1. Searching the Internet Rules of the Information Superhighway

2. What is a Search Engine? n Online Tool n Searches the Entire Internet

3. Popular Search Engines for Kids n Yahoo- www.yahoo.com n Ask - www.ask.com n Google- www.google.comwww.google.com n Bing- www.bing.com

4. Ways to Search n Categories n Keywords

5. Searching using Categories n Start GENERAL then get more SPECIFIC n example: Cars > Honda > Civic > 1999 Civic > 1999 Civic 4 door

6. Searching Using Keywords n Type in a Series of Words or Phrases -Skip little words: is, are, they, the n Choose words carefully n Does spelling matter? –Yes it does! However, Google is getting smarter.

7. Searching using Keywords- Tips n Quotation Marks or Parenthesis keep phrases together - “North America” n Capital Letters for proper nouns –Sacramento, –George W. Bush, –Summit Rd.

8. Advanced Search Techniques (Boolean Operators) n (+) - Documents must include both words North +America n (-) - Documents must contain at least one of the words mullet –hair n (t:) - Restricts search to document title only n (u:)- Restricts search to document URL only

9. Possible Problems n Server busy or try again later May not be able to get through for a while – DNS error More serious, may be able to get through later –Error 404 this web site is no longer there

10. Taking Notes n DO NOT copy an article or any part of an article and call it your own work! That is called plagiarism!!! n DO take notes that answer the questions you have posed in your own words. n DO write down the reference citation on your notes as you are using the site.

11. Finding an Article Using a Search Engine

12. Finding Your Info n Let’s try it! Let’s try it!