Activity: Do research on a topic with Edge and Bing

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For this activity, you will be using Microsoft Edge to conduct a generic search and a search for scholarly resources. After conducting the two searches please reflect in the discussion about how a generic search and an academic search is different from one another by comparing the top three results. Search for information regarding artificial intelligence. 


How to conduct generic research:

  1. Open your Microsoft Edge browser. The Edge browser is a blue green circle icon.


  2. In the address bar, type in the address for Microsoft’s search engine Bing. The search engine for Microsoft is https://bing.com/


  3. The search engine will open, and you will see a search bar. In the search engine, type in the search terms that you want to use. Search terms are words, phrases or sentences that you want information on. They should describe what you want, and you should try different spelling, and synonyms for your search terms.


  4. Type in “Scholarly article on how artificial intelligence is transforming the world” in the search bar and press the "Enter" key.

  5. A page will appear with the results. You can click on the results and open them. Open the top three results and have a look at them. What do you notice about them?

  6. When you are searching you need to be very careful with your search terms. If your terms are too broad you will get too many results. And if they are too narrow in your search term you will not get the right results either.
    Using good search terms is an art in itself! This video might help you with a search strategy 
     


Create a collection of your search results:

  1. Click on the "Collections" icon at the top right of the navigation bar.


  2. Click on the "Pin" icon to fix the collections window to the right of the browser.


  3. Click on the "Start new collection" link.


  4. Give your collection a suitable name. We will call ours "AI" for this activity.


  5. In the left window that shows the results of your search, select a suitable resource you want to revere back to. If you want to use our resource, you can open How artificial intelligence is transforming the world | Brookings in your Edge browser.


  6. With the resource you found open in the left window, click on the "Add current page" link. Note how this adds the website to your AI resources.


Create citations for your resources:

  1. Click on the "ellipses" (the three dots) icon and then select "Show citations". From the menu that opens, select "APA 7" but remember to consult your module material on the correct citation format to use.


  2. Note the "Quotation marks" icon that is now next to the resource name. Click on the "Quotation marks" icon to open the "Citation" window.


  3. Note how you can update the citation information, select the resource type (in this case a website) and you can easily copy the "In-text citation" and "Full citation". If the information for the resource is not automatically found, you will need to add the information manually.


Export your collection:

  1. Click on the "ellipses" (the three dots) icon and then select "Send to word". 

  2. This will open a new Word document in your OneDrive account. Note how the links and references have been automatically added for easy use in other documents.


In the discussion forum below – discuss the differences between results from a general search on the Internet vs results from an academic search on the Unisa library. 

Note: For formal research, a good place to start is with your institution's library. In the case of Unisa, you can visit the universities library website at http://unisa.ac.za/library

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Re: Activity: subscription

by LESIBA PIET MOKONYANE -
A subscription is an arrangement to receive something, typically a publication, regular by paying in advance. It can also refer to an arrangement by which access is granted to an online service or an advance payment made to receive or participate in something. It can also refer to a signature or short piece of writing at the end of document or a signed declaration or agreement. 

Results from a general search on the internet. Many web site found through Internet search engines contain licensed, proprietary information and require you to logon with a user account. You must already be a member or pay for a subscription in order to access the material from these websites. Less ability to search for and retrieve precise results using search engines like Google. Web site contents can often change.

Web pages and sites may disappear for a number of reasons and may not be able to retrieve the same content at a later time. Most web site found on the internet do not provide a citation tool or already formatted APA or MLA style reference for the web pages on their side. Lack of control allows anybody to publish their opinions or ideas on the internet. For the most part not evaluated. Many sites are not updated regularly and can become outdated.

