quantity of info and how to deal with it how to effectively browse look for recommendations (newspapers, magazines) links to web sites search engines how to remember what we have found -- bookmarks what are we searching for? Info on the web, books, newspaper archives, best air fares, stocks, people search engines indices/directories (card catalogs) keyword search tools (online library catalogs) let's look at one search engine/portal www.yahoo.comwww.yahoo.com maps, people search, travel (airline tickets) indices/directories/channels News and Media Newspapers/SF Chronicle/SJ Mercury SC Sentinel (by region) Foreign countries Business and economy finance and investment brokerages/ full service, discount, internet trading magazines mutual funds Recreation/travel Destination guides Seniors/airline programs Regional US states California/cities/Santa Cruz yellow pages/movies/beyond 95060 Searching -- things to keep in mind when searching think through what you are searching for -- choose the best words what you get back is not always relevant -- try more than one search tool use quotes -- "santa cruz" case sensitivity lowercase gets upper and lower case upper case gets only upper case wild cards get everything that begins with soc* (e.g., sociology, soccer, etc.) Other search engines altavista, excite, lycos, google, netscape, dogpie see cruzio web page and Internet class home page keyword searches -- some examples san francisco chronicle Santa Cruz Public Library california state senate greeting cards 26 categories 1438 sites "greeting cards" 7 633 birthday "greeting cards" 1 22 "greeting cards" Alta Vista 2,083,880 don't use the "search" button exercise: search for a place you would like to visit search for a favorite hobby search for the Louvre