Internet+Searches

Internet Searches Unit Overview: This unit is designed to teach you how to effectively search the internet. You will learn how to narrow a broad search topic to get search results that will meet your research needs. Knowing how to choose effective search words will: help you locate quality sites on your topic and save you a lot of time.

Unit Learning Targets:
 * Know how to broaden or narrow a search topic
 * Know why it is important to search the internet effectively: save time, quality hits
 * Know different search strategies
 * Know how to evaluate website information based on the domain name (.org, .mil, .edu, .gov, .k12, .net, etc)
 * Know what a domain name is

Unit Tasks: Work with a partner or on your own to complete all four of the unit activities. Upload completed work to you eFolios. Review the three links on How to Choose Effective Search Words:
 * 1) Choosing Effective Search Words Google Search Basics: Basic search help-tips for searching the web
 * 2) Google Search Basics More Search Help: More search help-tips for searching the web
 * 3) Boolean Searching on the Internet: Boolean searching on the Internet.

Unit Activities:


 * 1) **Internet_Search_Activity1.docx**
 * 2) **Internet Search Activity 2.docx** How to Choose Effective Search Words
 * 3) **Internet Search Activity 3.docx** How to Choose Effective Search Words
 * 4) **Internet_Search_Activity4.docx** More Practice

Challenge:
 * 1) ** On “Which day will the president’s birthday fall on in 2017?” **

=Glossary: = Definitions from: Boolean Searching on the Internet & Google Search Basics: More Search Help
 * = ===**Term** === ||= ===**Definition** === ||
 * ** AND ** || - the //more// terms or concepts we combine in a search with AND logic, the //fewer// results we will retrieve. This will retrieve records in which both of the search terms are present. (Example: dogs AND chocolate AND symptoms) ||
 * **Boolean Logic** || - Named after mathematician George Boole. Refers to thel logical relationship among search terms.Consists of three search terms: AND, OR , NOT ||
 * **Domain name** || - Domain Suffixes (click on link to pull up the definition and a list of different suffixes) ||
 * ** NOT ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">- retrieve records in which ONLY ONE of the terms is present, the one we have selected by our search. (Example: cats NOT dogs). NOT excludes records from your search. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">** OR ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">- most commonly used to search for synonymous terms or concepts. (Example: cats OR felines; dogs OR canines). Resulting hits = all records containing one term, the other term or both terms ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Phrase Search** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Putting double quotes ("") around a set of words directs search engine to keep the exact words in the exact order without change. (Example: "Ancient Egypt") ||