It's that time of year again when kids of all ages go back to school. I've compiled a list of some of the more helpful articles I've written here at About Web Search that will help you go back to school ahead of the class.
Fiction and reality are not the same thing, but on the Web, it’s getting increasingly hard to tell the difference. Find out how to evaluate a Web source before you cite it in an academic or research project.
Answers.com is an innovative way to find answers on the Web, without searching for them. Instead of going to your favorite search engine and typing in a query, then sorting through various links to find the answer that you are looking for, Answers.com "displays quick, snapshot answers with concise, reliable information."
Here are the top Google Shortcuts that any savvy Googler should have under his or her belt. You'll find that using these Google Search Shortcuts will greatly cut down on your Google search time, as well as make your Google searches more effective and more efficient.
Whether you're looking for the average rainfall in the Amazon rainforest, researching Roman history, or just having fun learning to find information, you'll get some great help using my list of the best research and reference sites on the Web.
Searching the Web can be overwhelming to Web search beginners who don't know where to start, what's the best stuff to look at, or even how to navigate the Web successfully. There are a few very popular activities that most people use the Web for, and pretty soon, you'll be surfing with the best of them.
There are a ton of sites that offer free eBooks on the Web. Here are a few sites where you can find free downloadable eBooks.
Pick the best search engine for your searching needs with Search Engines 101, a great way to explore more of your search topic, try a new search engine, and search more of the Web.
Need to calculate something? You'll find pretty much any kind of calculator you could possibly need on the Web.
The term "invisible web" mainly refers to the vast repository of information that search engines and directories don't have direct access to, like databases. Unlike pages on the visible Web (that is, the Web that you can access from search engines and directories), information in databases is generally inaccessible to the software spiders and crawlers that create search engine indexes.
It's easy to find definitions of words using search engines or dictionary-specific sites.
