Alan,
Try Academic Info: The Reference Desk http://www.academicinfo.net/ref.html
and look under Internet.
You will find a listing of online tutorials created by university librarians
on using the Internet.
Good luck,
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 11:02 AM
Subject: [SeeknFind] Real Nice Place/Searches
> Hi All,
>
> I've got to jump in and say something here. I've really enjoyed
> reading the 'plaintiff' cries for help here and actually
> employed some of the responses to my own benefit. The most
> recent example of this was the 'free anti-virus software'
> thread. A friend of mine just went online 2 days ago with an old
> computer so I just '"forward"ed the responses to her. She has no
> anti-v software yet.
>
> I personally don't have too difficult a time finding what I need
> on the Internet, so I mostly just 'lurk' here and when a
> question kind of 'peaks my interest', I just wait to see the
> responses. AND I frequently file the responses for future
> reference if it's not a "hot item" for me at the moment. Why do
> a "search" myself if someone else already has?
>
> This is definitely a nice place.
>
> It seems to me that people seem to ask for help here for one of
> 2 reasons. They either (1) don't have the time to do a search
> themselves or (2) they don't have (or feel they have) the
> 'skills' necessary to do a competent 'search'. Both reasons are
> absolutely, perfectly valid and understandable.
>
> For the benefit of those who would like to 'improve' their
> "search" skills, is there any good "search" tutorials on the
> Internet suitable for "newbies"? those who feel adequate, but
> would like to better their skills?
>
> Real quickly, doing a search on "search" I got:
> http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/search.html
> and
> http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/syntax.html
>
> But these sites may be "a bit much" for a 'newbie'.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> In Health,
>
> Alan Guy "Your Weightloss Specialist"
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