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  • I would like to know the best internet search information tutorials on the World Wide Web and the the best tools and services to use. I already found:
    TUTORIALS
    http://searchenginewatch.com/
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
    http://www.searchengineshowdown.com

    TOOLS
    http://www.copernic.com

    SERVICES
    http://answers.google.com/


  • I meant http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk

    Thanks also for the advice about the engines help page, I agree that it is the firs place to go. I wanted to go a little bit further. Thank you all anyway for your friendly help.


  • Hello again javichaman-ga,

    There is a wealth of resources available to help you with preparing for your course. I’ve collected some links for each of your categories that should give you a good start.
    Best wishes for you and your students.

    ~ czh ~


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    WEB SEARCH TUTORIALS
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    BARE BONES 101: A BASIC TUTORIAL ON SEARCHING THE WEB
    "Bare Bones 101" has been created by Ellen Chamberlain, Head Librarian at the University of South Carolina Beaufort campus. She is the co-author of BCK2SKOL ("Back to School"), an introductory Internet course for librarians and other serious searchers, initially offered on the Net in 1995 as a listserv, with lessons delivered to over 6,000 subscribers in 62 countries around the world.
    ***** This is a terrific course in web searching. Check out LESSON 17: BEYOND "BARE BONES" for an excellent list of additional searching tutorials and tools.
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    http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/index.html
    A short and easy search engine tutorial
    By Per and Susanne Koch
    Welcome to our free search engine tutorial, a short and easy guide to Web searching, search engines and directories. This little crash course will teach you how to explore the Net more efficiently.
    ***** This tutorial is offered by the Pandia, a Norwegian search engine company that offers a huge variety of resources for webmasters with special emphasis on search engine optimization.
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    http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/teaching/tfac/home.htm
    Fact, Fiction and Fraud in the Digital Age
    Essential Skills for the Information Age Worker, Semester 2 2003

    This subject explores how society comprehends, evaluates and uses information technology, computer science, World Wide Web resources, and other pertinent technologies in the modern workplace. How do we distinguish between fact, fiction and fraud in digital information environments? How do we do it in the paper world? These are the fundamental questions addressed in this subject. Students will examine these tools, learn the principles of critical analysis of information sources. Course work includes the analysis of Web information sources; electronic mail/intranet use, critical document analysis, the comparative study of traditional paper sources and other electronic publications, and web site authoring including the use of metadata and XML. The issues examined derive from current industry experience and will have a broad inter-disciplinary application.
    Course Co-ordinator: Gavan McCarthy, Senior Research Fellow, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, and Director, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre (Austehc).
    ***** This is a course presented by the University of Melbourne, Australia. The curriculum is interesting and there are lots of resources for every lesson.
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    http://www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/tutorials/search/index.asp
    Deep Content

    Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet
    This tutorial is organized to proceed from the basics to more advanced topics. It is divided into two sections: "Searching with Internet Provided Resources" and "Using a Powerful Desktop Resource: LexiBotTM". The first section has 12 parts containing 51 topics and describes the search services, available operators, and the extremely important information on how to compose your queries. The second section contains 11 topics and describes using our tool: LexiBot — which we believe is the most powerful search agent ever developed.
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    http://www.lookoff.com/tactics/index.php3
    Search Guide: Search Engines & Tutorials

    ***** Click on Engine eBook under Engines in the left navigation bar under Site Overview to reach the tutorial.
    http://www.lookoff.com/tactics/index.html
    Advanced Tactics
    This is a good tutorial but the Engine Reviews are out of date. It appears that this site is undergoing changes. There is a note at the top of the page that says: “Due to time restrictions we plan to take lookoff.com offline.”
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    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/search/index.html
    Purdue University – Online Writing Lab
    Created by Jessie Moore.

    Searching the World Wide Web
    Untangle the web to find a wealth of information.
    Use the first five links on the left hand side of this page to learn more about the different resources available searching the world wide web. Click on the "test your skills" link at the bottom of any of those pages for an interactive tutorial on using that kind of search engine or directory.
    ***** This is a good tutorial and covers all the basics. When you click through to the Purdue University Library system's Core+ Tutorial you get a glimpse of a very intriguing program offered only to the Purdue community.
    http://core.lib.purdue.edu/
    Comprehensive Online Research Education

    ***** Since you work for a university, they may be willing to give you access as a professional courtesy.
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    http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/main.html
    WEB SEARCH STRATEGIES

    Successful searching involves two key steps. First, you must have a clear understanding of how to prepare your search. You must identify the main concepts in your topic and determine any synonyms, alternate spellings, or variant word forms for the concepts. Second, you need to know how to use the various search tools available on the Internet. For example, search engines (e.g., AltaVista) are very different than subject directories (e.g., Yahoo). Even search engines themselves can vary greatly in size, accuracy, features, and flexibility.
    This tutorial presents an easy-to-follow process on using search engines and subject directories for finding what you need on the World Wide Web.
    ***** This is a tutorial by Debbie Flanagan, a corporate trainer. The specialized tutorials she offers on databases and searching companies might be of interest.
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    http://www.business.com/directory/internet_and_online/reference/search_tutorials/
    Home > Internet & Online > Reference > Search Tutorials

