Chapter 3

Chapter 3 in 'The Internet' explains what a search engine is, how it works behind the scenes, and what the default search engines of the three major web browsers are. Chrome obviously uses Google, Firefox is listed in the text as using Yahoo, and Edge uses Bing. In addition, the book walks us through some important features of search engines and how to use them. For my web browsing or search query needs I default to Google. I had always thought that whenever I typed a search expression into Google that it would search the entirety of the Internet to return an answer to my query. I was unaware that Google only searches its own database for an answer rather than the entire Internet.

The second section of chapter 3 starts focusing more on how to effectively use a search engine. They show you how to use different operators (AND, OR, and NOT) to narrow your search and how to navigate the different options available in the advanced search sections of search engines. Rounding out chapter 3 the book explains how to properly assess whether a source you gather on the internet is reliable or not and ways to help identify reliable or accurate sources. They make a key point to always verify where you obtain your information and to be sure that you always diversify your information especially for any sort of research. This part of the chapter stood out to me because I have an upcoming project in my Management Information Systems class which requires me to choose 3 topics we learned about and research them further. I can now use the information I learned in this chapter to search more effectively, and to make sure I choose reliable and accurate sources.

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