Internet Research Basics

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Internet Research Basics

• Professor Stephen Kwan

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Some Search Engines

• AltaVista - advanced
• Yahoo! - advanced
• AOL Search - help
• Google
• Hotbot
• MSN Search
• AllTheWeb.com

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Metasearch Engines

• Ask Jeeves
• DogPile GoTo.com, LookSmart, FindWhat, Direct
  Hit, AltaVista, Open Directory, Yahoo!
• Ixquick - AOL, ALtaVista, Excite, Yahoo!,
  FindWhat, GoTo.com, LookSmart, MSN
• Metacrawler AltaVista, DirectHit, Excite,
  FindWhat, Google, GoTo.com, LookSmart, WebCrawler
  
• ProFusion - About, All the Web, AOL, Excite,
  Lycos, Yahoo!, AltaVista, LookSmart, MSN
• WSQuick

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Search Tactics

• Using Simple Keywords
• Using Wildcard Characters
• Using Phrases enclosed in quotes
• Using Metasearch Engines

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Using Boolean Operators

• Single Keyword, Phrase

All Web Pages
WIND
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Using Boolean Operators

• Keywords, Phrases

All Web Pages
WIND
TUNNEL
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Using Boolean Operators

• WIND OR TUNNEL

All Web Pages
WIND
TUNNEL
Union of Two Sets
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Using Boolean Operators

• WIND AND TUNNEL

All Web Pages
WIND
TUNNEL
Intersection of Two Sets
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Using Boolean Operators

• WIND AND TUNNEL AND NOT NASA

All Web Pages
WIND
TUNNEL
NASA
Subtracting a third set from the Intersection of
Two Sets
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Using Boolean Phrases
( WIND OR HYDRO OR SOLAR) AND (POWER OR
ENERGY) (ALTERNATIVE AND (ENGERY OR POWER)) AND
AUTOMOBILE OIL PRICES AND IRAQ AND (US OR
GLOBAL) AND ECONOMY
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Evaluating and Citing Search Results

• Evaluating Web Resources - Jane Alexander and
  Marsha Ann Tate
• Evaluating Information found on the Web Johns
  Hopkins Sheridan Library

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