Search Resources

The following Web resources will help you learn more about search techniques:

Advanced Web Searching: Tricks of the Trade     
http://www.onlineinc.com/onlinemag/MayOL/zorn5.html

Ask Scott: Your Guide to Finding it on the Internet
http://www.askscott.com/

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Literature About Search Services (A Bibliography)
http://www.ub2.lu.se//desire/radar/lit-about-search-services.html

Search Engines: What They Are, How They Work, and Practical Suggestions for
Getting the Most Out of Them
http://webreference.com/content/search/how.htm [currently not working, but try http://webreference.com/

The Search is Over: The Search-Engine Secrets of the Pros
http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/features/fea1096/sub2.html

Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques
http://www.sci.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm

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Ernest Ackermann has granted written permission to use the materials in this book co-authered with Karen Hartman for the presentation "Searching and Researching the Net."  

The Book:
"Searching and Researching on the Internet & the World Wide Web." Ernest Ackermann & Karen Hartman. ISBN 1-887902-26-0. Published by Franklin, Beedle & Associates.

Entered on the Web May 7, 1998