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Searching for a needle in a haystack…

Enhance your web search skills to efficiently find resources for your Internal Assessment Resource in English 2.8. Learn advanced techniques such as using AND, OR, Parenthesis, Wildcards, and selecting suitable websites.

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Searching for a needle in a haystack…

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  1. Searching for a needle in ahaystack…

  2. First task… • Open google. • Within the search option type the words… advertising language • How many hits did you get? 4. Now type the following… “advertising language” 5. How many hits did you get? 6. Why do you think this happened?

  3. Advanced google • On the right hand side of the tool bar… this is where we can access the “deep” internet resources.

  4. AND/OR • AND can be used in between words to guide the search to include all words. Eg: language AND advertising AND cars • OR can be used to guide the search to cover alternative words. Eg: language OR words

  5. Parenthesis (brackets) • Used for more complex searches. You can add alternative terms for search • Eg: (language OR words) AND (advertising OR sales)

  6. Wildcard • Entering a question mark (when using google) in place of a letter will search for variations of a single character. • This is good to use when you are wanting a wider hit on words with the same root. • Eg: advert?

  7. Searching by subject… Google search options More Even more Google Directory Directory search

  8. Definitions • Eg: define: apple Try: Define: language Define: advertising

  9. Choosing a website that suits your purpose… • When you do a search, you can look at the address to determine if it will provide the information you might require: • Org. an organisation promoting an idea • .com or .co a business promoting a product • .edu an education site, usually presenting factual information. • Gov or govt a government site, usually representing factual information

  10. Choosing a search engine to suit your purpose… • http://www.quintura.com/ = graphic search engine that uses word maps to assist in refining searches. • http://clusty.com/ = clustered web results. Groups types of pages and materials together.

  11. Your brief… Use internet searching strategies to find the sites for Internal Assessment Resource: English 2.8 “You can say that again”

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