Internet Help Tutorials

• SCC Library Section C tutorial (ask your instructor about extra credit)
• The Web and Search Engines
• Techniques for Searching

The Web and Search Engines

-- The how and why of the Web and search engines:

About the Web  What the Web is, how it works.

Find It on the Web  PC Magazine's advice on best search engines for specific situations. See "A Tool for Every Task." 

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. 

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

Spider's Apprentice  "What's new" feature, search FAQ, in-depth analysis, rankings of major engines. 

Techniques for Searching

-- Become a more efficient, better informed Web searcher.

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

Internet Tutorials: Information and activities help with connecting to Internet, selecting search engines, understanding engine syntax, performing Boolean searches. 

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Last update 05/05/2011 Sue Chen chens@scc.losrios.edu