Handout 1: Advanced Internet Research


Mark each statement either True or False:

_____ Search Engines and Subject Directories retrieve information from the Internet in the same way.

_____ Subject Directories will usually retrieve fewwer entries than Search Engines/

_____ The major search engines today index web pages immediately after they are published on the Internet.

_____ Meta-Search Engines search multiple Search Engines.

_____ The Invisible Web is not accessible to regular search engines.

_____ There are literally thousands of specialized search engines that allow searching through specific topics, media, and areas of interest.

_____ (women OR females) AND networking is an example of Boolean searching.

_____ Phrase Searching (enclosing the phrase in double quotations) will NOT affect the number of entries retrieved in a search.

_____ A + sign before a search term means only records with that term will be retrieved.

_____ "laser and technology" and "technology and laser" will retrieve the same number of "hits" when entered into a search engine's search bar.


Colby Glass, MLIS