Online Search Skills created by Brittany Washburn

What does a search engine use to find results?

• Keywords

• Autocorrect

Which two keywords would help you find out what birds eat?

• Bird, eat

• Cat, bird

• Cat, eat

• Cat, food

A reliable source is

• Biased

• Trusted

• Trying to sell you something

• Google

What should show after I enter my keywords and hit search?

• Error message

• Results page

• Item not found

• Nothing

If you want to narrow down the results of a search, what should you do?

• Add more relevant words to your search

• Remove the quotes from the term you're searching

• Use a more powerful search engine

A citation is

• a website ending

• a traffic ticket

• the source of information

What is the main purpose of copyright?

• To protect the user of a creative work

• To protect the creator of a creative work

• To protect the buyer of a creative work

• To protect the copier of a creative work