Welcome to this site about tools and strategies for searching the Web. It is a companion site to the courses and workshops I teach – a kind of notebook where I record news items and developments related to search engines, search technology, browser aids, desktop tools, academic or scholarly resources – and anything else that will help the novice searcher become better, and the experienced searcher to stay up to date. I am glad to share this with you, and will invite comments from time to time.

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The WebSearchGuide will have occasional articles on search tools and their use.

Upcoming Courses

Mastering Web Searching, a 6-week web-based course will start in January 28, 2013. Please join us. Price is $450 Cdn. See the iSchool Institute at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, for details and registration.  MWS Grads may audit this course for $70 CDN.

Watch for announcements for the 1-day classroom course in June in Toronto at the Institute on Advanced Search Strategies.