Search Strategies- 5/6

When Soloman first searched for "pitchers," what came up first in his search?

• Baseball pictures

• Advertisements

• Library books

When you search using a search engine, what two items usually come up first?

• Advertisements and shopping results

• Library books and websites

• Pictures and vacation websites

How did Soloman change his search so that it would yield better results than just typing "pitcher?"

• He added the additional keywords "Water pitcher."

• He just clicked on links randomly until he found what he needed.

• He added the additional keywords "Pitcher record no-hitter."

What are some websites that Soloman decided would not be helpful?

• Fan sites and websites made by younger children

• Encyclopedia websites

• The Major League Baseball website

Soloman found an answer to his question on Wikipedia. He decided that Wikipedia is not trustworthy and he should not use that fact.

• True

• False

Once Soloman found an answer to his question on Wikipedia, he decided to fact check it against other reliable websites. Do you think that this was a good idea?

• Yes

• No

How did Soloman know that he could trust the websites published by "Major League Baseball" and "The Baseball Hall of Fame?"

• He had probably heard of these organizations before and knew they were official organizations.

• He worked for those companies.

• His Dad worked for one of those companies.

Some search tips that Soloman learned were to use better keywords to search and to visit websites he could trust.

• True

• False

A search engine always returns results we can trust!

• True

• False

Search engines, like Google, are free for people to use (if they have Internet access)!

• True

• False