Web searching

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Introduction

Quality control

Quality control (cont'd)

Subject directories

Subject directories (cont'd)

Search engines (cont'd)

Effective searching

Planning a search

Planning a search (cont'd)

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Planning a search (cont'd)

Using the tools

Know the engines

Common methods

Relevance ranking

Keep track of your results

Further information

Safe surfing

Planning a search (cont'd)

Do you require a quick answer or a comprehensive answer?

Decide whether you need something or everything
If everything, try some meta-search engines
- Duplicates may not be well organised
- Different search engines used may interpret the search request in different ways

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