The document provides tips for effective searching on the Internet, including using phrase searching, Boolean logic, advanced search options, and truncation. It discusses some of the common problems with internet searching like too much or incorrect information. Specific tips are given around using quotation marks in phrase searches, operators like AND, OR and NOT, limiting searches by date and language, and using asterisks for truncation.

1. Searching the Internet

3. How can we solve the problems?

5. Searching Tips... Boolean Logic – The Use of “OR”, “AND” and “NOT”. Example: The questions for this search is “How are children affected by television?” Type in “children OR television” – highest number of results Results will be given where the sites contain just “children”, just “television” and “children” and “television”. Type in “children AND television” – narrows the search Results will only be given where both the words “children” and “television” are used. Type in “television NOT children” – narrows the search Results will only be given that only contains the word “television” and NOT contain the word “children” at all.