Well, the secret is out. I love information and I like having control over information. I want to be able to learn what I want when I want. I don’t think there is any merit in memorizing useless facts, so I rely on the internet and various sources of electronic information to always be there for easy access.
In order to access useful information online I have learned that the following are important:
Purpose: Have a focus in mind
Use appropriate search databases: Google is not always the answer.
Search skills: Know how to write search terms and change them based on results.
Analyze information: Know what information is useful and useless.
The following websites help me get the information that I want.
- How to evaluate a website
- Search multiple search engines at once
- Retrieve archived information from the internet. Including web pages that have been taken down but you still want to visit.
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