3.2 The Internet and World Wide Web

2 types of web searching tool

Search Engine and Subject Directory

Search Engine

is a software that find information on the web related to a specific topic

Examples of Search engine

Google Search and Yahoo! Search

Subject directory

is a search tool that classifies webapages in an organized set of categories and subcategories

Example of subject directory search

Google Directory and Yahoo! Directory

function Search strategies

can help narrow down the list of hits to a more manageable numbers so that the searching process can be more efficient and effective

Search strategy 1 : Using Phrases

Use more than one keywords as search text.

Search strategy 2 : Using Boolean Operators

To further specify exactly what you want to find, Boolean operators such as AND, OR or NOT can be used in keyword searches

Search strategy 3 : Using Field search

Limit the search to a particular search characteristic (field) such as page title, URL, page text, top-level domain or Website

Citation

A brief mention in the text that shows the source of information, usually including the author's last name and the year of publication.

reference

is the full bibliographic detail of a cited source, listed at the end of the document to allow readers to locate it.

Importance of Citation

To show readers that you have done proper research by listing all the sources used for the information