Links 

Finding Information on the Internet
 http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Find
Info.html

Information for Today
 http://www.emich.edu/ift/main/modules.php

Google Search Basics
 http://www.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=searchguide
s.html&ctx=basics

Google Search Tips
 http://www.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=352

Google Web Search Special Features
 http://www.google.com/help/features.html

How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory
 http://www.internettutorials.net/choose.html

Multnomah Homework Center
 http://www.multcolib.org/homework/

Finding Information on the Internet presents the substance of the Internet Workshops offered year-round by the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley. Their belief is 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 need to know tools for finding this great stuff.

Information for Today, from Eastern Michigan University, encourages you to plan before you search and how to evaluate the results.

Google has a number of help pages you can check out.

Laura Cohen's How To site provides a list of search sites for various types of searches.

The Multnomah Library Homework Center provides a list of primary sources for a wide range of subjects and topics.

Basic Strategies

Here are some search tips to use when looking for information:

• If you are searching for a phrase, enclose it with quotes, e.g., "grass for football fields".

• Try more or fewer words.

• Start with the most important word first, e.g., grass football works better than football grass if you're looking for what type of grass to put on your football field.

• Try a different description, e.g., turf football.

• If there is an Advanced Search or Help option, click on it. It will give you better control over the search or help identify what you need to do to get the information you're looking for.

• Be sure that the words are spelled correctly.