You can search for information on any topic by using a search engine. This service searches through the entire internet to find pages that match your search terms.
The are two main types of search engine.
These search engines search the entire web for information. Examples of web search engines are Google, Yahoo, Lycos, Ask Jeeves, AltaVista and UK Plus.
These search engines search for pages within a specific site. Guardian Unlimited, BBC, The Open University and Directgov all have site searches.
Most search engines are fairly simple and user friendly. By far the easiest to use is Google, which is not dominated by advertising and is largely text based. Most search engines work in a similar way.
Enter the information you are looking for into a form something like this.
As a demonstration you can use the box above to search Google.co.uk. Note that when you have finished with the results, you should click the Back button on your browser to come back to this page.
Click your mouse in the blank box above and type university. Then press the Search button, or the Enter key on your keyboard, to get a list of results that match your search term.
Different search engines rank the results of searches by different criteria.
