Performing+A+Search


 * Performing A Search - World Book Online **


 * Some Features that World Book Online includes are: **
 * Research Tools
 * Dictionary
 * Atlas
 * Explore Pennsylvania
 * World Newspapers
 * Explore the World
 * Today in History
 * Teaching With Documents
 * Create and Share
 * My Research
 * My Research is a way to document your search results. First, you must create a My Research username and password. Once you have done that, you are able to save any type of content you have found to your folder. When you find something you want to save, just click the "Save to My Research" link at the top of the page.
 * Pathfinders
 * Citation Builders
 * Timelines
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Headlines
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Most Viewed Articles
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Primary Sources
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">E-Books Center

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Basic vs Advanced Search:** For a basic search on World Book Online, right in the middle of the page is a search bar. Underneath that are three buttons labeled keywords, full text and images. Choose one of those options, type in your subject, and click search. Next to those three options, there is a link named Advanced Search. If you click on the link, you get more specific search topics. For example, you can narrow down the type of content you want to browse through and the range of which the information was published. Narrowing down your search will help you find your information quickly and easily.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Example of a Search: **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Let's say that my topic that I'm researching is secondhand smoke. First, I will try a basic search. I will make sure that the button labeled keyword is selected. Two items appear when I click search. They are two encylopedia entries of lung cancer and smoking, a dictionary entry, seven "Back in Time" entries, two special reports, and one website. Let's try again, but click the tab full text articles. The only difference is that six presidential papers are added to my search list. Now, let's try advanced search. First, I checked the button that said search phrase. Then, I added the year 2010 because I want the most recent information on my topic. When choosing search content, I eliminated all the options that would be useless to me. The options that I left checked were encyclopedia articles, dictionary, tables, special reports, videoes and animations, and websites. The results were the same results for the basic search without the "Back in Time" entries.