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Internet Search 101. Lesson 1: Search Vocabulary Source: http://www.teachnet-lab.olrg/is24/sposer/searching.htm. Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. Category: Computers & Internet Number your paper: 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 15,000, 1000,000, 150,000, 1,000,000. 1,000 – What does WWW stand for?
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Internet Search 101 Lesson 1: Search Vocabulary Source: http://www.teachnet-lab.olrg/is24/sposer/searching.htm
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? • Category: Computers & Internet • Number your paper: 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 15,000, 1000,000, 150,000, 1,000,000
1,000 – What does WWW stand for? a. Wide World Web b. World Wide Web c. Web World Wide
5,000 – An introductory/title page of a site is called a: • a. headline • b. home site • c. homepage
10,000 – What is a URL (Uniform Resource Locator)? a. A website address b. An encyclopedia c. A help key
15,000 – Which is not an example of a search engine? a. yahoo.com b. excite.com c. abc.com
100,000 – Searching unproductively on the Internet in known as: a. crashing b. mashing c. thrashing
150,000 – If you wanted to reach the US Navy, what domain would you use? a. .com b. .mil c. .gov
1,000,000 – Which word is not used in a Boolean search? a. and b. but c. not d. or
Different Domain Names • .com – commercial site ex. www.hotmail.com www.cnn.com, www.wgal.com, www.kohls.com • .gov – government site ex. www.fda.gov, www.usa.gov, www.whitehouse.gov Check out this site for the Top 10 Government Sites: http://www.lovetoknow.com/top10/government-websites.html
.org – an organization’s site ex – www.elanco.org, http://www.lungusa.org/ • .mil – US military site ex. – www.navy.mil, www.army.mil • Edu – educational websites ex. – www.millersville.edu, www.psu.edu
What is a Boolean search? Click on this site to see: http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/
How do I narrow down my searches? You are in a chemistry class, and you need to do research on the element mercury. Go to www.google.com and type in mercury. What did you find?
2 Types of Searches 1. Subject indexes 2. Keyword searches
Subject Directories 1. Go to a search engine such as yahoo.com 2. Scroll down to a topic of choice. Ex – click on Health 3. Click on a health topic of choice; it will then give you a list of subtopics that are linked to more info
Other Search Tips • Use quotation marks to make all of your words appear together in a search. Ex – “Sandra Kay Harmon” • Case sensitivity – be sure to capitalize names, acronyms, cities, etc. Ex – search SPAM versus Spam
How do I know if I’m on a valid website? • Can you find when the page was created? • When was it last updated? • Who is the person/agency responsible for updating the page? • Who is the author – someone from a school, government agency, organization or company? • Is the website biased – has someone expressed an opinion? • Are there links to other sites? Are they still active?
Evaluate a Website Save the Guinea Worm • http://www.deadlysins.com/guineaworm/index.htm Geno Choice • http://www.genochoice.com/ Blonds to die out in 200 years • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2284783.stm