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What is the Internet? The Internet is the
world’s largest network of computers.
A network is a group of two or more computer systems linked together .
What is the World Wide Web?
One part of the Internet Includes text pictures, sounds, and
video Requires browser software to access
(Internet Explorer, Foxfire, Netscape)
Examples of Search Engines www.yahoo.com www.google.com www.ask.com www.askjeeves.com www.lycos.com www.dogpile.com www.clusty.com
Meta Search Engines
Can I Really Search the Whole Web?
No search site goes out and searches the entire Web.
Each search engine has its own database (set of files).
Search Term
A word of phrase you type in a text box on a search site’s main page.
Search Term goes here.
Hit List
A list of links to websites produced by a search engine in response to a search term that you have entered.
About Hits A hit list may show no link
Modify your search
A hit list may show thousands of linksBe more specific
More likely matches at top of list
Top 30-50
1. Use Boolean Operators And
Find only those pages that contain both of the words
Or Find all pages that contain either of the
words Not
Find all pages that contain the word before not, then remove any that also contain the word following not
George Boole
1815-1864
Photo courtesy of: http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Boole.html
2. Exact Phrase Match
Put multi-word terms in quotes to instruct the site to match only pages that show the same words in the same order.
3. Order of Word Search The order of your words does
matter. Do you mean: “pizza pepperoni”
or “pepperoni pizza”.
4. Number Range Search By using two periods with no
spaces between two numbers in the search box, you are using a number range to search.
5. Google Site Search
Allows you to ask Google to search a specific site for you
Type in search box: site:target.com “patio furniture” site:lakeviewacademy.com
“calendar”
6. Google Define This feature is handy if you don’t know
the spelling of a word. Just type in define or definition and the
word in the search box. Can be useful to define “buzz words” or
phrases that occur commonly.
7. Google Phonebook Use Google to find a number or
address First name (first initial), last name, city or
state First name (first initial), last name, area
code or zip code Phone number, with area code Last name, city, state There is also a name removal link
8. Google Calculator Use Google to convert
measurements, and do simple math problems.
Simply type in a conversion into the search box
Two gallons in liters 6.2 miles in kilometers Square root (8912)
9. Google Advanced Search Option
Click this option for a very specific search
Provide as much information as you can
This can narrow down your search to a specific time period or language
10. Google Custom Search Engine
Allows users to select their own websites for use
Can share with others (they can add websites, too)
Users can customize home pages Click here to get started
Additional Resources Google Book Search Google Universities Google News Google Scholar Google for Educators Google Cheat Sheet
http://websearch.about.com/library/cheatsheet/blgooglecheatsheet.htm
Viewzi http://www.viewzi.com/ Boolify http://www.boolify.org/