Conducting Electronic Research

Most Web site search engines operate in the same way. In this demonstration the researcher uses Google to look for the first word on the list above. Feel free to click on Google and become the researcher yourself. The screen-shot below illustrates the home page after first step has been taken.

The researcher has entered the word tolerance into the search field. Spend a moment studying the page. Notice that the Web link is in bold, black letters and is not underlined as are the other links. That's because Web is Google's preset default option.

If you wanted to find an illustration related to tolerance you would click on the Images link before clicking the search button. Notice also that there is an Advanced Search option to the right of the search field. In the next guide we'll take a look at how to use this type of option.

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