Strategies for searching

  -:Strategies for searching for information on the Internet

Search strategies are the right ways to use search terms in order to find certain information from different search tools such as search engines, library catalog and online databases, and in order to get excellent search results it is necessary to use search strategies that apply to different search tools Such as Boolean  Logic, Parenthesis, Phrase searching, Truncation, Wildcards, and Field searching

 :Tips for effective internet research

 :Some of the most important tips for obtaining information accurately while searching on the Internet are

Keywords: Determine the list of keywords that define the research topic and make the search terms as specific as possible

Use of quotation marks for exact phrases: When the phrases to be searched for are enclosed in quotation marks " ", all web pages in which this phrase appears will appear in the search results, and the number of these sites is less than the sites that are obtained when searching for words separately

Boolean search: The symbols “+” and “-” can be used to narrow the scope of the search, where “+” or “AND” is used to include all words in the phrase within the search, and the symbol “-” or “Not” is used when needed to exclude words Which we do not want, taking into account the importance of not putting a space between the signs + and - and the search term

Google's advanced search option: At the bottom of the Google start or results page, you can click the "Advanced search" button to filter search results by date, country, amount, language, or other criteria

Web page search: You can search for specific words on a web page by pressing Ctrl + F on the keyboard, which opens the search box in which you can type the word or phrase you want to search for and then press ENTER

Using different search engines: There are many search engines that can be used, such as www.yahoo.com, www.ask.com, www.boolify.org, www.duckduckgo, and www.bing.com

Evaluation of sites: The usefulness of the website can be evaluated according to the extension of the site such as .gov, .edu, .org and .au, or according to the author, if he is qualified or not, by reading the information in the “About Us” or “Contact” section, and from The important thing is to know why the site was created and whether there is bias, and to know if the page has comprehensive integration and reliability as a source or not.

 :Determine the appropriate search engine

Choosing the right search engine that is appropriate to the type of information helps to facilitate finding it. When searching for scientific information, you must be aware that journal articles, books, and other academic sources are paid and may not appear in the search results. The main search engines include

Google: It is mainly used to search for images, videos, maps, news stories, and shopping. It also shows search results regardless of spelling errors and translates non-English pages

Bing: Microsoft's search engine, which is used by default in the Edge browser

Yahoo: This engine provides usage results from the Bing engine with added features from Yahoo

DuckDuckGo: This engine is known for its strict privacy as it does not track users or their profiles, so all people will see the same search results when searching for the same topic

Yandex: One of the most popular search engines in Europe

Baido: This engine is very popular in China

iDiscover: Use to find scholarly or peer-reviewed sources, to search the University of Cambridge holdings, and to access journal articles and online resources