Super Super SearchingSearching

Or… how to find it in aOr… how to find it in a

flash!flash!

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Before you BeginBefore you Begin

Set up your search strategiesSet up your search strategies What is the assignment?What is the assignment? What is your topic?What is your topic? What What keywordskeywords will you use for your search? will you use for your search? What resources will you use and where will you What resources will you use and where will you

find them? find them? BooksBooks Subscription DatabasesSubscription Databases Directories and Search EnginesDirectories and Search Engines Library catalog Webpath expressLibrary catalog Webpath express

What do you want your final product to look like?What do you want your final product to look like?

Subscription DatabasesSubscription Databases ABC-CLIOABC-CLIO EBSCOhost WebEBSCOhost Web Facts on FileFacts on File Gale GroupGale Group Lit FinderLit Finder ProQuestProQuest Teen Health and WellnessTeen Health and Wellness

DirectoriesDirectoriesDirectories are a group of websites Directories are a group of websites

assembled by categories that are assembled by categories that are edited by people. edited by people.

Google DirectoryGoogle Directory Yahoo DirectoryYahoo Directory Librarians’ Internet IndexLibrarians’ Internet Index

Search Engines & Search Engines & Meta Search EnginesMeta Search Engines

GoogleGoogle AskAsk AltaVistaAltaVista DogpileDogpile ClustyClusty

spiders

PortalsPortals

Portals are gateways to Internet Portals are gateways to Internet resources on various topics resources on various topics including weather, entertainment, including weather, entertainment, shopping etc.shopping etc.

Yahoo!Yahoo!

LycosLycos

IntuteIntute

Searching TechniquesSearching Techniques

Wild card/ Truncation*Wild card/ Truncation* ““Phrase”Phrase” Advanced searchingAdvanced searching

Wildcard/Truncation*Wildcard/Truncation*

Most useful in online catalogs, Most useful in online catalogs, truncation will help you find truncation will help you find something if you don’t know how to something if you don’t know how to spell a word. spell a word.

““Phrase Searching”Phrase Searching”

Phrase searching is achieved by putting Phrase searching is achieved by putting quotation marks around the phrase. The quotation marks around the phrase. The search engine will return only hits that search engine will return only hits that have the exact phrase with the words in the have the exact phrase with the words in the exact order. exact order.

internet securityinternet security ““internet security”internet security”

internet securityinternet security

““internet security”internet security”

Advanced SearchingAdvanced Searching

Advanced searching helps you to Advanced searching helps you to narrow your search and access more narrow your search and access more relevant results.relevant results.

internet security – advanced internet security – advanced search search

Internet security- advanced Internet security- advanced searchsearch

Internet security - Internet security - governmentgovernment

Internet security - Internet security - governmentgovernment

Works CitedWorks Cited

Notess, Greg R. Teaching Web Searching Skills. Medford, NJ: Notess, Greg R. Teaching Web Searching Skills. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc.. 2007.Information Today, Inc.. 2007.

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