Exam 1: Searching the Internet Effectively

One way to determine how others value a site is to find out how many Web pages link to the page you are evaluating.

____________________ formats are style guides that standardize how citations are written.

The first step in translating a question into an effective search query is to identify the ____________________ that best describe the topic.

The ____________________ is a vast global network of interconnected smaller networks.

You are a reporter for your college paper and are working in advance on some ideas for the weekly Internet column. You decide it would be useful for your readers if you wrote about the importance of creating a research strategy. You start by making notes on the points you want to cover. Record your notes about developing a research strategy.

As you are explaining to your grandfather how to analyze his search results, you notice that his keyword search wasn't ordered in the best way possible. So, you decide to take a few more minutes and explain the correct process for adding keywords to his search query. Record what you cover with him in your explanation.

Two widely accepted ____ are those of the MLA and the APA.

Phrase searching can be accomplished, at many search engines, by putting ____________________ around the block of words you want to appear together on the Web page.

What should you do when creating a list of keywords to use in your search?

Depending on your subject or which search tool you use, you might not need to evaluate the resources you find.