Searching Effectively

1)Search Engines (http://training.fcps.org/tt1/intsea.htm)

•Use a Search Engine – which searches its databases for your keyword: http://thesearchenginelist.com/

•Use a Directory – which has an organized list based on categories
http://thesearchenginelist.com/directory.html

•Use a MetaSearcher – which searches other search engines
http://searchenginewatch.com/2156241

•Use a Kid centered Search Engine
http://www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html

•Use a Topic Specific Search – Blog, Video, Podcasts, Google Scholar, or Social Bookmarking Sites

2)Boolean Searches: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Boolean.pdf

3)Advanced Searches – Creating a Virtual Index of web pages with the same root domain name

•Host – searches extensions only using the syntax: host:org +Fibonacci
•URL – searches within URL’s using the syntax:
url: k12.us +Fibonacci or
url: lesson +Fibonacci