Teaching Internet Research Skills: Myths & Misconceptions

Teaching Internet Research Skills
a seminar presented by Genie Tyburski

COURSE SECTIONS

Introduction

Myths & Misconceptions

Research Starting Points

Evaluative Skills

Hypothetical Research Exercises

Fact-Finding Exercises

NAVIGATION

Home

Search This Web

Site Map

Lexis and Westlaw are Search Engines for Lawyers

At a continuing legal education seminar, a lawyer asked me about "legal search engines." He wondered how they differed from other search engines because they seemed to work better. It took me a moment to realize that he was talking about LexisNexis and Westlaw.

Best Practices for Instructors

Recognize that patrons may confuse the terms for various mediums.
Explain the difference between the readily-accessible public Web and Web-enabled databases.
Introduce the concept of "invisible" Web.

Teaching Ideas

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