Results from an academic search on the Unisa library. I will find Articles and books written by journalists or expects in a professional field. All material in database is evaluated for accuracy and credibility by subjects and publishers. The database is reviewed and updated regularly. Results from an academic search on the Unisa library include a citation tool that will automatically generate APL or MLA style reference for the selected article. Published contents from journals, books, magazines and newspapers does not change. Most of materials remain in the database for a significant length of time and can be easily retrieved again and no sponsor or ads.    

https://bing.com/search?q=subscription+definition 


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by ANNA MALATJI -
One of the main differences is that general search engines will often return results from a wide range of sources, including websites, blogs, and news articles. These sources may not always be peer-reviewed or written by experts in the field. On the other hand, academic search engines will often return results from trusted, peer-reviewed sources, like journals and research papers. This means that the information you find will be of a higher quality and more likely to be accurate.

Another key difference between general and academic search engines is how the results are presented. General search engines will typically display a mix of text, images, and videos in the search results, and they may also display ads. Academic search engines usually display only text-based results, with links to scholarly articles. In addition, general search engines often use a "fuzzy search" algorithm, which means that results may not match the search terms exactly. On the other hand, academic search engines usually use a "boolean search" algorithm, which means that results must match the search terms exactly.
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by Bongiwe Samath Mpontshane -

Artificial intelligence is transforming our world. 

Results from a general search on the internet. Many web site found through Internet search engines contain licensed, proprietary information and require you to logon with a user account. You must already be a member or pay for a subscription in order to access the material from these websites. Less ability to search for and retrieve precise results using search engines like Google. Web site contents can often change.

Web pages and sites may disappear for a number of reasons and may not be able to retrieve the same content at a later time. Most web site found on the internet do not provide a citation tool or already formatted APA or MLA style reference for the web pages on their side. Lack of control allows anybody to publish their opinions or ideas on the internet. For the most part not evaluated. Many sites are not updated regularly and can become outdated.


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Re: Activity: Do research on a topic with Edge and Bing

by Percyval Ndou -
One of the main differences is that general search engines will often return results from a wide range of sources, including websites, blogs, and news articles. These sources may not always be peer-reviewed or written by experts in the field. On the other hand, academic search engines will often return results from trusted, peer-reviewed sources, like journals and research papers. This means that the information you find will be of a higher quality and more likely to be accurate.
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by Percyval Ndou -
Edge and Bing Search - zsdch encoding: Why is it being used?
Seems Edge has been including zsdch in the accept-encoding header (from searching, as far back as 112). Couldn't find any documentation on this encoding type, only sdch which is considered defunct. We started having issues with Bing search starting around the end of June 2023, and with assistance from our Firewall vendor we identified this content-encoding as unsupported on the Firewall and blocked as evasion (default) by the AntiVirus scan.
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by GABRINA MOKGADI NGOEPE -
Results that come from a general internet search usually include a dynamic range of sources like websites, blogs, social media, and news but may lack credibility and depth and surety. On the other hand, academic searches will focus on scholarly sources like peer reviewed journals and conference papers, offering more reliable and specialized information relevant to the academic research.
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by KEALEBOGA PORTIA MOSUTHU -
The difference between general search on the internet and academic search in Unisa is that there is reliable source in the academic search and students are able to reference the result. Technology is continuously improving but for student to consume reliable source of information they can use academic search.

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by Zenande Memela -
Internet search: When you perform a general search on the Internet, you get results from a wide range of sources, including websites, blogs, forums, social media, and more. The credibility of these sources can vary significantly, and not all of them are peer-reviewed or fact-checked.

