Module Four - Searching the web: search engine task cont...

I've gone back to the WebCT NET11 discussion board to check a problem. I have installed Copernic Meta. This only works in IE. I normally try to use Firefox only, unless checking how a web site I'm creating works in IE. Anyway after reading the board posts regarding 'search engine task' I've decided maybe I should have installed Copernic Agent Basic. I was sure I had read Copernic Meta. So I'm about to install more software.

2. Using copernicus or similar, set it up to search at least three search engines (including one that will search the 'deep web') and repeat eactly the same search

• record the number of hits in your learning log, and compare to your first search. What differences did you notice? Why? Which search, on first glance gave you the most promising results?

Well I've been searching for the last nearly three hours using Copernic Meta & Copernicus Agent Basic and I can say if I did this at work (I'm a Library Technician who specialises in creating sites within Intranets for secondary students) my boss would string me up for not getting the job done. What a dratted waste of time. All I've found, mainly, is previous NET11 students' blogs.

I will be uninstalling what I've installed today and breathing a sigh of relief. I won't be changing my searching style overly much, that's for sure.

Rather than aimlessly putting in a query into a search engine, I would find the relevant authorities, education institutions, specific organisations & libraries and search within their sites, ensuring authoritive information.