1. Georgia Younker Summer II Global Information Resources ITEC 6375 Search Engine Scavenger Hunt Analysis

2.   Assigned Reading:  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows  Book Locations (limited capacity available):  Eastside Elementary School Library (qty. ? ).  Public Library Conway Arkansas (qty. ? ).  E-book Format (website: ? ).  Audio Book Format Location (location: ?). Czech-Us-Out Book Club

3.   Search Engines Used:  Lycos.com (http://www.thesearchenginelist.com)  Top 5 internet search portals.  Primarily used for entertainment content.  Free Book Search (http://www.thesearchenginelist.com)  Book searching portal  Search thousands of digital libraries.  Finds hidden books.  Google Book Search (http://www.thesearchenginelist.com)  Most powerful search engine. Hunt Begins

4.  Lycos  Keywords and/or Combinations:  Harry Potter.  Deathly Hallows.  eBooks availability and cost.  Faulkner County Arkansas Public Library availability for checkout.  Downloadable Audio Books, cost and location.  Languages provided.  Published date.  Author.  Publisher.  Movie Version. Image and information obtained from: http://www.lycos.com

5.  Free Book Search  Keywords and/or Combinations:  Harry Potter.  Deathly Hallows.  eBooks availability and cost.  Faulkner County Arkansas Public Library availability for checkout.  Downloadable Audio Books, cost and location.  Languages provided.  Published date.  Author.  Publisher.  Movie Version. Image and information obtained from: http://freebooksearch.net/

6.  Google Books  Keywords and/or Combinations.  Harry Potter.  Deathly Hallows.  eBooks availability and cost.  Faulkner County Arkansas Public Library availability for checkout.  Downloadable Audio Books, cost and location.  Languages provided.  Published date.  Author.  Publisher.  Movie Version. Images and information obtained from: http://books.google.com/

7.  Specifications  Identify the following:  Record time spent searching for;  Author.  Publisher.  Published Year.  Languages.  eBook.  Audio Book.  Movie and release date(s).  Cast.  Provide Keyword and/or Combination of phrases used.  Recommendation of best results. Image and information obtained from: http://office.microsoft.com/en- us/images/MP900438753.aspx?Download=MP900438753&ext=JPG&AxInstalled=1&c=0 (free clipart)http://office.microsoft.com/en- us/images/MP900438753.aspx?Download=MP900438753&ext=JPG&AxInstalled=1&c=0

8.  Results for Lycos  Phrase used:  Faulkner County Public Library – Deathly Hallows; took 12 minutes if not shorter to load. Provided all necessary information in question.  Website provides public library location, item location, and status.  DVD’s, Books, Audio Books are also available on the same page.  Author, Publisher, Publishing date also provided for each genera. Book Locations Audio Book Locations Image and information obtained from: http://iii.fcl.org/search~S1/X?SEARCH=(Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Deathly%20Hallows)&SORT=D DVD Locations

9.  Free Book Search  Phrase used:  Harry Potter Deathly Hallows, check availability. Automatically took me to this page.  Asked for specific identification for search. No general search available.  Took 23 minutes for me to find all the necessary information.  Pointed to other search engines.  Did provide Publisher, Author, and Year Published quickly.  Did provide digital libraries, but limited selection. Image and information obtained from: http://freebooksearch.net/

10.  Google Books  Used same search phrase from Lycos, and Free Book Search, it did not provide any information.  Used another phrase, book title.  Information screen provided with book locations.  Took 18 minutes to find all specific information. Images and information obtained from: http://books.google.com/

11.  Search Engine Recommendation  Time spent gathering all information:  Lycos – 12 minutes  Free Book Search – 23 minutes  Google Books – 18 minutes  Recommendation: Lycos search engine did not take you to another search engine, rather took you directly to information requested.

12.  Google Books Search Engine home page. (n.d.). Retrieved August 2, 2011, from http://books.google.com/http://books.google.com/. Lycos Search Engine home page. (n.d.). Retrieved August 1, 2011, from http://www.lycos.com.http://www.lycos.com Microsoft Office Clipart Center clipart. (n.d.). Retrieved August 1, 2011, from http://office.microsoft.com/enus/images/MP900438753.aspx?Download=MP900438753& ext=JPG&AxInstalled=1&c=0 Schneider, P., Gary & Evans, Jessica. (2010). The Internet (8 th ed.). Course Technology. Boston, Ma.: Cengage Learning. The Search Engine List. Website. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2011, from http://www.thesearchenginelist.com References