| 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). |
| AskScott: Scott Nicholson helps you choose the most appropriate search engine for your needs, then shows you how to use it. |
| BrightPlanet Search Tutorial: Practical steps to improve the quality of your Internet search results. |
| 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. |
| Fravia's Web Searching Lore: Fravia describes the nature of the web, and offers advanced searching strategies and techniques, including designing your own searchbots. |
| 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. |
| iNet Investigation: Learn how to conduct your own people search and background checks. |
| Information Research FAQ: How to find information on the Internet and beyond. Covers theory in great detail. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Research Launchpad: Introduces various resources for Web searching from Ric Shreves. |
| Research Tips: Collection of search resources and tips for college students from Oakton Community College, including Boolean searches, copyright and citing sources. |
| Search Easy: Summary of indexing techniques and drawbacks of various search engines and how to perform effective searches tips. |
| Search Engine Dictionary: A comprehensive guide to search engine terminology from Pandecta Magazine. |
| Search Engine Honesty: Discusses search engine bias and censoring of results. |
| Search Engine Terms: A multi-lingual glossary of search engine terms as suggested by members of the I-Search Digest. |
| Searching on the Web: Outlines the history, functioning, features and types of search engines. Includes resources, news and search tips for web users. |
| Searchingspot: Mark Wennning describes how to use search engines, directories and newsgroups, covering simple and advanced techniques. Includes a search engine control features chart. |
| Sreetips: Tips on smarter web surfing from a Columbia University journalism professor and WABC-TV's technology reporter Sreenath Sreenivasan. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Using the Internet for Research: 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Web Searching: The Internet Public Library advises on which search engine to choose and how best to use them. |
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