Module 4: Searching the web - organising search information task

Whenever organising and computers come up in the same context I always think of Filemaker. Just an aside to lead us into what will undoubtedly be an exciting blog entry about organising search information.

For this task, I'm going to stick with using Google as my tool because it best meets my needs in terms of the type of information I need. I'm going to stick with the last search I did in the previous task where my search criteria was

red +velvet +cake +recipe site:edu

The desired result is a recipe for Red Velvet Cake. Let's go see what we can find. I have chosen the sites listed below as they all meet the criteria of providing a recipe for Red Velvet Cake.

Source One:
Google search results summary:
The Food Resource - Red Velvet Cake Recipe
This page is from http://food.oregonstate.edu/ which generally contains images, links, references, and instructional materials on food and their resource.
food.oregonstate.edu/recipes/cake-wal.html - 3k - Cached - Similar pages

URL: http://food.oregonstate.edu/recipes/cake-wal.html
Author: ZoeAnn Holmes
Institution: Oregon State Univeristy
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SOURCE: Food Resource Nutrition and Food Management, Oregon State University

Source Two:
Google search results summary: Untitled Document
The recipe for Eloise Merrell's Caramel Cake is a traditional family recipe, ... She would not let us leave until we had a piece of her Red Velvet Cake. ...
www.westga.edu/~history/centerbakingwhatscookingforholidays.htm - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

URL:Center for Public History, University of West Georgia
Author: Dr. Ann McCleary
Institution: University of West Georgia
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SOURCE: Center for Public History, University of West Georgia

Source Three:
Google search results summary:
Jamie's Recipe Page
Red Velvet Cake. Ingredients:. 2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder. 2 ounces red food coloring; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla ...
tiger.towson.edu/users/jlimon1/recipe.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

URL: http://tiger.towson.edu/users/jlimon1/recipe.html
Author: Jamie Limongelli
Institution: Towson University
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SOURCE: Towson University, Tiger Student pages

So now I have three recipes for Red Velvet Cake. I have bookmarked the pages and saved the .html files to my Study folder to access later off line.

For this task I used Google as my search engine of choice. All searches and search summaries are brought to you by the letter G and Google, retrieved on 25 May 2008.