Search+&+Discovery

**Overview**
Millions of pages are being added to the web every day and with the growing move towards openness, one can infer that there is now enough good quality and varied material available for all ages and curriculum subjects. Finding exactly what you want can still be time consuming - this page also links closely to the curation process. Developing a good understanding of Copyright is also invaluable.


 * Why is this important **
 * Primary evidence for study and research in different fields subjects and disciple.
 * Resources to use in multi-media projects and documents
 * Effectively find online media, including images video, audio ,documents and presentations
 * Bring together and curate content form diverse sources
 * Share open content and resources using online spaces, platforms and communities.

//These are not search engines, but tools to find resources that have open properties, either of licensing, media or format// [|CreatIve Commons Search] Search a across a range of media and licences - first stop! [|Finding & using Public Domain images] [|The Getty] Search using "open content filter" [|12 Ways to Be More Search Savvy] (Mindshift) [|UCLA Library tools]
 * Search & Discovery Techniques & Tools**

Recently some major search engines some have enabled filtering by licence: Finding CC images on **Google Image Search**

Finding CC images on **Flickr**

Finding CC Images on **Bing Images**

**Tips** > Many search tools and platforms will recommend similar or related resources that might match your needs exactly. They are always worth checking out. > > > > See what others have been doing in the field, for example a quick filtered search on [|Slideshare] can return lots of ideas from others with similar interests. Many educational slide presentations have creative commons or open licences. [|Slidee.com] is another slide search tool that might be useful. > > > > The Internet Archive [|WayBack Machine] lets you search billions of web pages since the early days of the Web> TYo can also suggest and add a page to be archived for posterity. > > > Often, valuable resources may be presented in Languages other than English. Many Browsers now have pliug ins which automatically translate text into English. Although they not always provide a fully accurate or grammatically correct text, there should be enough information or context available in order to interpret the work meaningfully. > > Many educators, subject specialists and organisations are ver happy to share their resources, as lists or as curated resources on platforms such as Scoop.it or the [|Wikipedia Wonderland] Pinterest group. > > >
 * 1) ** If you have some idea of what you are looking for ..... **
 * 1) For example, if you are looking for music for a video, use **generic keywords** that match your intentions or the topic, feel of the video, also check out the closely related resources //marking// or //saving// to a list, even it if is not if it may be useful for future projects.
 * 1) **Keep your eye on the ball**
 * 1) **Search the Web Over Time**
 * 1) **Use translation tools**
 * 1) **Curated Lists**
 * 1) **Never underestimate serendipity** When you are carrying out a CC search, (perhaps on Flickr) and it doesn't return the expected results, why not check out the related material
 * 1) The **search** **field -** although most social media platforms and tools are not search engines per se. they will usually have a search field or function. For example Twitter can be a great search tool that returns immediate results - why not try. Try //#openglam//" or "copyright free images" - you will still have to evaluate the results though.

[|Teaching Children about Creative Commons to use Images] Created by Jo Badge
 * Teaching Ideas**


 * Learning Outcomes**
 * Search/research skills
 * Digital/Visual literacy


 * Search tools**



[|Instagrok] combines search with an intuitive mindmappig interface, it allows you to add notes and refine the results

[|How do image search engines work] [|JISC Finding] - a detailed review of finding media assets and media search engines Google [|Search Literacy] Lessons
 * Reading and further links**

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