Practice Searches: Yahoo, AltaVista, MetaCrawler, for Contemporary Chicano Culture

Contemporary Chicano Culture

Practice Searches: Yahoo, Alta Vista

Connect to MSU Library's Search Engines page:

http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/library/instruct/library/search.htm

Yahoo

http://www.yahoo.com

WHAT it searches: 4 areas of Yahoo's database:

Yahoo! Categories
Yahoo! Web Sites
Yahoo!'s Net Events & Chat
Most Recent News Articles

HOW it ranks:

Multiple Keyword Matches
Document Section Weighting: Documents matching words found in the Title are ranked higher than those found in its Body or URL.
Generality of Category: (more general is ranked higher than more specific categories)

chicano culture	Categories: Sites:
chicano education	Categories: Sites:
"bilingual education" chicano	Categories: Sites:
"english as a second language"	Categories: Sites:
chican* feminis*	Categories: Sites:
chicano politic* NOTE: retrieves pages that mention chicano AND politics, political, etc.	Categories: Sites:
"society for the advancement of chicanos"	Categories: Sites:
Click on the category "Entertainment" and then the subcategory "Music". Click on "Search Only This Category" and search for tejano	Categories: Sites:
title: chican* media	Categories: Sites:
health chican*	Categories: Sites:
health hispan*	Categories: Sites:
title: bilingual education* NOTE: only pages with "bilingual" AND "education" or "educational" in title	Categories: Sites:

Alta Vista

http://www.altavista.com/

"proposition 227"	Sites:
+chicano gang* violen*	Sites:
"el dia de los muertos"	Sites:
"proposition 227"	Sites:
+ethnic* +advertis*	Sites:
+chican* +media portrayal	Sites:
"bilingual education" +chicano	Sites:
chican* culture -art* -music*	Sites:
+health +mexican +american*	Sites:
+health +mexican +american* +"risk factor*"	Sites:
title: tejano music	Sites:

MetaCrawler

http://www.metacrawler.com/

proposition 227 Click on phrase	Sites:
making face making soul Click on phrase	Sites:
health mexican* american* Click on ALL	Sites:
chican* television Click on ALL	Sites:
chicana Search ALL in Newsgroups	Newsgroup Postings:

Now, using your OWN TOPICS try to find sites that are relevant and useful utilizing the advance techniques you just practiced. Write down the titles and URLs, or print out these resources for future use.

See also:

Evaluating Internet Resources

http://www.mnstate.edu/library/instruct/evaluate.htm

Brittney Goodman
11/30/99