Instructions:

Click on the link below.

http://daphne.palomar.edu/TGSEARCH

This is a link to the "How to Search the Web" website. Search the site to find the answers to the questions below and then email your teacher with the answers using the text field and the Send button.

1. WHAT DO BOOLEAN OPERATORS HAVE TO DO WITH SEARCHING?

2. CONSTRUCT AN EXAMPLE OF A SEARCH ON ANY TOPIC YOU CHOOSE THAT USES BOOLEAN OPERATORS. CAN YOU DO A BOOLEAN SEARCH IN ALTAVISTA USING THE SIMPLE SEARCH MODE?

3. WHAT IS A WILD CARD?

4. WHICH SEARCH ENGINE USES A DOLLAR SIGN ($) FOR THE WILDCARD?

5. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A WORD THAT WOULD BE BEST SEARCHED USING A WILD CARD. WHAT OTHER WORDS COULD BE FOUND IF YOUR WORD INCLUDES A WILD CARD?

6. WHAT FUNCTION DOES THE PLUS SIGN (+) SERVE IN CONSTRUCTING A SEARCH?

7. NAME TWO SEARCH ENGINES THAT ALLOW YOU TO USE A PLUS SIGN (+).

8. WHAT IS A PROXIMITY OPERATOR?

9. NAME A SEARCH ENGINE THAT LETS YOU USE PROXIMITY OPERATORS AND NAME THE WORD THAT IS USED AS THE PROXIMITY OPERATOR.

10. IF YOU USED ALTAVISTA TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ON THE BASEBALL PLAYER DARYL STRAWBERRY, WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON FOR SPELLING HIS LAST NAME WITH A CAPITAL LETTER?

11. WHAT IS MAGELLAN, AND WHAT IS ITS OUTSTANDING FEATURE?

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