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Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 21:20
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- Spend time before you search to analyze your topic.
- Use nouns in your queries. Avoid conjunctions, adverbs, adjectives, and articles.
- Use phrases, where natural.
- Use Boolean syntax, particularly the "AND" operator.
- As a general rule, constrain your search to 2 or 3 related, but narrowing concepts, but keep overall query length limited to 6 to 8 words.
- Use advanced search options where available and appropriate.
- Use multiple search engines.
- For topic specific searches, try the specialized engines.
- For difficult searches, only use engines that support Boolean syntax.
- Learn thy search engine.
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