Help and Tutorials Searching Internet

Help and Tutorials Searching Internet

Help and Tutorials

Sites which offer guidance on how best to search the Internet.

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- Collection of search resources and tips for college students from Oakton Community College, including Boolean searches, copyright and citing sources.
- Fravia describes the nature of the web, and offers advanced searching strategies and techniques, including designing your own searchbots.
- Tips on how to search and links to many search sites from Stan Rockwell.
- Scott Nicholson helps you choose the most appropriate search engine for your needs, then shows you how to use it.
- A comprehensive guide to search engine terminology from Pandecta Magazine.
- An extract from Niall Ó Dochartaigh, The Internet Research Handbook: A Practical Guide for Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences (2002).
- Introduces various resources for Web searching from Ric Shreves.
- Learn how to conduct your own people search and background checks.
- A tutorial from Ross Tyner of the University of Calgary on Web searching tools and techniques, with links to search engines and details of their features.
- How to find information on the Internet and beyond. Covers theory in great detail.
- Summary of indexing techniques and drawbacks of various search engines and how to perform effective searches tips.
- Mark Wennning describes how to use search engines, directories and newsgroups, covering simple and advanced techniques. Includes a search engine control features chart.
- 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.
- Charles Harris explains how to find information, people, and pictures on the Net and gives hints on evaluating the reliability of Web-based sources.
- 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.
- Interactive tutorials from The Ohio State University Libraries to help you search the Web effectively, evaluate information and incorporate it into research projects.
- Tips on smarter web surfing from a Columbia University journalism professor and WABC-TV's technology reporter Sreenath Sreenivasan.
- Outlines the history, functioning, features and types of search engines. Includes resources, news and search tips for web users.
- Debbie Flanagan's interactive tutorial on using search engines, subject directories, and specific databases to find information on the Internet fast and effectively.
- Dave Haupt explains the basics of web searching: the difference between a directory and a search engine, and how to use Boolean expressions.
- Answers to frequently asked questions on the alt.internet.search-engines Usenet newsgroup.
- Practical steps to improve the quality of your Internet search results.
- Explores Internet search theory, the work of David Novak, a researcher bridging library science to computer science. Covers search strategy, new techniques and choreography.
- A multi-lingual glossary of search engine terms as suggested by members of the I-Search Digest.
- 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.
- Curt Franklin's article explains in detail how search engines work. It includes a diagram of the indexing process.
- The Internet Public Library advises on which search engine to choose and how best to use them.
- Part of an online guidebook from the State of Victoria Department of Education and Training. Includes all stages of planning, executing and evaluating a search.

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