Welcome to Internet Search Tips!

Recommended Search Engines
Full text of billions of web pages. All have AND default & accept " " to make phrases.

Google Search Tips:
For Boolean OR, capitalize OR, no ( )
Ex:  ucb OR cal
Use * as wildcard for unspecified words in phrase searches
Ex: "whatever  *  *  *  jane"
Quotes or + before words searches common or stop words.
Ex: "to be or not to be"    +the bears

Ask.com Search Tips:
For Boolean OR, capitalize OR, no ( ).
Ex:  ucb OR cal
Quotes or + before words searches common or stop words.
Ex: +to +be +or  not +to +be +the bears

Yahoo! Search Tips:
For Boolean OR, AND, AND NOT, capitalize these words. Accepts ( ).
Ex:  libraries AND (ucb OR cal) AND NOT bears

Recommended Directories
Selected and evaluated sites organized by subject

	Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII) Help searching LII
16,000+ carefully selected and extensively annotated sites of use in academic research and for many general inquires. ALL Subject Title Description

LII Search Tips:

Use broad search terms. Can be searched through Vivisimo.

* truncates. Accepts AND (default), OR, and NOT.

Infomine
Help searching Infomine

125,000+ well annotated and cataloged sites for academic research. Search all subject categories at once, or select one from list to focus in.

Infomine Search Tips:
Accepts AND (default), OR and parentheses ( ) in Boolean searches.
# truncates.

Academic Info
College and research level Internet resources.

Academic Info Search Tips:
Browse list of all subjects covered. Recommended approach.
To search, use "and" between terms (default is "or"). Click on likely category, and use CTRl+F to locate your terms.

	About.com Help searching About.com
About 1 million sites, selected and evaluated by "guides." Evaluate their credentials as experts in their field.

About.com Search Tips:

Use broad or specific search terms.

Follow "More from..." links in for more pages in a subject category.

Online Tutorial and other Help
Online tutorial and links to more directories of all kinds