WEB SEARCH

Dear Friends, Educational internet search tips for u:

INTERNET SEARCH
OBJECTIVES
1.To identify a meta search engine and to use Boolean operators for relevant/specific search.
2.To identify a familiar and reliable search engine.
3.To identify any other website for a complete search.
4.To identify a directory.
5.To list out some useful educational websites
5.To know the copy right.

META SEARCH ENGINE
A search engine visits websites on the internet and hence is used to locate a specific piece of information such as a document or image. A meta search engine searches a number of search engines to get relevant information.
http://www.ixquick.com/
is one of the best examples of meta search engine.
1)This is quick
2)Relevant
3)Eliminates duplicates
4)Chooses best out of thousand ( or lakhs !!).

SEARCH TIPS
1)Be specific in your search
Websites for rose - 197000 !!!
Websites for pink rose - 11900
2)Use Boolean operators (OR, AND, NOT) for very relevant and thorough search.
For example
a)OR operator
(search example; forest OR jungle)
It lists out the websites having the term forest as well as websites having the term jungle. (No. of websites = 53)
b)AND operator
(search example; forest AND jungle)
lists out only those websites having both terms forest and jungle.
(No. of websites = 43)
Naturally no. of websites in case b) is less than that of case a).
c)NOT operator
( search example; forest NOT trees )
lists out the websites excluding a particular item which you do not need (or like !)
(No. of websites = 27)

3)If you want a particular phrase in your websites then print it within quotation marks.
For example; ' read Bible'

SEARCH ENGINE
http://www.google.com/
is considered to be one of the best search engines.
Reasons;
1)Very fast
2)Simple (no need for Boolean operators !)
3)High quality
4)Easily one can go for specific search
Search example;
India wild life sanctuary - 16700 websites
India wild life sanctuary elephants - 2930
India wild life sanctuary elephants tigers - 5(only!)

A VERY USEFUL WEBSITE
For an exhaustive search you can go for
http://www.itools.com/
Here you have
1)Web search
2)Web directory
3)Dictionary
4)Encyclopedia
5)Etc.,etc.,.!!!!

DIRECTORY
Search for yourself a very elaborate and useful directory
http://www.ipl.org/

USEFUL EDUCATIONAL (TECHNOLOGY) WEBSITES
http://www.siia.net/
http://www.educationworld.org/
http://www.refdesk.com/
http://www.gsh.org/
http://www.rice.edu/
http://www.ncrel.org/
http://www.electronic-school.com/
http://www.concord.org/
http://www.discovery.com/
COPYRIGHT
Its fair use if.
1)The copying is for educational use
2)The original material is mainly facts and is published
3)You use portions to make your point, not whole sections
4)Your use is not a commercial nature.
5)Please refer http://www.utsystem.edu/ for more information


Happy search!

M.Kannan
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