Using Google for Research

What language does Google speak?

• English

• Keywords

• Natural Language

• Swahili

KeyWords are words that

• main idea of your topic

• describe your topic

• guides your search

• all of the above

Which of the words listed below are NOT Keywords?

• in, of, the

• Lady Gaga, Los Angeles, horses

• Starbucks locations

• sunset, metamorphic rock, diamonds

Using the following sentence choose the BEST keywords for a search. “Where is the best place to park in downtown Phoenix?”

• best place park

• Phoenix parking

• downtown Phoenix parking locations

• parking

What is the first step of the research process?

• collecting your resources

• selecting really good study music

• Pre-Research

• Finding Boolean Connectors

Which Boolean Connector is used to narrow your search where your results must include all the search terms

• AND

• OR

• NOT

• BOTH

Which Boolean Operator narrows your search because it searches for the 1^st term and excludes the 2^nd search term?

• AND

• OR

• NOT

• BOTH

Which Boolean Operator expands your search by asking the search engine to look for one or all of the search terms?

• AND

• OR

• NOT

• BOTH

What would my search statement look like if I wanted info on the animal jaguar without getting any results about cars?

• jaguar with information about cars

• Jaguar animals OR cars

• jaguars EXCEPT cars

• jaguar NOT cars

How would you search for the exact phrase the old green store?

• the old green store

• "the old green store"

• ~the old green store~

• THE OLD GREEN STORE