MIT 144F
Week7: Searching the Net.

Key Concepts from Lynch's (1997) Article

My reading of the Lynch article focusses on the idea that the Internet is NOT a "digital library".

Key Search-Engine Concepts drawn mainly from the Venditto (1996) Article

I have made some notes concerning the list of Internet search-engine features that I look at when evaluating which engine to use.

Useful Resources

Finding information on the Internet is a very complex subject, involving many different approaches that cannot be thoroughly investigated in only two lectures. I have collected a selection of the better sites to help further your understanding of the issues and approaches involved.