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Effective Internet Research Tools and Strategies

Explore various search engines and websites beyond Google to enhance your research skills. Learn search strategies like Boolean operators and domain searches for more focused results. Practice with provided links to refine your web search abilities.

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Effective Internet Research Tools and Strategies

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  1. Internet Research Tools-Beyond Google!

  2. Research Engines • Research Engines • Google, Yahoo, MSN, Bing, AltaVista… • Other useful websites • Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/ • Scholarpedia: http://www.scholarpedia.org/ • Diigo beta: http://www.diigo.com/ • The Owl at Purdue: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ • GMU Writing Center: http://writingcenter.gmu.edu/writing-resources.php • Definr: http://www.definr.com/ • Thesaurus.com: http://thesaurus.reference.com/

  3. Search Strategies and Techniques • Boolean AND or the plus sign (+) FCC +wireless +communication • Boolean NOT or the minus sign (-) dolphins -Miami • Boolean OR (car or automobile or vehicle) and (buy or purchase) and used

  4. Search Strategies and Techniques • Phrase search “Walt Disney World” +“heart disease” +cause • Title search +title:“George Washington” +title:“George Washington” +President +Martha

  5. Search Strategies and Techniques • Domain search Current U.S. Domains: .com = a commercial business .edu = an educational institution .gov = a governmental institution .org = a non-profit organization .mil = a military site .net = a network site +domain:uk +title:“Queen Elizabeth”

  6. Search Strategies and Techniques • Host search GMU’s website: http://www.gmu.edu/ ELI’s website: http://eli.gmu.edu/ +host:eli.gmu.edu+schedule • Link search link:www.pepsi.com

  7. Let’s practice our new Web search skills!

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