Essential Search Strategies for Finding Relevant Information

Search Engine Strategies The 411 on Searching Effectively

The Problem: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

THE Standard: Google ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

You’re Kidding!!! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Google Search: 53,600,000 hits

So what’s beyond Google? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Choose the right search engine for your information need! ,[object Object]

Search Interface Choices ,[object Object],[object Object]

Simple Screen Click here for more precision and power!

Another decision: ,[object Object],Keyword Full text What’s the difference?

Subject Directories ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Subject Specific Directories ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Keyword Search ,[object Object],[object Object]

Full Text Indexing ,[object Object]

Stop Words ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Phrase searching” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How to structure a good query ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

More on the Query ,[object Object],[object Object]

Wildcards and Stemming ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Boolean Machine ,[object Object],Not And Or

Boolean Operator: AND ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Boolean Operator: NOT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

NOT as a refinement technique for problem words eagles NOT Philadelphia “Martin Luther” NOT King

Boolean Operator: OR ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

When do you really need OR? OR is generally used for synonyms or related words .

http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/curriculum/do/search Search / filter by media type Searching by media type and using phrases phrase searching

More like this, related sites . . .

Don’t forget the tabs across the top of the page!

Homework ,[object Object],[object Object]

Can you find out what these are? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Or these? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Need Help ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Social Search Engines ,[object Object]

Wink Social Search Engine ,[object Object],[object Object]

Cha Cha Search Engine ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

http://www.chacha.com/ Cha Cha Search

Meta-search Aggregators ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Search Aggregator ,[object Object],[object Object]

Dogpile Search Engine www.dogpile.com

Meta Search ,[object Object],[object Object]

Some search engines also offer subject / topic cues or clusters Check out this Clusty search…

Clusty Search Engine ,[object Object],[object Object]

You can open these categories!

Search engine clusters help you find relevant documents and suggest search terms

Meta-search Engine Meta = about ,[object Object],[object Object]

Meta-Search Engines for SERIOUS Deep Digging: Surfwax Metasearch Engine ,[object Object],[object Object]

Surfwax Metasearch Engine http://surfwax.com/servlet/com.surfwax.FrontEnd.home?cmd=frames&search=adult+education&max=100&sort=relevance

Meta Search Engines ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Blog Search Engines ,[object Object]

Technorati: Blog Search Engine http://technorati.com/

Technorati http://technorati.com/search/adult+education?language=n&authority=a4

Technorati Features ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Watch Out for: Sponsored Links

Watch Out For: Cookies ,[object Object],[object Object]

Cookie Dough ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Wikipedia and Citizendium ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Additional Search Engines ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Essential Search Strategies for Finding Relevant Information

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