Finding Information on the Internet A TUTORIAL 
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html 
From the UC Berkeley Teaching Library. An excellent guide for beginners or advanced internet users. 

Hints and Tips for Searching the Internet from Classroom Connect  
http://www.classroom.com/searching/searchingfaq.asp  
This page has a helpful “what to do when...” section and links to other information about searching and search engines. 

Secrets of Searching the Web  
http://www.best.com/~mentorms/eureka_i.htm  
More about promoting than searching, this page covers different search engines, search strategies, submitting your web page to search engines, and other ways to promote your web site. 

Strategies for Searching for Information on the Internet  
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/www_searchers.html  
From the Association of Public Data Users and International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST), this is documentation from a course given in 1995 and May 1997. It has information on subject catalogs and indices, individual search engines, meta-sites for search engines, Z39.50 gateways and other library-oriented projects, search strategies and choosing web searchers, and other useful resources on web search tools. It is updated on an irregular basis. 

CNet Articles  
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search/  
A general review article on search engines from CNet describes each site in detail with tips for searching on that site. The article also includes a features table comparing all search engines reviewed, a description of how sites were tested, and “power search tips” from their technical adviser. 

http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Dlife/Search/ 
Here’s another article from CNet titled “Can you trust your search engine?” This article covers how search engines work—including how they can be manipulated and how they may be manipulating you. They include a comparison search to see just how different the results are when you search for the same word using different services, and some tips on how to search more effectively.