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By
default, Google automatically searches for all the
terms that you have entered.
Keyword searching will retrieve documents containing
all the terms entered for the search, in any order
and any distance from each other.
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Placing
terms in inverted commas will search for them as
a phrase. That is, all the terms have to appear
in the order in which they were entered. eg. "perceptual
skills " will search for documents that
contain the word perceptual immediately
preceding the word skills.
Exercise: Go
to Google
and perform: -
i. a keyword search for perceptual
skills
ii. a phrase search using inverted
commas "perceptual
skills"
Q1. How many results are there from
each search?
Q2. Why do you think there is a difference? |
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| Google's
Advanced Search allows you to limit your search
by date, language and file format. You can also
use it to perform basic keyword or phrase searching
- the different textboxes and drop-down menu will
guide you through the process. |
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| Google searches for
alternative word endings ("word stemming")
eg. if you search for dietary it will search
for other variants such as diet. |
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| 5. Be specific in your search |
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As there is so
much information available on the internet, enter
as many keywords and/or phrases as you can to narrow
your search.
Exercise: Go
to Google
and perform: -
i. a keyword search for perceptual
skills training sports
ii. a combination of phrase and keyword
search for "perceptual
skills"
training sports
Q1. How many results are there from
each search? NB: Sometimes it might not be appropriate
to convert all your search terms into phrases eg.
searching for the phrase "perceptual skills
training " would exclude documents which
use the phrase "the training of perceptual
skills". |
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The
information above provides a basic outline for searching
the internet using Google. If you would like to
learn more, please go to Google
help.
It is important that you evaluate your results
to include only authoritative and scholarly information
in your projects and assignments. Go to the next
section for details about evaluating
internet resources.
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