Searching the World Wide Web:

What, How, When, Where, and More

The Internet & World Wide Web

• Bare Bones 101:  A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web  (frames) (University of South Carolina-Beaufort)
  http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/bones.shtml
  http://www.webteacher.org/windows.html
• Finding Information on the Internet:  A Tutorial  (U.C.Berkeley)
  http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
• Searching the World Wide Web: Recommended Search Strategy:  (U.C.Berkeley)
  http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html )
  http://www.northernwebs.com/bc/index.html
• Internet 101/102: Untangling the Web   (University of Texas at San Antonio)
  http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Internet101/

• Learning Internet Explorer
  http://ced.ncsu.edu/seniorsurf/im1/2.htm
• Mozilla Firefox 3 Guide (Wellesley College)
  http://www.wellesley.edu/Computing/Firefox/firefox3install.html

• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources  (New Mexico State University).
  http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html
• ICYouSee: T is for Thinking  (John R. Henderson, Ithaca College)
  http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
• Evaluating Web Resources  (SUNY Albany)
  http://library.albany.edu/usered/eval/evalweb/
• Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!  (U.C.L.A.)
  http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_12006.cfm
• Validity Wizard
  http://www.stylewizard.com/val/index.html
  This interactive page requires answering questions about an Internet site before it 'assesses" the validity of the site.  Useful if you are confused about assessing any Internet site--but make sure you other sources to check the assessment.

• Search Engine Watch
  http://www.searchenginewatch.com
• Search Engine Showdown (Greg Notiss)
  http://www.notess.com/search

Search Techniques

• Advanced Searching Techniques  (Duke University)
• Boolean Logic  (Ithaca College)
  • This site provides an excellent explanation of using AND, OR, and NOT using visual and textual guidance.

• WWW Resources By Subject  (Ely Library, Westfield State University)
• Yahoo
• Librarians' Index to the Internet  (Digital Library Sunsite, Berkeley Univ.)

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Social Media

• Social Media 101

Citing Web Pages

•    American Psychological Association Style Manuals
  • Citing Web Pages in APA Style  (Westfield State University)
•   Modern Language Association Style Manuals
  • Citing Web Pages in MLA Style  (Westfield State University)
  •   Noodle BiB
    • NoodleBib  (NoodleTools)
      An online bibliography composer.

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