1.There are number of search engines examples of popular search engines are : google, yahoo, bing ,ask .
Choose appropriate search engine for the job.
Different search engines come with different results. You can use more than one and see results.
2.Make a note of any useful websites you find.
3.Search engine will bring the web pages containing the key words that you have entered. The list usually containing a short description of the site, the site URL etc.
There are number of web browsers that can be used to access the information on the internet. Examples of few prominent browsers are Microsoft internet explorer, Mozilla Firefox, google chrome. These browsers come with different add ons which allows user to see more such as graphics photographs and multimedia. Ex:windows media player, real player etc.
4.When you are browsing the web, you can open a link in a new browser window. You can open two or more browser windows at the same time.
You can browse a page while the other is still being downloaded. This saves a lot of your online time.
Depending on the browser right click then select open link in a new tab. Or open link in new window.
5.For technical topics you can use popular websites www. howstuffworks.com
You can use reference Wikipedia –the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org.
You will find wiipedia as reference resource in the listed sites. This generally have an introduction and a table of content. One can go through subheadings to find information one is looking for quickly.
6. Look at the first few sites listed and see if there is anything relevant. If there is not start using more specific key words that will limit the number of websites you retrieve.
7. Try out different key words new combinations of words and different search tools to find the information you need. Donot use general words make it more specific or as precise as possible. Use most important key words first.
Click on advanced search to refine your search and achieve better results. Make your selections by clicking on options button to see the options in the drop down menu and then clicking on your preferences. (you will find advance search at bottom of the first page of a search,at the top of first page in yahoo search )
You can use double inverted commas to instruct the search engine to search for pages with exact occurrence.
Use logical operators like OR, NOT or AND to make the search more specific.
8.Use back button on the top of the tool bar to navigate back to pages you have recently visited.
9. Book marks or favorites is a timesaving feature of browsers that allow you to save the URLs of your favorite websites or web pages you visit frequently. You can use keyboard shortcut Ctrl+D to book mark a page
And organize book marks by ctrl+shift+B
Browser plug ins add on
10.Searching information less known or on a particular subject or a place. Ex searching property in Orissa using websites well known in india and using websites popular in Orissa. www. Gharabari.com for property search in Orissa and www.magic bricks .com for property in India. For such type of information use some guess of keyword so that you get the website you need and donot miss information which will be of maximum help to you.
11. search google with an image instead of text paste the image URL or upload an image to the search box
