REALLY QUICK TIPS FOR A REALLY QUICK SEARCH

1) USE INDEXES INSTEAD OF SEARCH ENGINES

-limited number of sites

-structured by humans (someone already decided this site had information)

-reviews / summaries (don't go there if you don't like the sound of it)

-allows keyword or title search (see below)

-goes through categories

EXAMPLES

Yahoo www.yahoo.com

Yahooligans www.yahooligans.com

Magellan www.magellan.com

Lycos www.lycos.com

Kathy Schrock's Educator's Guide to the Internet http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

2) SEARCH ENGINES

-have larger data base

-totally unorganized

-created by software

EXAMPLES

Alta Vista www.av.com

Hot Bot www.hotbot.com

Ask Jeeves www.askjeeves.com

Northern Light www.northernlight.com

THE GOAL IS TO LIMIT THE SEARCH

-title: subject with descriptives Limits Search to words in Title of document (HOT BOT HAS MENU CHOICE)

-Use " to search for phrase" ex. "Islamic architecture" vs Islamic architecture

-IT IS NOT A SIGN OF WEAKNESS TO LOOK AT THE HELP SECTION

Misc. tips

try different approaches / descriptives / engines / indexes

i.e. "Islamic architecture" "Architecture in the Islamic World"

show summaries- look at all entries on a page before deciding where to go