There
are over 2 billion sites on the internet. Hence, finding the
right information, especially authoritative and scholarly
sources, can be tricky.
Search engines help bring some order to the internet. A search
engine consists of a large subset of internet sites, grouped
together in a database.
You may already be familiar with many of the popular search
engines such as ,
,, and .
You may also have searched the internet before, using various
search engines. In this module, we will focus on using
to introduce you to various techniques that can be employed
for successful internet searching.
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