Reasearch+and+Information+Fluency

** Research and Information Fluency **
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

In addition to the terms listed below students should know:

 * ====How to search a database====
 * ====How to enter data on a spreadsheet and create a chart====
 * ====How to search for and download/save images====
 * ====How to examine a list of search results and choose which website most likely had the information that you are looking for====
 * ====How to analyze a website and determine if it is a reputable source with accurate information====
 * ====** Term **==== || ====**Definition**==== || ====**Examples**==== ||
 * ** eBook ** || ====Electronic book==== || ====Online textbook====

[|Google Books]
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 * ====** database **==== || ====A large collection of related data that is developed and maintained for quick searching and retrieving.==== || ====Destiny, Galileo, ProQuest==== ||
 * ====** database field and record **==== || A database field is a single piece of information; a record is a complete set of records

When you search the Destiny database, there are fields for book title, author, publisher. The record would be all the information about the book. || Click for picture definition ||
 * ====** spreadsheet **==== || ====.A document which is arranged in rows and columns. Excel is a spreadsheet software.==== || ==== [|Spreadsheet Basics video] ==== ||
 * ====** worksheet **==== || ====A page in a spreadsheet program that is organized into rows and columns==== || ==== [|Spreadsheet Basics video] ==== ||
 * ====** cell **==== || ==== In spreadsheet applications, a cell is a box in which you can enter a single piece of data. ==== || ==== [|Spreadsheet Basics video] ==== ||
 * ====** domain name **==== || ====.Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages====

|| ==== [|www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/] ====

ajc.com is the domain name
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 * ====** domain suffix **==== || ====Last part of a domain name====

.Com- commercial business
|| ==== [|www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/] ====

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 * ==keywords== || ====the most important words related to a subject, which you type into a search engine to find the information you want==== ||  ||
 * ====** key word search **==== || ====A search strategy that uses a specific word or group of words that describe information a user wants to find==== ||  ||
 * ==results page== || ====shows what a search site found in response to your keyword search==== ||  ||
 * ====** download/upload **==== || ====Transmission of files usually from the Internet to a personal computer or personal computer to the Internet==== ||  ||
 * ====** Search engine **==== || ====A program that uses various strategies to search for keywords in a database or on the World Wide Web==== || ====Google, Yahoo, netTrekker==== ||
 * ====** bookmark **==== || ====A link to a webpage stored in a web browser so that the user can return to the page easily.==== || ==== [|How to create a bookmark] ==== ||
 * ====** URL **==== || ====An address for an Internet resource==== || ==== [|www.google.com] is a URL ====

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 * ====** secure website **==== || ====a website on the Internet that encrypts the messages between the visitor and the site to ensure that no hacker or eavesdropper can intercept the information==== ||  ||