FAQs, Help, and Tutorials Searching Internet
FAQs, Help, and Tutorials Searching Internet
Sites which offer guidance on how best to search the Internet.
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iNet Investigation - Learn how to conduct your own people search and background checks.
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Finding Information on the Internet - The University of California Berkeley recommends search strategies, explains search tools, and gives guidance on evaluating and citing web pages. Includes a glossary and tables comparing search tools.
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The Spire Project - Explores Internet search theory, the work of David Novak, a researcher bridging library science to computer science. Covers search strategy, new techniques and choreography.
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11 Steps to Effective Searching - An extract from Niall Ó Dochartaigh, The Internet Research Handbook: A Practical Guide for Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences (2002).
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Search Easy - Summary of indexing techniques and drawbacks of various search engines and how to perform effective searches tips.
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Search Engine Terms - A multi-lingual glossary of search engine terms as suggested by members of the I-Search Digest.
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AskScott - Scott Nicholson helps you choose the most appropriate search engine for your needs, then shows you how to use it.
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NoodleTools - A suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research, from selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources, to citing those sources.
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Information Research FAQ - How to find information on the Internet and beyond. Covers theory in great detail.
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Internet Search FAQ - Charles Harris explains how to find information, people, and pictures on the Net and gives hints on evaluating the reliability of Web-based sources.
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Fravia's Web Searching Lore - Fravia describes the nature of the web, and offers advanced searching strategies and techniques, including designing your own searchbots.
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Research Launchpad - Introduces various resources for Web searching from Ric Shreves.
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Searchingspot - Describes how to use search engines, directories and newsgroups, covering simple and advanced techniques. Includes a search engine control features chart.
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How Stuff Works: Internet Search Engines - Curt Franklin's article explains in detail how search engines work. It includes a diagram of the indexing process.
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Web Search Guide - Gwen Harris explains web searching, strategies and tools from a Canadian perspective. Includes also Internet Explorer (5.0-5.5) basics, e-mail communication, and discussion groups.
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Sreetips - Tips on smarter web surfing from a Columbia University journalism professor and WABC-TVs technology reporter Sreenath Sreenivasan.
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Net.Tutor - Interactive tutorials from The Ohio State University Libraries to help you search the Web effectively, evaluate information and incorporate it into research projects.
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Search Engine Honesty - Discusses search engine bias and censoring of results.
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Web Search Strategies - Debbie Flanagan's interactive tutorial on using search engines, subject directories, and specific databases to find information on the Internet fast and effectively.
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Web Searching - The Internet Public Library advises on which search engine to choose and how best to use them.
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The Usually Useful Internet Guide for Journalists - An Internet guide for journalists. Created for those who want to have a better understanding of the Internet and its potential as a journalistic research tool.
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