    ***** Suggestions for lots of additional tutorials.



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    WEB SEARCH TOOLS
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    http://www.lookoff.com/
    Welcome to Lookoff.com - an entire site devoted to helping you to navigate the Internet using advanced tools and techniques that experts use. This section of the site is devoted to helping you select a search engine from thousands depending on the topic you are searching for. Remember that specific topics will be found more efficiently with specific search tools.
    Remember! You don't search for "Ford Mustang 1988 specifications", but rather you search for "cars" to find search engines and portals devoted to cars. Lookoff is not a search engine, but rather searches for specific and topical search engines.
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    http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/about.php
    The Scout Report is the flagship publication of the Internet Scout Project. Published every Friday both on the web and by email, it provides a fast, convenient way to stay informed of valuable resources on the Internet. Our team of professional librarians and subject matter experts select, research, and annotate each resource.
    http://scout.wisc.edu/About/index.php
    The Internet Scout Project
    Since 1994, the Scout Project has focused on developing better tools and services for finding, filtering, and presenting online information and metadata. Located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's campus, and part of the University's College of Letters and Sciences, Scout has access to highly educated content specialists and a world-class array of computer science and library resources. Our eclectic staff blends academics and professionals from Library Science and Computer Science, along with graduate and undergraduate students studying the sciences, social sciences and humanities.


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    WEB SEARCH SERVICES
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    http://www.researchbuzz.com/
    ResearchBuzz from Tara Calishain
    ResearchBuzz is designed to cover the world of Internet research. To that end this site provides almost daily updates on search engines, new data managing software, browser technology, large compendiums of information, Web directories -- whatever. If in doubt, the final question is, "Would a reference librarian find it useful?" If the answer's yes, in it goes!
    ***** The ResearchBuzz weekly newsletter helps you keep up with new developments and frequently points you to interesting specialized search tools.
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    http://www.tourbus.com/
    The Internet Tour Bus

    WHAT *IS* TOURBUS?
    TOURBUS is a free email newsletter published twice a week, and read by about 100,000 people in 130 countries around the globe. Your tour guides Bob Rankin and Patrick Crispen (also known as the "Click and Clack" of the online world) explain Internet technology in plain English, with a dash of humor. Since 1995, Tourbus riders have been getting the scoop on Search Engines, Spam, Viruses, Cookies, Urban Legends, and other topics. We also give you in-depth reviews of the most useful, fun and interesting sites on the Net.
    ***** Lots of tools and tips beyond basic searching.

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    http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm
    direct search
    Compiled by: Gary Price, MLIS
    Author of The Invisible Web

    direct search is a growing compilation of links to the search interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely searchable/accessible from general search tools like Alta Vista, Google, or Hotbot. Although these "general" tools are essential for the retrieval of Internet based data, searchers often fail to realize that a massive amount of information is not easily or entirely searchable/accessible via these search tools. Material "hidden" from the general search tools is said to reside on the Invisible Web.
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    http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=71183
    Q: Internet research services similar to Google Answers

    http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=211065
    Q: Internet researching - how to improve


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    SEARCH STRATEGY
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    internet search tutorials


  • Hi chz,

    something like this one:
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
    a tutorial were you learn how to search for information, what information search strategies to use, and what software and online services to use.
    - free
    - to the point
    - recognised +/- as among the best by other websites (you know like teoma, that rates websites depending on the links they have from good referals) - practical
    - with some examples/exercises ideally

    I am lecturing on a course about how to search information on the internet and I will be also talking abour Google Answers, this is the first time I try the service.
    Also some freeware/shareware software similar to Copernic, that helps you search and be awared about updates in specific websites of your choice.
    To summarize again: (tutorials, software, and search information services like google answers). All this info may be found as well in search information tutorials.
    Searching must be your job/partime job/hobby, so I guess you know what is it about :-)
    I don't know if this is clarifying enough, if not please let me know. Thanks and regards,


  • Have you come across the RDN Virtual Training Suite at ?
    They offer "a set of free online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills. Work in your own time at your own pace - no one is monitoring you! There are quizzes and interactive exercises to lighten the learning experience." The tutorials focus on specific subject areas such as Further Education, Health and Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Physical Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics, and general Reference.
    Worth exploring.

    Of those you already know about - you know some good ones!

    Best, r2l


  • The answer to your question depends very much on the types of searches you wish to conduct. I certainly agree with read2live's recommendation of the RDN suite. You will also find it worth your while to read the help files and "search hints" or similar material on the web sites of search engines you use frequently. These will tell you what operators you can include in your search expressions and show how they can be used. For example, here is the list of operators supported by Alta Vista: http://uk.altavista.com/help/adv_search/syntax


  • Hello javichaman-ga,

    Judging what is "the best" is quite subjective. What criteria do you want us to apply for choosing the tutorials and tools? Since you've already done some research, you probably have some preferences.
    I look forward to your clarification.

    ~ czh ~


  • a very good website!!, as you say worth exploring, thanks and regards,









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