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Bean Trees Research Project

Using the Internet

How well do you know how to search on the Internet? Try these questions.

1. What’s the difference between a “search engine” and a “web directory”?

2. Name one or more famous search engines, and one or more famous web directories:

3. Write here what you would type into a Google search box to find information on your topic:

4. That brought you 127,955,372 web pages to choose from. Now add something to narrow your search:

5. When you type in a search box, is there a reason to capitalize or not to capitalize the words?

6. When might you use quotation marks around the words you type in a search box?

7. When might you use a plus sign (+) or minus sign (-) in a search box?

8. Can you list the domain suffixes (such as .com) and what they mean? Why might it matter?

9. What’s a “wild card” when you type in a search box?

10. What extra options do you get when you ask for an Advanced Search for Google, Yahoo, etc.?

11. Do you know the significance of these words in a web address when you are doing research?: tripod, geocities, homestead, angelfire, aolhomestead.

12. Do you know what a tilde (~) means in a web address?