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Page 1: Georgia Younker Summer II Global Information Resources ITEC 6375 Search Engine Scavenger Hunt Analysis.

Harry Potter and the

Deathly Hallows

Georgia YounkerSummer II

Global Information ResourcesITEC 6375

Search Engine Scavenger Hunt Analysis

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Assigned Reading:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Book Locations (limited capacity available): Eastside Elementary School Library (qty. ? ). Public Library Conway Arkansas (qty. ? ). E-book Format (website: ? ). Audio Book Format Location (location: ?).

Czech-Us-Out Book Club

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Search Engines Used:

Lycos.com (http://www.thesearchenginelist.com) Top 5 internet search portals. Primarily used for entertainment content.

Free Book Search (http://www.thesearchenginelist.com) Book searching portal Search thousands of digital libraries. Finds hidden books.

Google Book Search (http://www.thesearchenginelist.com) Most powerful search engine.

Hunt Begins

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Lycos

Keywords and/or Combinations: Harry Potter. Deathly Hallows. eBooks availability and cost. Faulkner County Arkansas

Public Library availability for checkout.

Downloadable Audio Books, cost and location.

Languages provided. Published date. Author. Publisher. Movie Version.

Image and information obtained from: http://www.lycos.com

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Free Book Search

Keywords and/or Combinations: Harry Potter. Deathly Hallows. eBooks availability and cost. Faulkner County Arkansas

Public Library availability for checkout.

Downloadable Audio Books, cost and location.

Languages provided. Published date. Author. Publisher. Movie Version.

Image and information obtained from: http://freebooksearch.net/

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Google Books

Keywords and/or Combinations. Harry Potter. Deathly Hallows. eBooks availability and cost. Faulkner County Arkansas

Public Library availability for checkout.

Downloadable Audio Books, cost and location.

Languages provided. Published date. Author. Publisher. Movie Version.

Images and information obtained from: http://books.google.com/

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Specifications

Identify the following:

Record time spent searching for; Author. Publisher. Published Year. Languages. eBook. Audio Book. Movie and release date(s). Cast.

Provide Keyword and/or Combination of phrases used.

Recommendation of best results.

Image and information obtained from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MP900438753.aspx?Download=MP900438753&ext=JPG&AxInstalled=1&c=0 (free clipart)

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Results for Lycos

Phrase used: Faulkner County Public Library –

Deathly Hallows; took 12 minutes if not shorter to load. Provided all necessary information in question.

Website provides public library location, item location, and status.

DVD’s, Books, Audio Books are also available on the same page.

Author, Publisher, Publishing date also provided for each genera.

BookLocations

Audio Book Locations

Image and information obtained from: http://iii.fcl.org/search~S1/X?SEARCH=(Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Deathly%20Hallows)&SORT=D

DVDLocations

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Free Book Search

Phrase used: Harry Potter Deathly Hallows,

check availability. Automatically took me to this page.

Asked for specific identification for search. No general search available.

Took 23 minutes for me to find all the necessary information.

Pointed to other search engines.

Did provide Publisher, Author, and Year Published quickly.

Did provide digital libraries, but limited selection.

Image and information obtained from: http://freebooksearch.net/

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Google Books

Used same search phrase from Lycos, and Free Book Search, it did not provide any information.

Used another phrase, book title.

Information screen provided with book locations.

Took 18 minutes to find all specific information.

Images and information obtained from: http://books.google.com/

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Search Engine Recommendation

Time spent gathering all information: Lycos – 12 minutes Free Book Search – 23 minutes Google Books – 18 minutes

Recommendation: Lycos search engine did not take you to another search engine, rather took you directly to information requested.

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Google Books Search Engine home page. (n.d.). Retrieved August 2, 2011, from

http://books.google.com/.

Lycos Search Engine home page. (n.d.). Retrieved August 1, 2011, from http://www.lycos.com.

Microsoft Office Clipart Center clipart. (n.d.). Retrieved August 1, 2011, fromhttp://office.microsoft.com/enus/images/MP900438753.aspx?Download=MP900438753&ext=JPG&AxInstalled=1&c=0

Schneider, P., Gary & Evans, Jessica. (2010). The Internet (8th ed.). Course Technology. Boston,

Ma.: Cengage Learning.

The Search Engine List. Website. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2011, from http://www.thesearchenginelist.com

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