Unisa library search: On the other hand, searching the Unisa library provides access to academic and scholarly sources, such as peer-reviewed journals, conference papers, dissertations, and books. These sources are authored by experts in their fields and have undergone rigorous review processes, ensuring higher reliability and credibility.
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by SAFIRA BANU PATEL -
General search on the internet includes large amount of information but not all sources are reliable or credible. Content found on the Internet might be subject to various copyright and usage restrictions, limiting the ability to use or cite certain sources in academic work.
Academic search on the Unisa library provides access to scholarly sources, including academic books, and conference papers. These materials undergo a review process, ensuring higher reliability and credibility compared to many sources found on the Internet.
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by RIA PULENG THABETHE -
Results from general searches on the internet require thorough scrutiny because of the availability of information from different sources like personal blogs and websites. Some of the information acquired from general searches can be misleading, bias or unverified point of views whereas using academic databases like Unisa library for conducting research guarantees more value in terms of accuracy, quality and reliability.
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by LEBOGANG FREDA MANKGA -
Results from a general search on the Internet shows different web links of information sources relating to the search topic. The general search results also includes an option to access the information in different filters like images, news, maps,books, shopping,maps,videos,flights and finance. While results from an academic search on the UNISA library includes different content type of information like ebooks, Journal article, newsletter, conference proceeding,magazine article, web resource,dissertation ect., and it gives an option to change from one type of content results to another. The results gives database recommendations; and gives an option to access the type of subject discipline you want e.g information sources relating to subject term Robots or Mathematics.
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by L M MANOTO -
A generic search refers to general queries that do not have a specific search intent or brand name
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by Mutale Dalia Mafwela -
The main differences on sees between generic and scholarly searches are that, generic searches give you just about any results pertaining to your search if you are not specific as to what you are searching for and sometimes the search results are filled with too much information that sometimes isn't helpful. Scholarly searches on the other hand are more detailed and specific to carter to your search needs. They don't flood you with suggestions of sites that just give you junk information.

What can be seen from the top three results is that they give result suggestions of universities where one can learn AI qualifications from and articles telling you more about AI.
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by DITSEPU ANNAH MASEMOLA -
The results from academic search are accurate and releable, which is not the same with general search on the internet.
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by TSAKANI YVONNE NGWENYA -
The general search on the internet is easier and quick. You get the results faster and it corrects or direct you rather to search for the right material. In comparison with general search, academic search on the Unisa Library is not easy nor faster. You have to be certain of what you are searching for.
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by NOKUTHULA MABHENA -
The difference between the two is that results from a general search on the internet allows you to access information on a wide range, by just scrolling through the web you're shown news articles, available online courses, journals, blogs, websites etcetera. Academic search engines allows you to access information on a limited range, you have to go through certain steps to find suitable results, on the UNISA library resources there are specific options given , namely finding books and catalogues, e-journals, e-reserves and recommended books, e-journals and etcetera.

Though the results on Library resources like UNISA library are accurate, the information is reviewed, highly reliable and credited which is satisfying, it still does not change the fact that its information is still scattered in a way since you have to go through different engines to find specific information which may be time consuming whereas on a general search its more easier since you just scroll through the web where you find similar information you are researching about. further there is also an option for viewing images , chat, school, videos and maps exactly on the same engine but we still cant run away from the fact that information on general search may require us to subscribe, may be subjected to copyright and usage to restrictions, may be false information or no citation provided.
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by Patience Gosego Obuseng -
Academic search from the Unisa library is are more accurate with articles and books by journalist and expect in a professional environments and all their information has references, where general search on the internet there are lots of different information that has no references and it is not accurate at all.
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Re: Activity: Do research on a topic with Edge and Bing

by Zukisani Mpisi -
A subscription is an arrangement to receive something, typically a publication, regular by paying in advance. It can also refer to an arrangement by which access is granted to an online service or an advance payment made to receive or participate in something. It can also refer to a signature or short piece of writing at the end of document or a signed declaration or agreement.

Results from a general search on the internet. Many web site found through Internet search engines contain licensed, proprietary information and require you to logon with a user account. You must already be a member or pay for a subscription in order to access the material from these websites. Less ability to search for and retrieve precise results using search engines like Google. Web site contents can often change.

Web pages and sites may disappear for a number of reasons and may not be able to retrieve the same content at a later time. Most web site found on the internet do not provide a citation tool or already formatted APA or MLA style reference for the web pages on their side. Lack of control allows anybody to publish their opinions or ideas on the internet. For the most part not evaluated. Many sites are not updated regularly and can become outdated.

