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The first place you
should look for websites is within the
SCIS OPAC.
SCISWeb catalogues
websites that are:
- Authoritative
- Current
- Oriented towards
Education
- Longevity
SCISWeb provides
abstracts for catalogued websites. This
gives you a guide as to the relevance
& suitability of the site. The
abstract can be entered onto your library
enquiry
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Downloading
Websites to OASIS - Printable
reference sheet
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Selecting Sites from
SCISWeb
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- Go to
SCISWeb
- Enter your User
Name & Password
- Go to SCIS
OPAC
- Using the Guided
Search
- Select the
Guided Search Tab
- In the first
space, type in your search term
(usually the subject); Select
Subject from the drop-down menu
- In the second
space, type in website; Select GMD
from the drop-down menu
- Click Search ~
examine sites
- Take note of the
websites required. You can
copy/paste into a word processing
document for later
reference.
- Using the Basic
Search with a Boolean Operator
- Select the Basic
Search tab (this is the default
position).
- In the space,
type the subject term, then type
and, then type website. If your
subject term is 2 words or more then
place inverted commas around the
term to make a "string". eg "New
Zealand" and website
- Click Search ~
examine sites
- Take note of the
websites required. You can
copy/paste into a word processing
document for later
reference.
- Using the New Scis
Records
- Select the New
SCIS Records tab. This searches for items that have been catalogued
in the last 1-4 weeks.
- This will allow
you to view the latest websites
added.
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| Quick
Effective Searches |
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Use Google
- Be specific eg. Try
to use a phrase & a qualifier
william shakespeare
profile
- Searching for
William Shakespeare, type inverted
commas around the whole name to
narrow the search ("William
Shakespeare")
- Searching for
biographical info about William
Shakespeare, type ("William
Shakespeare" profile)
- Searching for a
newspaper article about William
Shakespeare, type the term then the
newspaper ("William Shakespeare" smh)
- Google
automatically defaults to
and when there is more than
1 search term. It will look for all the
terms not just some of them. (eg
William Shakespeare - Google searches
for all matches with William and also
matches with Shakespeare).
- Search terms
highlighted in blurb.
- Definitions of
underlined words (near the top of your
search screen) can suggest other search
terms.
What
if?
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I want a
newspaper article
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Add
smh or
theage to search
terms
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I cant
see what I am looking for on the
page.
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Select Edit
menu, Find then enter term; or
use Ctrl (Apple) F
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The page is
unavailable.
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Select
Googles cached
version
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I like the
page & want to see more of
that site.
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Shorten the
web page address
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.pdf documents
come up in my search
results
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Google offers
a text version to avoid
downloading whole
document
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Click here for
Research
Tools
At this page, you'll
find specialised information about the best way to
research. This page is usually
used as a workshop tool.

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| Advanced
Searching |
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This may also be called
a Power Search. This feature is available
on most search engines.
Advanced
Google Search.
- Select the Advanced
Google Search link from the Basic
Search page.
- Enter the search
terms then select the options to define
the search terms
- All
words
- Exact
phrase
- At least one of
words
- Without the
words
- Select the Language
required. Select Any or choose one of
36 languages.
- Select the Date
when the pages were last updated
- Anytime
- past 3
mths
- 6
mths
- year
- Select the File
format (only/dont)
- Variety of
formats appear in a drop down
menu.
- Select Occurrences
of terms
- Anywhere
- in
title
- in
text
- URL
- links to
page
- Select the Domain
(only/dont)
- Select No filtering
or Safe Search.
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| Google
Toolbar |
- You can download
the Google
Toolbar
at & install it to your Internet
Explorer browser. This means you always
have instant access to Google directly
from your browser.
- Suitable for MS
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
- It must be installed on Internet Explorer version 5 or
later
- It is quick &
efficient, easy to use has many
features.
- Toolbar
Options (after download) allow you
to change what appears on the Google
Toolbar.
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Search
Web via Google from any
web page. Gives direct
access to Advanced Search,
Images Search
etc.
Search
Site search only
the pages of the site you
are visiting
Search
Australia - finds
matches within
Australia
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Spell
Checker
- Google
automatically looks at
your spelling &
asks: Did you mean
-----?
- Click
& the new search
with that term will
begin.
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Page
Info:
- Cached
Snapshot of page =
previous
version
- Similar
Pages
- Backward
Links = Who has linked
to this
page?
- Translate
into English
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Up
moves you up through the
levels of the
site.
Blocks
advertising
pop-ups
Highlight
your search terms as they
appear on the page; each
word in its own
colour.
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Advanced
Image Searching |
- Go to Google
Images
Search & select Advanced
Image
Search.
- Find an image -
Enter the search term.
- All the
words
- Exact
phrase
- Any of the
words
- Not related to
the words
- Select the Size of
the image required
- any size,
- icon size,
- small,
- medium,
- large,
- very large,
- wallpaper
- Select the
Filetype
- Select the
Coloration
- any colours,
- b&w,
- grey scale,
- full
colour
- Select the Domain
required - may be left
blank.
- Select Safe
Search
- no filter,
- moderate,
- strict
- Remember that
images may be copyrighted.

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