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Question checklist
IF we know the question, THEN we know what the
answer should look like. IF we know what the
answer should look like, THEN we also know when
to stop searching.
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Google / Yahoo operators
AND OR NOT phrase combinations title domain docty
pe link synonyms proximity
India space Pakistan USA OR Verenigde
Staten -.com -inurl(htmlphpxls) border
conflict (uk OR gb) cricket yahoo
only intitleGL11 site.com filetypepdf linkwww
.greynet.org yahoo is better tsunami chemical
agents
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Tips / Summary

• Define the question, know precisely what the
  question is
• Ask an expert
• Use the telephone
• Start with the Internet for general orientation,
  then use online vendors for the real work
• Start with Internet directories and fact
  finders, encyclopedias
• Continue with vertical search engines
• Continue with general purpose single search
  engines
• Continue with metasearchers
• Use AT LEAST three different main search
  engines!
• Consider using Usenet newsgroups for advise
• Consider Blogs for specialised info.
• Consider citation indexes

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Tips / Summary (continued)

• Consider patent searches
• Consider conference proceedings and news
• Think in concepts (e.g. news on border conflict
  between india and pakistan)
• Search for searchable terms, detailed keywords,
  alternative terms.
• Consider spellings, plurals, singles, languages
  etc.
• Use AND to search for fewer results (terrorism
  india )
• Use OR to search for alternatives (gb OR uk OR
  England)
• Search on title words
• Understand the source

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• Errors and Mistakens
• if its not on the net, it doesnt exist
• Im the best, therefore I need not ask
• Forgetting citation pearls, forgetting semantics
• If I cant find it, it doesnt exist
• Google is all I need
• Using just one search engine
• Searching English only

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