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Modified True/False To quickly display the Find bar in Internet Explorer and Chrome , press the CTRL+F key combination. ______________________

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Users interact directly with web crawlers, such as Yahoo! Slurp, Googlebot, and Bingbot.

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Talkwalker and Twubs are examples of ____ search engines and tools.

____ is an example of a web crawler.

When performing a natural language search, a search engine generally includes stop terms.

Zoo, as shown in the accompanying figure, is an example of a _____.

When examining a website's ____, determine whether the webpage information is presented fairly, whether the content contains any subtle or clear biases, or whether the information is skewed toward commercial or political interests.

A search query should include at least one _________________________.

Social media includes online tools used to communicate ideas, share links, contribute personal commentary, share photos, and interact online with other web users in various ways.

Modified Multiple Choice Which of the following are metasearch engines?

By not disclosing search engine algorithms, the search engines are attempting to prevent ____ marketers from manipulating web content to improve search ranking.

____ is a specialty search tool designed for kid-friendly searches.

The Library of Congress's website provides searchable databases of legislative information and is named THOMAS, after Thomas Edison.

One technique for determining scope and quality is to compare the information on several webpage sources that discuss the same topic.

Modified Multiple Choice Which of the following are Boolean operators?

Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-1 Your best friend is a social studies teacher at the neighborhood middle school. He asks you to recommend a general-purpose search engine for his personal online research and a specialty search tool that is appropriate for his students to use in the classroom for their online research projects. Which of the following search tools is the better choice for the teacher to use for his personal research?

Which specialized collection of electronic resources provides access to U.S. congressional and state government documents, statistics produced by governmental agencies and organizations, and primary and secondary sources of historical documents?

Online versions of newspapers include headlines and articles distributed through major news wire services, such as the Associated Press (AP) , United Press International (UPI) , and ____.

The more ____ used in a query, the more focused the search results will be.

The first step in determining the quality of the information on a webpage is to examine its authority.