Introduction to Multimedia

Introduction
Search engines are powerfully sophisticated Internet tools, but they can be frustrating to use. This site provides search tips and information on search engines.

Directions:
Read the questions below. Then, click on the Destination Site link to open a new browser window. Apply what you learn to answer the questions. Check your work before clicking Submit.

Destination Site: USC Beaufort Library Search Engine Tutorial

If this link is inactive or if you wish to find other Internet sites with similar information, get permission from your teacher to use a search engine.
Here are some keyword phrases you might use:
how to use search engines and search engine tutorials

1.			What does a search engine locate for you?
2.			What do you input to the search engine to get search results?
3.			If, for example, you use a single keyword and your search results brings back over 1,000 results, what is one of the easiest ways to focus your search results?
4.			Explain what a “spider” does for a search engine.
5.			Name four of the more commonly used search engines.