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• Online Search- is the process of interactively searching for and retrieving requested information via a computer from databases that are online.
• • Search Enginesis a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are generally presented in a line of results often referred to as search engine results pages.
• Anatomy of a URL - A URL is one type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). It is a generic term for all types of names and addresses that refer to objects on the world wide web. Knowing the URL endings will give you clues to who is sponsoring the website and help evaluate the sources.
• +    – allows you to include terms that are usually ignored
•  “ ”    – finds the exact words in a phrase
•  ( ) – Finds or excludes web pages that contain a group of words
• AND or &    – Finds web pages that contains all the terms or phrases
• NOT or – – Excludes web pages that contain a term or phrase
• OR or |   – Finds web pages that contain either or the term or phrases