Search Strategies

Things to know before you start searching
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/ThingsToKnow.html
Make sure you understand the basics before you begin.

Recommended Search Strategy: Analyze your topic & search with peripheral vision
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html
From Berkeley, use this short tutorial to help you understand the Internet and get better results with your searches. This site helps you understand the Invisible Web.

Best Search Engines
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
Look at what you should use and why. Know how to get the most out of an engine. Berkeley no longer recommends any meta-search engine. Overlap studies show that about half of the pages in any search engine database exist only in that database.

Choose the Best Search for Your Information need.
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
Click on Noodlequest which is interactive so it can really help.

Finding it online: Web Search Strategies
http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/main.html
Because some search engines have logged the words from over 1 billion documents, results can be overwhelming so find out the two key steps which can really help.

Last updated: 03.14.2007
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