Finding Information on the Internet

How do I find information on the Internet?

Useful starting points
- Electronic Resources
- Online Subject Guides

Finding information on the internet is easy - finding useful information is often harder! The Library has a number of pages designed to help make finding information on the internet easier. This page is designed to provide a starting point for general internet searching.

Searching the Internet: Online Internet Research Guide

Our online Internet Research Guide provides an excellent introduction to searching the internet. It covers various aspects of finding information on the internet including

Selecting a search engine
An introduction to three search engines and links to many other Internet Navigation Tools.
Introduction to finding Information
Surfing, using hierarchical or subject-oriented guides and utilising search engines.
Advanced searching techniques
Is your search returning too much, too little or irrelevant results? Try here!
Evaluating Internet resources
Use this information to help overcome the unreliable nature of the web!

Please direct all comments to author,
Tony Nicholson,
Network Librarian
Flinders University Library.