Part 1 : Building your résumé using Microsoft Word (7 points)

You are to compose a one page résumé using Microsoft Word. There are many résumé guidelines available on the web but I want you to use the one given here. This is primarily an exercise in document formatting using Word and secondarily an exercise in creating a functional résumé.

• Save your résumé in a Word 97-2003 file (.doc, not .docx). The file name should contain your name and the word "resume". See the paragraph Saving your documents at the top of this page for directions on where to save it.
  
• Use http://www.middlebury.edu/administration/cso_archive/achieve/resumes/default.htm as your guide to résumé content.
• To view a Middlebury résumé that follows the following format guidelines, go to http://www.middlebury.edu/administration/cso_archive/achieve/cover_letters/resumesandmore.htm and click on "Resume Sample 2 (PDF)".
• For full credit, you must follow the Middlebury résumé formatting guidelines, which are paraphrased here
  1. Limit it to one page long (1 point)
  2. Use a 12 point font, and 1.25" margins on the left and right. (1 point)
  3. Insert a 3-column 1-row "borderless" table at the top of your document (not in the header). Your name goes in the center column. If you have both an Otterbein address and a home address, put your Otterbein address in the left column and your home address in the right column. If you only have one address, center it beneath your name. Wait until you have filled the table to make it "borderless." To do this, start by clicking on any cell inside the table then highlighting the Design tab. You should be able to figure it out from there. (1 point)
  4. The body of your resume is to be contained in another borderless table. Create a table with two columns and about 15 rows. You can create additional rows later if needed, click on the right column of the last row then press the Tab key. (1 point)
  5. Each résumé heading and major item should be in a different row of the table. For major headings, like EDUCATION, type the heading into the first column, then select both columns for that row, right-click and select Merge Cells (there are other ways to do it). Items under each heading are easily indented by simply typing them into the second column. The column's vertical boundary can be shifted to achieve the desired indentation. (1 point)
  6. For details under a major item, use bulleted lists created using the Bullets feature on the Home tab. (1 point)
  7. No spelling errors! (1 point)
• If you follow the above, here is what a snippet of your resume will look like on the screen. Note: the borders are shown here as dotted lines so you can see the table cell configuration. Once you specifiy no borders, the borders will be invisible even on the screen.
  

You may have little previous work experience to include. That's OK, but don't overlook anything for this project; even babysitting and lawn mowing count. Be sure to include volunteer activities and high school extra-curricular activities. The Education section should include your Otterbein experience as of the end of this quarter, followed by high school.

Carefully prepare your resume so you can update it periodically and use it in the future. As your experience grows, drop the older and less significant items to keep the length to one page.

Part 2: Google advanced search (5 points)

1. Create a Word 97-2003 document called project1.doc in which to store your answers to the following questions. See the paragraph Saving your documents at the top of this page for directions on where to save it.
2. Define the document header to contain your name (left-justified), an appropriate title (centered) and the date (right-justified). Do not type the date, use the date feature with the day-first format, e.g. 4 January 2010.
3. Add page numbers centered in the footer.
4. Launch a web browser and browse to www.google.com and click on its "Advanced Search" link.
5. Suppose you want to do some research concerning college email monitoring policies. Type the phrase email monitoring policy into the "all these words" box and click the Advanced Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer these questions about the results page.
   1. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   2. How many results were found?
   3. How many Sponsored Links are displayed, and how relevant to they appear to be?

   Click the Advanced Search link (next to the Search button). This time, type the phrase email monitoring policy into the "this exact wording or phrase " box and click the Advanced Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer the same three questions about the results page.

   4. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   5. How many results were found?
   6. How many Sponsored Links are displayed, and how relevant to they appear to be?

   Click the Advanced Search link. This time, type the words email, monitoring, and policy one each into the three OR-separated boxes under "one or more of these words " and click the Advanced Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer these questions about the results page.

   7. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   8. How many results were found?
   9. How many Sponsored Links are displayed, and how relevant to they appear to be?

   Click the Advanced Search link. In the "Search within a site or domain " box, type .edu   This will limit the search only to web sites from the "edu" domain (education). Then type the phrase email monitoring policy into the " all these words" box and click the Advanced Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer these questions about the results page.

   10. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   11. How many results were found?

   Click the Advanced Search link. Type .edu in the "Search within a site or domain " box. Type the phrase email monitoring policy into the "this exact wording or phrase " box and click the Advanced Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer the same questions about the results page.

   12. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   13. How many results were found?

   Click the Advanced Search link. In the "Search within a site or domain " box, type otterbein.edu   This will limit the search only to the Otterbein web site. Then type the phrase email monitoring policy into the " all these words" box and click the Advanced Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer the same questions about the results page.

   14. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   15. How many results were found?

   Click the Advanced Search link. Type otterbein.edu in the "Search within a site or domain " box. Type the phrase email monitoring policy into the "this exact wording or phrase " box and click the Advanced Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer the same questions about the results page.

   16. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   17. How many results were found?
   
   
6. Wrap up your exploration of advanced Google searching by writing a paragraph that summarizes your findings and describes which of the advanced features will be most useful for your Web research in the future. Note: Google and most other search engines allow you to directly enter your search term using the notation displayed in the search box of the results screen (questions 1, 4, 7, etc), rather than forcing you to click to an Advanced Search page.

Parts A-C are worth 1 point total, Part E is worth 3 points, and Part F is worth 1 point.

Part 3 : Comparing search engines and researching a topic (8 points)

Type the same search string, mercury immunization, into each of these search engines (use three different browser windows/tabs for easy comparison): www.mooter.com, www.dogpile.com, and www.wikio.com. In your responses, refer to the search engines as Mooter, Dogpile, and Wikio.

1. How many results does each of the search engines produce? If this cannot be determined, say so.
2. Which of the search engines produces the greatest amount of relevant information on its initial results page? Explain.
3. Compare the number and relevance of the Sponsored Results (if any) produced by each of the search engines.
4. Which of the search engines do you think would be the best one to use, to research this issue in order to learn what the two sides of the controversy are? Why?
5. Using the search engine you selected in the previous question, research the issue of using mercury in immunization solution. This is worth 5 of the 8 points. I encourage you to submit additional search queries using the techniques you learned in Part 1. Write an essay in which you
   • introduce the subject,
   • describe both sides of the controversy,
   • adopt one side, and defend it.
   • address how "authoritative" you consider your research sources to be, and how that influenced your decision.
   Here are some additional requirements:
   • Your essay must be a minimum of 150 words in length, suggested maximum is 300 words.
   • No spelling errors!
   • Follow your essay with a list of the specific web pages you consulted. Use the full URL, such as http://www.jokes.com/stand-up-search/jokes/tag/whatever
   • Do not copy and paste text from the web into your essay; that's plagiarism.
   Make sure your essay meets all the requirements listed in this paragraph.