The document provides tips for effective searching on the Internet, including using phrase searching, Boolean logic, advanced search options, and truncation. It discusses some of the common problems with internet searching like too much or incorrect information. Specific tips are given around using quotation marks in phrase searches, operators like AND, OR and NOT, limiting searches by date and language, and using asterisks for truncation.

1. Searching the Internet

2. Problems… We can’t always get what we want Too much information Too much wrong information Too much dodgy information Anyone can publish a page/s on the Internet

3. How can we solve the problems?

4. Searching Tips… Phrase Searching Activity Go to www.google.com.au Type in “my boot scooting baby” What lyrics come up? Type in “I have a dream” What speech transcript comes up?

5. Searching Tips... Boolean Logic – The Use of “OR”, “AND” and “NOT”. Example: The questions for this search is “How are children affected by television?” Type in “children OR television” – highest number of results Results will be given where the sites contain just “children”, just “television” and “children” and “television”. Type in “children AND television” – narrows the search Results will only be given where both the words “children” and “television” are used. Type in “television NOT children” – narrows the search Results will only be given that only contains the word “television” and NOT contain the word “children” at all.

6. Searching Tips… Advanced Search Option Activity Go to www.google.com.au Click on the Advanced Search Option Try to search for something that was only published this year on global warming , in German Search for information on Bill Clinton without the words Amazon and bookstore

7. Searching Tips… Truncation Using a * in a search phrase Expands the search E.g. searching for colo*r gives you responses with color and colour E.g. searching for sight* will give you responses with sight, sights, sighting, sighted