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- 11 Steps to Effective Searching - Advice for researchers on how to extract information quickly and efficiently from the big keyword search engines.
www.nuigalway.ie/soc/research/11steps.html
- Advanced Search Techniques - Thirteen tips to help make web searching more effective.
searchenginez.com/tutorial.html
- AskScott - Helps you choose the most appropriate search engine for your needs, then shows you how to use it.
www.askscott.com
- Bare Bones 101: A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial - 20 lessons on searching the web, with info on search engines, subject directories, portals and gateways. Excellent for beginners, also available in .pdf format.
www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html
- Better Searching in the Internet - A tutorial created for students at a University of Management Studies.
members.surfeu.at/Peitl.Ingmar
- Brief Search Engines Guide - Concise overview of the various types of search engines and directories, plus how they work, how they rank and how to optimize your site.
www.mimech.com/web-search
- BrightPlanet Search Tutorial - Practical steps to improve the quality of your Internet search results.
brightplanet.com/deepcontent/tutorials/search/index.asp
- BullsEye Online Tutorial - How to use Bullseye - a powerful desktop search application.
www.oxford-knowledge.com/worldofbullseye/tutorial.htm
- Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Information Needs - Suggests which search engines to use in certain scenarios.
www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html
- Choose the Best Search for Your Information Needs - Matches the type of internet search with the resources most likely to help.
nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html
- Dream Search - Secrets and tips for website listing in major search engines and directories.
www.dreamsubmit.net/search
- Evaluating Quality - Searches on the web produce vast quantities of unevaluated information. This article suggests how to determine quality sources and how to find them faster.
www.walthowe.com/navnet/quality.html
- Evaluating Quality on the Net - How to evaluate information found on websites, their quality and reliability. By Hope N. Tillman, Director of Libraries, Babson College.
www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html
- Evaluating Web Resources - How to evaluate Web resources. Presented using PowerPoint slides.
www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webeval/eval1198/index.htm
- Find It on the Internet - Tips on how to search and links to many search sites.
luna.moonstar.com/~marion
- Finding Information on the Internet - Explains how search engines and directories work. Also provides tips for using them effectively.
www.ipl.org/youth/searching.html
- Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial - Introduction to the internet, searching, recommended search strategies using both search engines and subject directories, tables comparing tools, glossary, detailed searching instructions, and links to collections of gateway sites.
www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
- Finding It Online: Web Search Strategies - A free interactive tutorial on using search engines, subject directories, and specialty databases to find information on the Internet fast and effectively.
home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/main.html
- Finding Quality Information on the World Wide Web - Includes web review sites, internet catalogs, tips for finding subject "megasites" using search engines, mailing list directories, and general overview of effective strategies.
www.iona.edu/faculty/afranco/iima/webliog.htm
- Get Search Results via Email - The web has a number of robots that can return search results to your email address.
www.ukr.net/~jvi/Web-mail-en.html
- GetExactly.com - Web Research Service - Human web searching service. Fees charged, sample results online.
www.getexactly.com
- Google Search Tips - Find out what makes Google different from other search engines, from the way it handles basic queries to the special features that make it great.
www.google.com/help/index.html
- How Stuff Works: Internet Search Engines - Enlightening, beneficial impartial tutorial about Internet search engines and how they really work, with many related links.
www.howstuffworks.com/search-engine.htm
- iNet Investigation - Learn how to conduct your own people search and background checks.
www.inet-investigation.com
- Information Research FAQ - How to find information on the Internet and beyond. Covers theory in great detail.
spireproject.com/faq.htm
- Inspector Find - A small directory of links to search engine tutorials.
www.inspector-find.com
- Internet Search Tools - Links to the main Internet Search Tools with a strong UK bias. Includes tips and advice on searching.
www.mmu.ac.uk/h-ss/dic/main/search.htm
- Internet Searching Techniques - Professor Jan Jacobson's searching tutorial. Includes a visual explanation of Boolean phrases, and advanced tricks like truncation, proximity and field searching. Mostly describes AltaVista specific techniques.
www.algonquinc.on.ca/communitystudies/libtech/jacobsj/lib1948a
- Internet Tutorials - Six Instructional guides by Laura Cohen - including search syntax & techniques, plus how Boolean searching works
library.albany.edu/internet
- Introduction to Search Engines - An introduction, review, and comparison of the major search engines, from the Kansas City Public Library.
www.kcpl.lib.mo.us/search/srchengines.htm
- KidsClick! Worlds of Web Searching - Learn web searching skills in fun ways. Specifically aimed at children.
www.worldsofsearching.org
- Lookoff.com - Advanced Searching Tutorial - In depth, well-written tutorial. Comprehensive tips on specific searching (i.e. reference, finding people) of dozens of categories can be found within the "Surf Guide".
www.lookoff.com/tactics/index.php3
- Michael's Internet Finding Tips - Learn the basics behind what search engines can do for you. General information on searching the web
www.botos.com/train/searchit3a.html
- net.tutor - Free interactive tutorials help you search the Web effectively, evaluate information and incorporate it into research projects.
gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/index.html
- Netoholic Advanced Searching Tips - An overview of what the popular search engines can and can not.
www.netoholic.co.uk/advancedsearch.htm
- NoodleQuest - Free service offers automated search engine strategy development.
www.noodletools.com/noodlequest
- On Magazine.com: Beginner Search Tips - A handful of steps to take to assist searching.
www.onmagazine.com/on-mag/magazine/article/0,9985,178544,00.html
- On Magazine.com: Search Smarter - Finding information on the Web is easier than some think. Here are websites that will help.
www.onmagazine.com/on-mag/magazine/article/0,9985,178546,00.html
- Pandia Goalgetter - In depth tutorial - part of a huge site on all things search engine. Very worth while.
www.pandia.com/goalgetter/index.html
- Power Search Challenge - Examples of two academic research questions that were solved through careful narrowing of search strings in AltaVista. Demonstrates how to use quotation marks for phrases, wildcards, exclusion/inclusion, and domain restriction.
www.csc.calpoly.edu/~ebrunner/PowerSearch.html
- Research Tips - Collection of search resources and tips for college students, including Boolean, copyright and citing sources
servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/find/research.htm
- Search Clues - Guide to the search engines. Archives of a weekly newsletter of search tips.
www.searchclues.com
- Search engine info for webmasters - Offers what you should know about Internet search engines and directories.
omahawebs.com/marketing/search.htm
- Search Engine Optimization Information - Offers information, a FAQ, and a newsletter.
www.mt1.com
- Search Engine Showdown - Detailed analysis of Internet search engines, their features, databases, and strategies. Learn advanced searching secrets and more.
www.searchengineshowdown.com
- Search Engine Terms - A multi-lingual glossary of search engine terms as suggested by members of the I-Search Digest.
www.cadenza.org/search_engine_terms
- Search Engine Watch - Devoted to how search engines work, search engine news and information, tips on using and submitting to search engines.
searchenginewatch.com
- Searching the World Wide Web: a basic Tutorial - Tutorial created by two librarians at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, developed for their novice college students.
cwis.kub.nl/~dbi/english/instruct/www/indexuk.htm
- Searching: Internet Scouring Techniques That Go Beyond The Basics - Ways to make an internet search more effective. Article from Smart Computing magazine.
www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/l0609/06l09/06l09.asp
- Self-Study Web Search Course - A few hours' guided searching of AltaVista, Yahoo, Open Directory, other search engines, directories and metasearch tools. Download free sample tutorial. Course costs $US12-34.
how-to-search-the-web.com
- Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques - A tutorial/reference on Web searching tools and techniques with many links to search engines and a short search engine feature list and comparison.
www.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm
- Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques - Designed to accompany Internet searching workshops. It may be used as a self-paced tutorial or as a supplementary reference.
www.sci.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm
- Texas Information Literacty Tutorial - TILT is a Web-based, educational site focusing on fundamental research skills.
tilt.lib.utsystem.edu
- The Art of Getting Help - This article addresses how students can get answers to questions in an effective manner by using online, printed, and human resources.
dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/getting-help.html
- The Compleat Internet Researcher: Advanced Strategies and Techniques - Text from a Summer 1997 workshop. Much of the commentary provided is still relevant today, but some of the links no longer work.
www.aallnet.org/products/crab
- The Mother of all Search Engine Reference Books - A free e-book in pdf format that lists search engines and search engine resources.
pandecta.com/mother.html
- The Spiders Apprentice - An look at search engine strategies for web site designers and surfers alike.
www.monash.com/spidap1.html
- The Spire Project - Information research, internet searching, tools and guidance on how to find information.
spireproject.com
- The Web Robots Pages - FAQs about Web robots (which search engines use to index web pages), information on how to direct robots that visit your Web site, a database of currently known robots, an archived mailing list, background reading, and related sites.
www.robotstxt.org/wc/robots.html
- Uneven Internet Search Engine Help - Shows how search engines work, search engine advice, information, tips, and other search engine articles
www.uneven.com/searchengines
- Using the Internet for Research - Part of an online guidebook about using the Internet. Includes all stages of planning, executing and reviewing/evaluating a search.
www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/internet/research.htm
- Web Search - Well written, in-depth guides on dozens of search categories, with the latest news and much more. This is a huge site. From About.com.
websearch.about.com
- Web Search Tutorial - A basic tutorial for improving your Web search skills
www.dehaupt.com/websearch
- Web Searching - Written by Internet Public Library staff and volunteers. Covers the essentials of searching for information via the internet.
www.ipl.org/ref/websearching.html
- Web Searchlores - Offers advanced searching strategies such as designing your own searchbots.
www.searchlores.org
- WebSerch - The Web Research Resource - Explains how to evaluate various search resources, with general tips on how to search
www.clubi.ie/webserch
- AltaVista Advanced Search Tutorial - For surfers and webmasters alike, a theoretical and practical tutorial on general web searching, and how AltaVista works.
doc.altavista.com/adv_search/ast_i_index.shtml
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