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Module 4: Effective Searching on the Web

Introduction

bullet Do you use anything besides search engines (e.g. Google) to find things on the internet?
 
bullet Have you ever limited your search to college and university web sites?
 
bullet Have you ever browsed a good subject directory?
 
bullet Have you ever explored the so-called "invisible web"?  (Maybe it's not truly invisible.)
 
bullet Have you used any of OCC Libraries' databases (including databases of articles in scholarly and professional journals)?

If you answered NO to any of the above, this tutorial is for you.  There's a lot more to the internet than Google.  There's also a lot more to Google than you may know.

This tutorial will help you understand and use Google and other search engines more effectively.  And it will help you go...


Google©

...to other highly useful Internet tools.

Please continue.


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