Internet Research Strategies

 

  1. Key Words
    1. Define your topic – What do you want to find out?
    2. List the most important words
    3. Think of synonyms (words that mean the same thing) for the key words

 

  1. Searching Tricks – Limiting results to make life easier
    1. Nesting – “Christopher Columbus”
    2. Boolean operators - http://www.searchability.com/boolean.htm
    3. Combinations

 

  1. Reading Search Results/Understanding Web Addresses (URLs)
    1. Remember to Read first!
    2. Look for important information before you click.

 

  1. Choosing the Best Results
    1. Check the URL  - http://ctlonline.net/webreadyplus/lesson11_web.asp
    2. Watch out for personal pages – Wikis and Freewebs

 

  1. Searching Within a Webpage

a. Using Find (Ctrl+F or Apple+F) on long pages - http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/TAVIANI2.ART