Search Strategies- Keywords

____________________ are the most important words related to a subject. You type these into a search engine to find the information you want.

• Passwords
• Keywords
• Crosswords

Mike is getting ready to search for information about gardening.  Which set of keywords will NOT help Mike find information about gardening?

• planting,season, water
• fire, forest, horse
• temperature, soil, seeds

It is better to use one, vague word when searching for information, rather than using more than one precise, exact words.

• True
• False

What three words would be the keywords?
You want to find out if George W. Bush owned the Texas Rangers.

• Bush owned Rangers
• George W. Bush owned Texas Rangers

What does precise mean?

• not clear
• vague and broad
• clear and exact
• when you search on the internet

Keena wants to find information about great restaurants in Florida. Which keywords could she use to search?

• best restaurants Florida
• food Florida

Choose ALL of the keywords for: My 3 year old cow has blisters on its tongue. What's wrong with it?

• cow

• my

• has

• blisters

• tongue

Choose ALL of the keywords for: I heard there is a ghost town in San Francisco. What is it called?

• ghost town

• heard

• there

• San Francisco

• in

Choose ALL of the keywords for: I love baseball. How do I find out which baseball team has the best record?

• love

• baseball team

• which

• best

• record

Choose ALL of the keywords for: I am learning geography and I want to know what the smallest continent is.

• geography

• what

• smallest

• know

• continent