Course Outline

• The web - how much can you see?
• How search engines work
• Search tools
• Search engines

Specialised tools

Meta engines

Other tools

• The deep web
• Searching on the web

Planning your search

Search instructions

Narrowing the search

• Evaluating the results
• Bringing the web to you

RSS feeds

Online aggregator tools

Other alerts

• Working with others

Course Objectives

Objectives
To enable participants to:

• find relevant information on the web, quickly and efficiently;
• assess the information they find on the web;
• make use of different search tools and methods.

Target Audience / Entry Requirements

Anyone who needs to find information on the web in their day-to-day work.