Suppose your research question is:
How does the violence in video games affect children?
Try your search in google like this:
video games
How many results did you get?
Now try your search like this:
"video games"
How many results now?
There are other important terms in your question. What are they?
Add them to make your search more specific, like this:
"video games" violence children
How many results now?
Skim your results list. Note the variety of domain extensions, like:
.gov - sites sponsored by the government
.edu - sites sponsored by an educational institution
.org - sites sponsored by an organization
You can limit your search to only sites from a particular type of domain, making your search even more specific . For example, to limit to only .gov sites, try your search like this:
"video games" violence children site:gov
Test your google searching knowledge here
Now, how will you know which sites are appropriate for college level research?
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