Types of Search Questions
Specific Questions: Can be answered with a single fact or set of information.
Exploratory Questions: Search
starts
with general questions that lead to other, less general questions.
Steps to Searching the Web
- Formulate and state your questions (specific or exploratory).
- Select the appropriate tool(s) to use in your search.
- Translate your questions into a search query.
- Run the query and evaluate your results.
- If results do not answer questions:
Continue the search with a different search tool or revise and narrow the questions an repeat the steps.
For exploratory questions:
If results do not answer the question, formulate and state additional questions and repeat the process until there is sufficient information to answer the question
Web Search Tools
Search Engine: A Web site that finds other Web sites and pages based on a word or phrase.
- Search expression/query: The word or phase you enter.
- Results page: List of hyperlinks (Web sites) that contain text that matched you query
- Hit: Web page that is indexed in the search engine’s database and that contains text that matches a specific search expression.
Directory: A listing of hyperlinks to Web pages
that is organized into hierarchical categories. The combination of search engine and
directory is sometimes called a hybrid
search engine directory.
Metasearch Engine: A tool that combines the power of
multiple search engines.
Bibliographies: Also called resource lists, subject guides, clearinghouses, and virtual libraries
Bibliographies: Also called resource lists, subject guides, clearinghouses, and virtual libraries
–Can
be very useful when you want to obtain a broad overview or a basic
understanding of a complex subject area
–To
search for a Web Bibliographies for a particular subject, include the search
term along with the words subject
guide in the search expression
How Search Engine Companies Make Money
Sponsored Links: Links that appear to be hits, but are actually paid placement links.
Banner Ads: Advertising that appears in a box on a web page.
Example:
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