The document provides guidance on how to conduct effective searches on the internet and evaluate the results. It discusses using specific search terms and operators like "+" and "-" to include or exclude terms. It also covers evaluating search results based on the accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency and coverage of websites. Formatting citations in APA and MLA styles is also addressed.
3. When you are looking for something try and be specific about what you want Example: history of bata shoe museum
4. Include and/or Exclude(+ or -) Example: You want to search for Atlantis, the purported lost continent, and you want to eliminate all pages about Atlantis, the space shuttle Then type in the search box +Atlantis Note there is no space between the two To be more specific +Atlantis -Shuttle No space between the two words No space between the two words Space between the two words
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7. Lower case identifies both the capital and lower case letters Example: “apple pie recipe”
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10. What are Meta Search Engines? and How do Meta Search Engines Work?
11. In Meta Search engines, you submit key words in the search box, and it will transmit your search simultaneously to several individual search engines. Search Box Search Engine Search Engine Search Engine Search Engine Search Engine Meta Search engines do not have their own data base of web pages.
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14. Dogpile: Web site dogpile.com What does it search: Searches Google, Yahoo, Look Smart, Ask.com, MSN Search etc. Watch out for sponsored by links below the search results! Meta Search Engine
15. Some Meta Search Engines use a unique service that accepts natural language queries and generates a list of related questions and matching Web sites where the answers might be found like http://www.AskJeeves.com Meta Search Engine
24. What is the World Wide Web? A method that integrates cross-references, figures and footnotes into on-line hypertext documents, in which a reader can click on a word or phrase in a document and immediately jump to another location within that same document or to another file.
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26. Anatomy an URL Most URL (Universal Resource Locators) uses http (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) to control timing and data transfer format. The following is the standard protocol used to send Web pages across the Net: http://www.tdsb.on.ca/instruction/busstud.html access method/protocol computer location directory name of file type of file host/domain name
