Individual search engine-uses computer programs called "spiders", "crawlers" or "robots" meta-search engine-sends requests for information to several search engines and compiles the results. EBSCOhost-premium online information resources for institutions worldwide.
Individual search engine-uses computer programs called "spiders", "crawlers" or "robots" meta-search engine-sends requests for information to several search engines and compiles the results. EBSCOhost-premium online information resources for institutions worldwide.
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Individual search engine-uses computer programs called "spiders", "crawlers" or "robots" meta-search engine-sends requests for information to several search engines and compiles the results. EBSCOhost-premium online information resources for institutions worldwide.
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Search engines 1. Individual search engine-uses computer programs called “spiders”, “crawlers” or “robots” to match key search words with the web pages that contain them. a) The results returned are lists of web pages. b) Dos not search the Internet itself, but instead, search databases of information about the internet. c) Google, Yahoo, Live 2. Meta- search engine-sends requests for information to several search engines and compiles the results. Dogpile, AltaVista. 3. As the results are compiled, duplications are eliminated, thus yielding fewer results. 4. A time-saber compared to a regular search engine. 5. Examples: Google Custom Search allows users to control their search by specifying a) Mane of the search engine, Description, Language sites. 6. Subject directories- search databases that are developed and maintained by human selection of sites to search broad categories and descriptions. a) Used in research and often linked to library systems, research databases b) Mostly made up of searchable databases, such as library catalogs. c) Searches for non-HTML formats(PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) d) Results in more reliable pages than search engines. e) http://infomine.ucr.edu- compiled by academic librarians f) www.lii.org – Librarian internet index g) www.about.com 7. EBSCOhost-premium online information resources for institutions worldwide a) Colleges and universities, Hospitals and medical institutions, Corporations b) Government, K-12 Schools, Public Libraries. 1) Libraryreasearch.com-subsidiary of EBSCOhost 2) ERIS(education resources information center) 3) CRIS(Current Research and information system) 4) IncyWincy.com 5) Completeplanet.com 6) Google Scholar 8. Internet search methods. 9. Keyword-Unique phrases or terms, synonyms or word variation a) Field- Search parameter, such as a title, date of publication, useful for drilling down and focusing on specific content. 10.Boolean search- =,-,(), and or not a) Uses operations with keywords to narrow search parameters. b) AND narrows results by searching for pages that contain both keywords c) OR expands results by search for pages that containing either of the keywords. d) Quotation marks narrow results by searching for phrases instead of verbs.
11.Boolean is implied in may search engines, but still a valuable
method for narrowing searches.
Operator Search String Result
1. AND Movies and Movies and advertising advertising 2. + +movies+advertisi Movies ng+Sales advertising and sales 3. OR Jam or Jelly Jam and jelly or either term 4. OR Jam or Jelly Or Documents or preserves websites containing one or all of the terms 5. And/Or Orchids growing Or Orchids and Planting either the term growing or the term planning or both terms 6. “ “ “President Clinton” President And “foreign policy Clinton and “ foreign policy