GENERAL SEARCH TIPS
Spelling matters - make sure to have the correct spelling for any words used in searches
Be specific e.g. bears rather than animlas or even better "polar bears"
Quotation marks will change the search to search for the words in quotation marks as a phrase. e.g. "St. James-Assiniboia School Division" will find sites that have that exact phrase whereas searching St. James-Assiniboia School Division will find any site that has those words anywhere within the site, not necessarily one after another.
SEARCH ENGINES
Select Help (Top right of screen) to find some searching tips
Can use words or questions to search
Defaults to searching the web. Select Images to limit search to pictures or select Maps to limit search to maps.
Other Tips:
v Put phrases in quotations, e.g. “Canadian Arctic”
v Use + for words that must be there e.g. bears +black
v Use – for words that should not be there, e.g. Penguins –hockey
Search by category or by keywords
GENERAL DIRECTORIES
Sponsored by Information Please Almanac, this site searches Kids Almanac and encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Search by subject area, e.g. Science - Animals of by keywords e.g. polar bears.
Tips:
v Use * to truncate words, e,g, bear* will find bear or bears
v Use OR between words to find one or the other of the words
v Use NOT between words to eliminate words, eg. Penguins NOT hockey
Check out the Advanced Search option to limit search to titles, subjects, description, pictures or to limit by reading level
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