Summary of a course on how to find information on the Web. People usually do not search in a systematic way and mostly rely upon intuition. This presentation provides a guideline on how to find information taking into account various ways.

1. Finding Information towards a methodology 2011 Ayala Alternative Organizational Consulting Ltd. By Philippe Scheimann MSc MBA CEO Ayala Alternative Organizational Consulting [email_address]

6. Focus – use of surfwax.com

12. Google preferences

13. Google account

15. Use of some Operators oil refining oil OR refining “ Oil refining " refining – sugar ~ refining technologies define: refining oil * refining the words oil and refining either the word Oil or the word Refining the exact phrase oil refining the word refining but NOT the word sugar technologies info for both the word refining and its synonyms: purify , etc. definitions of the word refining from around the Web. the words oil and refining separated by one or more words.

18. http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html

21. http://www.google.com/Top/Business/Energy_and_Environment/Oil_and_Gas/Tools_and_Equipment

26. Finding information – 6 step process: 1,2 Define & Analyze your topic 3,4 Four types of search tools & Search Strategy Table 5,6 Summarized evaluation & Go back to step 1 Search Engines Subject Directories "Invisible Web" Search 2.0 Sentence Use " ". Check the subject of your search Look for a specialized database when searching for Facts, Statistics etc. newsgroups: google weblog:technorati Twitter Social bookmark No distinctive words Use as many words as possible Try to find distinctive terms in Subject Directories General topic not first choice Look for a specialized Subject Directory focused on topic: about, answers, wikipedia Narrow and specific Boolean searching e.g Oil and Gas > Operating Companies Looking for facts, statistics etc

27. Summarized evaluation