Part 1: Google advanced search (7 points)

1. Create a Word document called project1.doc in which to store your answers to the following questions. See the paragraph Saving your documents at the top of this page for directions on where to save it.
   
2. Add an appropriate title and your name and date as the document header. Do this by first selecting Header and Footer from the View menu. The Header and Footer toolbar will appear (illustrated). In the header, type in your name, (tab), title, (tab), then click the "Insert Date" icon. If you did this properly, your name will be left justified, the title centered, and the date right-justified.
   
3. Add page numbers centered in the footer. Continuing from the previous step, click "Switch between Header and Footer", then tab once, then click "Insert Page Number". Finally, click "Close" on the Header and Footer toolbar
   
4. Launch a web browser and browse to www.google.com and click on its "Advanced Search" link. A window resembling this one will be displayed:
5. Suppose you want to do some research concerning college email monitoring policies. Type the phrase email monitoring policy into the "with all of the words" box and click the Google Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer these questions about the results page.
   1. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   2. How many results were found?
   3. How many Sponsored Links are displayed, and how relevant to they appear to be?

   Click the Advanced Search button again. This time, type the phrase email monitoring policy into the "with the exact phrase " box and click the Google Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer the same three questions about the results page.

   4. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   5. How many results were found?
   6. How many Sponsored Links are displayed, and how relevant to they appear to be?

   Click the Advanced Search button again. This time, type the phrase email monitoring policy into the "with at least one of the words " box and click the Google Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer these questions about the results page.

   7. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   8. How many results were found?
   9. How many Sponsored Links are displayed, and how relevant to they appear to be?

   Click the Advanced Search button again. In the "Domain" box (lower right in the diagram), type .edu   This will limit the search only to web sites from the "edu" domain (education). Then type the phrase email monitoring policy into the "with all of the words" box and click the Google Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer these questions about the results page.

   10. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   11. How many results were found?

   Click the Advanced Search button again. Type .edu in the "Domain" box. Type the phrase email monitoring policy into the "with the exact phrase " box and click the Google Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer the same questions about the results page.

   12. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   13. How many results were found?

   Click the Advanced Search button again. In the "Domain" box, type otterbein.edu   This will limit the search only to the Otterbein web site. Then type the phrase email monitoring policy into the "with all of the words" box and click the Google Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer the same questions about the results page.

   14. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   15. How many results were found?

   Click the Advanced Search button again. Type otterbein.edu in the "Domain" box. Type the phrase email monitoring policy into the "with the exact phrase " box and click the Google Search button. A Google results page is displayed. Answer the same questions about the results page.

   16. What exact phrase appears in the search box at the top?
   17. How many results were found?
   
   
6. Wrap up your exploration of advanced Google searching by writing a paragraph that summarizes your findings and describes which of the advanced features will be most useful for your Web research in the future. Note: Most search engines allow you to directly enter your search term using the notation displayed in the search box of the results screen (questions 1, 4, 7, etc), rather than forcing you to click to an Advanced Search page.

Part 2 : Comparing search engines and researching a topic (9 points)

Type the same search string, mercury immunization, into each of these search engines (you can use three different browser windows if you wish): www.snap.com, www.clusty.com, and www.grokker.com. In your responses, refer to the search engines as Snap, Clusty, and Grokker. Note: Grokker provides two selectable views of the results, "Outline View" and "Map View". Use and comment on both of them.

1. How many results does each of the search engines produce?
2. Which of the search engines produces the greatest amount of relevant information on its initial results page? Explain.
3. Compare the number and relevance of the Sponsored Results (if any) produced by each of the search engines.
4. Which of the search engines do you think would be the best one to use, to research this issue in order to learn what the two sides of the controversy are? Why?
5. Using the search engine you selected in the previous question, research the issue of using mercury in immunization solution. This is worth 5 of the 9 points. I encourage you to submit additional search queries using the techniques you learned in Part 1. Write an essay in which you
   • introduce the subject,
   • describe both sides of the controversy,
   • adopt one side, and defend it.
   • address how "authoritative" you consider your research sources to be, and how that influenced your decision.
   Here are some additional requirements:
   • Your essay should be between 150 and 300 words in length.
   • Follow your essay with a list of the web pages you consulted.
   • Do not copy and paste text from the web into your essay; that's plagiarism.
   Make sure your essay meets all the requirements listed in this paragraph.

Part 3 : Building your résumé using Microsoft Word (9 points)

You are to compose a one page résumé using Microsoft Word. There are many résumé guidelines available on the web but I want you to use the one given here.

• Save your résumé in a file called resume.doc
• Use http://www.middlebury.edu/administration/cso/achieve/resumes/default.htm as your guide to résumé content.
• For full credit, you must follow the Middlebury résumé formatting guidelines, which are paraphrased here
  • Limit it to one page long
  • Use a 12 point font, and 1.25" borders on the left and right.
  • Your name is top and center
  • If you have both an Otterbein address and a home address, define a 3-column, 1-row borderless table with your Otterbein address in the left column, your name in the center column, and your home address in the right column. If you only have one address, center it beneath your name.
  • To add a table to your document, follow the Word menu sequence Table -> Insert -> Table...
  • To make the table "borderless" (invisible border), click on any cell inside the table then follow the Word menu sequence Format -> Borders and Shading... -> None. The border will display as grey on your screen but will not be printed.
  • The body of your resume is to be contained in a borderless table. Create a table with two columns and 15 rows. If you need additional rows later, click on the right column of the last row then press the Tab key.
  • Each résumé item should be in a different row of the table. For major headings, like EDUCATION, type the heading into the first column, then select both columns for that row and follow the Word menu sequence Table -> Merge Cells. Items under each heading should be typed into the second column to achieve the indentation.
  • Your are to use bulleted lists created using Words bulleting feature (select the list items, then use Format -> Bullets and Numbering...).
  • If you follow the above, here is what a snippet of your resume will look like on the screen
    
• To view a Middlebury résumé that follows this format, go to http://www.middlebury.edu/administration/cso/achieve/cover_letters/resumesandmore.htm and click on "Resume Sample 2".

You may have little previous work experience to include. That's OK, but don't overlook anything for this project; even babysitting and lawn mowing count. Be sure to include volunteer activities and high school extra-curricular activities. The Education section should include your Otterbein experience as of the end of this quarter, followed by high school.

Carefully prepare your resume so you can update it periodically and use it in the future. As your experience grows, drop the older and less significant items to keep the length to one page.

Submitting your documents. When you have completed and saved your two documents, submit both to me as attachments to an email message. My email address is psanderson@otterbein.edu and the subject line should be "CSC 100 project 1". You may use either Otterbein Webmail (instructions), or any other Web-based email system for which you have an account. I request that you consistently use the same account throughout the quarter. I will acknowledge receipt of your documents by responding to your message, and will later send you your score by email as well.