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Searching the InternetBeyond the Basics
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
Class Outlineo Reviewo Search engine basicso Understanding web addresses (URLs)o Using search operators & Advanced Searcho Search Engines versus Search Directorieso The Hidden Webo Evaluating websites
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
ReviewBrowserso Using the Address Bar with addresses or with keywordso Using the browser search boxo Using Back, Forward and Homeo Adding Bookmarks (Mozilla) or Favourites (IE)o Opening a new tab or a new window
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
ReviewSearch Engineso Google.cao Bing.cao Yahoo.cao DuckDuckGo.com
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
Basic Search Tipso Be specific – the more specific your search words the more
relevant (and fewer the results)Example: Russian blue cats instead of just cats
o Search engines retrieve websites where all of your search words appear. Start with one or two search words and add more to narrow your search results, if needed
o Use “likely” words
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
Basic Search Tipso Capitalization does NOT matter for search words and spelling
RARELY matters
o Pay attention to “autocomplete” search suggestions
o Word order matters – type search words in the order normally spoken or written. Search engines retrieve webpages with your search words together in the order typed, before retrieving pages containing them only close together or anywhere
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
Basic Search Tipso Use double quotation marks around search words to search a
phrase – to retrieve pages with your search words in the specified order only
o Use the minus sign directly before a search word (no space) to exclude it from search resultsExample: salsa recipe –tomatoes
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
Understanding website addresses (URLs)http://www.gvpl.ca
http:// – hypertext transfer protocol
www. – world wide web
gvpl – domain name
.ca domain name extension (country)
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
.com – Commercial enterprises – .co is used in the UKwww.amazon.com
.edu – Higher education institutions – .ac is used in the UK
www.uvic.edu .net – Network operations – e.g. – Internet service providers
www.telus.net .org – organizations, non-profits
www.pbs.org
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
.gov – government agencies www.gov.bc.ca
.gc – Government of Canada
www.gc.ca, www.weather.gc.ca .ca – Canada
www.amazon.ca, www.cbc.ca, www.cbc.ca/bc.ca is used with a province code for provincial government sites www.gov.bc.ca
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
Advanced Search Operatorso site: operator (no space between the colon and the URL)
Examples: music site:gvpl.caadded sugars site:.edu
o Google Advanced Searchwww.google.ca/advanced_search or gear icon on a Google results page
o Google Advanced Image Search http://www.google.ca/advanced_image_searchor gear icon on a Google Images results page
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
Web DirectoriesWebsites evaluated and categorized by humans, even by librarians!
o ipl2 -- www.ipl.org
o www.gvpl.ca > Digital Content > eResources by Subject
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
The Hidden Webo Websites NOT searched by search engines, such as
eResources (also known as databases) subscribed to by GVPL
o www.gvpl.ca > Digital Content > eResources A-ZLibrary PressDisplay, Canadian NewsStand and more!
From home you must log in with your card number & password
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
The CRAAP Testo Currency?o Relevancy?o Authority?o Accuracy?o Purpose?
Example: www.library.macewan.ca/craap_testUse a search engine to find other pages about evaluating websites using the CRAAP Test
Searching the Internet: Beyond the Basics
Program FeedbackHelp us improve our programs. We’re interested in hearing your feedback about programs you have attended recently.
gvpl.ca > Using the Library > Ask/Suggest > Program Feedback
