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....Doing
Research on the Net, by
Donna Deeprose
ASSESSMENT: |
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Two tools for searching for information on the World Wide Web are: |
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Search engines and subject catalogs. |
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Sites and pages. |
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Portals and browsers. |
| 2) | The difference between a search engine and a metasearch engine is: |
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Metasearch engines look at more websites. |
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Metasearch engines combine more than one search engine. |
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Metasearch engines can run more searches at the same time. |
| 3) | If your online search turns up 50,000 documents, you should: |
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Be thrilled. |
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Look only at the first 10 or 20. |
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Refine your search terms. |
| 4) | Boolean operators are: |
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Robots that run the booling machines that power search engines. |
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Web search experts from the former Soviet Republic of Bool. |
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Useful for adding precision to your search terms. |
| 5) | Sometimes an individual search engine is preferable to a metasearch engine because: |
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You don't have to wade through so many responses. |
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It may turn up better quality, more focused results. |
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The search engine companies give less powerful versions of themselves to the metasearch companies. |
| 6) | A webring is: |
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A group of people who get together to share Web-searching insights. |
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A linked group of websites dedicated to a related subject. |
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A telltale ring left on your screen after you leave a salacious website. |
| 7) | The World Wide Web Virtual Library is: |
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A library devoted to books on the Internet. |
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Organized like a bricks and mortar library. |
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The oldest subject catalog on the Web, started by the Web creator, Tim Bernes-Lee. |
| 8) | The Internet Public Library is: |
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A place to borrow books online. |
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The closest thing online to a traditional reference library. |
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A very quiet site. |
| 9) | Lexis-Nexis is: |
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An online database you must pay to subscribe to. |
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Available only in libraries. |
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The next-best thing to a Lexus. |
| 10) | Getting web tracked is: |
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Joining the fast track for online researchers. |
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Approaching the Internet with a one-track mind. |
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Getting sidetracked by something eye-catching on the wonderful world of the web. |
For many people, looking for information online is like stepping into a vast, uncharted wilderness. There's a lot out there, but how do you find it? Here's a quiz to test your basic online search knowledge and skills. When you take it you may even discover a new tool or two to help your next search.