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Finding Kids Pages on Finding Kids Pages on the World Wide Webthe World Wide Web
Finding Kids Pages on Finding Kids Pages on the World Wide Webthe World Wide Web
Paul BarronPaul Barron
Director of Library and Archives Director of Library and Archives
George C. Marshall FoundationGeorge C. Marshall Foundation
[email protected]@marshallfoundation.org
[email protected]@gmail.com
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Presentation Objectives
• Learn how to craft queries to find:
– Kids pages
– Kid-safe sites
• Search Syntaxes Reviewed
– Boolean expression
– Title field
– Domain-limited (.edu, .gov, org)
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Presentation Objectives
• Provide access to Portaportal
“kids page” bookmarks
– www.portaportal.com
– Guest login - barronkidspage
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Query Crafting
• AND Boolean Expression
– “kids page” AND (what you
want) AND (school or grade
level)
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Boolean AND Search Results
.com sites may sell products.
When links and resources are in
the site description, open that result.
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The Links and Resources
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Your turn to search!
• Craft a query on a topic of interest
to you or try one of these queries.
– “kids page” AND “u.s. presidents”
AND “3rd grade”
– smartboard AND "kids page"
AND activities
– “kids page” AND fitness AND
“elementary school”
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Query Crafting
• Title Field Search
– intitle:”kids page” AND (what
you want) AND (school or grade
level)
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Title Field Search Results
NOTE
Google found the synonyms: poem and
poems.
NOTE
Kids page is in the title of all
snippets.
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“kid safe” Search Query
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The Directory of Siteshttp://www.sldirectory.com/searchf/kidsafe.html
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Internet Public Libraryhttp://www.ipl.org
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Another Great Site!
http://www.ala.org/greatsites
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Your turn for intitle: searches.
• Craft a query on a topic of interest
to you or try one of these queries.
– intitle:“kids page” AND "flash
cards" AND math
– intitle:”kids page” AND webquest
– intitle:kidsafe AND storytelling
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Query Crafting
• Limiting to Top-level Domains
– An effective kid-safe filter
– .edu,
– .gov,
– .org
– AND site:k12.va.us
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.gov Search Results
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Time for TLD-limited searches.
• Craft a query on a topic of interest
to you or try one of these queries.
– "kids page" AND dictionary
AND site:edu
– kidsafe AND images AND site:gov
– "kids page" AND "current events"
AND site:org
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k12.va.us-limited Search Query
• All results will be limited to only k12.va.us sites.
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k12.va.us-limited Search Results
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Portaportal Bookmarks• Guest login - barronkidspage