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The Internet Section 1

Internet Search ToolsSearch Engines1.Individual search engine – uses computer programs called “spiders”, “crawlers”,or “robots” to match key search words with the web pages that contain thema.The results returned are lists of web pages and titles b.Doesn’t search the internet itself, but instead, searches databases of infoabout the internetc.Google, Ask, Yahoo, Live2.Meta-Search engine- sends requests for info to several search engines andcompiles the results. Dogpile, Altavista3.As the results are compiled, duplications are eliminated, thus yielding fewer results4.A time-saver compared to a regular search engine5.Examples: Google Custom Search allows users to control their search byspecifyinga.Name of the search engine, Description, Language, Sites6.Subject directories – searchable databases that are developed and maintained byhuman selection of sites to search broad subject categories and descriptionsa.Used in research and often linked to library systems, research databases b.Mostly made up of searchable databases, such as library catalogsc.Searches for non-HTML formats (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)d.Results in more reliable pages than search enginese.Informine.ucr.edu – compiled by academic librariansf.Lii.org – librarians’ internet indexg.About.com7.EBSCOhost – premium online info resources for institutions worldwidea.Colleges and universities, hospitals and medical institutions, corporations b.Gov’t, K-12 schools, Public Librariesi.Libraryresearch.com – a subsidiary of EBSCOhostii.ERIC (Education Resources Info Center)iii.CRIS (Current Research and Info System)iv.Incywincy.comv.Completeplanet.comvi.Google scholar 8.Internet search methods9.Keyword – unique phrases or terms, synonyms or word variationsa.Field –a search parameter, such as a title, date of publication, useful for drilling down and focusing on specific content10.Boolean search, +, -, ( ), and , or, nota.Uses operators with keywords to narrow search parameters b.AND narrows results by searching for pages that contain both keywordsc.OR expands results by search for pages that contain either of the keywordsd.Quotation marks narrow results by searching for phrases instead of words11.Boolean is implied in many search engines, but still a valuable method for narrowing searches