searching the internet search engines & boolean connectors
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Searching the Searching the InternetInternet
Search Engines & Boolean Search Engines & Boolean ConnectorsConnectors
What helps you find What helps you find information in a information in a
book?book?An IndexAn Index
A Contents pageA Contents page
Chapters, Sections, Categories Chapters, Sections, Categories etc.etc.
What can help you find information on the INTERNET??A search engine
Some examples of SEARCH Some examples of SEARCH ENGINESENGINES
www.google.comwww.google.com
www.yahooligans.cowww.yahooligans.comm
www.excite.comwww.excite.com
www.dogpile.comwww.dogpile.com
Using Search EnginesUsing Search EnginesWhat does WWW stand for?What does WWW stand for?
World Wide WebWorld Wide Web
What does URL stand for?What does URL stand for?Uniform Resource Locator Uniform Resource Locator
What is a URL?What is a URL?It is the It is the addressaddress of a specific of a specific Website or file on the Internet Website or file on the Internet
What does HTTP stand for?What does HTTP stand for?Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Hyper Text Transfer Protocol HTTP defines how messages are HTTP defines how messages are formatted and transmittedformatted and transmitted
What are URLs?What are URLs?URL stands for….URL stands for….
Uniform resource locatorUniform resource locator
For example, www.bbc.co.uk is a For example, www.bbc.co.uk is a URLURL
Can you think of your favourite Can you think of your favourite URL?URL?
Internet Internet InformationInformationURL Stands for Uniform or Universal
Resource Locator. The URL can tell you if the site is secure, the country it comes from and what type of site it is.
.gov Government Website
.edu Educational Website
.com Commercial business
.org Organisation, such as a charity
.net Network
Where was the site created?
.sg – Singapore
.uk – United Kingdom
.au – Australia
Searching for Information on Searching for Information on the Internetthe Internet
Be specific and use as many Be specific and use as many KEYWORDS as possible: WHY??KEYWORDS as possible: WHY??
there will be fewer results to there will be fewer results to look throughlook through
the results will be more the results will be more accurateaccurate
This is how a search engine interprets your keywords:
Keywords Search Engine Interpretation Results
The Lion King The AND Lion AND King 1,090,000
“The Lion King” “As a whole phrase” 238,000
“The Lion King” London
“As a whole phrase” AND London
12,100
“The Lion King” “musical London”
“As a whole phrase” AND “As a whole phrase”
210
BOOLEAN BOOLEAN CONNECTORSCONNECTORS
Most search engines automatically Most search engines automatically insert AND between each wordinsert AND between each word
There are other operators you can add There are other operators you can add yourself between words called Boolean yourself between words called Boolean connectors (or Boolean operators). connectors (or Boolean operators).
These include: These include: OR, NOTOR, NOT
By using By using AND, OR, NOTAND, OR, NOT you can narrow you can narrow the search and focus on the exact the search and focus on the exact information you need.information you need.
HOW TO REFERENCE A WEBSITEHOW TO REFERENCE A WEBSITE-Reference List--Reference List-
Holland, M. (1996). Holland, M. (1996). Havard Havard SystemSystem. [Internet] . [Internet] Bournemouth University, Poole. Bournemouth University, Poole. <www.bournemouth.ac.uk> <www.bournemouth.ac.uk> [Accessed 6 May 2006][Accessed 6 May 2006]
2. YEAR
in ( )
3. TITLE
underlined
1. AUTHOR
Last Name, First Name
8. Date you accessed the website in [ ]
7. URL (website’s address) In < >
4. Internet
in [ ]
5. Publisher & 6. Place
TIPSTIPSIf there is NO AUTHOR, start with the If there is NO AUTHOR, start with the TITLE TITLE
(step 3)(step 3)
If there is NO DATE, write n.d. after If there is NO DATE, write n.d. after the Authorthe Author’’s Name s Name
eg Hanson, B. n.d.eg Hanson, B. n.d.
If there is NO PUBLISHER or PLACE, If there is NO PUBLISHER or PLACE, go straight to the <URL> and [date go straight to the <URL> and [date accessed] accessed]
(step 7 and step 8)(step 7 and step 8)
Include the AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT Include the AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT YEAR if you canYEAR if you can
If you donIf you don’’t have the Author, include t have the Author, include the COPYRIGHT YEAR AND URL OF the COPYRIGHT YEAR AND URL OF WEBSITEWEBSITE
Remember to also reference IMAGESRemember to also reference IMAGES
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