Results from an academic search on the Unisa library. I will find Articles and books written by journalists or expects in a professional field. All material in database is evaluated for accuracy and credibility by subjects and publishers. The database is reviewed and updated regularly. Results from an academic search on the Unisa library include a citation tool that will automatically generate APL or MLA style reference for the selected article. Published contents from journals, books, magazines and newspapers does not change. Most of materials remain in the database for a significant length of time and can be easily retrieved again and no sponsor or ads.

https://bing.com/search?q=subscription+definition
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Re: Activity: Do research on a topic with Edge and Bing

by KEITUMETSI MOKABO -
The difference between a general search on the internet and an academic search on the UNISA library is that, when you use the general search, keywords that match your search will always appear. Results from the general search may come from blogs. social media, journal articles, and different websites. When you open these results Ads will always open. Most of the results from the general search are free. These results may not always be accurate.
The results from the UNISA library include a wide range of subjects, academic journals, and full articles which always include references and books. When you use the academic search you must always be sure of what you are searching for. Academic search results are always accurate and updated.
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by PAUL MSINDO MPANZA -
the result from UNISA brings out the journal in which databases is held and allows the journal for more article by using the relevant database. the internet results is to much articles and make it complicated to find straight solution
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by Nolwazi Yolanda Mabuza -
A search engine, like Google, uses computer algorithms to search the Internet and find websites that match the keywords you enter.

Library databases search for published and academic resources, including articles in journals, newspapers, and magazines. Library databases can be general or discipline-specific (e.g. an engineering database).
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by Marion Webber -
A general search on the internet provides multiple results, however the majority of the results are not from academic sources and are not considered as academic resources. Results from an academic search on the Unisa library provide results that include mostly journal articles, newspapers and magazine, all which are considered as academic resources.
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by Sonia Tomsana -

It's very easier search and upload scholarly article on Microsoft edge and Bing. Save as many as you want.

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by MEHENDHI JUGDHAW -
General internet searches present a wide range of websites, blogs, articles, images, and videos. These may contain bias, be unverified, contain personal opinions or may be factually incorrect, hence, may lack accuracy and reliability for research purposes.

An academic search presents research institutions' research papers, journals, dissertations and academic textbooks, which have information that has been researched and validated, and are therefore, factual and evidential, and thus, provide much more reliability and accuracy for academic assessments and their citations.
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by LESEGO VERONICA MAREDI -
results from general search on the internet comes from sources and results from an academic search on the unisa library is based on books
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by ASHLEY PENHALL -

a general search provides you with multiple vague answers where Unisa library searches provide more in depth and specific information 

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by Kelebogile Thuto Rakhudu -
Browsing and searching are two different ways of finding information on the internet.

The Unisa Library has a vast print and electronic book collection. Search for books in the Library Catalogue by entering keywords or the title of the book.
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by MIRIAM MARONEL UITHALER -
Good day,
The internet search for me is like an ordinary search engine where anyone can upload information that is readily available. Most of these articles have not even been researched or peer-reviewed. When you compare an institution like the Unisa library and other reputable educational institutions and platforms, you can get a sense of how to separate the coffee from the wheat when it comes to world-wide web searches.
https://mylifeunisaac-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/68896069_mylife_unisa_ac_za/EeXC1Plu8PlNlfc3PWKoyZMBeN_pwg9YZRIaeWuWh6tZqg?e=yKh5Jx
https://www.bing.com/search?
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by Melissa Sheryl-leigh van Stade -
The academic search engine provides search results of predefined journals,reviews as well as abstracts.A lot of academic search engines gives the option for deciding the standard of the research.The databases available in academic search engines are further subdivided into specialized database.
The general search engine provides both relevant and irrelevant articles.It does not provide quality results and are not organized.
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by Vincent Henn -
General search on the Internet > not necessarily very accurate and can be heavily influenced by opinion and the search engine.

