A really good and practical article on effective searching is: Wall, J. (2009) Teaching Power Searching. Scan, 28(1), 12-16. Available at: http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/assets/pdf/wallpowsearch.pdf
I particularly like the stages that Wall uses for teaching search strategies.
1. Use Wikipedia to understand the basics of the topic – question the accuracy or authority of the information. 2. Check resources for more in-depth information – books, online databases, etc. 3. Use the advanced search function in Google or in other preferred search engines.
I also like the list of useful functions such as * and ~
Finally, I like the arguement about having a knowledge of search engines and ones that are more applicable to specific needs.
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