Finding Places and People Exercises


Using Four11, search to see if the following people are listed in the Four11 databases:

1. Yourself.

2. A friend you haven't seen in a long time.

3. Bill Gates.

4. A current friend, classmate, or coworker.

5. The President of the United States.

Using any of the people finding links provided in this lesson, look up email addresses of people with the same last name as yours. See what results to get when you:

1. Put no restrictions on the search.

2. Restrict the search to the United States.

3. Restrict the search to California.

4. Restrict the search to Salinas.

How many entries did you locate for each of the above?

Go to InfoSpace and find the address and phone number for:

1. Hartnell College

2. A commercial printing service in Salinas.

3. Local computer companies.

Your results may be written and turned in or submitted by email.

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