G042 Lecture 11 Using Internal Search Facilities

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G042 - Lecture 11Using Internal Search Facilities

• Mr C Johnston
• ICT Teacher
• www.computechedu.co.uk

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Session Objectives

• Know how internal search facilities can assist
  finding information on large websites,
• Present evidence for both tasks c and d of the
  unit by using an internal search engine
  effectively.

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Internal Search Facilities

• Many websites have internal search facilities to
  help you find
• Web pages with your required criteria on
• Specific data from a database attached to the
  site
• Using an internal search can help you find the
  information you need in a quick and efficient
  manor.

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Using Internal Search Facilities

• You should have already found some useful
  websites now use internal search facilities to
  find data which will help you with your
  investigation,
• Most support the operators you should have been
  using in standard search engines,
• Some have advanced search facilities again
  these are used in a similar fashion to normal
  search engines
• Pull down menus and options are also good
• WATCH out for those powered by Google etc. ensure
  if these are used you ONLY search the internal
  site results from the entire WWW could appear if
  you are not careful.

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Example

• I need to find information about sports
  attendance figures at Coventry City games this
  season.

Useful search as its found the data I need, just
need to visit each of the links and collate in a
table
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More Advanced Searches

• By entering criteria into the input boxes and
  selecting options from different pull down menus
  you can create queries using operators..

Pizza Take-away AND Far Gosford Street,
Coventry
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Instructions

• Use the assignment to produce evidence for this
  task You need to find data which will be used in
  a spreadsheet later.
• Make a note of the information required before
  you start searching.
• Ensure you have clear evidence of using an
  internal search with multiple criteria so you can
  get band 3 of task C.
• Make sure the data is useful otherwise you will
  not get very good marks.
• Write a comment on if you found your information
  or not.

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Useful Websites

• www.statistics.gov.uk
• www.ucas.ac.uk
• www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/
• www.upmystreet.com
• www.rightmove.co.uk