1. CIW Lesson 6
Web Search Engines

2. Web search engines
Search engine – software program that searches internet databases for user-specified information
Keyword – a word that appears on a web page and is used by search engines to identify relevant URLs
There are 3 ways to register a web site with a search engine
The <meta> tag
Spiders
Manual registration
Search engine vs. Information portal

3. Types of Web searches Directory Search Keyword Search
The engine displays a list of categories and subcategories that you can browse
Keyword Search
You enter one or more keywords into the engine, or you can manually navigate an index’s structured directory using an information portal

4. Basic web searching techniques
Yahoo!
Alphabetized hypertext categories that match your keywords
Web sites that match your keywords
Yahoo! categories that list sites that match your keywords
Activity 6-1
Google
Google Maps
Google Images
Google Scholar
Activity 6-2
Excite
WebCrawler
Site Rankings

5. Boolean Operators
Boolean Operator – a symbol or word used for internet searches to narrow search results by including or excluding certain words or phrases from the search criteria
Activity 6-3

6. Web Searches Using web searches to perform job tasks
Unexpected web search results
Portals vs. keyword searching
Web search strategies

7. Evaluating Resources Evaluating Resources Types of resources
Reviewed and non-reviewed resources
Authoritative peer-reviewed
Open peer-reviewed
Individual
Primary and secondary resources
Developing evaluating skills
Citing copyrighted online resources