Search Engines/Activity: Strengths and Weaknesses of search tools

In this activity we are going to see how search tools differ by trying to compare them.

a) Type the address  http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk  and click GO.

This takes you to a Virtual Training Suite which provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your research. The tutorials are listed according to disciplines.

b) SELECT a discipline inline with your subject area, and

c) Go to Discover.

d) Go through the whole tutorial to assess the strengths and weaknesses of different search tools.

Open a Word document and draw the table below. As you go through the tutorial complete the table by copying and pasting information you find in the web.