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The biggest challenge in finding
information on the work wide web is directing the search in a productive
manner. Just to put in the topic you are interested in will lead you to an
overwhelming number of choices. To narrow your searches, the following
tricks will be of great use.
USING + AND – (to include or exclude
words):
If you are looking up information on food
pyramid and type both words into the query box, you will get sites that
have the word food and/or pyramid as well as those that include both
words. By putting a + before each term you force them both to be
included in all sites found.
e.g. +food<space>+pyramid
USING THE WILDCARD (*):
A common mistake made is to narrow your search too
much by excluding variations of a word. If you typed in +mushrooms, you’d
miss all the pages that had the singular form of mushroom on them. The *
stands for any 2145-+*/*-4l011etter's) or different forms of a verb. e.g.
+mushroom* or +surf –surface
USING "QUOTES" TO LOOK FOR A
PHRASE:
When you want the words to hang together
as a phrase, you should put double quotes around them.
e.g. "Home Economics Careers and
Technology"
USE LOWER CASE (usually):
In general, unless you’re after a
particular spelling, use all lower case.
USE THE LINK: TAG TO FIND PAGES LINKED TO
ANOTHER PAGE
If you put all or part of the URL of the page after
"link:", you’ll get a list of pages that are linked to the
one you found useful. It is important you don’t capitalize
"link:". e.g. 7/1link:www.nutrition.com
USE THE TITLE: TAG TO FOCUS YOUR SEARCH
To locate pages that are primarily
about one thing, look for pages that have that thing in their title.
The result is much more tightly focused. Note: There can be a space
between title: and the next word or not. It doesn’t seem to matter.
As with link: don’t capitalize title.
e.g. e3ltryhu76y76hgfvcxZMH';/./"/title: vitamin
\title: discipline*
Finding Information on
the Internet
A TUTORIAL (UC Berkeley Library)
Finding Information on
the Internet
A TUTORIAL (UC Berkeley Library)
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(Plant
Identification keys)
(Identify plants by their flower color)
(Misc. Plant photos)
(Pictures of flowers. Search by common and scientific names as
well as color.)
(Southern Californian Natural History: plants, amphibians,
reptiles, birds, mammals, climate, geography)
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(Plants of San Diego County)
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(Audubon Society to help ID birds)
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(Southern California natural history, plants & animals)
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(Photos of plants and animals)
(Natural History of Orange County)
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(Spiders)
(Hemiptera "bugs")
(Butterflies and their larval food-plants)
(Butterflies of North America with photos and descriptions)
Western Wetland Flora. Identification key.
An Online Guide for the
Identification of Amphibians in North America north of Mexico
On-line glossary
Frog calls
Field
guides: mammals, birds,
reptiles, amphibians, insects, etc.with bird sounds
Animal sounds and images, clip art,
movies
- Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the
World
- Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
This award-winning
interactive program is part of the "Whole
Frog" project. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog
named Fluffy, make movies,
and play the Virtual
Frog Builder Game. The interactive Web pages are available in a number
of languages.
- Museum of Science:
Scanning Electron Microscope
- Guided Tour of the Visible
Human
- United States Environmental Protection
Agency
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USDA Forest Service
- Illustrated Glossary of Floral Terms
- Cells Alive
Western Wetland Flora: Field Office Guide to Plant Species
Species List and Identification Key
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Cow's eye Disection
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General Biology Links
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Science and Medical Dictionary
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Alphabetical listing of genetic disorders
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misc. human biology
links
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Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section
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Human
Biology Links
Health
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Misc.
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