Academic Search > more reliable and based on facts with sources.
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by D DE RIDDER -
Difference between results from a general search on the internet vs results from an academic search on Unisa library is that a general search on the internet provides a wide range of information but it is not always accurate or reliable seeing as anyone can upload anything, which can lead to biased or false information. However an academic search on Unisa Library provides results from books, journals and articles which is reliable and accurate and factual
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Re: Activity: Do research on a topic with Edge and Bing

by Bontle Chaphole -
Edge and Bing Search - zsdch encoding: Why is it being used?
Seems Edge has been including zsdch in the accept-encoding header (from searching, as far back as 112). Couldn't find any documentation on this encoding type, only sdch which is considered defunct. We started having issues with Bing search starting around the end of June 2023, and with assistance from our Firewall vendor we identified this content-encoding as unsupported on the Firewall and blocked as evasion (default) by the AntiVirus scan.
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by DARLENE ANGELIQUE PRINCE -
Results of a general search shown from Google or Bing usually include many websites, blogs, videos or images that are not always published nor written by professionals in a field, or well established credited sources which can be trusted. Whereas results from an academic search on the Unisa library will give sources or research papers that is more accurate and of high quality work as it is written by professors, or journalists etcetera.
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by M MDINGI -
A general search on the internet makes it easy for researchers' to quickly find relevant information to formulate literature review and other research. it provides a large pool of information in the phenomenon investigated.
Academic search on library gives researchers information that is reliable and has validity. It may be a bit tricky to navigate on the library and some book are not available.
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by Phelokazi Ningi -
Results from an academic search at the Unisa library are more appropriate for school research because they utilise tertiary level terminologies. You will get exactly what you need to know on an academic search as a student than when using a general search.
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by Musa Clemens Rikhotso -

Results from a general search on the internet. Many web site found through Internet search engines contain licensed, proprietary information and require you to logon with a user account. You must already be a member or pay for a subscription in order to access the material from these websites. Less ability to search for and retrieve precise results using search engines like Google. Web site contents can often change.

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by CALSON MQIVELA SITHOLE -
The results from a generic search often gives information from various sources over the whole internet and leave you with the responsibility to identify which ones are refutable sources from the rest, whereas those from the Unisa library are selected academic resources from refutable sources. This makes the Unisa library sources to stand out as the right ones for proper and efficient research purposes.
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by Pako Kgotatso MONGOEKIA -
while general internet searches provide a broad range of information from various sources, academic searches through the Unisa library offer more reliable, credible, and specialized information that is essential for scholarly research and writing.
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by JABULILE NONHLANHLA TSHABALALA -
When searching for information on artificial intelligence, the results can differ a lot. Generic searches often show articles from popular sites like Britannica and Wikipedia. These give broad overviews and are easy for everyone to understand. They are great for quick learning. Scholarly searches, bring up results from academic databases and journals like Our World in Data, Google Scholar, and Scholarly Horizons. These sources are reviewed by experts and offer detailed and well-researched information.
While generic sources are good for a quick grasp of a topic, scholarly sources provide deeper, more trustworthy content.
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by T MASHININI -
The process of conducting research has evolved, giving access to various information sources. However, the quality and reliability of the information sources may vary in a significant manner depending on the research method.

Looking at the results from a general search one could identify that it offers a broad range of sources, including blogs, news site, and personal opinions which may lack quality and depth required for formal research.

On the other hand, academic research consists of credible results, these results consist of scholarly articles and reviewed journals that confirm or rather insure reliable, and highly accurate information sources that are regularly updated so that it may not lose value.
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by NKOSINATHI EMMANUEL MASOKA -
The Unisa library provides access to academic resources such as peer-reviewed journals, theses, dissertations, conference papers, and institutional repositories. General search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo pull information from a wide variety of sources, including websites, blogs, news articles, forums, and mor