CIS 68I:  Using The Internet, Assignment 4

Part A

Read: Chapter 3: 

Searching the Web

Part B

Complete:

True and False and Multiple Choice on pages 163 through 164.

Part C

A. Choose one SEARCH ENGINE, one META SEARCH ENGINE, and one WEB DIRECTORY. List your choices

1.       Search Engine _____________________

2.      Meta Search Engine ___________________

3.      Web Directory (Subject Guide) ______________________

The link to the books http://www.course.com/downloads/illustrated/research/ and  http://www.course.com/NewPerspectives/internet2/ list several search engines, and other resources

 

B. Using each of the three sites chosen above, find information for each of the following topics.

1.       Amusement Parks

2.      Conditions in Chile in July (temperature, rainfall, currency exchange)

3.      Any site that contains historical information and photographs about old automobiles

4.      Job Openings for positions in your area

5.      A restaurant of your choice anywhere in the world that you would like to visit

For each topic, you should search three times using 1) the search engine you chose above, 2) the meta search engine you chose above, and lastly, 3) the web directory you chose above.  Provide the following information for each search:

1.       The Search engine or directory

2.      How did you locate the information? What was the search expression or query?

3.      How many related items did the search engine find?

4.      What was the URL of the top item on the results page

 

 

 

SAMPLE RESULTS PAGE FOR PART C  (ONE TOPIC) MIGHT LOOK LIKE THIS:

Topic: computer classes

  1. Yahoo
    1. Computers and classes
    2. 2406
    3. http://www.whatever.com
  2. Mega super search
    1. Computers and classes
    2. 589,751
    3. http://www.proftracy.com
  3. www.directoryoftheinternet.com
    1. Computers
    2. 15
    3. http://www.computerclass.com