Research Guides: COMM 331 (Jeppeson): Web sites

Web sites

See what others have done

Go to YouTube and see what others have done. Type in advertisement "college project" and see all of the results that come up. Some are humorous, some serious. This also works for your game assignment. I typed in game development "college project." "Video game" brainstorm also brought up some helpful results.

You Tube

Helpful Web Sites for Finding Topics

ProCon.org
ProCon's mission: promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, primarily pro-con format.
CDC A-Z Index
The CDC A-Z Index is a navigational and informational tool that makes the CDC.gov web site easier to use.
Game Designing
Game Design refers to the complete process of generating an idea for a game and taking it all the way to a final, playable product. Many people think exclusively of video games, but game design covers all kinds of games (board games, card games, video games, etc).
Statistical Resources
Be advised that this link will take you to a separate guide devoted to statistical web sites.
Board Game Design Virtual Summit
Feb 21-27. A week-long free event for board game designers
In-depth interviews with board game industry experts
Live Q&A panels with speakers from the Summit (paid passes)
Lifetime access to all the content (paid passes)

Evaluating Web Sites

Criteria for Evaluating Internet Sources from CSU Chico's Merriam Library
Anyone can place material on the Internet. That is why it is so important to evaluate the information you find. Use CSU Chico's CRAAP guide when reviewing Internet sites.

Google Advanced Search

With Google Advanced Search you can easily use tools such as domain limiters (edu, gov, org). You can also type in an advanced search directly into the Google search box, for example "home health care" site:gov.

Google Search Statement	Results (2/5/19)	Search Strategies
collaborative learning	552 million	Default Boolean AND search (it looks at the word distracted AND the word driving).
"collaborative learning"	191 million	It looks at the words as a phrase
intitle: "collaborative learning"	25,100	The phrase must be in the title.
intitle:"collaborative learning" inurl:biz	33	"collaborative learning" would be in the title and the site must have the word biz in it.
iintitle:"collaborative learning" site:edu	5,430	Site must be from an educational institution.
intitle:"collaborative learning" college site:org	3,570	The word college is added to the previous search.
"collaborative learning" filetype:pdf	2.3 million	Site must be a pdf. You might also try something like filetype:ppt (for Powerpoint)