Lesson 6.1 Activity, Actividad, Francisco Javier Cervigon Ruckauer

Lesson 6.1 Activity, Actividad

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Search Tips: Combine operators for stronger searches. Operators can be placed anywhere in the query without affecting the results. For example: [black cats site:com] is equivalent to [site:com black cats].

1. Which of these searches shows an effective use of multiple operators?

 [household spending site:org -site:edu]

 [site:edu site:org household spending]

 [site:census.gov filetype:pdf household spending]

 [household spending site:edu OR org]

Sí, la respuesta es correcta.

• Correct! You can combine site: and filetype: for very targeted results when necessary.

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2. You work for an environmental services company. NASA’s website indicates that the agency is a model of sustainability. You want to get a better notion of what others think about their environmental management. You decide to look at what other government (.gov) or military (.mil) organizations have to say about NASA’s programs. You do not want to see results from NASA.gov itself.
You know that you want the following elements in your search: [nasa environmental management OR policy]; .mil sites; .gov sites; but NOT anything from NASA.gov. Go to a new tab and search for this information in Google.
Did your search match any of the following? Which will work best?

 [nasa environmental management OR policy site:gov OR site:mil]

 [nasa environmental management OR policy site:gov OR site:mil -site:nasa.gov]

 [nasa environmental management OR policy site:gov OR site:mil -nasa]

 [nasa environmental management policy site:gov site:mil -site:nasa.gov]

Sí, la respuesta es correcta.

• Correct! You have to cover both the .gov and the .mil domain. You do this with site: searches that have ORs in between them. To get rid of results from the NASA site, you again do a site: search, this time with a minus sign in front of it.

Francisco Javier Cervigon Ruckauer