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This module covers how to find information on the Web.

When you have completed this section of CSN Searchpath you should be able to:

  • understand the organization of the Internet

  • identify the major types of websites

  • use search engines, metasearch engines and subject directories to search the Web

  • use special tricks to improve your search results

  • interpret and evaluate web search engine results

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Resources for Librarians and Educators, Credits

Original material in CSN Searchpath © 2005 by the Board of Trustees of Nevada System of Higher Education.

Librarians at the College of Southern Nevada adapted this tutorial on an open publication license from the LINKS tutorial © 2003-2004 Lansing Community College. LINKS was based upon Searchpath © 2001-2002 by the Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University which incorporated material from TILT, a tutorial developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office for the University of Texas System Digital Library, © 1998-2002.

This material may be reproduced, distributed, or incorporated only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the CSN Searchpath Open Publication License.