10 Techniques for Searching the Web
(Great information for teachers and young adults)

 

1. ASK EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW

2. TRY TO USE RARE WORDS

3. MAKE SURE SPELLING IS CORRECT

4. USE A GOOD SEARCH ENGINE

5. USE QUOTES TO FIND EXACT PHRASES

6. LEARN HOW EACH SPECIFIC SITE WORKS

7. USE ADVANCED FEATURES

8. THINK OF OTHER WAYS TO SAY WHAT YOU ARE SEARCHING

9. USE NOUNS AND OBJECTS AS KEY WORDS

10. USE MORE THAN ONE GOOD SEARCH ENGINE

 

SEARCH TOOLS

ASK http://www.ask.com/ features askcity, blogs, feeds, and enyclopedia search

GOOGLE http://www.google.com/ great for advanced searches, e-mail, news, and maps

LIVE http://www.live.com/ nice search engine for images, videos, news, maps, academics and books

OXY http://www.oxysearch.com/ great search engine that gets information from top sites like google, yahoo, msn, and ask

YAHOO http://www.yahoo.com/ simple search engine, great for looking up local news and events

 

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