Unit 7 Search Tools Ask.com

The search tool I chose was Ask.com, a very useful site. Once I clicked on 'advanced,' I discovered several handy tools available to me. This area allows you to use different forms similar to Boolean. I put in the phrases I used for the previous assignment in Unit 6, but found my results were very different from the reliability of the periodicals found on ProQuest. It was clear to see that this sight contained more ads and a necessity to take a close look at contents rather than ranking. Nevertheless, I would probably be inclined to use this search tool because of its many options.

Five useful tools out of a large number available are:

1. The advanced search areas where, besides use of truncation and phrase searches, you can narrow your search statements down to and exact phrase, no phrase or in at least one area. The tool helps you narrow down the information by asking for location on the page, language, and when the page was modified.
2. A dictionary search as easy as one click of the mouse
3. An area where questions can be posed using a combination of ask.com and subscription data to Bloglines called 'Ask Blogs' which connects you to different blogs considered popular and trustworthy. This area has a vast array of information on nearly any subject conceivable.
4. A shopping search area with links to different links for purchasing a number of items based on value, geographical location, price, and reliability.
5. A white pages search for not only people, but schools, doctors, government agencies to name a few