Use web friendly words
For example, instead of saying my head hurts, say headache, because that's the term a medical website would use.
Less is more
Start with short search terms, then refine your results by adding more words.
Search with an exact phrase.
Keep in mind that searching with quotes might exclude relevant results. For instance, a search for"Alexander Bell" will miss pages that refer to Alexander G. Bell.
Don't worry about cases.
A search for new york times is the same as a search for New York Times.
Search within a specific site
For example:
China site:nytimes.com
Don't worry about punctuation
Search ignores punctuation. This includes @#%^*()=[]\ and other special characters.
Search by file type
Ex: History of China filetype:doc
Get number conversions
Convert any measurement
-- like miles to kilometers or ounces to liters
-- by typing in the number and unit of measurement.
Ex: 5km to miles
Get the time
To see what time it is anywhere in the world, search time and the city or country.
Ex: time Philippines
Get currency conversions
Get current exchange rates by searching [currency 1] in [currency 2].
Ex: USD in Philippine Peso
Check the weather
Search weather followed by a U.S. zip code or the name of any city in the world to get the current weather and forecast.
Ex: weather Philippines
Get definitions
Put define: in front of any word to get its definition.
Ex: define: definition
Calculate anything
Enter any math equation into the search box and we'll calculate your answer.
Ex: 1+1
Exclude a word or site
Add a dash (-) before a word or site to exclude all results that include that word.
Ex: China –wiki
China –site:wikipedia.org
Why do you need to evaluate your search results?
There are two main reasons:
1. Quality control- anyone can publish on the web, so there is little quality control,
and information is often inaccurate and/or out-of-date.
2. Reviewing the success of your search -careful evaluation can help you produce
better work, raising your marks; evaluate badly or not at all and you can lose marks.
5 Questions to ask when evaluating the quality of your results
1.Author
2.Host site
3.Audience
4.Currency
5.Content
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