Search Engine Tutorial

http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/index.html

A very useful tutorial giving information on search engines, metasearch engines, advanced searching and search syntax.

Web Search Strategies

http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/main.html

This tutorial presents an easy-to-follow process on using search engines and subject directories for finding what you need on the World Wide Web

Guide to effective searching of the Internet

http://www.completeplanet.com/Tutorials/Search/index.asp

This tutorial is organized to proceed from the basics to more advanced topics. It has 12 parts containing 51 topics and describes the search services, available operators, and the extremely important information on how to compose your queries.

Searching the Web

http://www.firstbite.co.nz/training/search/index.html

In this 2 hour course we look at Searching the Web. We look at some background information, how to set up a search strategy, how to shortcut a search, what Directories are, what search engines are and how they work. We also go to a few excellent starting points.

Searching the Internet

http://www.groupbt.com/ict/bt_toolbox/ict_tools/searchtheinternet/tutorial.cfm

A step-by-step, animated guide to searching the Internet.

Search Engine Math

http://www.searchenginewatch.com/facts/math.html

Simple effective information to help narrow your searches.

Search Assistance Features

http://www.searchenginewatch.com/facts/assistance.html

The major search engines have many features available for beginner searchers; this page summarizes and illustrates some of these features.

Web Searching, Sleuthing and Sifting

http://www.thelearningsite.net/cyberlibrarian/searching/ismain.html

"Web Searching, Sleuthing and Sifting" is a comprehensive introduction to web searching methods and techniques. The class includes an overview of the World Wide Web (Web), some of the kinds of information for which you can actually search (such as graphics, audio clips, software and interactive tutorials), an overview of different types of searchable Web resources (such as indexes and directories), how to use search engines effectively (such as AltaVista, Hotbot, Excite) as well as an overview of multi-search engines (such as Metacrawler, Dogpile).

Searching the world wide web

http://www.bedford.lib.nh.us/Search.htm

This document includes a brief overview of the basics of searching for formation on the World Wide Web. It is the first in a series of three self-instruction Internet tutorials produced by the Bedford Public Library.