Note
Information professionals don't "surf the net" since this
implies that one is just skimming over the surface of a sea of
information or worse, drowning in it. To quickly extract specific,
relevant information from the Internet, the serious searcher must be
familiar with the structure, functionality, strengths, weaknesses and
special features of the most efficient search engines. We' ll examine the
differences between free-text and index-based search engines, multisearch
engines, web directories, metasites and intelligent agents.