Search engines

General Tutorials

• • Finding information on the Internet: online tutorial based on the web searching workshop offered by the University of California at Berkeley
  • A short and easy search engine tutorial by Pandia, a Web site focused on effective internet searching
  • Patrick Douglas Crispen's Powerpoint or Flash Tutorials on Internet Tools - on this page, see especially Google 101: Stop Searching and Start FINDING, Google 201: Advanced Googology, Google 301: Über Google, and :A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Everyone's Favorite Search Engine
  • How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory: simple guidelines at Internet Tutorials, a site maintained by emeritus faculty at the University at Albany, SUNY
  • Guide to Finding Images Online

Guides to Using Specific Search Engines

• • Google Guide: "an online interactive tutorial and reference for experienced users, novices, and everyone in between"
  • Introduction to Yahoo! Search
  • Using alltheweb.com

Sites with Links to Information about Searching on the Web

• • Searching the Web: the Yahoo Directory of Sources
  • Starter Tips for Internet Research: Elizabethtown College professor's list of sources for learning about research; especially useful for academic researchers and those interested in learning about effective internet research

Lists of Search Engines

• • Internet Tutorials site provides a list of individual search engines, meta search engines, and search engine collections
  • [http://lii.org/ Lists of
  • Search engines compiled by the National Library of Australia
  • Search Engines and Subject Indexes: page annotates types of search engines