Thursday, March 13, 2008

Internet Searching!!

I was highly impress with Chris Nolan's presentation on internet searching under Google. Most think they know about searching through the internet system, but there are some techniques I have never heard of. I learned Google has an advanced search just like the Coates Library search engine, which comes in handy when specifying a particular topic. There are "limits" too that can be applied to a more specific subject. I can use the same procedure learned before to search on Google or any other search engine. One aspect of the presentation that I thought was surprising was that not all search engines are bad. Each one of the search engines can respond to different searches applied that may be better than Google. I was brought up on Google and never doubted the system, but now I feel more comfortable using other search engines to gather more of an academic research. All in all, Mr. Nolan's presentation taught me new skills for searching on the internet in a more proficient and effective way.

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