How to Search the Internet

Using search engines–>https://www.infoplease.com/homework-help/homework-center-finding-information-internet-using-search-engines

  1.  keywords
  2.  and, or, not
  • Example: You want information on macular degeneration. If you search for that, you will get a LOT of ‘hits’.
    • Google: over 12 million hits
      • first page has general “what is” pages.
    • Google alternatives–>https://beebom.com/google-alternatives/
    • Bing: doesn’t say how many hits; 2nd biggest search engine
      • products on the top
      • offers other questions to search
    • DuckDuckGo: doesn’t keep track of searches, block ad trackers
      • 1 ad at the top
      • doesn’t give suggestions for other searches
    • Ask: doesn’t say how many hits
      • Questions and answers: eg, “Latest treatment for dry macular degeneration?”
    • Other searches:
      • YouTube
      • Google Scholar: “Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.”