HIT: Non-commercial Websites

[Jane Behrens <jbehrens@HUDSON.K12.IA.US>]

I have had several requests to post a hit on my query regarding =
search techniques/search engines that avoid commercial websites.  =
Here is what I=B9ve accumulated so far.  Thanks to those who =
responded so quickly -- I was astonished!

Jane Behrens
English/Future Librarian
Hudson High School -- Hudson, Iowa
jbehrens@hudson.k12.ia.us

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Several of the search engines utilize Boolean search terms. You could
then put in your search term following by NOT .com, which would =
exclude
all sites from the .com realm. Unfortunately, that would also exclude
sites that individuals put up using a commercial server that might =
meet
your needs, but you would get all the sites with .edu, .org, and .gov
suffixes, which often are the best ones anyway. Hope this helps!

:-)   Marti Anderson
mailto:marti@inwave.com
http://www.widesmiles.org/useful/
substitute teacher, Janesville, Wisconsin Public Schools
seeker of a position as an elementary school library media specialist

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Users need to read the "help" pages with each search engine to use it
effectively.  For example, in AltaVista, you should be putting OK =
Corral
in quotes to indicate a phrase and once you get the commercial sites =
use
the minus sign in front of a keyword like tour or vacation or ranch to
exclude all sites with those words in them.  Teaching search =
strategies
is one of my primary functions.

--
Diane Freeman, Library Information Specialist
Arvada West High School              phone  (303) 982-1287
11325 Allendale Drive                   fax       (303) 982-1305
Arvada, CO 80004                       email dfreeman@jeffco.k12.co.us

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  you have an opportunity here for both a library lesson in internet
searching and a workshop for teachers and, as a bonus, a justification
for professionals in the library.

for the heck of it i searched using altavista- here are the exact
formulations and results:

ok
corral
33430
"ok
corral"
559
+"ok corral"
+history
175
+"ok corral" +history
+gunfight                                                    60

this could possibly be narrowed down more, but on the first screen on
the last search was a link to a yahoo list which is probably what you
want.

ed

--
Edward W. Menke                                  phone: (518) 356-3539
emenke@global2000.net                            fax:   (518) 356-3539

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