Mr. Beitz' Top 10 Rules for Searching the Internet
1. Always search for your information using my pre-screened websites when available. Use the Hotlist!
2. Search for sources of information not just for specific content. This will help you find more useful information later.
3. If you fail to find the information you are looking for using the Hotlist, use one of the two best known hybrid sites: Google or Yahoo.
4. Remember that the order of your words in your search will affect your search results.
5. Use keywords that have a direct connection with the content for which you are searching. Remember that common words like how, or, the, and why are not used as part of your search.
6. Be as specific as you can in your description for what you are looking for, more often than not you will find it.
7. Use the + and – symbols effectively...specifically use the + symbol when you want to include specific information in your search in conjunction with other content and use the – symbol when you only want certain content with other specific information left out of the search.
8. Use quotation marks when you want to search for an exact phrase match.
9. Once in a site that contains the information you are looking for, look for a search this site window or link to search for your specific content within that site only.
10. If at first you don’t succeed, try and try and try again. Don't give up and be prepared to utilize more than 1 search engine.
Give one of these search engines a try!
GOOGLE 
Google.com
The world's most popular search engine offering e-mail, news, maps and much more.
YAHOO 
Yahoo.com
One of the oldest and most established directories, also one of the top 3 search engines, offering local news, maps, yellow pages and more.
LYCOS 
Lycos.com
Search engine and web portal centered around broadband entertainment content, offering image and video search capability.
DOGPILE 
Dogpile.com
A metasearch engine that fetches results from Google, Yahoo!, Live Search, Ask.com, About.com, MIVA, LookSmart, and several other popular search engines.
WINDOWS LIVE 
Msn.com
Search engine provided by the Microsoft Corporation found on the MSN homepage, currently the fourth most used web search engine.