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Mastering Internet Search Techniques: Your Guide to Finding What You Need

Enhance your search skills by learning how to create effective search questions, understanding types of questions and search tools, using search engines and directories, leveraging boolean operators, and tapping into meta-search engines.

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Mastering Internet Search Techniques: Your Guide to Finding What You Need

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  1. Internet Search Techniques Finding What You’re Looking For

  2. First, Ask a Question . . .

  3. The Search Question • Creating a good search question is half the battle • Types of questions: • Specific: you want the answer to a specific question • Open-ended: you want to find out all you can on a specific subject

  4. Types of Search Tools • Search engines • Directories • Meta-search engines • Other resources

  5. Search Engines • A Web page that finds other Web pages • To use: • Enter a keyword or search expression and click a button • Review search results • If desired, refine the search

  6. Boolean Operators • A system of logical operators that allow you to specify relationships between search words • To use: • Use AND to find all search terms • Use OR to find either search term • Use NOT to eliminate some portion of search results for the keyword

  7. Directories • A list of hyperlinks organized into categories • To use: • Click on the category link to display links within the category • Continue to click more specific links until you locate the subject of your search

  8. Meta-Search Engines • Search tools that submit a search to more than one engine at a time. • To use: • Enter a keyword or search expression • Specify which search engines to use • Review search results from each engine

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