A subject search is the most efficient way of identifying books on a particular author or subject. To locate books about a particular author, for example, perform your subject search by entering the author's name with the last name first. Next, choose the most appropriate subject heading from the list that your search generates to see what books have that subject heading. Instead, you will want to use a periodical index, such as MLA Bibliography or InfoTrac. Identifying and accessing individual web sites, or web pages, is done through search engines.
Search engines are web pages themselves which index the Internet.
There are a growing number of these search engines, of which no two are alike. Some of the more popular ones are Alta Vista , Google , and Yahoo . It is recommended that you not limit yourself to one search engine only. Also, expect some irrelevant web sites to show up in your search results. The Web is not perfect.