The Web is a
great place to find lots of information about almost any topic.
But a search can take a long time. Here are some tips to make your
searches on the Web and book2web.com faster and easier.
Brainstorming words that mean the same thing as your topic
The best way to search for information on the Web is to know all
the words and phrases related to your topic, or words that mean
the same thing as your topic. Make a list, or a word map, of these
words. For example, if the search topic is planets then some related
words could be: Solar system, outer space, space, world, Venus,
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, sun,
moon, and universe. Now you can use these words to search for information
on planets on the Web or book2web.com.
Searching for a word or topic
What if you want to find out how big the planet Venus is? Then you
want to look for Web pages that have the word Venus. For this kind
of search, type the word in the search box like this:
Search For:
This will
tell the search engine to look for Web pages with the word Venus.
Combining search words using "AND"
What if you want to search for information to compare the two planets
Venus and Mars? Then you want to search for Web pages that have
both of these words. For this kind of search, type the two words
in the search box like this:
Search For:
This will tell
the search engine to look for Web pages with the words Venus and
Mars.
Combining search words using "OR"
What if you want to learn about Earth, and either of the words Earth
or world would help you find out more about the topic? Then you
want to search for Web pages that have either one of these words,
or both words. For this kind of search, type the two words in the
search box like this:
Search For:
This will tell
the search engine to look for Web pages with either the word Earth
or the word world, or both words.
Keeping words out of your search using "NOT"
Do you keep seeing a word on the Web pages in your search that doesn't
match your topic? For example, maybe you're searching for information
about the planet Mars and you keep finding Web pages about the spacecraft
Mars Pathfinder. To keep the word Pathfinder out of your search
for Mars, type the two words in the search box like this:
Search For:
This will tell
the search engine to look for Web pages with the word Mars and not
Pathfinder.
Searching with Web links
The book2web.com home page has Web links that will take you to different
parts of the book2web.com Web site. To find information using links,
start by clicking on the first link you want to follow to find out
more about your topic. Then look at the new list of links that appears.
Find one about your topic and click on that. Keep following the links
until they take you to Web sites about the exact topic you want to
research.
Are all
your search words spelled correctly? Always remember to check
your spelling so the search engine can search for the right
word.
Even when
you use these search tips, the Web pages you find may not have
the information you want. Skim, or quickly read, the first part
of the Web page to look for your search word or topic. If you
see your search word or topic, the Web page may have the information
you're looking for.
