Searching Tips

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Good Searching Tips

Follow these steps to help you use search engines to find what you're looking for.

What are you searching for?

Are you searching for an image, a video, some news or a piece of text?
- Use the correct tab to display what you're looking for.

Choice of words

Only use keywords for your search.
Choose your keywords carefully.
Be careful to spell your keywords correctly.

Exact match

Use quotation marks to find an exact phrase.
- E.g. “Double, double. Toil and trouble” would show you results that matched that exact text.

Fact check

See if the ‘facts’ are the same on different sites.
Think about the quality of the site when you decide whether to trust the information.

Using Computers

1.1

Computers as a Tool

1.1.1Uses of Computers 1.1.2More Uses of Computers 1.1.3Advantages of Information Technology 1.1.4More Advantages of Information Technology

1.2

Data

1.2.1Storing Data 1.2.2Databases 1.2.3Sorting & Filtering Data 1.2.4Interrogating Data

1.3

Plagiarism & Illegal Sharing

1.3.1Plagiarism 1.3.2Copyrighted Content

Networks & the World Wide Web

2.1

Networks

2.1.1Parts of Networks 2.1.2The Internet 2.1.3The World Wide Web

2.2

Searching Online

2.2.1Searching the World Wide Web 2.2.2Searching Tips 2.2.3Reliable Information

2.3

Protecting Yourself Online

2.3.1Your Digital Footprint 2.3.2Being Safe 2.3.3Online Safety 2.3.4Viruses 2.3.5Malware 2.3.6People Online 2.3.7Your Feelings 2.3.8Getting Help

Computational Thinking

3.1

Computational Thinking

3.1.1Computational Thinking 3.1.2Decomposing Tasks 3.1.3Algorithms (1/2)3.1.4Algorithms (2/2)3.1.5Logical Reasoning & Debugging

Computer Languages

4.1

Coding

4.1.1Code 4.1.2Programs 4.1.3Writing Programs 4.1.4Writing Your Own Program: Input, Outputs, Design 4.1.5Turning an Algorithm into an App (1/2)4.1.6Turning an Algorithm into an App (2/2)

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Using Computers

1.1

Computers as a Tool

1.1.1Uses of Computers 1.1.2More Uses of Computers 1.1.3Advantages of Information Technology 1.1.4More Advantages of Information Technology

1.2

Data

1.2.1Storing Data 1.2.2Databases 1.2.3Sorting & Filtering Data 1.2.4Interrogating Data

1.3

Plagiarism & Illegal Sharing

1.3.1Plagiarism 1.3.2Copyrighted Content

Networks & the World Wide Web

2.1

Networks

2.1.1Parts of Networks 2.1.2The Internet 2.1.3The World Wide Web

2.2

Searching Online

2.2.1Searching the World Wide Web 2.2.2Searching Tips 2.2.3Reliable Information

2.3

Protecting Yourself Online

2.3.1Your Digital Footprint 2.3.2Being Safe 2.3.3Online Safety 2.3.4Viruses 2.3.5Malware 2.3.6People Online 2.3.7Your Feelings 2.3.8Getting Help

Computational Thinking

3.1

Computational Thinking

3.1.1Computational Thinking 3.1.2Decomposing Tasks 3.1.3Algorithms (1/2)3.1.4Algorithms (2/2)3.1.5Logical Reasoning & Debugging

Computer Languages

4.1

Coding

4.1.1Code 4.1.2Programs 4.1.3Writing Programs 4.1.4Writing Your Own Program: Input, Outputs, Design 4.1.5Turning an Algorithm into an App (1/2)4.1.6Turning an Algorithm into an App (2/2)

Practice questions on Searching Tips

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What punctuation do you put around your words to find the exact phrase?Multiple choice
2
Why is it important to choose your keywords carefully?Multiple choice
3
What should you do to check if the facts you found are true?Multiple choice
4
What should you only use for your search and spell correctly?Multiple choice

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Searching the World Wide Web

Reliable Information