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GENERAL SEARCH TIPS
Spelling matters - make sure to have the correct spelling for any words used in searches
Be specific e.g. bears rather than animlas or even better "polar bears"
Quotation marks will change the search to search for the words in quotation marks as a phrase. e.g. "St. James-Assiniboia School Division" will find sites that have that exact phrase whereas searching  St. James-Assiniboia School Division will find any site that has those words anywhere within the site, not necessarily one after another.



SEARCH ENGINES

Select Help (Top right of screen) to find some searching tips
Can use words or questions to search

Defaults to searching the web.  Select Images to limit search to pictures or select  Maps to limit search to maps.
Other Tips:
v Put phrases in quotations, e.g. “Canadian Arctic”
v Use + for words that must be there e.g. bears +black
v Use – for words that should not be there, e.g. Penguins –hockey
v For more precise searching, select Advanced Search



Search by category or by keywords



 Last Modified: 5 March,2010