Try different search engines: Google, Dogpile, Bing,

AltaVista, MetaCrawler, About.com, Kartoo.com.

List ALL the search terms you use and the modified
search terms.

Provide the URL of the site that gave you the answer. If
the web address is very long, enter it at tinyurl.com and
get a shortened version.

QUESTION TASKS RESPONSES

PEOPLE &
PLACES

What 1. what brazilian city guarded by mountain sugarloaf

Brazilian ALL search2.
city's terms/phrases
3.
harbor is
guarded Guanabara Bay
by a Answers Rio De Janerio
mountain
called
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarloaf_Mountain_%28Brazil%29
Sugar
URL of answer
Loaf?
site

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Good Times

Is a dean 1. dean or decon charge of university

or a ALL search
2.
deacon in terms/phrases
3.
charge of
the dean
students at Answers
a
university?
http://www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs/staffprofiles/index.php?username=jcatford
URL of answer
site

QUESTION TASKS RESPONSES

Science & Tech

How big was 1. how tall was the eniac

ENIAC, the ALL search 2.
first computer terms/phrases
3.
- the size of a
book, a http://tinyurl.com/4r6syz8
refrigerator, or Answers
a city block?
A city block
URL of answer
site

QUESTION TASKS RESPONSES

Art & Culture

What is it 1. what happens if groundhog sees shadow

supposed ALL search
2.
to mean if terms/phrases
3.
a
groundhog 6 more weeks of winter if he does see his shadow
DOES see Answers
:
its shadow
on URL of answer
Groundhog site http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_happens_if_the_Groundhog_sees_his_shadow&
Day?

QUESTION TASKS RESPONSES

Natural World

How many 1.how many muscels do catapillars have

muscles does a ALL search 2.
caterpillar terms/phrases
3.
have in its
body? 4,000
Answers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar
URL of answer
site

QUESTION TASKS RESPONSES

Games &
Hobbies

Who can 1.skate faster at top speed roller coaster ice skater
skate faster ALL search 2.
at top speed - terms/phrases
3.
a roller
skater or ice Ice skater
skater? Answers

http://home.honolulu.hawaii.edu/~leilani/padraft.html
URL of answer
site

Answer the following discussion questions:

1. Which search engine did you use the most? Why?

I used Google because most of the time the first thing that is shown has the answer to
the question I’m looking for

2. How did you determine effective keywords for your searches?

well I looked at what the question was asking and so if it had like is or what I knew tht
those aren’t words that I nedded

3. What were some difficulties you had in finding information?

well looking for the key words and being able to do that and look for it