Boolean Searching Exercise

Directions: You will be doing a search on the Internet using www.yahoo.com. Each group will choose a topic from the list on the board.

In the search field type _____________________.
(Choose a topic from the board)

For example: Iraq War

How many results did you get? __________

2. Go to www.yahoo.com.
In the search field type
"_______________________"

(Enclose your topic in quotes if it contains two or more words)

For example: "Iraq War"

How many results did you get? __________

In the search field type
"_____________________" AND _______________________

(Your group's topic) (phrase you'd like included)

For example: "Iraq War" AND "United States"

How many results did you get? __________

In the search field type

"__________________" AND __________________ NOT "___________________"

(Your group's topic) (word you'd like included) (phrase you'd like excluded)

For example Iraq War" AND "United States" NOT Bush

How many results did you get? __________

*Note: You need to use quotes with a phrase. You will not need to use quotes with a single word.

*Bookmark two websites from this part of your search. These websites will be used in the Evaluating Websites Activity.