2.4 Reading: Apply Information Literacy Skills to Web Searches

Boolean operators

A character, word, or symbol that focuses a web search. Also called a search operator.

hits

A list of matched results from an Internet search.

general search engine

A nonspecialized search engine designed to find general results; general search engines include Google, Bing, and Yahoo!

usage rights

A right that indicates when you can use, share, or modify the images you find online.

Specialized search tools

A search tool that concentrates on specific resources, such as scholarly journals or the United States Congress.

search tool

An electronic tool that finds online information based on criteria you specify or selections you make.

web directory

An online guide to subjects or websites, usually arranged in alphabetic order. Also called a subject directory.

subject directory

An online guide to subjects or websites, usually arranged in alphabetic order. Also called a web directory.

" " (quotation marks)

Find webpages with the exact words in the same order (ex. "augmented reality" in business)

#..#

Find webpages within a range of numbers (ex. augmented reality 2017..2022)

index

In Access, a database object that is created based on a field or combination of fields. Also, a field property that keeps track of the order of the values in the field, and a list that relates field values to the records that contain those values.

query

In Access, an object that provides a spreadsheet-like view of data, similar to that in tables; it may provide the user with a subset of fields and/or records from one or more tables. Also, SQL commands that are used to retrieve data.

keywords

In Office, terms added to a file's Document Properties that help locate the file in a search.

- (hyphen)

NOT (ex. augmented reality -virtual)

| (vertical bar)

OR (ex. augmented | virtual)

crawlers

Software that combs the web to find webpages and add new data about them to a database. Also called spider.

spiders

Software that combs the web to find webpages and add new data about them to the database. Also called crawler.

information literacy

The ability to find, evaluate, use, and communicate online information.

word stem

The base of a word, used in a web search to broaden a search.

*

Wildcard (placeholder for any number of characters) (ex. augment* reality)

search operators

character, word, or symbol that focuses a web search. Also called a Boolean operator.