Reflection on January 22nd Class

A few stray thoughts from our last class:

Google searches reach about 20% (or less) of the information that is actually available on the web. Wow. Maybe we could see an example of something that would not be accessible via Google?

Boolean searches. Just teaching teachers and students the basic uses of "and", "or" and "not" would go a long way. In terms of digital literacy I think a good, simple lesson on the use of these search terms (as was done in class) would get a lot of bang for the buck, or in other words, benefit for the time spent learning.

I think Suzanne mentioned in class that it would be foolhardy not to take advantage of advanced searches in various databases. I certainly agree. Advanced search options make life much easier and make searching, whether it be in an OPAC or elsewhere, much more effective.

It was interesting to see how the use of the colon and various search terms could be used to carry out searches. Example link:mtsd.k12.wi.us