Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h7MDWw702713; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:32:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:32:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <B3EFE59E2F73A84CB656C77084064303012111@fegsmail4.fegs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Hacker, Emily" <EHacker@fegs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3013] Article: Search Engine Tips X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2164 Lines: 33 Here's a good article from this week's NY Times Circuits section on strategies for conducting better Web searches. It includes steps for restricting searches to a particular domain (i.e. only hits from .edu sites), which is a good way to avoid wading through long lists of commercial sites. Below are the first couple of paragraphs, followed by the link to the full article. New York Times, Circuits, 08/21/03 Fishing for Information? Try Better Bait by Lisa Guernsey The notion of a user's manual for search engines might seem counterintuitive. Give people an empty search box and a button to click on and somehow they know exactly what to do. But as the Web gets larger and more complicated, encompassing PDF documents, movies and audio files, product databases and ever-changing pages, it can help to know a few tricks that are not so obvious. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/21/technology/circuits/21basi.html?8cir Best, --Emily ************************************************************ Emily Hacker Moderator - NIFL Technology Director, Learning Technologies F.E.G.S (212)366-8122 ehacker@fegs.org ******************************************************************* Please List Your Job Openings with FEGS at (212)366-8039 If You Are interested in Making a Donation to FEGS to Help Us Continue To Provide Essential Crisis Support Services, please contact Gail Magaliff, COO at (212)366-8551 or send an e-email to gmagaliff@fegs.org PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www.fegs.org ************************NOTE************************************** The information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the addressee(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by tel (212-366-8400), and discard the original message. Thank you for your cooperation. *******************************************************************
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