2. Advices to follow Take your time to learn how to use some databases that could help you to find information about some specific fields. Define your topic, and the purpose of your search. Use keywords (6 to 8). Try to use nouns. SILVIA BUJÁN G.
3. Advices to follow Use connectors. For example, Put together 2 or more words by using a + symbol. Also, use words like “and”, “or”, and “and not”. Put phrases between quotation “_” marks. Forget about punctuation. SILVIA BUJÁN G.
4. What to avoid? Do not use articles, pronouns or prepositions. Try to spell carefully, and always consider other spelling options. Avoid redundancy. SILVIA BUJÁN G.
5. Important to understand A web search engine is a searcher for information in the world wide web. You search through them with key words and get as a result a bunch of websites related to the topic you are looking for. You can find “portals” which can help you with your search. A portal is a website that offers you different services such as searchers. SILVIA BUJÁN G.
6. Interesting facts The first searcher was called “Wandex”, which was realized in 1993. It´s not available any more. On the other hand, another searcher created also in 1993 is “Aliweb”, which is still working. Even if you don´t notice, many searchers don´t work in the same way. Some are confused with directories; so, look for which one fit more for your kind of search. SILVIA BUJÁN G.
