1. Using the URL (website address): If you know the address, simply type in the exact address into the location box, press return.
2. Clicking on Links: You can click on links which will take you to other websites with more links leading to other website, etc. This is a great way to surf the net, but not very efficient at finding exactly what you want.
3. Search Engines: Use search engines to type in a query to find specific sites on specific information. Use the techniques below. Search engines are websites that do searches for you.

Web addresses are called URL's or Universal Resource Locator.

Using the various search techniques below can narrow down your searches and help you find exactly what you are looking for. As you use search engines such as Google, Alta Vista, Yahoo, Excite, etc., try some of these techniques. (Remember, fewer more focused searches are generally better than more hits) Not all of these techniques work with all search engines. Google is the best search engine to use.

Include and Exclude (+ and -) The first basic tool is the use of the (+ and -) to include or exclude words. For example, if you want to find a list a passengers on the Titanic, not stuff about the movie and Leo, try typing the following into the query box and searching; (no spaces between the + and the word) +Titanic -movie +passenger list

Upper and Lower Case (Google is not case sensitive): Most search engines pay attention to capitalization. If the word is a name and is supposed to be capitalized,then capitalize it in your search. If not, use lower case letters. Titanic mushrooms

Use the Wildcard (*): You need to be careful when using word in plural. The * wildcard will stand for the letter "s." For example, if you typed in +frogs, you would miss all those sites that just had the singular word "frog" on them. In general, never search the plural of the word, use the * and get both forms. +frog*

Use "Quotes" for Phrases: If you type a sequence of words in a query,the search engine will look for sites that contain any of those words. If you want to words to hang together as phrase, you need to put the phrase in "quotes." Charger Football "Charger Football"

Use the Image: Tag to Look for Pictures: Looking for a picture of something? You can search for images or pictures that have been named by typing the word Image: in front of your query. Image:frog

Use the Title: Tag to Focus your Search: A normal simple search will find a word anywhere on a web page. To locate pages that are primarily about one thing, look for pages that have that thing in their title. To do this, type Title: before your query (no space). The result is much more tightly focused. mushroom* Title:mushroom* Or use the Google Image tab

Use the Link: Tag to Find Pages Linked to Other Pages: Suppose you have found the perfect site about Dalmatian dogs. It might be useful to look at other sites that were interested enough in Dalmatians to have put in a reference to them. If you put all or part of the URL of the page after the word "Link:", you will get a list of sites that are linked to the one you found useful. link:padres.com

adapted from edtech

Google	Yahoo	Excite
MetaCrawler	Go	HotBot
Dogpile	Lycos A2Z	Yahoolagans
Alta Vista	iwon	Magellan

Once you find a website you are interested in, you can bookmark it so that you can come back to it anytime by, pulling down the "Bookmark" menu and choosing "Add Bookmark." Next time you want to go to that site, pull down the "Bookmark" menu and choose your book marked site.

You can download pictures and graphics off the Internet. However, you need to get permission to use the graphic due to copyright laws. To Download graphics;

1. Click and hold on the graphic you want to download.
2. Choose; "Save this Image As"
3. Save the image on your desktop or in a folder of choice
4. Then you can import the picture into what ever document you choose. See importing graphics.

Finding Graphics/pictures/images:

By Using Google, you can easily find pictures and images on the internet. Click on the "Images" tab at the top, then type in what picture you are looking for and click on "Google Search." You will see thumbnails of images.