Title: Unit 3: Internet Searching
Course: Advanced Composition for the Digital Age SP14 > Section: Unit 3: Search Engines vs. Electronic Databases

It's more than just Googling something.

Search Engines

In this video, you have just watched someone narrow a Google Search to make it more effective. Check out this example:

By changing your search terms you make it more effective. Advanced Google searching helps you find more relevant sites. You can subtract words you don't want; group terms together; search in specified time or by copyright.

Now that you know a little bit about searching, now you'll see the difference between a search engine like Google and an Electronic Database.

When you have access to the internet that makes you as smart as anyone in the world, all you have to do is access, evaluate and interpret information. It is time for you to begin relying upon yourselves, and your skills and not look to others to provide that information for you. To paraphrase Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi: You're about to take your first steps into a larger world. Well, a more accurate/scientific world at least.

Chances are, one of the first sites you'll see after performing a search will lead you to the much maligned Wikipedia. Click the link to see what all the fuss is about.

Next Step: Electronic Databases Info
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