Internet Research with Google Advanced Search

Introduction

If you have been frustrated with time consuming and fruitless searches on the Internet, or otherwise need an introduction to conducting effective research on the Internet, this tutorial is aimed at you. It is a basic guide to efficiently and effectively searching the Internet for freely available quality information for academic purposes, with specific reference to the Google Advanced Search engine.

At various points in the tutorial you are invited to use the "Try it out" links as a way of applying or testing what you have just learned. Suggested answers can be found by clicking on the accompanying "How did you go?" link. Note that the results we found are provided as an indication only. As new sites and pages are continually being created it is likely that your result sets will be greater than ours were.

If you have questions or feedback as a result of using this tutorial, or need feedback about your searching, feel free to e-mail me, David Horne

Note: Throughout this tutorial links to web addresses outside the library online tutorial will open in a new window. If your screen does not change when you click on a link check the taskbar for a second browser window. Close the new window as you finish reading it.