Keyword Search

After you’ve mastered the basics of entering keywords into search engines, the next step in refining your skills is adding the math operators “+” and “-” to your repertoire. The plus symbol in front of a search term means the results must always include that keyword. The minus is used for words you never want to appear. For example use “+rockets -houston” to search for rockets that do not play basketball; and “+rockets +models” to search for information on model rockets.


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Feldman, Barbara. "Keyword Search." Surfnetkids. Feldman Publishing. 17 Jul. 2002. Web. 29 Jun. 2015. <http://www.surfnetkids.com/tech/235/keyword-search-53/ >.


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