Chapter 13. Searching for Information
There’s just too much on the Web. It’s like having a TV set with a billion channels; you could click the remote until your thumb fell off and still never find the Law & Order reruns.
Fortunately, a number of search sites on the Web help you find exactly what you’re looking for, anywhere on the Web, and even beyond the Web in other Internet arenas. In this hour, you’ll discover what searching the Web is all about, and discover a simple but effective searching method: cruising categories. You’ll also learn how to use search terms, and how to phrase them carefully to produce precisely the results you need.
At the end of this hour, you’ll be able to answer the following questions:
• | What are search sites, and where ... |
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