Searching the Internet Effectively

The following skill is useful not only for searching the Web with a search engine, but also for searching databases or other digital reference material available at your local library, such as Encarta.

Finding and Sorting Information Online

Think of finding and sorting information as a mini-research project! You have a question in your mind to which you are seeking an answer. You need to formulate a strategy to find your answer.Say, for example, you want to find out when a movie will be playing this weekend. You realize that you have lost your newspaper schedule, but you are sure there must be a schedule online somewhere. Thank goodness for the Internet! You log on and go to your favourite search engine to find the movie schedule.
Too easy!

You enter the search term, "Movie Listings." That'll do it, right?