How to Optimize your searches
Learn how to use one or 2 search engines well (suggestions AltaVista, Yahoo, Google, Hotbot, Fastsearch, or Seachedu.com .
Use Boolean strategies - combine key words - Example - Pearl Harbor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (use pluses and minuses)
Use quotation marks to mark phrases, certain events, and people's names - Example - "Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
Learn the "rules" of a search engine.
Go to a major portal that lists only authoritative sites.
Web site Evaluation Checklist - Only use Authoritative web sites
Can you identify the source or author of the site? Look at the bottom or sometimes the top of the web page.
Is the spelling and grammar correct?
Does the site represent a group or a viewpoint? (bias)
Is the information up-to date?
Examples of Bad websites
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3758/roosev.htm
http://147.129.1.10/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm
07/29/02