Fun with Fibonacci 
Oct. 5, 2005

 Searching Tips 

1. Read the on-screen directions, help information, and be ready for change
2. Type in lower case – phyllotaxis
3. Use double quotation marks to group search phrases: “fibonacci quarterly” 
4. Use specific, simple, unique search terms: “fibonacci forgeries” "fibonacci spirals"
5. Require or eliminate terms or domains using +, - symbols or advanced search
    “fibonacci association” +books   "pineapple movie" +fibonacci  fibonacci –sunflowers
6. Limit by domain or file type “leonardo fibonacci” +edu
7. Perform your searching using more than one search tool 

Directory – DMOZ (open Directory Project), Librarians Index
Search engine – Google, MSN, Yahoo
Clustering tool, offering organized results – Teoma, Vivisimo 
MetaSearch tool – Dogpile or Hotbot 

8. Explore Advanced search options – limit by domain, page title, exact phrase
9. Edit – find in page – helps find search terms within a long page 
   Find the word pineapple on this page 
10. View – page source allows you to see html coding, meta tag - try this one
    

Evaluate
1. Relevance to topic/assignment
2. Accuracy, credibility, reliability 
3. Date – when was the site updated, revised 
4. Purpose of web site  .gov .com .edu 
5. Bias/point of view 
6. Ease of navigation, organization of information 

Citing Web sites
Remember if you didn’t publish the information on the website, it belongs to someone else and requires a citation if you use the information or image. Locate  “Bamdad math comics” and see what happens if you fail to cite properly.