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 Part
1: Internet Search Strategy Secrets
1. Capital letters
Rock only finds
"Rock"
2. Small Letters
rock will find both "Rock"
or "rock"
3. Multiple Words
This will find every page with the
word "rock" or with the word "music".
4. Specific Phrases
This will find pages
with the phrase "rock music".
5. Words that must be
included
a.
This means the word
"sting" must be on the page, and the word "police" must
also be on the page.
or
b.
6. Words that must not be
included
a.
This will find every
page with the word "python" , but not with the word
"monty".
or
b.
This will find every
page with the word "music" , but not with the word
"rock".
7. different forms of word
rock* will find
every word that begins with "rock...", like rock, rocker,
rocket, etc.
Activity:
For each of the above searches, find the number of matches
by pressing SUBMIT.
This exercise uses the Alta Vista Search Engine.
 Part
2: Internet Search Strategies Using Various
Engines
Search
Research Questions -A
- What is playing at
the Imax movie theater in Montreal?
- What was the Main
Event at the 1998 Jazz Festival in Montreal
?
- How much does it cost
to buy a hamburger in Montreal? Where?
- Where in Quebec can
one get U-Pick apples? How much does it
cost?
- How many people
currently live in Montreal?
- Which Quebec
University has the largest population? In what
year?
- What was the hottest
Canadian temperature ever? On what date?
- Which Canadian has
won the most Grammy Awards? In what year?
- What is the Canadian
dollar worth in US dollars?
- How far is it from
downtown Montreal to Knowlton?
Search
Research Questions -B
- Type in your last
name. How many pages did the search engine
find?
- Type in your full
name as a phrase (within quotes). Describe another
person who has the same name as you. Do you have
anything in common?
- Type in the words "de
Maisonneuve" (within quotes). How many matches are
about people? Did you find anything about cegep
deMaisonneuve? What?
- Type in the word
Maisonneuve (no quotes). How many matches are about
people? Did you find anything about cegep
deMaisonneuve? What?
- Type in your favorite
musician or musical group. What is one new fact you
found?
- Type in your favorite
sport. What is one new fact you found?
- Type in your favorite
restaurant in Montreal. What is one new fact you
found?
- Type in your favorite
Province in Canada. What is one new fact you
found?
- Type in your favorite
(or dreamed about) travel destination. What is one new
fact you found?
- Find the words to
your favorite song (in English).
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