Using Search Engines

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Using Search Engines

• How to find what you need quickly!

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What search engines?

• Search Engines look throughout the Internet to
  find the words you are looking for. Some examples
  of Search Engines are
• Dogpile.com a meta search engine
• Google.com
• Netscape.com
• Yahoo.com

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What is a Meta Search Engine?

• Meta Search Engines search more than one search
  engine at the same time. They can search up to 20
  search engines all at once.

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How to Search Engines Work?

• Search engines actually search the web to index
  all of the words on the Internet. This is a huge
  job! A good search engine will be able to find
  the exact words you are looking for.

Some search engines search only certain types of
sites, like medical sites, animal sites, and so
on. The results they give will be more limited,
but probably more through.
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How To Search

• Search by word rainforest
• Search by phrase rainforest destruction
• Search by question Why are rainforests being
  destroyed?
• Search by name of an author Steve Knight
• Google.com

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How To Search
When searching, keep these things in mind
Capitol letters or lower case letters do not make
any difference in search results
If you put your words in the search engines
will search for that exact phrase only
If you do not put your words in the search
engines will search for pages that include all of
those words. They may not be all together.
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Do all search engines give the same results?

• No, they do not. Not even close.
• A meta search engine should give the most results
• Google gives very comprehensive results,
  quickly.Google.com

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Why cant I find what I want?

• Simple. You arent searching the right way.
• If you want to find out about coyote population
  trends, you have to search on that.
• Your search phrase should be something like
  coyote population trends or elephant
  population trends. Google.com

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Is that all?

• No
• How about this Why is the impala population
  going down?
• What is the social structure of the baboon?

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Try more than one search engine.

• If you dont like the results from one search
  engine, try another on. They are different and
  search differently.Google.com

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What do I do if the answers I get are all
different?

• Only you can decide which information to use. If
  you get conflicting results, keep searching for
  more sources.
• Consider who is supplying the information. A
  scientist? A college?
• Look for the author of the page.

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Document Your Sources

• If you use Google for a search and then go to a
  website from Google, your source is not Google.
  Your source is the website you visited. Dont
  list Google as a source (or Dogpile, or Netscape
  or any other search engine)

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And last but not least

• If you have a library card for the Maricopa
  County Regional Library, dont be afraid to use
  it.
• You can use the card anywhere you have access to
  an Internet computer, and you can use their
  online research tools.

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Happy Searching!
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Search Engines You Can Use

• Ivy Search Engines