Finding the information on the internet

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[SIZE=-1]This tutorial presents the substance of the Internet Workshops (current schedule) offered year-round by the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley. The content on this site has been updated to reflect the latest trends in search engines, directories, and evaluating web pages. The title reflects our belief that there is a lot of great material on the Web - primary sources, specialized directories and databases, statistical information, educational sites on many levels, policy, opinion of all kinds, and so much more - and we have better tools for finding this great stuff.
What is the Internet and the World Wide Web? - An Introduction.
Things To Know before you begin searching....

Recommended Search Strategy: Analyze Your Topic & Search With Peripheral Vision
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Three Families or Types of Search Tools[/SIZE][SIZE=-1] - Links to all search tools tables [/SIZE]

• [SIZE=-1]Search Engines - Comparison table of the best search engines UPDATED - How search engines work[/SIZE]
  • • [SIZE=-1]"Googling to the Max" - new web page and one-hour course on using Google and Google's many features effectivley[/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=-1]Boolean Searching guide (PDF)[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=-1]Meta-Search Engines - Use at your own risk: not recommended as an alternative to search engines, some have useful features[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=-1]Subject Directories - Table comparing some of the best human-selected collections of web pages[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=-1]Invisible Web - What it is, how to find it, and its inherent ambiguity (searchable databases on the Web)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]Evaluating Web Pages: Why and How and evaluation checklist form (PDF)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1] Style Sheets for Citing Internet & Electronic Resources
Glossary of Internet & Web Jargon
Handouts and PowerPoint used in our Current Classes
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