Search Engines

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Goals

The purpose of this lesson is to help trainees to understand the basics of Search Engine use.

Enabling Objectives

During this lesson, trainees will be shown a Flash animtion containing a brief explanation of search engines in general, with specific details about the Google search engine.

Terminal Objectives

Upon completing this lesson, several terminal objectives will be attainable:

  1. Trainees will be able to explain the basic purpose of a search engine.
  2. Trainees will be able to locate the buttons leading to the four main sections of Google.
  3. Trainees will be able to explain the fundamental operations of the web, image, groups, and directory sections of Google.
  4. Trainees will be able to locate the Google Toolbar page, and to locate the button which will lead them to the download page.
  5. Trainees will be able to explain why each search engine must have its own "how to" page, and how to locate and use these.
  6. Trainees will be able to explain why they need to use more than one search word.