Research Help (Big 6)  » Internet Searching Strategies

Instructions Find your search problem on the list below. Click on the link to see a solution page showing a sample search and how the results are better after using the solution strategy.

        
Make a choice:
Find the problems with your search list and click on the solutions to try to correct the problems.

          Problem 1:    too many sales sites       solution 1

          Problem 2:    sites on topics you don't want     solution 2

          Problem 3:    too many hits    solution 3

          Problem 4:    different terms for the subject -- you want all in one search      solution 4

          Problem 5:    search list doesn't have what you want     solution 5

          Problem 6:    there are different forms of the word -- you want all in one search      solution 6

          Problem 7:    you typed more than one word -- sites only have one     solution 7

          Problem 8:    sites contain the word, but aren't really about your topic      solution 8