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Searching on the Internet

 

    • Use a Search Engine or Directory to find information on topics, ex. www.google.com
    • Type the topic in the search box, click search and you get a list of web s= ites and descriptions on that topic
    • Search Tips below are from SIRS Knowledge Source/Toolbox

 

AND

T= he AND operator locates articles that contain all of the key words or phrases. <= /span>

children AND computers

OR

T= he OR operator locates articles that contain at least one of the key words or p= hrases.

tornado OR cyclone

NOT

T= he NOT operator is used to eliminate articles that contain certain key words or phrases.

basketball NOT college

* =

T= runcation includes alternate word endings such as plurals and tense variations in y= our query.

farm*
for: farmer, farming, farmland etc. =

" "

E= nclose a phrase in quotation marks to find multiple words appearing next to one another in a specified order. =

"affirmative action&quo= t;

(  )

B= oolean searches are conducted in the following order of precedence (NOT, AND, OR) unless parentheses are used. Use NOT and OR together to limit your search= .
Use AND and OR together to expand your search= .

(dolphin NOT fish) OR porpoi= se

health AND (kids OR children) =

Putting it all Together

This is an example = of how to locate references to the various earthquake(s) in California or Washington, excluding those in San Francisco.

(California OR Washington) AND earthquake* NOT "San&nb= sp;Francisco"