Have you ever felt like this? Please read on.

The purpose of this page is to provide information needed to build the skills required to effectively search the internet. The LINKS PAGE of the CSCR web site lists other web sites, which contain data useful to CSCR members and those people seeking information regarding Cardiac Rehabilitation. Not every web site on the LINKS PAGE has search capabilities. The ones that do will be discussed here. That discussion comes at the bottom of this page.

But first, a CSCR internet search intro. I've synthesized some of the information I've found, I've provided links to web sites which have tutorials on internet searching and the internet in general. Here is one bit of advice I found under the heading " Seven Habits Of Effective Searchers"
-Study Search Engine Help Files-. I think this is very important advice. A good place to start is your internet browser start up page. Is there a search window? Is there a highlighted Search Tips or Help link? Click it and see what information it provides. Jot down notes, print information you know you'll want to keep. To help you expand you search skills there are intros and links to helpful web sites under the following headings:

Internet tutorials

The National Library of Medicine

You have worked at your computer to find that valuable information that's right at you finger tips and you've come up with result a bit lacking in content and you wonder why. Part of the problem is the fact you need to know the hows and wherefores of searching. Part of the problem is the internet's need to have a uniform system of searching but alas there isn't uniformity.

An example: You are searching for information on say congestive heart failure. If you type congestive heart failure in the search window then click GO or SUBMIT or SEARCH. You will get hits for congestive (and perhaps variations such as congestion). You will get hits on heart, many, many hits. And you will get hits for failure, liver failure, renal failure, failure to enter the search query correctly. So what is the correct way to enter the search query? The answer is, there is NO one way, there are several ways and you have to use the right one for the web site or search engine you're using. So Study Search Help Files.

You may want to take a look at a internet search tutorial. Time spent getting help developing your search skills, will save time while you are doing the searching.

UC Berkeley has a tutorial worth a look. Click the web address that follows to go there. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Recommended Search Strategy: Analyze your topic & search with peripheral vision
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html

Search Engine Tutorials at SearchEngineWatch.com
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2156611

At the Google Help Center
http://www.google.com/help/basics.html

Want more? Go to your favorite search engine, type in "internet search tutorials" and off you go.

The National Library of Medicine-------------------------------TOP

And now presenting the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The web address of the National Library of Medicine is http://www.nlm.nih.gov. You may click the address to go there, but first, the navigation (take a few seconds to write this down)
1. On the National Library of Medicine Home Page click on Library Catalog and Services.
2. Click NLM Catalog.
3. Click HELP
4. Scroll down the page for the tutorial
This gets you to the NLM tutorial. There are tutorials for LocatorPlus, MeSH, PubMed, Gateway. The National Library of Medicine is a huge data base and they have provided the tools to be able to use it effectively. Explore, take notes, you can print the information you find, try your hand at searching and enjoy your success!

So, is this enough to get you started and keep you busy for awhile? Well, just one more thing.

The CSCR LINKS PAGE Web Site Table------------------TOP

Remember the suggestion to Study Search Engine Help Files? That's not always that easy, therefore we'll look at the web sites on the CSCR LINKS PAGE that have search capability and navigate to the Help Files with the aid of the table below. Go to the web site listed in the left column and follow the directions listed in the right column. The Web Sites are in the order they appear on the LINKS PAGE.