Annette Lamb’s Search Techniques

Try these different search strategies using _______________ Search Engine.

Keyword Searching:
Type in flowers                        How many hits? _____
Type in bulbs                           How many hits? _____
Type in tulips                           How many hits? _____

Phrase Searching:
Type in growing flowers          How many hits? _____
Type in growing + flowers       How many hits? _____
Type in “growing flowers”       How many hits? _____

Wildcard*
Type in flower*                       How many hits? _____

Special Keys:
Type in spring-flowers              How many hits? _____
Type in spring – flowers           How many hits? _____
Type in spring, flowers             How many hits? _____
Type in spring + flowers           How many hits? _____

Boolean Searches:
Type in flowers and bulbs         How many hits? _____
Type in flowers or bulbs           How many hits? _____
Type in flowers and not bulbs    How many hits? _____

Which search strategy resulted in the most reasonable number of hits?

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