Information Literacy Instructional Program

Information Literacy Learning Guides

Key Concepts                    Finding Web Resources Using Search Engines

• Databases containing indexed and fulltext journals are located via the Web are different than Web pages. These magazines and journals are often the same as the paper edition you purchase in the store.
• Search engines are a 'window' to the information located on the Web.
• When you search the Web - you are not searching all 5 billion pages. You are searching a small subset of the information located on the Web. That is one reason it is beneficial to use more than one search engine when looking for information.

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