Finding it on the Net
Root Elementary School
Raleigh, North Carolina
April 16, 1998
Searching the Internet
Remember that searching the Internet is a process and not a one step thing. The following is only a model for beginning the development of your search skills. Also, remember the search tool that I have on the Internet at:
| S | tart with a small database search tool -- Yahoo |
| Conduct this search to get a grasp on the types of resources that a available on the Internet. Yahoo will give you a very good representation. This gives you a chance to identify both the good and bad hits you will be getting and a chance to identify the keywords that are common to both the good and bad hits, both equally valuable. | |
| E | dit search phrase as a result |
| Create a boolean search expression from
the common words discovered in your Yahoo search. Ex: (Earthquake OR seismology) NOT (engineer OR prediction OR individual) |
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| A | dvance into a large database search engine -- Altavista or Excit |
| Use your edited search expression on a large database such as Alta Vista or Excite. | |
| R | efine search phrase |
| Again, examine the good and bad hits, identify more key words and incorporte them in your search expression...refine your search phrase. | |
| C | ycle back and Advance again |
| Pretty clear! | |
| H | arvest resources |
| Good Luck! |