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#960Web Search: Thinking Beyond Google
 
Description:
Go beyond the standard web search tools and learn to search more efficiently; access the invisible web; evaluate websites; use image and non-text search engines; search for scholarly information, news, people, and blogs; and customize your search results.
 
Objectives:
Students will learn:
  • What a search engine does and problems to be aware of when searching
  • Tips for evaluating websites
  • The benefits of using different search engines: the Big 3, top 100, metasearch and visualization search engines
  • How to search for scholarly information, news, people, blogs and images and non-text sources
  • General search strategies and methods for tapping the invisible web, the vast range of sources not covered by standard search engines
Benefits:
  • To support faster and more effective web searching
Who should attend:
NIH staff interested in better web searching. If you would like individualized or advanced training, please use the Request a Tutorial form (https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090825042603/http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/RequestTutorial.htm). to schedule a personal or group tutorial.
 
Instructor(s):
NIH Library Staff
 
Time Required:
2 hours
 
Sections Available:
-- Concluded -- 960A-09S April 21 10:00 - 12:00 NIH Library Training Room (Building 10) - First Floor
-- Concluded -- 960B-09S May 21 10:00 - 12:00 NIH Library Training Room (Building 10) - First Floor
-- Concluded -- 960C-09S June 25 10:00 - 12:00 NIH Library Training Room (Building 10) - First Floor
-- Concluded -- 960D-09S August 18 1:30 - 3:30 NIH Library Training Room (Building 10) - First Floor
 
NOTE: Although this course has already taken place, we'll put you on a waiting list for the next available session.
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