Tips for Searching the Internet     

                  

The internet is a very large (2.8 million sites and into the billion pages) collection of unorganized information.

For a comparison of Web sites:

Search Comparison Chart

bulletIt is easy to spend hours looking for information unless you have a plan...
bulletKnow your search engines, directories and how best to use each.
bulletPlan your search.  Think of keywords and phrases.
bulletUnderstand Boolean Search Strategies and which search engines put this strategy into use.
bulletREAD BEFORE YOU PRINT OR SAVE TO DISK! Don't waste time or paper on junk information.  Even a quick skimming of a web site or article can eliminate useless information.

 
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