name_________________________
In today's workworld, it is expected that employees are both computer and
information literate. That means that employers want you to be able
to use computers to accomplish basic office tasks (e.g., wordprocessing,
scheduling, use of spreadsheets). They also want you to be able to
solve information problems using electronic resources.
This exercise will give you practice in information problem-solving,
using a computer and the Internet.
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Professional
Associations
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| PROBLEM Someone in your office
got a flier about a forthcoming meeting of a professional association in
which they are interested. You find a note on your desk when you
come to work asking you to find the Web site and email them the Web address.
YOUR SOLUTION You use Internet
search engines to identify the professional association's Web site.
Optional -- If you have Web-based email, send your instructor the
Web address you found. [Go to Getting
a Web-based Email Account if you don't have Web-based email and would
like to have a free account.] |
Most professional associations have Web sites with information about the
organization and its activities. You will want to be familiar with
how to identify and access these Web resources.
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Read carefully through the section below "How to Use Internet Search Engines."
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Following directions given below, go to where Internet search engines are
listed and described on the Cabrillo College Library Web pages
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Using one or more of the search engines, find the Web addresses for three
of the associations and explore something special offered on that site
1. How to Use Internet Search Engines
Internet search engines, unfortunately, don't all work in the same
way. However, in the ones you are going to use in the assignment,
the following search parameters all apply:
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Use quotation marks (" ") to keep words in phrases together
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If you want the search engine to recognize a letter as a capital, capitalize
it. Otherwise, use lower case
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Use a plus sign (+) in front of a term to require it in the search result;
use a minus sign (-) in front of a term to disallow it in the search result.
NOTE Plus signs are not required in
the search engine Google; Google automatically puts an AND between the
terms you enter in your search statement
2. Getting to a list of Internet Search Engines
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Be on the Cabrillo College Library homepage http://libwww.cabrillo.cc.ca.us
(If you are at an information workstation in the library, just click on
HOME at the top of the screen)
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Click on Search the Internet
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Click on Search Engines
3. Select one or more of the following search engines to use for this
exercise
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AltaVista: simple
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FAST Search
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Google
Select three of these associations (check the ones you select).
Find their Web addresses. Spend some time exploring the site, and
note down a feature on the site you find interesting.
___American Academy of Professional Coders
___American Association of Managed Care Nurses
___American Association of Medical Assistants
___American Medical Billing Association
___American Physical Therapy Association
___Health Insurance Association of America
___National Association of Claims Processing Professionals
1. Association name____________________________________________________
URL _____________________________________________________
If you have Web-based email, get on your account and email the instructor
the Web address; sign the email using your full name.
What is one feature of this site that you find interesting? For
example, it might offer access to discussion groups or forums; or, it might
offer continuing education opportunities, or links to related sites.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
2. Association name____________________________________________________
URL _____________________________________________________
If you have Web-based email, get on your account and email the instructor
the Web address; sign the email using your full name.
What is one feature of this site that you find interesting? For
example, it might offer access to discussion groups or forums; or, it might
offer continuing education opportunities, or links to related sites.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
3. Association name____________________________________________________
URL _____________________________________________________
If you have Web-based email, get on your account and email the instructor
the Web address; sign the email using your full name.
What is one feature of this site that you find interesting? For
example, it might offer access to discussion groups or forums; or, it might
offer continuing education opportunities, or links to related sites.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
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Responding
to a Patient's Question
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| PROBLEM A newly diagnosed cancer
patient comes to your desk after being informed of two alternatives for
treatment, one involving surgery, the second involving chemotherapy.
He/she asks you what you think. While you of course refer the patient
to the doctor for professional advice, you want to also be helpful by providing
access to quality information resources.
YOUR SOLUTION You use Internet
search engines to find quality resources to which you can refer your patient. |
- Click on Evaluating
Internet Resources and read the criteria
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Click on Criteria
for Evaluating Internet Health Information and read the criteria
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Following directions given above, go to where Internet search engines are
listed and described on the Cabrillo College Library Web pages
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Using one or more of the search engines, find three quality links that
your patient might want to use to become more informed about cancer and
various cancer treatments.
1. Name of Web site_____________________________________________
URL_____________________________________________
Why do you think this site would provide quality information that is
useful?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
2. Name of Web site_____________________________________________
URL_____________________________________________
Why do you think this site would provide quality information that is
useful?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
3. Name of Web site_____________________________________________
URL_____________________________________________
Why do you think this site would provide quality information that is
useful?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
This web exercise has been designed by Topsy
N. Smalley April 2000
The URL for this page is http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/~tsmalley/ProbSolvMedOff.html |
