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GUIDANCE TO USING THE INTERNET
DESCRIPTION:
Address:http://valencia.cc.fl.us/lrcwest/searchchart.html
Contact: Judi DeLisle (jdelisle@valencia.cc.fl.us)
Date: 07/01/04
A guide provided by Vanencia Community College, Orlando, Florida. This page, titled "Internet Search Strategies Chart" is arranged in four major parts:
- Search Directories charts the differences by which "About.com," "Librarian's Index Internet," "and "Yahoo!" incorporate Boolean Operators, Phrase Searching, Truncation, Field Searching, Nesting of Keywords, and Case Sensitivity.
- Search Engines charts the differences by which "Alta Vista," "Google," "HotBot," "MSN," and "Teoma" incorporate Boolean Operators, Phrase Searching, Truncation, Field Searching, Nesting of Keywords, and Case Sensitivity.
- Web Meta-Search Engines charts which web engines are or are not searched by "Boogie," "Lxquick," "ProFusion," "Surfwax," and "Vivismo."
- Evaluating Internet Resources provides a caution about the variable reliability of web sites and links to five remote sites which give advice on how to evaluate web resources.
COMMENT:
A useful guide, particularly valuable for its succinct summary of the characteristics of various search directories and search engines, as well as its links to guidance on evaluating web sites. For a fuller analysis and evaluation of Internet search engines and other Internet resources see Link B 25, "Finding Information on the Internet"; for a more rigorous and sophisticated analysis and evaluation of Internet search engines see Link B 15, "Internet Finding Tools."
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