Search tutorials

• Learn the Web yourself -- Read JNet's columns
• Web search engine tutorials
• Search engine watch
• Journalism resources

Search Engine Tutorials:

The best:

• "Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques"     With a section called "Search Tips", updated reviews of search engines, new exercises, and an updated bibliography.
• Andy Riga's Internet Lessons      A journalist from the Montreal Gazette newspaper has put up an excellent internet primer which takes you through the basics of using and searching the net. Use it and learn!
• Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial     The Teaching Library of the University of California, Berkeley makes the content of its Internet Workshops freely available to the public via this site. Includes a glossary of terms, how to create search strategies, and how to refine your topic and identify the search tools to fit your needs.
• Search Engine Watch's Tutorials    Easy guide to tutorials
• Search Engine Watch's Tips

The rest:

• Magazine Articles on Search Engines   From MagPortal.com
• Pandia Search Central Q-cards with tips
• Traffick
• SearchIQ  Search engine reviews, tutorials
• About.com Web Search Guide
• Librarians Guide to Search Engines     Along with an excellent quick guide
• Finding US Government Info     Librarians at the University of California, San Diego have prepared an online interactive tutorial
• Critical-thinking
• Evaluation of Information Sources
• Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources
• Internet Tutorials--University of Albany Libraries        Laura Cohen, a network librarian at the University of Albany, maintains this effective collection of beginners' tutorials for Internet users. Under the five major categories of Basic Internet, Research Guides, Search Engines, Netscape, and Software Training
• Scott's List and Tutorial     A helpful list of engines and a tutorial
• Canadian Internet Handbook    The popular book with plenty of tips and explanations, especially good for beginners.
• ForeFront's free e-mail courses         Helping Internet users become more productive
• Usenet questions Learn all the basics of Usenet newsgroups
• Microsoft internet tips - Customize Links Bar
  

Journalism Resources

• Launch Pad for Journalists          Great Launchpad by the SPJ
• Internet Newsroom           News and resources for journalists
• Internet News Bureau An electronic clearinghouse for press releases
• NewsPlace for News and Sources
• Finding US Govt Info             Librarians at the University of California, San Diego have prepared an online interactive tutorial.
• Dummies Daily             Subscribe to any of six electronic newsletters (Microsoft Word and Excel, Quicken, The Internet, Web After Five, and Computing Basics), and recieve a quick, simple tip every business day.
• Fought's Journalism List         Barbara Fought's excellent resource list
• Needle in a Cyberstack              Several interlinked pages including Business and Career Tools, the best of curriculum, research, reference, exploring, what's cool, fun, Cybrarian's Favorites, etc.
• Scoop
• Journalism Newsgroups         A list of journalism discussion groups
• PointCom             Daily links to hot stories on the Net
• Reporter's Internet Guide          A regularly-updated set of html links to Internet resources organized by beat. Once downloaded, it runs on your local computer
• Internet Journalism Resources
• PowerReporting.com    Tutorial on Web searching,  Alert! a sampler of e-mail alert services, plus  Bookmarks for journalists
• The Journalist's Toolbox
• Mary McGuire's Internet handbook at www.guilford.com/writernet/
• http://www.freelancia.com  "Parce que nous travaillons autrement"