Revised: February 28, 2000
Due March 6, 2000

Search Exercise

Think of a question you would like the answer to or topic you would like more information about.  Use one or more search engines to try to find the answer to the question or information on the topic.  You may refine the topic or question as you go along. 

Repeat this exercise for 3 additional questions or topics -- try to make these varied. 

Hand in something that lists the question, the steps you took (search engine and search words, phrase, or questions), and the quality of the results  If you want to include the addresses of particular sites, you may want to copy and paste these from the browser into your word processor. 

In a few sentences, generalize about your experience searching for this information -- what search engines and techniques were useful or not useful for what type of question or information?