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Page 1: Searching the Internet Search Engines & Boolean Connectors

Searching the Searching the InternetInternet

Search Engines & Boolean Search Engines & Boolean ConnectorsConnectors

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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)

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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

HOW TO REFERENCE A WEBSITE- In text referencing -