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Some Search String Strategies
- Search Engine
Google is a search engine. A search engine is a tool that lets you search the Internet for information about a specific topic. For example, you might search the Internet for a recipe on how to make chocolate chips cookies.- Search String
A search string is one word or a string of words that you ask a Search Engine to use so it can find that specific piece of information out on the Internet.
Some Search String Strategies... What it does... chocolate chips
Searches for websites that contain either chocolate or chips.
+chocolate+chips
Searches for websites that contain both words.
Be sure there is no space between the plus sign and the word."chocolate chips"
Searches for websites that have both words, found right next to each other.
"chocolate chips"-cookies
Searches for websites that contain the phrase "chocolate chips"
but do not contain the word "cookies".
How To Write A Citation For A Website
- Let's say you just finished writing a paper and you got some of your information off the Internet. When you do that, you need to give credit to the authors of the websites you used. You do this by citing your Internet sources. Here's how you cite an Internet resource...
The Format...
- The author's name – last name, then first name.
- The title of the website in italics.
- The date the website was posted or updated.
- The website's http:// address inside of brackets [ ]
- The date you visited the website.
- You will always know the title of the website, the http address of the website and the date you visited the website. However, sometimes the author's name and the date the website was posted or updated is missing.
- When you cannot find the author of the site, write down Unknown for the author's name.
If you can't find the date the website was posted or updated write down Unknown.
An Example...
Brown, Joan Marie. Online Resources For Middle School Students. 9/20/06. [http://students.resa.net/stoutcomputerclass/kids.htm]. 10/20/06.
Notice that there is a period after each piece of information.
Dear Parents and Educators....
For the safety of all children, it is highly recommended that "Internet
Time" be a shared experience. You are encouraged to explore and enjoy this
site with your child or with your students. Please note that I am not
responsible for any inappropriate sites or advertisements that may appear at the
links listed above as I have no control over what the authors of those websites
might post in the future.
©
Joan Marie Brown
Mrs. Brown, a Technology Educator, is the author of this website.
It was updated September 20, 2006.
This website is hosted by Wayne RESA.
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