Advanced Web Searching - Introduction



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	Course Homepage Course Modules: Online Community Background Information Basic Web Searching Managing Resources Advanced Web Searching Comprehensive Web Search Strategies Course Projects Assessment	Advanced Web Research Module Introduction In many cases, a basic search using several search engines, a parallel search engine or two and a handful of web indexes will supply more than enough information to get you started on your web research projects. In fact, it may supply too much information. Isn’t it ironic that we have moved from "I can’t find anything on this topic!" to "What am I going to do with all this information?" in such a short time. In this next module of the course you will develop enhanced search strategies that will make your web searching more productive. The topics you will cover include: Analyzing and Refining Search Topics Searching for Keywords and Synonyms Using the "More Like This" feature of search engines "Searching for Phrases" Using Boolean Operators to refine your search Using Specialized Web Directories Web Rings Searching Beyond the Web You may continue to use the topic you researched in the basic web searching module or if you feel you have exhausted your original search topic, select a new topic for this activity. Save the bookmarks you have collected in the web directory/folder on your hard disk and delete the bookmarks so you can start with an empty bookmarks list. (Hint: Be sure to select a new name for the bookmarks so you don’t accidentally overwrite any other bookmark lists you saved to the web directory/folder.) continue

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	Course Homepage Course Modules: Online Community Background Information Basic Web Searching Managing Resources Advanced Web Searching Comprehensive Web Search Strategies Course Projects Assessment	Advanced Web Research Module Introduction In many cases, a basic search using several search engines, a parallel search engine or two and a handful of web indexes will supply more than enough information to get you started on your web research projects. In fact, it may supply too much information. Isn’t it ironic that we have moved from "I can’t find anything on this topic!" to "What am I going to do with all this information?" in such a short time. In this next module of the course you will develop enhanced search strategies that will make your web searching more productive. The topics you will cover include: Analyzing and Refining Search Topics Searching for Keywords and Synonyms Using the "More Like This" feature of search engines "Searching for Phrases" Using Boolean Operators to refine your search Using Specialized Web Directories Web Rings Searching Beyond the Web You may continue to use the topic you researched in the basic web searching module or if you feel you have exhausted your original search topic, select a new topic for this activity. Save the bookmarks you have collected in the web directory/folder on your hard disk and delete the bookmarks so you can start with an empty bookmarks list. (Hint: Be sure to select a new name for the bookmarks so you don’t accidentally overwrite any other bookmark lists you saved to the web directory/folder.) continue

Fresno Pacific University \| School of Professional Studies

Website maintained by Bob Jost \| bjost@josts.net \| last revised Jan. 1, 2002 Copyright © 1998-2002 by Bob Jost & Geoffrey Jost. All rights reserved. No part of this website may be transmitted, stored or recorded in any form without written permission from the authors.