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| Selecting
Sites for Students &
Staff |
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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 can’t
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
Google’s 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/don’t)
- 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/don’t)
- 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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