Why Use Web Sites for Research?

Web sites can be very useful sources of information. Use Web sites for

• background information
• current information
• images or multimedia information
• information from special interest groups, associations and local and national organizations
• international information
• popular information
• statistics

How To Search in Search Engines

When you use a search engine it seems like you are directly searching the whole Web, but that's not really what happens. You are really searching a database or index of URL links. You can only find links to sites that are included in the search engine's index. These links may have been collected by a program called a "Web crawler" or by a human evaluator.

The Best Search Engines UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops

Internet search engines are used to find all types of information and media on the Internet. Search engines provide lists of Web sites. Each engine searches differently and finds different information. No search engine will search the entire Internet. Use several engines if you are doing research.