Finding Information on the Web.ppt

Finding Information on the Web Eric Marler, M.A., M.D., C.M., Dip Med, F.A.C.P., Consultant World Wide Web Subject Guides (2) Search Tools (1) Search Tools (2) Conclusions * The World Wide Web enables nearly instantaneous access to information from nearly everywhere in the world. WWW Virtual Library Subject Guides (1) Subject Guides are often complemented by keyword driven search tools. 1. The coverage of any single engine ranged from a few percent to a maximum of one third of the indexable Web; 2. Combining the results of six engines yielded about 3.5 times as many documents on average as co