| Using
Phrases to Refine a Search |
| 1.
trail of tears |
Google
searched each of the words you entered separately. You
probably got more than 220,000 pages. Looking through even a
fraction of these is time consuming and frustrating! |
| 2.
"trail of tears" |
When
you put quotes around trail of tears, it ensured that the words
were searched together as a phrase. You should have gotten
fewer "hits," perhaps around 44,000. |
3.
"trail
of tears"
"andrew jackson" |
Adding
the name of Andrew Jackson makes the search more specific. He's
the President who ordered the removal of the Cherokees from
lands east of the Mississippi River. You should have gotten
even fewer returns, around 3,600. |
| 4.
Advanced Search with .org |
By
limiting your search to .org. (organizations) you should
have found a PBS site and the official site of the Cherokee
Nation. You could also try .edu sites or you could add
additional terms to refine your results. |
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2003-2004 by the University of New Brunswick Libraries, Instruction
Services Group. UNBLILT incorporates material
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a tutorial developed by Western Michigan University 2001-2002, and from
TILT, a tutorial
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of Texas System Digital Library 1998-2002. This material may be reproduced,
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