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Your best friend told you today that he thinks he has depression and asked you if he should see a doctor. That really surprised you -- you knew he'd been feeling down, but you never thought he needed a doctor. Can kids your age even get "depression," or do they just get depressed?
You decide to do an Internet search for "depressed" but you get way too many results. Before you click on any of them, let's try to narrow them down to just the stuff you want.
It's good to include as many search terms as possible that are relevant to your topic. This search string will lead you to more hits about what causes depression.
It's good to include as many search terms as possible that are relevant to your topic. This search string will lead you to more hits about depression in teens.
Most search engines don't understand questions. They may search for the words in your question, or for sites with that exact question in them.
Search engines find sites with your search terms in them. The more relevant search terms you include, the more likely you are to get useful results.
Some of the irrelevant results had the word "depressed" instead of "depression." By using quotation marks to search for that exact word , you should find more of the results you want.
The results that looked more relevant all had the term "depressive disorder." By searching for that phrase (in quotes) you should get more relevant results. You can also put a single word in quotes to get just that word and not synonyms (for example, "depression" but not "depressed".)
Most search engines don't understand questions. If you put the question in quotes they'll look for sites with that exact question in them.
Most search engines automatically search for words that are close to your search terms, not just your exact search terms. To search for an exact word, put it in quotes. You can also get more relevant results by putting words that go together inside quotes. This lets you search for pages that include those exact words in that order.
Some of the irrelevant hits had the word "depressed" in them, so using a NOT or minus sign to get rid of anything that includes the word "depressed" should take them out of your results.
The irrelevant results all had "blog" in the title, so using a NOT or minus sign to get rid of anything that includes the word "blog" should take them out of your results.
The irrelevant results all had "blog" in the title, so using a NOT or minus sign to get rid of anything that includes the word "blog" should take them out of your results.
You can get rid of results that aren't relevant by adding NOT (all caps) or a minus sign (-) before a word that appears in them. That tells the search engine not to include them.
This site definitely seems to be about your topic. Now let's see if Collaborapedia is the best place to get the information you need.
Looks like someone else had the same questions as you. Let's see who answered.
This looks like exactly what you were looking for. Let's see if this is the best place to get the information you need.
You’ve narrowed your search down to some good resources. Take a look at the web address and sample text beneath each one before you pick one, and remember you can always come back to your search.
This site definitely seems to be about your topic. Now let's see if Collaborapedia is the best place to get the information you need.
Looks like someone else had the same questions as you. Let's see who answered.
This looks like exactly what you were looking for. Let's see if this is the best place to get the information you need.
You’ve narrowed your search down to some good resources. Take a look at the web address and sample text beneath each one before you pick one, and remember you can always come back to your search.
This site definitely seems to be about your topic. Now let's see if Collaborapedia is the best place to get the information you need.
This site definitely seems to be about your topic. Now let's see if it has information about depression and teens.
This looks like exactly what you were looking for. Let's see if this is the best place to get the information you need.
You’ve narrowed your search down to some good resources. Take a look at the web address and sample text beneath each one before you pick one, and remember you can always come back to your search.
This looks like good advice, but you have no way of knowing if what AshleyV says is true -- or even if she is who she says she is. You need more reliable information.
DrWill says he's a psychiatrist, but how do you know for sure? Anyway, he seems more interested in getting people on his TV show. You need more reliable information.
This looks like good advice, but it'd be nice to know more. Maybe next time you should check out that Mental Health Portal she mentioned.
This looks like mostly good advice, but who are these people? Remember you can always go back to look for other sources.
This looks like a good source, but you need to take extra steps to make sure that a Collaborapedia article is reliable. Next time, check the "View History" page to see who's written and edited the article.
That's a good idea. Since sites like Collaborapedia are written by their users, it's good to check on who's written what.
This looks like a good source, but you need to take extra steps to make sure that a Collaborapedia article is reliable. Next time, check the "View History" page to see who's written and edited the article.
This looks pretty complete and reliable, but remember that sites like Collaborapedia are written by their users. It's good to be a little extra careful when you use them.
Good job! This article may not be exactly what you need, but it's a good place to start: it's got a good rating and it looks like people interested in the topic are careful to delete any false or silly stuff. Next time, you can try to find one of the sources that they used to write this article.
There are a lot of ways to find out if a Collaborapedia article is reliable. Two good ones are looking at the article's rating and seeing if any major edits have been made recently.
This site seemed to be pushing readers to ask a doctor for drugs to treat depression. I wonder if they're telling you the whole story. Next time try checking out who's behind a site before you decide to trust it.
That's a good idea. Finding out who's behind the site will help you to see if they're telling you the whole story.
This site seemed to be pushing readers to ask a doctor for drugs to treat depression. I wonder if they're telling you the whole story. Next time try checking out who's behind a site before you decide to trust it.
This looks pretty complete, but it's not clear just what the "Peace of Mind Institute" is. After all, anyone can register a dot-org address.
According to Collaborapedia, the Peace of Mind Institute is run by a drug company. It doesn't sound like they're interested in giving you all the information you need.
Most of the sites that link to the Peace of Mind Institute are run by a drug company. It doesn't sound like they're interested in giving you all the information you need.
According to Whoisd.com, the Peace of Mind Institute site is registered to a drug company. It doesn't sound like they're interested in giving you all the information you need.
There are a lot of ways to find out who is behind a site. You can search for what people are saying about the site, find out who links to the site with a link: search, or use a Whois service like Whoisd or whois.cira.ca to find out who the site is registered to.
This got you to the information you needed right away. Remember that a search usually covers the whole site, not just one section, so on large sites it's important to add more than one search term (like "teenagers" and "depression.") Some sites let you use tools like NOT (-) and quotation marks too.
This got you to the information you needed right away. Remember that search engines will search the whole site, not just one section, so if you're searching a large site it's important to add more than one search term (like "teenagers" and "depression.") You can use tools like NOT (-) and quotation marks to narrow down your search too.
Well, it took you awhile but you finally found what you needed. Next time try using the Search box or doing a site-specific search on a search engine.
Even if a site isn't well-organized, it usually has some kind of search tool that helps you find what you're looking for. You can also use most search engines to search just one site by adding "site:" and then the Web address to your search.
Good job! It took a while to find what you needed, but this site has complete and reliable information on your topic.
Sometimes a site that looks good and is easy to navigate can still be unreliable. What's more important is who's behind the site and whether they're concerned with giving you good information instead of trying to persuade you or sell you something.
