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Searching on Internet

Khurram Aziz Fani

GIFT Business School, GIFT University

Wednesday December 17, 2008

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Introduction to Internet Defining Internet

World Wide Web (W3C) Visible, Invisible, Deep Web

HTML, HTTP, FTP, SMTP

URLs (Universal Resource Locator)

Other internet services

Newsgroup, Mailing List, Chatting (IRC)

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Basic Search Tools

Subject Directories

Composition

Working

Data Availability

Types

Search Engines

Composition

Working

Data Availability

Types

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Searching Techniques Define Your Topic

Defining your topic means answering the

following questions:

To which subject topic is related?

What types of information is required?

What is the relevant material and whats not? What is the purpose behind your search?

What you already know about the topic?

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Searching Techniques

Tips

Recognize the central concepts

Prepare a thesis statement

Use a dictionary or thesaurus

Use FOREST LOG Scheme

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Searching TechniquesBuilding Key-Terms by FORESTLOG Scheme

FO

Forms

Forms orVariant of the words you

are thinking of RERelated Terms

Technical terms and thesaurus usedfor that word

ST

Synonymous Term

The alternatives used for that specific

word LOGLadder of

Generalization

High on the ladder means moregeneral term and lower on laddermeans more specific term

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Searching Techniques--- Choosing Search Tool ---

Subject DirectoriesAcademic

Professional

For Specified Topics

Search Engine Common

Meta

For general and subject-less

TopicsDeep Web Data banks

Invisible Web

For References and Full-textArticles and databases

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Searching Techniques

Techniques for Query building

Phrase writing

Boolean Operators

Truncations

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Searching Techniques

Phrase Writing

Write your key terms inmarks.

GIFT University

Link:GIFT University

Images:GIFT University

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Searching Techniques

Boolean Operators

Use NOT,AND, OR, NEARand+, -

GIFT UniversityNOTGift-University

GIFT UniversityORGift-University (GIFT University)AND (Gift-

University)

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Truncations(Wild-Card Characters) Use *, ?, $, #

Bass*

*Print

Organiz*tion

Searching Techniques

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Searching articles and databases Types

References

Full-Text Database

Abstracts (AU), (TI), (SO), (JN), (LA), (YR), (SU), (AB)

Databanks (Deep Web) Electric Library

Encyclopedia

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General Tips Patience Reduce errors

Spellings, Capitalization, Abbreviations Think about all alternatives Try multiple queries Use all available tools Advance search options Make notes Limit your search

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Evaluating Your Search How well you defined the Topic?

Did you used the best way for search? Did you used the correct methods or

queries for search?

Did you choose the right database forsearch?

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Questions

andAnswers