There are many tutorials available online that discuss how to
use web search tools efficiently. Almost every library provides
one. One of the better one is
Bare
Bones 101 by USC-Beaufort Library.
Also, a web designer needs to know how search engines work and how
pages are ranked (see the tutorials at Search Engine Watch)
and how to design for search engines (see the tutorial at
Digital Web Magazine).
- Search engines
- Meta-searches
- Subject Directories
- Specialized Databases
- Search Strategies
- Special operators
- Searching fields