Search Strategy Links

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Here are a set of links covering different strategies for searching
electronic library catalogs, databases, and the Internet. Have a question
about finding what you want? You should be able to find help here.
About-the-Web: Tips & Tricks
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) Tutorial
Basic Internet Search (Search Engine Showdown)
Basic Search Strategy: The Ten Steps
Bergen
County Cooperative Reference System, NJ Interesting
search tool that combines sources.
Berkeley's Five-Step Search Strategy: Finding Information on the
Internet: A Tutorial This site contains some good
handouts, including one on
Search Engines that summarizes phrase searches, Boolean
logic, truncation and other features of preferred search engines.
Boolean Search Tutorial
Boolean Searching on the Internet
Cal Poly Search Tutorial This one is geared towards the
polytechnic audience.
Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need
Creating a Search Strategy (University of Southern Carolina)
Developing a Search Strategy
Expert Keyword Searching (University of Illinois Urbana Champagne)
Expert
Web Search Tips
Field Searching in Web Search Engines
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
Finding It Online: Web Search Strategies
Four NETS for Better Searching
How Internet Search Engines Work
How To
Plan The Best Search Strategy
How to Search for Internet Resources to Use in a Lesson
How
to Search the World Wide Web: A Tutorial for Beginners and
Non-Experts
How to Use Search Engines (Kidzworld)
INFOMINE Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
Interactive Boolean Search Tutorial
Internet
Search Engines
Internet Search Engines and Directories
Internet Searching Tools (Southern Oregon University)
Internet Tips and Secrets
Internet
Tutorials
Learn the Net: The Interactive Search Engine Tutorial
Library of Congress On-Line Help Pages
Library of
Congress Services for Researchers
Living Internet
Comprehensive reference about the Internet
NoodleTools An overview of designs, process, and outcomes for
information literacy.
Power Reporting (Columbia Journalism Review).
Thousands of free, on-line search tools, including links to tutorials
and tips. While targeted for reports, it will be useful to any
researcher.
Research Help
Research Strategy: A Tutorial
Search Box Strategy
Search
Engine Math Covers Boolean searching and MORE!
Search Engine Showdown: Learning About Searching
Search
Engine Tutorial (Pandia)
Search Engine Tutorials
Search Engine
Watch: Tips About Internet Search Engines & Search Engine
Submission
Search Strategies
Search Strategies (Teacher tap)
Search Strategies for Search Engines
Search
Strategies for the Internet
Search Tools
Searching the WWW
Southern Oregon University Internet Searching Tools. This
site includes inforamiton about search engines, evaluations, tutorials,
and updating guides
Teaching Internet Research Skills
Toolkit for the Expert Web Searcher Wiki From the American
Library Association's Library and Information Technology Association.
Web Research Guide
Web
Search Tutorial: 11 Advanced Searching Tips
Web searching: A tutorial on Search Strategy and Syntax
Web Searching, Sleuthing and Sifting
Web
Searching Tutorial
Welcome to the Web (Everything you need to kknow about
the Internet)
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