Learning Objectives:

To know how to access the variety of "value-added" features provided by search engines and other internet search tools.
To be able to use these features such as people finders, maps, translators, image archives, stock information, directories, toolbars, link analysis, dictionaries, etc.
To have fun.
To be full from eating  pastries.

I.  Introduction

II. Exploration of various search tools

    A. Google   http://www.google.com

        "I'm feeling lucky"
        image archive
        news search
        cached links
        dictionary search
        catalog search
        interface language preference
        file type

    B. AltaVista http://www.altavista.com
        yellow pages
        translator
        maps
        people finder
        breaking news
        image, audio and video search

    C. Yahoo  http://www.yahoo.com
        finance and stock lookup
        weather
        travel
        greeting cards
        daily horoscope
        online games

    D. Looksmart http://looksmart.com
         Find an article (http://www.findarticles.com)

    E. Dogpile  http://www.dogpile.com
        reverse telephone lookup
        international directories

    F. Link to Search Engine Watch for current information about search tools and their features.
        http://www.searchenginewatch.com

III. Hands on exploration

IV. Evaluation

Created for CLRCNet workshop at the Mid-York Library System by Beverly Choltco-Devlin. June 2002.  Funding for the training is provided in part by a Federal LSTA grant.