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Effective Internet Searches

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See more on Google Search Education

is a website that helps you learn to search with terms like 'and' and 'not'. []

Google Advanced Search will let you do the same.

Google Basic Search Help suggests:
 * **Keep it simple**
 * **Think how the page you are looking for will be written.****Use the words that are most likely to appear on the page.**
 * **Describe what you need with as few terms as possible.**
 * **Choose descriptive words.**

Google Guide: Selecting Search Terms

Look for Reading Level in Google Search - BASIC gives docs that are easier to read.



Find lots of alternatives to Google, including kid-friendly search engines, on the Search Engines tab of Scopus Netvibes

Eight tips for better web searches

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