Absolute Authority on Searching the Web - Links to search engines, directories and other reference sites. Also separate pages for communities and experts on search.
Advanced Search Techniques - A tutorial on how to get the most out of all the best search engines (like Google and Yahoo). Tips and tricks, including using Boolean phrases.
AltaVista Advanced Search Tutorial - For surfers and webmasters alike, a theoretical and practical tutorial on general web searching, and how AltaVista works.
AskScott - Helps you choose the most appropriate search engine for your needs, then shows you how to use it.
Bare Bones 101: A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial - 20 lessons on searching the web, with info on search engines, subject directories, portals and gateways. Excellent for beginners, also available in .pdf format.
Better Searching in the Internet - A tutorial created for students at a University of Management Studies.
BrightPlanet Search Tutorial - Practical steps to improve the quality of your Internet search results.
BullsEye Online Tutorial - How to use Bullseye - a powerful desktop search application.
Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Information Needs - Suggests which search engines to use in certain scenarios.
Choose the Best Search for Your Information Needs - Matches the type of internet search with the resources most likely to help.
Dream Search - Secrets and tips for website listing in major search engines and directories.
Evaluating Quality - Searches on the web produce vast quantities of unevaluated information. This article suggests how to determine quality sources and how to find them faster.
Evaluating Quality on the Net - How to evaluate information found on websites, their quality and reliability. By Hope N. Tillman, Director of Libraries, Babson College.
Evaluating Web Resources - How to evaluate Web resources. Presented using PowerPoint slides.
Find It on the Internet - Tips on how to search and links to many search sites.
Finding Information on the Internet - Explains how search engines and directories work. Also provides tips for using them effectively.
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial - Introduction to the internet, searching, recommended search strategies using both search engines and subject directories, tables comparing tools, glossary, detailed searching instructions, and links to collections of gateway sites.
Finding It Online: Web Search Strategies - A free interactive tutorial on using search engines, subject directories, and specialty databases to find information on the Internet fast and effectively.
Finding Quality Information on the World Wide Web - Includes web review sites, internet catalogs, tips for finding subject "megasites" using search engines, mailing list directories, and general overview of effective strategies.
Get Search Results via Email - The web has a number of robots that can return search results to your email address.
Google Search Tips - Find out what makes Google different from other search engines, from the way it handles basic queries to the special features that make it great.
How Stuff Works: Internet Search Engines - Enlightening, beneficial impartial tutorial about Internet search engines and how they really work, with many related links.
iNet Investigation - Learn how to conduct your own people search and background checks.
Information Research FAQ - How to find information on the Internet and beyond. Covers theory in great detail.
Inspector Find's Guide to Search Engine Tutorials - A directory of links to search engine tutorials from the top ranked search engines, and to articles from the professionals of how to get higher search engine rankings.
Internet Search Tools - Links to the main Internet Search Tools with a strong UK bias. Includes tips and advice on searching.
Internet Searching Techniques - Professor Jan Jacobson's searching tutorial. Includes a visual explanation of Boolean phrases, and advanced tricks like truncation, proximity and field searching. Mostly describes AltaVista specific techniques.
Internet Tutorials by Laura Cohen - Instructional guides on the Internet for the academic and research community - with search syntax & techniques for 18 top engines, plus how Boolean searching works
Introduction to Search Engines - An introduction, review, and comparison of the major search engines, from the Kansas City Public Library.
KidsClick! Worlds of Web Searching - Learn web searching skills in fun ways. Specifically aimed at children.
Lookoff.com - Advanced Searching Tutorial - In depth, well-written tutorial. Comprehensive tips on specific searching (i.e. reference, finding people) of dozens of categories can be found within the "Surf Guide".
Michael's Internet Finding Tips - Learn the basics behind what search engines can do for you. General information on searching the web
net.tutor - Free interactive tutorials help you search the Web effectively, evaluate information and incorporate it into research projects.
Netoholic Advanced Searching Tips - An overview of what the popular search engines can and can not.
On Magazine.com: Beginner Search Tips - A handful of steps to take to assist searching.
On Magazine.com: Search Smarter - Finding information on the Web is easier than some think. Here are websites that will help.
Pandia Goalgetter - In depth tutorial - part of a huge site on all things search engine. Very worth while.
Power Search Challenge - Examples of two academic research questions that were solved through careful narrowing of search strings in AltaVista. Demonstrates how to use quotation marks for phrases, wildcards, exclusion/inclusion, and domain restriction.
Research Tips - Collection of search resources and tips for college students, including Boolean, copyright and citing sources
Search Clues - Guide to the search engines. Archives of a weekly newsletter of search tips.
Search engine info for webmasters - Offers what you should know about Internet search engines and directories.
Search Engine Showdown - Detailed analysis of Internet search engines, their features, databases, and strategies. Learn advanced searching secrets and more.
Search Engine Terms - A multi-lingual glossary of search engine terms as suggested by members of the I-Search Digest.
Search Engine Watch - Devoted to how search engines work, search engine news and information, tips on using and submitting to search engines.
Search Tips from the Internet Coach - An all-purpose site that offers search tips, links to major search engines, news about searching and a q&a on searching with the Internet Coach.
Searching the World Wide Web: a basic Tutorial - Tutorial created by two librarians at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, developed for their novice college students.
Searching: Internet Scouring Techniques That Go Beyond The Basics - Ways to make an internet search more effective. Article from Smart Computing magazine.
SearchIQ - Search engine reviews, tutorials and a directory of specialty search engines.
Self-Study Web Search Course - A few hours' guided searching of AltaVista, Yahoo, Open Directory, other search engines, directories and metasearch tools. Download free sample tutorial. Course costs $US12-34.
Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques - A tutorial/reference on Web searching tools and techniques with many links to search engines and a short search engine feature list and comparison.
Texas Information Literacty Tutorial - TILT is a Web-based, educational site focusing on fundamental research skills.
The Art of Getting Help - This article addresses how students can get answers to questions in an effective manner by using online, printed, and human resources.
The Compleat Internet Researcher: Advanced Strategies and Techniques - Text from a Summer 1997 workshop. Much of the commentary provided is still relevant today, but some of the links no longer work.
The Mother of all Search Engine Reference Books - A free e-book in pdf format that lists search engines and search engine resources.
The Spiders Apprentice - An look at search engine strategies for web site designers and surfers alike.
The Spire Project - Information research, internet searching, tools and guidance on how to find information.
The Web Robots Pages - FAQs about Web robots (which search engines use to index web pages), information on how to direct robots that visit your Web site, a database of currently known robots, an archived mailing list, background reading, and related sites.
Uneven Internet Search Engine Help - Shows how search engines work, search engine advice, information, tips, and other search engine articles
Using the Internet for Research - Part of an online guidebook about using the Internet. Includes all stages of planning, executing and reviewing/evaluating a search.
Web Search - Well written, in-depth guides on dozens of search categories, with the latest news and much more. This is a huge site. From About.com.
Web Search Tutorial - A basic tutorial for improving your Web search skills
Web Searching - Written by Internet Public Library staff and volunteers. Covers the essentials of searching for information via the internet.
Web Searchlores - Offers advanced searching strategies such as designing your own searchbots.
WebSerch - The Web Research Resource - Explains how to evaluate various search resources, with general tips on how to search