Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path
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Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path
Literacy in a digital education world and peripheral issues.
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Academic Search Engines for Teachers and Students

Academic Search Engines for Teachers and Students | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
When it comes to searching for  niche-specific content Google search engine is not the best option out there. Although Google can be a good starting point from which you can delve deeper into the content area you are searching but you can save much more time by using content-specific search engines. In today’s post, we are sharing with you some examples of academic search engines student researchers and teachers can use to search for, find and access scholarly content.
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Listen Notes Podcast Search

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I’m in love with Listen Notes, a new-ish podcast search tool. Listen Notes makes is so easy to find just the right podcast content for whatever you’re interested in. It currently indexes over 430,000 podcasts and over 26 million individual episodes.
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9 Great Search Tools Extensions for Students

9 Great Search Tools Extensions for Students | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education

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Snopes - Rumor has it - Fact checking

Snopes - Rumor has it - Fact checking | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Welcome to snopes.com, the definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

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Nik Peachey's curator insight, November 10, 2016 11:53 AM

Very useful content for students to see how false information is circulated.

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Advanced searching: free search tools for research information @karenblakeman | Information Literacy Weblog

Advanced searching: free search tools for research information @karenblakeman | Information Literacy Weblog | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Hurrah! Karen Blakeman has published an edited (but still extremely useful!) version of the slides she presented at one of her advanced searching workshops on the 31 May 2018 - this one focused on searching for research.
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Using Google Search Console To Improve Search Results

Using Google Search Console To Improve Search Results | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Design is important and we already know that “content is king” when it comes to having a successful Web site, but there’s another factor that can prove hugely important for Web site owners that many people don’t really pay attention to, and that’s search terms. Not keywords, not the words or phrases that you ensure you mention in your articles to make them findable, but the terms that people search for when they find and end up on your site.
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Ten search engines for researchers that go beyond Google

Ten search engines for researchers that go beyond Google | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Using search engines effectively is now a key skill for researchers, but could more be done to equip young researchers with the tools they need. Here, Dr Neil Jacobs and Rachel Bruce from Jisc’s digital infrastructure team share their top ten resources for researchers from across the web.
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