Getting Started 1: How to Choose a Search Engine This activity helps you to distinguish between different search engines and with conducting more accurate online searches. 1. Choose one of the following topics to research on the web:
2. Log on to the web and review the page about how to choose the best search engine for your purpose. After you review the choices, narrow your list by selected three search engines. What search engines have you chosen? Why? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
3. Enter the key words you think will best define the topic youve chosen and start your search. What key words did you enter? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 4. Summarize the results of your search below.
5. Which of the three search engines proved most useful. Why? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 6. Review the web page on performing precise searches. How can you modify your search to make it more precise? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 7. With your new search parameters, initiate a search with one of the search engines? What differences do you notice? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
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