RJA #6a: Websites

1.)
SEARCH ENGINE
www.duckduckgo.com
KEYWORDS: dams + environment, dams, dams + economy
SEARCH STRATEGIES: I looked for search engines that were Boolean compatible
DATE OF SEARCH: Nov 16, 2000
NUMBER OF HITS: doesn't give a specific number like google, but there was a plethora of very relevant articles that popped up.
RELEVANCE OF HITS: 5

2.)
META & MULTI SEARCH ENGINES
www.carrot2.org
KEYWORDS: economy + dams, economy + environment + dams
SEARCH STRATEGIES: Again, used the Boolean search, I find it to be the most effective
DATE OF SEARCH: OCT 2005
NUMBER OF HITS: 152,000
RELEVANCE OF HITS: 5

3.)
DIRECTORIES
http://search.yahoo.com
KEYWORDS: dams
SEARCH STRATEGIES: trying various directory websites to find out which one had the most relevant academic articles
DATE OF SEARCH: MAR 2010
NUMBER OF HITS: 861
RELEVANCE OF HITS: 3

4.)
INVISIBLE WEB SEARCH TOOLS
www.incywincy.com
KEYWORDS: dams, dams + environment + economic impact, environment affected + dams, displacement + dams
SEARCH STRATEGIES: Again, looking at all the different web search tools, I found for my topic that incywincy.com was the most effective. The others didn't produce nearly the amount of information for my topic as this one did.
DATE OF SEARCH:
NUMBER OF HITS: 8,887
RELEVANCE OF HITS: 4

5.)
OTHER SEARCH TOOLS
http://iresearch-reporter.com
KEYWORDS: economic impact of dams
SEARCH STRATEGIES: I reviewed most of the misc search tools, and found iresearch to be fascinating and so very helpful! It helps break down the larger more complex ideas into easily understandable material.
DATE OF SEARCH: n/a
NUMBER OF HITS: n/a
RELEVANCE OF HITS: 5