Welcome to the Internet Search FAQ 

How to Find Information, People, Data, Text, Pictures, Sounds and Almost Anything Else on the Net

FAQ Contents 
  1. WHAT IS THIS FAQ? 
  2. DISCLAIMER 
  3. WHY USE THE INTERNET AT ALL? 
  4. HOW CAN I FIND...?
    1. How Can I Find Specific files, texts, multimedia or people? 
    2. How Can I Find Specific information? 
    3. How Can I Find More General Background Information?
  5. HOW CAN I FIND INFORMATION FASTER? 
  6. SHOULD I PAY? 
  7. WHERE CAN I GET FURTHER HELP? 
  8. HOW CAN I VALIDATE WHAT I FIND?
    1. How reliable is the Net?
    2. What can I do about it?
    3. How should Internet sources be cited?
  9. WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE? 
  10. URLS FOR A RAINY DAY - Loads of useful links for research of all kinds
  11. END CREDITS
This Frequently Asked Questions guide was last modified 29 November 2006
 
Caught in the Net? Going nowhere on the Information Superhighway? Fear no more.

Help is at hand. The Internet Search FAQ is here to help you find what you want - and retain your sanity in the process ...and find hundreds of essential links for searching in Urls for a Rainy Day

The main FAQ page is designed to be used by anyone, no matter how much or little you know about searching the Net. Unlike books and pages written by experts, it is based on the kinds of questions that typical users ask: why should I use the Internet? What's the best way to find specific things, specific information, more general information? How can I speed up my searches? Will I get better results if I pay? How reliable is the information I find?

While if you're impatient to get started, then go straight to our essential links and start clicking.

We also look at how to find further assistance, and try to guess what changes are on their way (although with the speed the Net changes, they may be happening even as you read).


News and New URLs

The latest on searching and our list of newly discovered resources to help you find your way around whatever subject you want to search on the Net... Click Here
For details of these and other new ways of finding information on the Internet go to our what's new page, updated regularly.

Awards for the Internet Search FAQ
The Control Voice "You're Neat Award"
Britannica Internet Guide Award
U R Neat - Control Voice Award

© Charlie Harris, 2005