Internet/World Wide Web Searching Tutorials

PLEASE NOTE: The tutorial(s) listed below have been developed by many different educational institutions. Please be aware that they may make references to resources that are not owned or subscribed to by the University Libraries system.

• Bare Bones 101: A BASIC TUTORIAL ON SEARCHING THE WEB (University of South Carolina Beaufort Library)

http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/bones.shtml
Self-paced Search Engine tutorial

• ICYouSee: T is for Thinking - A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the World Wide Web (Ithaca College Library)

http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
Good overview on thinking critically about what can be found on the Internet. Includes examples and exercises.

• Internet Navigator (Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah and the Utah Academic Library Consortium (UALC))

http://www-navigator.utah.edu/navigator.html
The Internet Navigator is a Web delivered information literacy course. It teaches basic research techniques using libraries and the Internet. The course is intended for first year college and university students, high school students making the transition to higher education, or returning students who need to update their research skills.

• net.TUTOR (Ohio State University)

http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/
Offers interactive tutorials on basic tools and techniques for becoming an effective Internet researcher.

• Searching the Internet Effectively (University of Wellington, Victoria, New Zealand)

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/searching/
Preparation, tools, directories, search engines, strategies and practical exercises.

• Searching the World Wide Web: a basic tutorial (Tilberg University, Netherlands)

http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/services/library/instruction/www/onlinecourse/
In-depth overview of the Internet/World Wide Web.