How to search the net

How to search

• Do not use German sources and  translate them - these translations are utterly horrid
• Use as many relevant words as possible.
• Example: for your gap year you want to find a non-profit organization that looks for volunteers: à non profit volunteer gap year (+country + type of work)
• If you know that there is a country that you don´t want to go to or a job that you don´t want to do:  type in the symbol – (i.e. minus) with the keyword

How to tell if a source is reliable

• Always check the date when the website was last updated
• Watch out for the URL ending :
• “.gov” - a government site
• “.edu” or “.ac.uk” or “.sch.uk”  - a site linked to an educational institution  (these sites tend to be reliable)
• “.com”  - a commercial website (might  be biased)
• “.org”  -  a website run by an organization (might be biased)
• very long URL and including references to yahoo etc.  – individual person (likely to be very personal and biased)
• a blog/vlog (bound to be really personal and therefore biased)

How to quote a source

• Copy the link from the address line
• Add the date and the time (access or download)
• Remember to do that also with statistics and photos

Where can you find free pictures (i.e. you don´t violate the copyright)

• http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
• http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
• http://www.coolclips.com/
• http://www.scran.ac.uk/
• http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/

Further information:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/dida/using_ict/webresearchrev6.shtml

https://www.edb.utexas.edu/petrosino/Legacy_Cycle/mf_jm/Challenge%201/website%20reliable.pdf

http://etc.usf.edu/techease/win/internet/how-can-my-students-know-if-a-web-source-is-reliable/

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