"I originally posted this on Saturday afternoon which is typically the time when the fewest people are reading this blog. Since Saturday, I made a couple of slight changes. While working with some of my colleagues in a workshop earlier this week, I was reminded that a lot of people aren't familiar with tools and strategies for refining Internet search results. In response to that experience, I sat down this morning and created this short guide to 15 tools and strategies for helping your students (and your colleagues) improve their Internet search results. I've embedded the guide below in two different forms which you can download for free."

"Earlier this month Google hosted a webinar on teaching web search techniques. If you weren't able to participate in the webinar, you can now watch the whole webinar in this video of the event. The lesson plans and resources mentioned in the webinar can be found here. The video is embedded below."

YouTube - Making of Twitter Search in Plain English - Time Lapse

The directory of Google Custom Search Engines (CSE). We have hundreds of links to Google CSE web sites in all areas of interest. Find search engines that are very specific to your topic for better search results.

Internet Detective activity.

This pathfinder offers strategies and resources for finding half-remembered children's books; books you enjoyed reading, but cannot recall the author or title. There are many elements (besides author or title) that you can use to find an entry about the book in an index, review, encyclopedia or bibliography. The first step is to clarify everything you do remember about the book. Think of the process as filing a missing person report. There are many other "features" of your half-remembered book besides its name that you can use to describe it. This guide will cover using of one or more of the elements listed below to search for a book in both print and online resources, and conclude with information on two subtopics: "Professional Associations and Organizations" and "Finding Out of Print Books."