Search effectively

How does adding "quotation marks" affect your search?

• It broadens it so that you have more options

• It explains who said the words

• It tells the search engine to search for the exact phrase found between the quotation marks.

• It shows your reader you understand how to search

Is everything you read online true?

• true

• false

When you evaluate websites, what does checking for accuracy mean?

• That only the information is correct for the past year 

• 
  How reliable is the info.  Can you cross reference it?

• That people who created the site didn't make errors

• 
  That the information was used to figure out something complex

How does the search term "Fred Rogers" compare with search term Fred Rogers, without quotation marks?

• "Fred Rogers" would return more hits

• 
  Fred Rogers (without quotes) would return thousands more hits.

• 
  They would return an equal number of hits.

• Neither would return any hits without a plus sign between the words.

If you wanted to learn about George W. Bush's term as governor of Texas------but not his term as U.S. President--what would be the BEST phrase to search?

• 
  "George W. Bush" + Texas + President

• "George W. Bush" Texas Not President

  
  

• "George W. Bush" + Texas - President

• George W. Bush - Texas - President

Google is an example of...

• a Search Engine

• a browser

• a server

• an ISP

A query is another name for a ____________.

• term limiter

• stop word

• browser

• search

An example of a specific keyword search term would be:

• "Inlagim History"

• "recipe"

• "food"

• "cookbook"

Which of the following examples is the best and most efficient use of keywords when searching for information on the Internet?

• dogs

• cats

• what is the biggest event in American History ever know to man?

• dogs largest breeds

Which of these is NOT a Search Engine (something that helps you search the internet)...

• Google Chrome

• Google

• Microsoft Bing

• Yahoo