Research Journal Blog Post 2

I found it more confusing using the advanced search strategies. I’m much more comfortable using the common search engines like google, yahoo etc. Using a new one would more than likely slow down my research altogether. However these advanced search engines are more specific and gives me better, or more useful information. The only downside is that I have to take extra time in learning how to use the more advanced engines. Specifically with citeseerx, I see they give you any page that contains one of your keywords, even if the page doesn’t contain all of your keywords. I guess to decide which search engine to use is dependent on your research topic.