Effective Internet Searching

Google will give great search results, even if you don't do a very effective search!

• True

• False

You need to remember to use capital letters when doing a Google search for things like names of people and places.

• True

• False

Using punctuation when doing a Google search is not necessary.

• True

• False

Perfect spelling is not necessary to do a Google search; as long as you get it close, Google can figure out what you mean.

• True

• False

If you want to exclude certain terms from your Google search, what should you use?

• The word "not"

• -(hyphen)

• " " (quotation marks)

• The word "or"

If you want to find an exact phrase when doing a Google search, what should you use?

• The word "exact"

• -(hyphen)

• " " (quotation marks)

• The word "and"

If you want to combine terms when doing a Google search, what should you use?

• The word "not"

• -(hyphen)

• " " (quotation marks)

• The word "or"

Remember to put spaces between the symbols you use and the words you use when doing a Google Search.

• True

• False

Which search will get me the best results if I want to get information about tigers?

• Tigers

• "tigers"

• "information about tigers"

• tigers -mascot

Which search will get me the best results for a quote from President Obama?

• president obama

• "president obama quotes"

• "president" "obama" "quotes"

• president obama + quotes