Web: Tutorials, Gateways, Images, Videos, & Sounds 

Search engines, like Google, send search bots, also called crawlers, spiders, or robots, out onto the Internet to read websites and return with key information including: important terms, website images, & an analysis of the site’s links. This information is stored in large computer databases and indexed. Your searches are run in these computers rather than out on the Internet. The results are usually ranked to bring the strongest answers to the top.

Tips:
¬Familiarize yourself with the “advanced” features, which will usually save you time by helping focus your search. 

For more information on Search Engines try:

UC-Berkeley, "Finding Information on the Internet". Arguably, the best web search tutorial.

SearchEngineWatch. Web searching blog.

NoodleTools. Advice on which search engine to use.

Pandia (Oslo Norway) Tools for Searching the Internet. Large well maintained gateway to specialized search engines.

IPL. Web searching. Web searching tips.

¬For search engines in other countries try:

Search Engine Colossus.com

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