Welcome

This site is the companion to the Pauline Haass Public Library Internet Search Engines workshops. The workshops are free and open to all residents of Waukesha County. They are funded by the library's foundation, Citizens for the Pauline Haass Library.

Mark Beatty and Tom Zillner from Wisconsin InterLibrary Services (WILS) will be presenting the workshops. WILS is a consortia of libraries in Wisconsin established to help libraries share resources to better serve their patrons.

Workshop Contents

We've divided the workshop into seven sections. Each section is short and easily learned. All seven combined should serve as a good introduction to the world of Internet Search Engines. We start with background information on Search Engines, how to generally use them, and resources for detailed information on Search Engines. Then we'll explore practical approaches for using 6 of the most popular and highly regarded Search Engines on the Internet. Click on the links to see the lesson for each one:

1. Using Search Engines
2. Yahoo
3. AltaVista
4. HotBot
5. Infoseek
6. Excite
7. MetaCrawler

Questions and Help

You can email us at any time and we'll be happy to do what we can to make your Internet experience fun and useful.

Mark Beatty, WILS, mbeatty@wils.wisc.edu

Tom Zillner, WILS, tzillner@wils.wisc.edu