There is a tremendous amount of valuable information and an equal amount of less valuable information and the key is to learning how to locate the information and how to evaluate its usefulness. There are only a few basic approaches for locating information on the Web and they can provide varying degrees of success. The Web address can then be typed in the address field of your web browser and you will be taken to that site directly. One popular method of locating information on the Web is to use subject guides or directories. Yahoo is one of the most popular of these.
Directories work well for browsing general topics.
In addition, many people and organizations have created specific websites that provide extensive information and hypertext links to other websites all on a particular topic. There are many good examples of these and they can be very helpful when trying to locate information on a single topic. There are also number webliographies and Internet lists that can be useful in your search for information. Probably the most effective way of locating information on the WWW is to use one of the many search engines that are available. There are over one thousand search engines that are available for use and they provide a variety of services and special features in an attempt to get you to use their search engine over any other.