Lesson 2

HOW CAN I USE THE INTERNET AS A

TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE RESEARCH?

Prepared by: Billyjoe B. Agosto

Explore
• What is the proper way to do research?
• Where do you often get information for your
projects?

Research
Topic

Printed Online
References References
Examine
• Look for an artwork featuring
“Madonna”.
Contextualized Online Search
and Research Skills
• Skilled or optimized way of searching the
internet based on the context
• Narrowing down the results give back to you by
the search engine
• Increases the chances of receiving the most
appropriate reply to your query.
What is Research?
• Looking for something online.
• Research Skills for Students (Personal Research)
• Research we do at schools (Professional
Research)
• By definition is a systematic inquiry that attempts
to provide solutions to existing problems and
questions using facts and data.
Why is it Important?
• Original Research (Primary Source)
• Scientific Research (providing explanations about the
world)
• Humanities Research (historical and sociological)
• Artistic Research (practice-based research)
• To discover new information
• To interpret existing facts and revise accepted
knowledge
• To apply theories and laws into practice.
What are the Research Skills I
Need to Develop?
• Need to have proper skills
• To gather useful and credible information.

Online Research Skills:

Check Your Sources
Benchmarks for evaluating
Evaluate the information
books, online articles, websites
up to date, security, scope, authority.
Online Research Skills:

Ask Good Questions

• Be specific entering queries into the search
engines
• Proper context better search results.
• Special key in searching:
Online Research Skills:

Go Beyond Surface

• Persistent in looking for more information
• Try looking for other sources rather than sticking to one.

Be Patient
Think critically and synthesize the data you gathered
Until you can formulate your own conclusion.
Online Research Skills:

Respect Ownership
• All information in the net has its own respective
owner.
Use network
• Use different tools
ICT Tools Useful in Research
Google Search
Most popular and powerful search engine in the 21st
century.
Google Scholar
Scholarly Literature for research papers, articles,
books, court rulings and Content for the Related
Literatures.
Online Journals
• Periodical publication that contains scholarly
articles
• Published by academic or scientific institutions
• Researchers, professors, doctors and
professionals in their respective areas.
• Primary information sources for research.
• Online Journals
• scholarly publications released in a form accessible via
internet
• School library and libraries in the world are kept in the
cloud
• Digital Format
• Oxford University Press (Online Repository)
• Academic Websites
• Provides copies of papers, journals, books, videos, and audio
recording that may aid in the research process.

• Internet Archive
• Non profit electronic library
• Free digitized materials (websites, multimedia files and academic
materials )
• Large number of books including modern ones.
• EBSCOhost
• Premium fee-based access
• Materials not available for public use
• Full digital copy of book, medical references, and historical archives

• JSTOR
• Licensed to academic, scientific and research and educational intitutions.
• Part of ITHAKA, a non-profit organization.
• Promotes sustainable research and teaching academe via digital technologies.
ICT Safety, Security and
Netiquette
• Verification of Online Source Materials
• Cramming