P.J. Brophy Memorial Library

This is the Library's introductory webpage. It is designed to give you access to as many sources as you need. It's a page that will change as you tell us what you'd like to see included.

Searching techniques

Searching the Internet or any databases effectively and with confidence is a skill like any other. You need to practice it and learn from the results.

The following are lessons to help you. You can zip through them in no time, any time. They are very short and succinct; each can be read in a few minutes. Feel free to jump in wherever you like, skip what you don't want to read, and come back whenever you need to.

The information contained in the following lessons is truly "bare bones," designed to get you started in the right direction with a minimum of time and effort.

                          Search Engines