Information need:

-> locate or find some information about a document written in the 1400s
about how to determine if a person is a witch and how to deal with them!
-> we know that this document was acknowledged by the Church at the time

The following is an example of a log, per the Assignment 4 specifications,
including an 'access tree', described in detail in tutorial on Oct. 31, 
2002.


Query 1
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Search engine:  www.google.com
Query string:   witch

Number of responses considered:  20
Number of responses accessed: 2 
Number of responses leading to relevant information: 0

Links access from hit page:

1. 
http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/
The main site of the Salem, Massachusetts Witch Museum

   ->http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/learn2.html
   The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 - introduction, description

       ->http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/learn.html
	FAQ's About the Salem Witch Trials

            ->http://www.school.discovery.com/conversations/getthefacts/salemfacts.html
            A Discovery (channel) website for a discussion about a book 
            relating to the Salem Witch Trials

   ->http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/about.html
   Information about the museum itself.

2.
http://www.witchvox.com/
The Witches' Voice
Wiccan site with very hard to navigate collection of links, none of which
seemed to be relevant.

Not successful, only pagan/wiccan sites, specific Salem Witch trials sites,
and unrelated sites found in the top 20 hits.


Query 2
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Search engine:  www.google.com
Query string:   witch church

Number of responses considered: 20
Number of responses accessed:  2
Number of responses leading to relevant information: 2

Links accessed from hit page:

1.
http://www.sistersofthecraft.awebspider.com/croneturnswitch.htm
The Inquisition, Crone Turns Witch
General information about persecution of women/witches

   ->http://www.sistersofthecraft.awebspider.com/inthebeginning.htm
   In the beginning...
   This site turned out to be a Wiccan site.  Little history apart from
   previous link.

2.
http://www.free-termpapers.com/tp/38/rcj252.shtml
A "free term paper" actually turns up the name of the text we are interested
in:  Malleus Maleficarum, "The Hammer of Witches".

This search was not successful, i.e. we did not get full access to the text
in question, but it was very helpful, since we can now narrow down our search
query.

Query 3
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Search engine:  www.google.com
Query string:   malleus maleficarum

Number of responses considered: 1
Number of responses accessed: 1
Number of responses leading to relevant information: 1

Links accessed from hit page:

1.
http://www.malleusmaleficarum.org/
THE MALLEUS MALEFICARUM of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger

   -> http://www.malleusmaleficarum.org/mmtoc.html
   The Malleus Maleficarum Table of Contents

This search was successful:  we have found a full online version of the text
we were seeking.