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.
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"+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.
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[title:sharon cuneta] 854,000web site

3. Did one search retrieve more relevant information than the other? If so, why?
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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?
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No

5. Which key terms from your thesis statement retrieved the most relevant information?
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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.