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Module 4:  Guide to Web Searching

Module 4 BulletSearch Exercises

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Search Exercise 1: Use Yahoo to find the Web page address for the Wake Forest University Library.

Search Exercise 2: Use Ask Jeeves to display the current time in Sydney, Australia.

Search Exercise 3: Use Boolean operators in HotBot to to find the name of the parasite that causes whirling disease in trout.

Search Exercise 4: Use the simple search in Excite to find the height of The Sears Tower.

Search Exercise 5: Use the simple search in AltaVista to find the latest El Nino forecasts and research.

Search Exercise 6: Locate an electronic version of Jane Austen's book, Sense and Sensibility.

Search Exercise 7: Use All the Web, All the Time to find a critical bibliography of Kurt Vonnegut.

Search Exercise 8: Find the official web site for the computer game, Riven.

Search Exercise 9: Use a subject directory to find recordings of frog sounds.

Search Exercise 10: Where is the Dickson Mounds Museum and what hours is it open?

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Module 1:  The Research Process Module 2:  Library Catalogs Module 3:  Finding Periodical Articles Using Online Academic Databases Module 4:  Guide to Web Searching Module 5:  Evaluating and Citing Resources