1. Searching on the Internet
A Selection of Tools
And some caveats
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2. Search Features Case Sensitivity Date Limits Boolean Operators (+, -)
Phrases
Nearness
Wildcards
Concept searches
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3. Results Relevancy Duplication Elimination Search Refinement
Multi-page output/count limitations
Meta-tag searches included
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4. Validity of Sources Author Timeliness Accuracy Objectivity Purpose
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5. Virtual Libraries The Internet Public Library Library Catalogs
Library Catalogs
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6. Search Portals www.Lycos.com www.go.com www.Excite.com www.hotbot.com
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7. Search Engines www.WiseNut.com www.Teoma.com www.google.com
(contextual)
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8. Meta-Search Tools www.metacrawler.com www.vivisimo.com (from CMU)
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9. Some Other Useful URL's www.hotfiles.com - freeware
– wired news
Global Energy Marketplace
MacTutor History of Mathematics
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Geothermal Data
Special search engine collection
Specialty Search Engines
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10. Hints Broad subject matter (astronomy, finance) Narrow subject matter
Use a portal like Yahoo
Narrow subject matter
Google, Altavista, etc.
Use more than 3 words
Don't use "of", "the", etc
Use a quoted phrase
Check your spelling !!!!!
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