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Practice search 1:

"What kinds of errors are there in elementary science textbooks?"

Search phrase to use-

errors elementary science textbooks

Google option to use- all these words

Perform the search using the information above; you should have gotten about 8,410,000 sites or hits [01/18/2011]; as of 8/29/11 there were 48,580,000.

Practice search 2:

"I want to find resources on endangered mammal species that are in Excel format."

Search phrase to use-

endangered mammal species

Google option to use- all these words

File type: Microsoft Excel

Perform the search using the information above; you should have gotten about 24,300 [xls], [10 with xlsx] sites or hits [01/18/2011].

Practice search 3:

wicker basket

wicker basket in PowerPoint format - ppt

wicker basket and not ball

"wicker basket"

Practice search 4: 
Locate sites in PowerPoint format that are concerned with parsimony in science, NOT computer science