This document provides tips and strategies for effective web searching. It discusses different types of search tools like search engines, metasearch engines, and library portals. It outlines best practices for developing search strategies, evaluating results, and identifying misinformation online. Key evaluation criteria for assessing the accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage of websites are also presented.

1. Searching the Web Tricks and Treats? Presented by Katherine Nuss & Cassandra Shieh Catholic News Service Library & Information Services

4. How do we find relevant information on the Web?

6. Search Engines

7. Metasearch Engines

8. Web Subject Directories

11. Devise Search Strategy DEFINE YOUR QUESTION SELECT INFORMATION SOURCE FORMULATE QUERY PERFORM SEARCH RECORD RESULTS & STRATEGY EVALUATE RESULTS

25. QUESTIONS? Contact us at CNS: Katherine Nuss Cassandra Shieh [email_address] 202-541-3286/3254

27. Presentation Bibliography Notess, Greg R. Search Engine Showdown: The Users’ Guide to Web Searching. [Accessed 5/20/04 from: http:// www.searchengineshowdown.com ] “ Pandia’s 17 Recommendations for Net Searching.” Pandia’s Internet Search Tutorial, [Accessed 5/20/04 from: http:// www.pandia.com/goalgetter/recommendations.html ] Sherman, Chris and Gary Price. The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can’t See . Information Today, 2001. [ http://www.invisible-web.net ] Sullivan, Danny (editor) and Chris Sherman (associate editor). Search Engine Watch . [Accessed 5/20/04 from: http:// www.searchenginewatch.com ]