1. Better Internet Searching

20. Add a dash (-) before a word to exclude all results that include that word. This is especially useful for synonyms like Jaguar the car brand and jaguar the animal. jaguar speed -car

21. You can also exclude results based on other operators, like excluding all results from a specific site. pandas -site:wikipedia.org Do not give me results from Wikipedia, since my teacher wont let me use that website.

22. Include "site:" to search for information within a single website like all mentions of "Olympics" on the New York Times website. Olympics site:nytimes.com

23. Tip: Also search within a specific top-level domain like.org or.edu Results only from government websites: Olympics site:.gov Results only from educational websites. Olympics site:.edu

24. Use an asterisk (*) as a placeholder for any unknown terms. Use with quotation marks to find variations of that exact phrase. "a * saved is a * earned" is the search to find the missing word penny in the phrase a penny saved is a penny earned.

26. T HE F IVE WS OF W EB S ITE E VALUATION W HO Who wrote the pages and are they an expert? Is a biography of the author included? How can I find out more about the author? W HAT What does the author say is the purpose of the site? What else might the author have in mind W HEN When was the site created? When was the site last updated? W HERE Where does the information come from? Where can I look to find out more about the sponsor of the site? W HY Why is this information useful for my purpose? Why should I use this information? Why is this page better than another? ©2001-2009. Kathy Schrock. All rights reserved. Page may be reproduced for classroom use.