INFORMATION SOURCES 4. critical thinking, problem
solving skill, analytical skill
SEARCH ENGINE 5. .pdf, .ppt, .docs, .png