The document provides tips for effectively searching the internet including using keywords, search engines, subject directories, and evaluating websites. It discusses using Boolean operators like AND, OR and NOT to refine searches. Search engines index websites using spiders to find information while subject directories are organized by people. The document emphasizes evaluating sources for accuracy, currency, and relevance before using the information found online.

1. Preparing To Search The Internet Search Effectively, Search Efficiently, Search Strategically!

2. Surfing is not searching.

4. “ Not all the information that exists in the world is on the Internet-- Not all the information that is on the Internet is accurate.”

5. An hour on the Web may not answer a question that you could find within two minutes of picking up a reference book.

18. Instead of looking through the categories in a search directory, you can put in your terms in their search bar, but it will only look through the sites that have been included within that directory—not the entire web, unless indicated.

24. Before you start using the information-- EVALUATE!

26. You leave “electronic footprints” wherever you go on the web.