1. “Kid’s Search” Searching the internet ?????????????????????????

2. Key words Once you start a keyword search going, the tool search may search for: Subjects with the word or words you entered Web site names that contain that word or words Web site descriptions that contain that word or words Actual web pages that have that word or words somewhere on the page

3. Key words : Be Specific What exactly are you searching for? Dog ? 427,000,000 Dogs? 195,000,000 Sled Dogs? 561,000 Sled dogs Antarctica? 128,000

4. Quotation Marks Using quotation marks: this is where you tell a search engine to give you pages where the words appear exactly in the order you specify. Try searching for “sled dogs Antarctica” 3,560 Sled dogs Antarctica is more like to be in an abbreviated description of the site so by refining the phrase the search may refer to web pages only. “sled dogs in Antarctica” 312

5. + and - + brings up pages that have all the words in them but they may not be together. - removes any sites with that word. Try searching for: “sled dogs in Antarctica” -film 50 “sled dogs in Antarctica” -film -book 6 Try searching for: Sled dogs +huskies in Antarctica 13,600 Sled dogs +huskies in Antarctica -film 1,960 Sled dogs +huskies in Antarctica -film -book 1,190 Sled dogs +huskies in Antarctica -film -book -movie 875

6. OR Sometimes the same thing is known by more than one word. By using OR we are finding possibly separate sites that have these words in them. eskimo OR inuit Mount Taranaki OR Mount Egmont So now lets try: “sled dogs OR huskies in Antarctica” -film -book - movie 5 results!

7. define: Defines a word or phrase Define: inuit Aboriginal people in northern Canada living generally above the tree line in the Northwest Territories, northern Quebec and Labrador.... ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca/nativeed/nativepolicy/Glossary.asp ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca/nativeed/nativepolicy/Glossary.asp

8. Site: Searches only particular sites Antarctica site:edu

9. Ctrl F Use Ctrl F to search for words or phrases within a page. http://www.aad.gov.au/MediaLibrary/asset/MediaIt ems/ml_388954678356481_05%20Running%20 with%20huskies.pdf

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