In the right justified header, Type in the 1 st line: First and Last Name; 2 nd line, Date, 3 rd line, Internet Searching.
Type your answers in Blue below the questions.
1. TRY IT: Go to Google ( www.google.com
) and type in “Vasco da Gama”
Look at the sites that come up. Click on the first two or three sites. Do they look like they have good information? Why or why not?
Now do the same in Yahoo! ( www.yahoo.com
). What differences do you notice?
2. TRY IT: Go to www.cactisearch.com
and type in Vasco da Gama.
The results are sorted by search engines. You can look at all four search engines combined, or narrow your search to Google, Yahoo!, etc.
How might a metasearch engine like CactiSearch be more helpful than a regular search engine?
3. TRY IT: Go to www.vivisimo.com
and type in “Vasco da Gama.” You may get no search results. Try the search on Clusty by clicking on the link.
Try “Vasco da Gama” again.
Notice the categories listed on the left-hand corner. You can use the categories to narrow your information. List the categories you might use to write a report about the life and accomplishments of Vasco da Gama.
4. TRY IT: Go to www.ask.com
and type in “When was Vasco da Gama born?” (Use the quotations) Type your answer.

5. TRY IT: Go to www.quintura.com
and, type in ”Vasco da Gama”. What do you get?
What makes it unique?
6. TRY IT: Go to www.google.com
.
. This will filter out the information you don’t want! Use the following to find out what they do +(plus), - (minus), AND (and), OR (or),
“”(quotations).
Type “Vasco da Gama” (use the quotes). How many hits did you get?
Type “Vasco da Gama” +hotel (no space after +). How many hits did you get?
Type “Vasco da Gama” –hotel (no space after -). How many hits did you get?
Type “Vasco da Gama” and hotel (click on Advanced Search to the right of the search box). How many hits did you get?
Type “Vasco da Gama” or hotel (click on Advanced Search to the right of the search box). How many hits did you get?
Search this (Vasco da Gama +life –hotel) (click on Advanced Search to the right of the search box). . How many hits did you get?
Tell what each of these do in searches: +(plus), - (minus), AND (and), OR
(or), “”(quotations).
7. TRY IT: Go to www.yahoo.com
What would you type into the search box if I wanted to find out about Vasco da Gama or any other Portuguese explorers?
8. What would I type a search box if I wanted to find out about Vasco da
Gama’s voyages and also find a map of the countries where he landed?

9. Go to: http://www.britannica.com/
Search for Vaso da Gama and locate the years he voyaged to India. Write your answer below.
Then go to http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home
Where was Vasco da Gama born?
10. Cite this source: Go to the following site and then Citation Machine to cite this source. Copy the link into Safari. Type the information for a Web
Document. Then click on Submit.
Use this website to make your citation http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/da_gama_vasco.shtml
Go to http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?reqstyleid=1
Copy your citation and paste below.