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Internet Search Strategies for Teachers and Students

Internet Search Strategies for Teachers and Students. Searching 101. What is the Internet? Finding What You Want Can Be Impossible! Think and Guess Search Engines Meta-Search Engines Subject Directories Invisible Web Evaluating Web Pages Search Strategies Quick Tips Google.

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Internet Search Strategies for Teachers and Students

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  1. Internet Search Strategies for Teachers and Students

  2. Searching 101 What is the Internet? Finding What You Want Can Be Impossible! Think and Guess Search Engines Meta-Search Engines Subject Directories Invisible Web Evaluating Web Pages Search Strategies Quick Tips Google

  3. What is the Internet?

  4. Finding what you want can be almost impossible. Why?

  5. Think and Guess!

  6. Try Guessing the URL!

  7. Search Engines

  8. How Search Engines Work

  9. Meta-search Engines

  10. Subject Directories

  11. The Invisible Web

  12. Evaluating Web Pages Check the source Check the content Keep a backup General Delivery University Feline Reactions to Bearded Men California’s Velcro Crop Dihydrogen Monoxide Martin Luther King www.whitehouse.gov www.whitehouse.org www.whitehouse.net

  13. Search Strategies Defaults (AND/OR) Stop Words Relevance Ranking Be Specific Use more keywords Use quotes around phrases Choose words you would expect to find

  14. Quick Tips Use the minus sign in your search Use quotes around phrases Put the most important words first Use the find command

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