Supplemental:

• Curtis, A. & Dorner, D.G. (2005). Why federated search? Knowledge Quest 33 (3), 35-37. [Available fulltext in GALILEO.] Highly recommended!
• MAF's Searching bookmarks
  
• Education Research at UGA: handout from workshop presented by Carla Buss and Nadine Cohen: in eLC 6340 Resources
  

Discussion Points

Highlights and things you really must understand about Searching in general:

• Boolean Logic 
• Always check out the "Advanced Search" button.  Often, the structure provided will save you time because it organizes your search for you.
  
• Know the basic and most useful GALILEO databases for your school-age group AND for professional education literature
• Google: Try Patrick Crispen's Google conference presentations. He has several, starting with "Google 101."
  
• Hint: Use Google to search large websites.  For example, to find something in the universe of UGA, type "University of Georgia" plus the other terms you need into Google. (For more guidance, try the "advanced search" button.)  Works more consistently than onsite search engines.
• Have 2 other search engines in your repertoire. That's because not even Google covers all of the Net yet. 
  
• Invisible web
• The Digital Natives and how they behave: see  Learner Characteristics
  
• Fitzgerald's Facts about Searching:
  
• 1. No one knows enough about searching. 
  
• 2. Most non-librarians think they know how to search.
  
• 3. The technology really is getting better for searching. 
  
• 4. Eyes glaze over very quickly when you try to teach "how to search."
  
• Browsing if often a good strategy when you're having trouble.  This won't work in Google, but look for Browsing options in databases.  You can key in your terms and see the standard vocabulary used by the database.
  
• Sample search
  
• What else?