If you only have five minutes , the University of South Carolina Beaufort Library's Basic Search Tips is one of the best I've seen . My recommendation is still to try to carve out an hour or two to go through the topics listed above.
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
If you search the Internet on a regular basis, you should invest a few hours to learn how to make your search time more productive. The initial problem with searching the Internet is that everyone assumes it is easy . The number of sites queried by most search engines has grown tremendously. The real problem is getting too many 'hits'. Depending on what you are looking for, where you are looking for it, etc. will often determine your success.