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Some Helpful Search Tips for
Secondary Students:
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Know the
search engine that you are using. A significant amount of websites
are not even indexed by these major search engines.
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Be aware of spyware, pop-ups and cookies (someone is always watching you).
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It may be
beneficial to use more than one search engine.
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Consider your
findings. Not everything you find on the internet is true.
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Some websites
require you to purchase the information or pay before accessing their
site.
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Consider to
yourself if it is actually possible to find what you are looking for on
the internet.
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Try to make sure
that when you are "searching" that it doesn't turn into "surfing."
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Don't waste time
searching for information and hours later end up with nothing.
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Search for
sources not just information.
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Try searching
for using other keywords or phrases if your first search produces no
results.
Search
Techniques for Students
1) Using upper and lower case letters will yield different results.
2) Use Boolean operators such as :
AND, OR, AND NOT, +, -.
3) Use modifiers such as date and subject
to narrow search.
4) Broaden search to include different languages. Some pages allow
for translation.
5) Put exact phrases in quotes to narrow search.
6) CHECK SPELLING!
7) Avoid using stop words such as:
the, of, web, a, to, in,
& is.
8) Try to use the most appropriate search engine for the topic.
9) Putting the key word first may yield better results.
10) Original words will give better results as opposed to common
words that may find thousands of pages containing that word.
Helpful Searching Tools:
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