4 Ways Of Making A Good Search

1. Know where to look first.
2. Be specific when choosing keywords in searching.
3. Take advantage of various search options.
4. Anticipate the answers.



The following answers were derived from an online test done using the search engine to answer 20 questions.

http://www.siteseen.co.uk/questions/generalknowledgehard/

1. Inca
2. Violet
3. Birchard
4. Tennyson
5. Shells
6. Map
7. Puccini
8. Volcano
9. Basenji
10. Bosch
11. Waterloo
12. Ants
13. Leo
14. Siam
15. Mushroom
16. Orangutan
17. Pluto
18. Benito
19. Lizard
20. Napoleon

In the past two weeks, we have learnt about the internet and the usefulness of search engines in research. Search engines will search anything the user can think of, with millions of results coming up for topics. Pages such as Google and Yahoo! have over 3 billion pages in their database. Using advanced features of a search engine one is able to narrow down what they are searching for, so that this search is more specific. This can include using; " " symbols for a phrase, Boolean search using +/- and being specific in what you search for.

The net and web are 2 absolutely different pieces of a computer, as the net is a physical connection made with modems, wires and the computer, and the web being an online connection made around the world with a huge amount of information catering for all people's needs.

Endnote is a referencing program used as a tool in assignments and anything needing a bibliography. It is most useful when there are 35 or more references.

In today's tutorial we were introduced to Endnote and used it to create a bibliography of five references which are being used in our assignment for UPC0002 Research and Writing Processes.

In the lecture we were taught about the usefulness of Endnote and the different functions of it. There are different formats used for referencing for each different subject or university (ECU uses the APA 5th format) and Endnote takes care of all of these, there are about 45 000.

Endnote is also possible to be synchronised with Microsoft Word, especially useful when doing assignments. Endnote can also hold up to 15 000 references.