Open Directory - Computers: Internet: Searching: FAQs, Help, and Tutorials
See also: This category in other languages: - Scott Nicholson helps you choose the most appropriate search engine for your needs, then shows you how to use it. - 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. - Fravia describes the nature of the web, and offers advanced searching strategies and techniques, including designing your own searchbots. - Advanced uses of Google. - Curt Franklin's article explains in detail how search engines work. It includes a diagram of the indexing process. - How to find information on the Internet and beyond. Covers theory in great detail. - Charles Harris explains how to find information, people, and pictures on the Net and gives hints on evaluating the reliability of Web-based sources. - Interactive tutorials from The Ohio State University Libraries to help you search the Web effectively, evaluate information and incorporate it into research projects. - 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. - Introduces various resources for Web searching from Ric Shreves. - A summary of search commands for Google, Yahoo! and Live Search. - Summary of indexing techniques and drawbacks of various search engines and how to perform effective searches tips. - A comprehensive glossary of search engine terms. - Describes how search engines work and methods to solve problems in getting a site properly indexed. - A multi-lingual glossary of search engine terms as suggested by members of the I-Search Digest. - Describes how to use search engines, directories and newsgroups, covering simple and advanced techniques. Includes a search engine control features chart. - Explores Internet search theory, the work of David Novak, a researcher bridging library science to computer science. Covers search strategy, new techniques and choreography. - Use Simulator models Google's interface, provides "ask-by-pointing" reference on search and results screens, and shows how to use Google search techniques. - Information on resource types, comparison charts for services, tutorials. - Debbie Flanagan's interactive tutorial on using search engines, subject directories, and specific databases to find information on the Internet fast and effectively. - The Internet Public Library advises on which search engine to choose and how best to use them. - Learn how to conduct your own people search and background checks.
