SEARCH AND RESEARCH TIPS
TO FIND SOMETHING ON A WEB PAGE
Windows Users: Press Control > F to get page search dialog window. Enter the term in the space provided and press the Enter key.Mac Users: Press Command > F to get page search dialog window. Enter the term in the space provided and press the Return key.
- Use GOOGLE Advanced Search.
No other search engine can match it. Be sure to bookmark it (Netscape) or add it to your favorites (IE). - Subscribe to newsletters dealing with your area of interest. Many of these are free.
- Post notes on open discussion forums within your subject area. People love to help you out.
- Don't hesitate to 'Add Page To Favorites' if you use Internet Explorer or 'Add Bookmark' if you use Netscape. You can't possibly remember all the potentially useful URLs you come across. And if you decide you don't need them, you can always delete them later.
- Use Site Maps. When you arrive at a potentially useful website, look for the Site Map first. Usually this is the one page that lists everything within the site in one place. So instead of hit and miss from the splash page menu, you can often find what you're looking for more quickly.
GOOGLE SEARCH TIPS FROM GOOGLE.COM
Basics - http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
Advanced - http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF GOOGLE
http://www.uvm.edu/~prospect/google.html
Tips prepared by Michael Royer, University of Vermont, August 2001
Unconventional ways to find really cool websites.
Play the Whad'Ya Know Quiz.
http://www.notmuch.com/Quiz
If you've ever listened to Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? program on public radio, you know this is a general knowledge quiz—not trivia. Somehow these folks find some of the most obscure, but often educational, sites to pull their questions from. So play the quiz to get your day started and you may find something really useful in the process. I've found many arts and educational sites like this, including Think Quest.)