This worksheet is designed to accompany Four Nets for Better Searching. Print it out (reduced to 90%), record your answers, and think about why the numbers came out that way.
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Reasons
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ALL: Atlantis continent WITHOUT: shuttle film movie |
~33,600 |
The first search shows only what? and excludes what? The second one has more hits because... |
| WITH ALL: Atlantis | ||
| WITH
ALL: Waterbury WITH AT LEAST ONE: Vermont VT WITHOUT: Connecticut CT |
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| WITH: Waterbury | ||
| EXACT PHRASE: San Diego State University | The second one has more hits because... | |
| WITH ALL: San Diego State University | ||
| EXACT PHRASE: Bill 602P | What do these show? | |
| EXACT PHRASE: demonstrating genuine leadership | ||
| EXACT PHRASE: Jenny kissed me when we met | ||
| SIMILAR TO: www.tappedin.org | These are different because... | |
| LINKED TO: www.tappedin.org | ||
| SIMILAR TO: kids.msfc.nasa.gov | These are different because... | |
| LINKED TO: kids.msfc.nasa.gov | ||
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Write your question here |
Make up your own search now with different combinations of terms. Write down your search terms and record the number of hits you get. |
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This page by Bernie Dodge. Last updated September 23, 2003