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Regarding search engines, the term "search expression" means something different from the term "query."

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Esteban is studying the various ways of searching for information on the Internet. He has asked you to come over and help quiz him, and you've agreed. -Now you and Esteban go to the Wikipedia Web site to learn more about the story behind Paint and Parachutes. The page gives a good deal of information, and seems to make sense. You ask Esteban how he feels about what he's read. He says, ____.

A) Wikipedia is a good start, but it would probably be best to get confirmation elsewhere before believing it completely
B) Wikipedia is part of the deep Web and should never be trusted for anything
C) Wikipedia's encyclopedia entries are constantly monitored by a paid panel of experts, and its information is guaranteed accurate
D) it was very lucky that Wikipedia had information on Paint and Parachutes since it's more of a science-based Web library

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A(n) ____________________ character allows you to omit part of a search term.

With an exploratory question, it is ____ to determine when you find a good answer.

MATCHING Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition. -often omitted by search engines

Effective Web search strategies for a Specific Question -In the accompanying figure, Box 5. represents ____.

-In the accompanying figure, the search expressions represent the use of ____.

Web pages included in a Web directory are organized into categories before visitors use the directory.

Common words such as and, the, it, and by are called stop words. _________________________

The most common location operator offered in Web search engines is the ____________________ operator.

MATCHING Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition. -eliminates Web pages from search results

____________________ is a Web site that hosts a community-edited set of online encyclopedias in more than a dozen different languages.

A good example of a specific question would be, "____".

A drawback to Web directories is that a Web page can generally only be indexed in one category.

A search engine uses a ____ that you type in to find pages on the Web.

The Yahoo! Web directory includes ____ main categories.

Many Web directories include links to subject-specific Web bibliographies within the ____ listings for those subjects.

All of the following are stop words EXCEPT ____.

A hyperlink to a Web page that no longer exists or has been moved to another URL is called a(n) ghost link. _________________________

MATCHING Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition. -one of four major evaluative components of a Web page