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with phone numbers and postal addresses are preferable to
those with e-mail addresses only. Even so, double source and
check all your findings independently whenever possible.
Simple tips for faster searching
1 Once you have mastered a search engine, it is still worth trying
to guess the URL first if you know the name of the organization
you are looking for. It can save a lot of time.
2 When looking through a long document retrieved by a search
tool, press Control and F on your keyboard. This will offer you
a box into which you can type your keyword. Hit the return key
and you will be shown the place in the document where your
keyword occurs if it is in the actual text rather than just the
meta tag.
3 If you are opening several retrieved documents simultaneously,
do not forget the right-hand key on your mouse. If you point the
mouse at the ‘back’ button on Netscape or Explorer and hold
down the right-hand mouse key, it will give you a menu of
already opened pages to choose from, rather than having to
laboriously click through each page in sequence with the lefthand
key. Also, if pages are taking time to open, you can point
to them, hit the right key and choose the ‘Open in New Window’
option and then move on to another. You can then hit the Alt and
Tab keys to view what you have stored.
4 If you are looking for a word but want to cover alternative
spellings, plurals, etc., use a wildcard. If you put the * symbol
after the root, or beginning of the word, you will get all the
words that begin with that root on certain major search engines
such as Alta Vista. So, for example, customi* will get you
customise and customize.
5 Looking for information specific to one country can be difficult.
You can enter the name of the country as a keyword. However,
how many documents originating from Denmark will have the
word ‘Denmark’ written in them? Instead, find a search engine
that will allow you to search by domain. Enter the subject of
your search then (in the case of Alta Vista) domain: dk and you
will receive all the documents on that subject originating from
web sites with Danish domains. You can also search for the