1. Using the Internet Effectively Maria del Mar Bolanos

2. How to Start Define your topic Ask your question the right way Write down exactly what information you are going to be looking for, why, and what you are NOT looking for Once you have figured out what information you are looking for, lets start thinking of keywords to search for our topic Maria del Mar Bolanos

3. Keywords Use several keywords Use 6-8 carefully chosen words Preferably nouns or objects Avoid verbs Be as specific as possible Maria del Mar Bolanos

4. Using your keywords The most powerful keyword combination is the phrase Phrases are combinations of two or more words Combine words into search phrases using quotes to further limit unrelated results ex. “solar system” Never use articles, pronouns, conjunctions, or prepositions Spell carefully Maria del Mar Bolanos

5. Narrowing your result “AND” This word will be used only when you are searching for documents that contain both/all words “OR” We will use or when we are looking for information that contains either word “AND NOT” Will be used when you want documents that contain this word, but not if the document also contains another word Maria del Mar Bolanos

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