Searching the Internet Rules of the Information Superhighway

What is a Search Engine? n Online Tool n Searches the Entire Internet

Popular Search Engines for Kids n Yahoo- n Ask - n Google- n Bing-

Ways to Search n Categories n Keywords

Searching using Categories n Start GENERAL then get more SPECIFIC n example: Cars > Honda > Civic > 1999 Civic > 1999 Civic 4 door

Searching Using Keywords n Type in a Series of Words or Phrases -Skip little words: is, are, they, the n Choose words carefully n Does spelling matter? –Yes it does! However, Google is getting smarter.

Searching using Keywords- Tips n Quotation Marks or Parenthesis keep phrases together - “North America” n Capital Letters for proper nouns –Sacramento, –George W. Bush, –Summit Rd.

Advanced Search Techniques (Boolean Operators) n (+) - Documents must include both words North +America n (-) - Documents must contain at least one of the words mullet –hair n (t:) - Restricts search to document title only n (u:)- Restricts search to document URL only

Possible Problems n Server busy or try again later May not be able to get through for a while – DNS error More serious, may be able to get through later –Error 404 this web site is no longer there

Taking Notes n DO NOT copy an article or any part of an article and call it your own work! That is called plagiarism!!! n DO take notes that answer the questions you have posed in your own words. n DO write down the reference citation on your notes as you are using the site.

Finding an Article Using a Search Engine

Finding Your Info n Let’s try it! Let’s try it!