ACTIVITY #4

1. Identify a Specialized Search Engine/Subject Directory from Module 2 of Lesson 4 that relates to your topic. Search for information on your topic. Discuss the type of information you found. Be specific.

I use Bloogz to Searched for information on drunk driving and 671 article that contained useful information on the topic that I've searched. . IThe information that it contained has a lot of relevancy to the information I've wanted, some of this are the ways how to control myself especially when I am drunk,etc.

2. Select a Subject Directory from the Invisible Web, Module 1 of Lesson 4. Search for information on your topic. Describe the search and the results retrieved. Be specific.

TITLE: Impaired Driving, U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
URL:http://www.nhtsa.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.18e416bf1b09b6bbbf30811060008a0c/

3. Using Yahoo!, find 2 Web sites on your topic. Provide the exact path through the hierarchical directory that you took. Also, list the URL of the 2 Web sites and provide a brief explanation of each site.

4. Using either AltaVista or HotBot, locate one audio and one video file on your topic. Include the exact search statement used to locate the sites. Be specific

ACTIVITY # 3

1. Using Google, devise a search strategy for your research statement that uses both phrase searching and the Boolean AND. Be specific, i.e., list the exact search statement and indicate how many Web sites were found.
Ans.
"+dolphins+singing" 1,770 web sites on August 15,2006

2. Using Google, devise a search strategy for your research statement that uses a title field search in addition to a domain search. Be specific, i.e., list the exact search statement and indicate how many Web sites were found.
Ans.
[title:sharon cuneta] 854,000web site

3. Did one search retrieve more relevant information than the other? If so, why?
Ans.
Maybe,becuase some of the search retrieve more relevant information than the other.

4. Did the searches retrieve other than HTML Web sites? i.e., Word or pdf documents?
Ans.
No

5. Which key terms from your thesis statement retrieved the most relevant information?
Ans.
The key term that retrieved the most relevant information is the answer and question.

6. Discuss the relative merits of phrase searching, Boolean AND searching and field searching.
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The relative merits of phrase searching,boolean AND searching and field searching are they give exact meaning.

7. Select one of the following Meta Search Engines. Devise a search strategy for your research statement that uses both phrase searching and the Boolean AND. Be specific, i.e., list the Meta Search Engine used, the exact search statement and indicate how many Web sites were found.
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In mamma,"+dolphins+singing" 1,770 web sets on August 15,2006.

8. Were some of the same sites retrieved by Google and the Meta Search Engine?
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Some of the same sites not retrieved by google and meta search engine.

9. What differences did you notice between the results of this search and the results of the Google searches?
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The things that i notice between the results of this search and the results of the google searches are in the google you can easily write words that never following the format,just like plus + sign,quotations,while in this search you have to follow some format.

10. What impact might this have on the validity of the search results?
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Maybe,there are strong impact on the validity of the search result.