Search Engines
The 3 Basic Steps in Searching on the
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1. Begin with a Meta Search Engine
for a broad search. Meta Search Engines search other search engines
and subject directories. |
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2. Use a Search Engine for keyword
searching Use refining power tools such as: |
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Boolean Operators (and, or, not)
Quotation Marks (" ") |
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Truncation (add an *)
Plus & Minus (+ & -) |
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| 3. Finally use the smaller / selective database of a Subject Directory |
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