Flashcards: Searching on the Internet
All 16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Boolean Search | Using AND, NOT and OR to help focus an internet search |
| Search Engine | Use this when you know what you are looking for and can describe it with keword(s) or phrases |
| Directory Search | Use this when you need an overview of a subject or you don't know exactly what you are looking for |
| Metasearch Engine | Use this to quickly run a complete search and need to compare results from different search engines |
| Bookmark | Way to save the location of a website for later use |
| Wildcard search | Using the * symbol to stand in for a character, letter or word to help broaden a search |
| Quotation marks | Put quotation marks around the search terms to find only websites with the exact wording |
| Tilde | Use the tilde (~) to search for synonyms of your keyword search |
| Google "I'm Feeling Lucky Button" | Skips the list of hits and goes directly to the first site in the list |
| Plus, minus | A way to narrow or widen the focus of your research |
| Hit list | The list of sites that are suggested by the search tool you are using |
| Bibliography | List of resources used by the author. This can be a good place to find additional web resources |
| Lower case | Usually, only use lower case letters in a search |
| link: | Type this before the URL to find pages that contain a link to the page you are currently viewing |
| title: | Type this before your keyword to help locate sites where you keyword is in the title to narrow your focus |
| My plump starfish quickly lowered Lincoln's tie. http://www.rrcc.edu/teachered/sharon/internet7.html | Acronym for: Minus (exclude), plus (include), star (* wildcard), quotation marks (phrases in quotes), lower case (case matters), link (find pages linked), title (find words in the title |