Looking at Search Engines

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Student Debt Crisis: Lives on Hold

June 28, 2016



Millions of Americans who went to college seeking a better future now face crushing debt from student loans--while the industry makes a handsome profit.  How a broken system landed so many in this mess.

Read The Consumer Report's article on this subject.


Thursday, June 30, 2016

Looking at Search Engines


RESEARCH SEARCHES ON THE INTERNET

Through a course at the Wonderful and Magnificent Fresno Pacific University,* I have been studying the Internet. There's so much more than I imagined--and I imagined a lot!

There is the "SURFACE WEB."  

We've all been using the tarnation out of that one for years--through normal search engines DuckDuckGo.com, Yahoo.com, Google.com, etc.).

There's the "INVISIBLE WEB." 

We've probably all stumbled into this realm from time to time, but sites here are not gathered up by the normal crawling of traditional search engines. 

        These sites include, among others:

            "Password-Accessed" (sites like JSTORS, EBSCO, and Bloom's)

            "Form Controlled" (You need to use  specific search words in order to 
            pull them up.)

            "Hidden Pages" (Basically, you need to know the exact web site addresses in
            order to find these.)

Because the easiest way to find anything on the Invisible Web is by using actual website addresses, I have included appropriate and useful links on this site.

Want More Info?

Want to see a pertinent PowerPoint from 21st Century Information Fluency?

LOOK over to the right-most column, and experiment to find those that suit you!

* I must thank my knowledgeable Fresno Pacific University Professor, BOB JOST, for all that I'm sharing about the Internet.  Much of it is directly from Mr. Jost's curriculum, and what is not was only discovered because of what he has shared and taught me.  Thank you, Mr. Jost!  (Any errors [misspellings!], however, must be credited to my own "skills.")

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Fever 1795 by Laurie Halse Anderson

This is a great story about how one young girl survives the yellow fever epidemic during the time of America's Revolution. It's adverturesome and heart-wrenching.

See a book preview:
Fever 1793


See a documentary on the same subject:
Fever - 1793: Historic Philadelphia Documentary

Read the book:
(Look in your LIBRARY:  Fic AND)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

This is a fun story about a sad subject.  A young Native American boy tries to overcome the hopelessness of growing up--and getting educated--while living on a reservation.  It's partially-biographical for the author, Sherman Alexie.

Logan's Run by Wm. F. Nolan and Geo. Clayton Johnson

This is an early post-apocalyptic, dystopic story--written in 1967. 

In a re-built society of the future, people are only allowed to live until they turn 21 years old.  At that time--Lastday--an implant in the palm--a plam flower--flashes red; and the 21-year-old must report to a Sleepshop to be "recycled" (killed). If one flees, a Sandman will track down that fugitive and kill him.  

What happens when a Sandman decides to run?

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Comic..Kids are Adept!

Kids taking tests work hard to overcome their collective lack of preparation! 
Don't do it!  It defeats the purpose of education.  
It's a joke.