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Search the Internet

Quick Search:

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Types of Search Tools

Search Engines

 

Subject Directories

Useful for browsing through categories of web resources selected and organized by people (often librarians); finding major sites on a topic; getting a sense of what is "out there."

 

Specialty Search Engines

Useful for finding resources for certain
disciplines or certain types of information.

Video/Audio

Information and Tutorials About the Web

Learn about the Web and Search Engines

Choose the Best Search Tool

Search Engine Watch Comparison reviews of and tests results for search engines.

Invisible Web Invisible Web: What it is, Why it exists, How to find it, and Its inherent ambiguity.
U.C. Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops.

 

 

Learn about Techniques for Searching 

Search Tips

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial Introduction
to the Internet, glossary of Net-related jargon, search techniques. Progresses from basic to advanced.

Learn about How To Evaluate Information 

Evaluating Quality on the Net: Thinking about information, evaluative criteria, and evaluation tools. 

Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria
and Tools: features evaluative criteria, web reviews, rankings. 

Citing Web Information

APA Style

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association Style guide for citing electronic resources produced by the APA.

MLA Style

Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web Follow the link to MLA style from the MLA site. directions and samples for citing web resources using MLA. 

MLA Style Electronic Formats Citing of everything from personal e-mails to newsgroups to articles from online databases.

Other Style Information

Columbia Online Style Directions and samples for citing electronic resources in MLA and Chicago style formats. 

 

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