Lecture Summary
This lecture discusses using search engines and the problems invloved and helpful tips to get me started. It first introduced what a search engine was, a web based application (program) and gave me an example, one being google. The problems thta wrer faced i.e. too many results and 'broken' links. It explained search engine interfaces and gave helpful hints in hoe to further mu reasearch i.e. click advanced in goolge to get a refined answer and explained to use the right keywords to minimise the results.
Workshop Entry
This workshop explained how to use search engines. This weeks tasks are to visit a website and list four stategies thgat would help structure a good search. Section two was to complete a 20 question, then take a screen shot of my results. Section three was to discuss my strategies that i used to locate the answers for my quiz.
www.monash.com/spidap.html
-Use keywords, but be specific or i will end up with too many results.
-Use advanced search
-Use more than 1 search engine
-Start from the top of the page when the search is done as the first page is the most relevant to what keywords were written in.
The strategies that i used were to refine my keywords so i dont get a whole lot of nonsence. I looked at the keywords in the abstract to find a website that i thought i would find most of my answers. Most of the time the answer was written in the abstract.
Reading One
''Internet Search tips and strategies''
This article discussed the different categories of information found on the web, for example the free invisible and free visible web. It discusses search engines and directories. There was a helpful tip, FOREST LOG, meaning FO- Forms, RE- Related Terms, ST, -Synoymous terms, LOG- Laddervof generalisation. It explained the different wyas to search, through keywords, phrases or boolean operators. The rest of the article provided helpful tips such as to use several search tools and to use several keywords when using a keyword search.
Reading Two
'' The Spiders Apprentice''
This article provided tips on using search engines such as goolge, All the Web and Yahoo. There is six headings that i am able to click into to helpfor useful tips. A useful guise to web search engines, Basic search engine FAQ, how to plan the best search strategy, how search engines work, the web search engine and Historical information on the first web search engines.
Reading Three
'' Chapter Four''
This website article explains the history behind search engines. It talks about how to find information on the net, and that is through search engines and directories. The arcticle went into detail about what a search engine and a directory is and how to get the best info using them . There is data on webpages and serach engines sozes and it also talked about Yahoo , a directory and how it has become more popular.
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