Search Engines

  

Search Engine Module

  
 

Compiled by Corinne Hoisington

Central Virginia Community College 

Search Engines Explained

Professor Corinne Hoisington

Email: hoisingtonc@cvcc.vccs.edu
 

Web Sites to Check out:

Searching the Web

University Libraries

Google's Basic Help

Notes on Search Engines:

Search Questions

Boolean Logic

Quality Web Sites

 

 


 

 


 

  

What is a Search Engine?

 
First Look at this Video Module to Understand What a Search Engine

  Search Engine Video

Take a look through this slide show:

                       Search Engine Slides             
Watch a PhotoStory Presentation about Different Search Engine Strenghs:

                             Search Engine PhotoStory
Case Studies using Search Engines

1. Online Scavenger Hunt

2. Searching for the Best Buy

3. Searching for a Great Cruise