Use of Search Engines Task 1

What you will need to produce Using three search engines complete three different types of search. –Basic Search –Advanced Search –Boolean Search Using the results from the above select and justify which search engine you will use

Introduction –Explain/ describe the Research Topic. –Explain what the final report will contain –Explain who the final report is for.

Introduction to the Method State the three different types of search engine you will use. For each one explain, very briefly how it works. Explain that you will test each one to see which one gives you the best results for a: –Simple/ basic search –Advanced search –Boolean search

Basic Search A basic search is where you type a criteria (phrase/ words) into the search engine. –Decide what you want to search for, i.e. for information about the MDG –Produce a table like:

Basic Search Next, show the first two results for each and write underneath how useful the information is.

Basic Search Include a screen shot of the three searches. Don’t Crop

Advanced search. All of the search engines have an Advanced feature. You will need to use this to search for information. You can use the same criteria as you used in the last search. Take a screen shot of you doing all three advanced searches Annotate the screen shot to state what you have changed

Advanced Search Example

Advanced Search After the searches, produce the same two tables as for the Basic Search

Boolean Search All search engines allow you to use boolean operators to make more accurate searches. Produce: –Screen shots of you using boolean operators in the three search engines. –The two tables you produced for the Basic and Advanced searches.

Conclusion Sum up the results of the three different search methods using, Basic, Advanced and Boolean searches. Chose on of them.