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ONLINE SEARCHING HELP
There are many search
engines on the
internet. Guess what?!! Each one was developed by a different
company that also developed different search strategies.
For example:
Google wants you to
use quotation marks around a phrase, like
“2003 World Series”
Vivisimo allows to
do a Boolean search using and, or, or not. For example:
“OR” finds documents containing at least one of the specified
words or phrases. Video OR disc finds
documents containing either video or disc. The documents returned
can contain both words, but not necessarily.
“AND NOT” excludes documents containing the specified word or
phrase. Video AND NOT disc finds documents with
video but not containing disc.
On the homepage of each
search engine, look for SEARCH HELP or ADVANCED SEARCH
to determine what strategies you need to know for searching for your
topic.
SEARCH ENGINES recommended by the CHS library:
Reminder: each search engine selects what web sites they will
connect to. Try several different search engines and you are likely
to find different web sites on each search engine. |
