Web Searching

Background information

Boolean operators for searches in general

http://osu.orst.edu/Dept/eli/feb1996.html

Web Search Tips

http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/eli/nov2003.html

Evaluating Internet Sources

http://osu.orst.edu/Dept/eli/july1996.html

Practice

Practice

http://osu.orst.edu/Dept/eli/aug1996.html

Try your topic on several different search engines

www.google.com
www.altavista.com
www.alltheweb.com
www.askjeeves.com
Were the results the same?

Reflection

Finding Authoritative Sources

http://osu.orst.edu/Dept/eli/nov1996.html

Keeping what you've found

Find and bookmark sites - save your file to disk

Save a web page to disk - just the page, or the page plus graphics if you have space.

The commercial program Webwhacker from www.webwhacker.com can make it easier to save a whole site.