Must read:

Internet Detective http://www.sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html EVALUATING INTERNET RESOURCES from Virginia Tech University Libraries http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/lib/Netiquette/evaluating.html Our online tutorials: How to Search the World Wide Web: An Introduction http://www.studentwebmaster.com/resources/searchtheweb.html Powersearching the World Wide Web http://www.studentwebmaster.com/resources/powersearch.html

Nice to read:

Conducting Research on the Internet from the State University of New York at Albany http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/research.html A great guide to research on the Internet; also see their: How to Choose a Search Engine or Research Database http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/choose.html Second Generation Searching on the Web http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/second.html Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites and Search Techniques http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/search.html Finding Information on the Net: A TUTORIAL from the University of California, Berkeley http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques from Okanagan University College, British Columbia http://www.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm An informative article with lots of links to other references. PC Labs Reviews: Web Portals http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/webportals/index.html All the portals reviewed and compared

Resource Lists:

Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources from Virginia Tech University Libraries http://www.lib.vt.edu/research/libinst/evalbiblio.html Search Engine Showdown http://www.notess.com/search/ Traffick: the Guide to Portals http://www.portalhub.com/ PCWebopedia: search engine http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/s/search_engine.html About.com > Internet/Online > Web Search http://websearch.about.com/ Yahoo: Computers and Internet > Internet > World Wide Web > Searching the Web http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/ World_Wide_Web/Searching_the_Web/ Yahoo: Computers and Internet > Internet > World Wide Web > Searching the Web > How to Search the Web http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Inter0net/Internet/ World_Wide_Web/Searching_the_Web/How_to_Search _the_Web/