1. Lesson 1: Search Vocabulary Source: http://www.teachnet-lab.olrg/is24/sposer/searching.htm

2. Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Category: Computers & Internet Number your paper: 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 15,000, 1000,000, 150,000, 1,000,000

3. 1,000 – What does WWW stand for? a. Wide World Web b. World Wide Web c. Web World Wide

4. 5,000 – An introductory/title page of a site is called a: a. headline b. home site c. homepage

5. 10,000 – What is a URL ( Uniform Resource Locator)? a. A website address b. An encyclopedia c. A help key

6. 15,000 – Which is not an example of a search engine? a. yahoo.com b. excite.com c. abc.com

7. 100,000 – Searching unproductively on the Internet in known as: a. crashing b. mashing c. thrashing

8. 150,000 – If you wanted to reach the US Navy, what domain would you use? a..com b..mil c..gov

9. 1,000,000 – Which word is not used in a Boolean search? a. and b. but c. not d. or

10. Different Domain Names.com – commercial site ex. www.hotmail.comwww.hotmail.com www.cnn.comwww.cnn.com, www.wgal.com, www.kohls.comwww.wgal.comwww.kohls.com.gov – government site ex. www.fda.gov, www.usa.gov, www.whitehouse.govwww.fda.govwww.usa.govwww.whitehouse.gov Check out this site for the Top 10 Government Sites: http://www.lovetoknow.com/top10/government- websites.html

11. .org – an organizations site ex – www.elanco.org, http://www.lungusa.org/www.elanco.orghttp://www.lungusa.org/.mil – US military site ex. – www.navy.mil, www.army.milwww.navy.milwww.army.mil Edu – educational websites ex. – www.millersville.edu, www.psu.eduwww.millersville.eduwww.psu.edu

12. What is a Boolean search? Click on this site to see: http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/bool ean/

13. How do I narrow down my searches? You are in a chemistry class, and you need to do research on the element mercury. Go to www.google.com and type in mercury. What did you find?www.google.com

14. 2 Types of Searches 1. Subject indexes 2. Keyword searches

15. Subject Directories 1. Go to a search engine such as yahoo.com 2. Scroll down to a topic of choice. Ex – click on Health 3. Click on a health topic of choice; it will then give you a list of subtopics that are linked to more info

16. Key Word Searches Search TipPurposeExamples AndNarrows a searchJFK and assassination Mammoths and sabertooth tigers OrExpands a searchDinosaurs or prehistoric reptiles Anacondas or large snakes NotNarrows down a searchYork England not York PA

17. Other Search Tips 1. Use quotation marks to make all of your words appear together in a search. Ex – Sandra Kay Harmon 2. Case sensitivity – be sure to capitalize names, acronyms, cities, etc. Ex – search SPAM versus Spam

18. How do I know if Im on a valid website? 1. Can you find when the page was created? 2. When was it last updated? 3. Who is the person/agency responsible for updating the page? 4. Who is the author – someone from a school, government agency, organization or company? 5. Is the website biased – has someone expressed an opinion? 6. Are there links to other sites? Are they still active?

19. Evaluate a Website Save the Guinea Worm http://www.deadlysins.com/guineaworm/index.htm Geno Choice http://www.genochoice.com/ Blonds to die out in 200 years http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2284783.stm