University of California
Uc Berkeley: Recommended Search Strategy
The University of California provides a chart presenting a recommended 5-step search strategy.
Other
Syracuse University of Information Studies: Scott Nicholson
Scott Nicholson helps you find the most appropriate Internet reference tool for your search through an orientation, tutorial and frequently asked questions section. Hyper-links, advice and tips assist in the selection process.
Information Fluency
Imsa 21 Cif Portal: Imsa Internet Search Wizard
The first step in information fluency is locating Web resources. Use this Internet Search Wizard to effectively retrieve educational Internet content by using advanced search strategies. This tool prompts the user for keywords which are...
Information Fluency
Imsa 21 Cif Portal: Search Challenges
Sharpen your skills with these Search Challenges. Test your strategies and tactics as you attempt to solve puzzling Internet research problems efficiently and effectively. Choose from multi-leveled games that feature various themes...
Google
Google: Understanding Search Engines: Keys to Search City
A presentation from Google on how the Google search engine works and how to structure a search query. For more advanced users.
REMC Association of Michigan
Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 9. Search Strategies
In this learning module, students learn how to: use Michigan eLibrary, boolean logic, and dictionary.com; use search engines; choose reputable websites; cite sources; and differentiate between real and fake information. Includes an...
Other
Seo Click: How to Apply Advanced Search Techniques in Google 2020
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Google's Advanced Search tool to look for web pages, images, and videos. You will also learn about advanced search operator and shortcuts you can use.
Other
Ahrefs: Google Search Operators: The Complete List (42 Advanced Operators)
This resource explains how to use 42 advanced search techniques with Google. The author directs this at people trying to increase traffic to their websites through Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The skills it teaches would be helpful...
Media Smarts
Media Smarts: Stay on the Path Lesson One: Searching for Treasure
This four-lesson unit on search skills and critical thinking teaches students how to target and specify their online searches to avoid unwanted results, how to judge whether a link, search result, or website is legitimate or phony and...
Other
University of Exeter: Search Techniques: Planning Your Search Strategy
A collection of excellent resources to help you develop effective online search techniques.
Other
University of Leeds: Literature Searching Explained: Develop a Search Strategy
Learn how to create a search strategy when doing research. This resource explains how to choose search terms and keywords, about using truncated and wildcard searches, how to use Boolean logic, and how to search for citations. Includes...
Curated OER
Google for Education: Children and Technology: Web Search Simulation
In this presentation show how fast web search is implemented. Create sample web pages, then have crawlers collect these pages, sorters sort them, and searchers retrieve the information.
Other
Spider's Apprentice: Helpful Guide to Web Search Engines
A site that gives tips on web searching, tells how search engines work, and gives analysis on the most popular search engines.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Strategic Searching: Grades 6 8
Learners learn that to conduct effective and efficient online searches, they must use a variety of searching strategies rather than relying on a single source. Students learn a five-step method for planning and carrying out an online...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Using Keywords (K 2)
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students understand that keyword searching is an effective way to locate information on the Internet. They learn how to select keywords to produce the best search results to meet their goals. Then they...
Information Fluency
Imsa 21 Cif Portal: Searching for Non Html Formats?
Micro-Module provides instruction on searching documents in non-HTML formats. Find out about specilized search engines for alternate file formats. Also contains godd charts summarizing file extensions of alternate formats. Following the...
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Internet Explorer
In this tutorial, learn how to use Internet Explorer as your web browser.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Safari
Learn all about browsing, customizing, and bookmarking in Safari, as well as personalizing your privacy and security settings.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Search Better
In this tutorial, learn tips and tricks for getting the most out of conducting research online.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Using the Web
The World Wide Web is a great place to find more information about a topic. But there are a lot of sites out there - some are good and some are not so good. Here are some steps to help students use the Web to do research.
Other
The Digital Scoop: Kindergarten Kids Love Zoo Borns!
In this lesson, the teacher gives each child an animal name and has them find it on the ZooBorns website. They then choose an animal they like and search for that.
Other
Brookfield High School: Lesnansky's Control Center: Cool Google Tricks
In this lesson plan, young scholars will read an article that defines ways to improve the Google Search process to get better, more accurate results, and then write a short essay defining what new skills have been learned. The article...
Other
University of Exeter: Search Techniques: Combining Search Terms
This resource explains how to use the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT to broaden or narrow a web search.