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WebSavvy 
Research Guide

This guide provides information about Internet research for students in business, journalism, or communications fields.
  1. History of the Internet – How did we get to where we are?
  1. What type of search tools are available?

§         Search engines

§         Subject directories

§         Specialized search engines (news, specific subject, people finders…) 

  1. What is the Invisible Web – why a regular search engine won’t always find what you need?
  1. How can I improve my searching  –  reducing your hits to a manageable number?

§         Identifying search terms/circular research process

§         Advanced searching (Boolean logic, phrases, truncation, adjacency)

§         Limiting  (specific type of file, specific domains)

§         Finding information on a particular page (<CTRL F>)

§         Contact an information expert (a librarian) 

  1. How do I evaluate the web sites that I find?

§         Currency

§         Reliability

§         Purpose

§         Appropriateness 

  1. How do I keep up with the Internet?


  2. Practice exercise

Still looking for more information? 

Try Bare Bones 101:  A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial (E. Chamberlain, University of South Carolina Beaufort)

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Contact:  Sarah Naper, 970-351-1533, sarah.naper@unco.edu
Updated: 3/2/2006
Access this guide online @ http://www.unco.edu/library/guides/websavvy/weblit.