Burke,

The OED. I am green with envy. You mean they still have book sin your library. How primitive. :-)

Being taught? At what level. My sister in-law went to a State sponsored program on using the internet in the class-room (middle school). I looked over the stuff on teaching kids how to search and it wasn't even up to the level of simplistic. She teaches ELP (gifted) and those kids know how to search. As she's not a guru (and the school has limited computer resources) she's taught them traditional research methods. The ones who've moved on the HS are whizzes at searching. It translates well.

Bill D,

Thanks. Searching is fun. Especially (as Burke says) when you have time to get sidetracked. Regards, John

The only problem I have with search engines is that they keep turning up things that contradict what I KNOW is right. Very frustrating. I think we need a search engine that will let you enter your own beliefs, values and so on, and only find stuff that reenforces what you already know. Makes life mush easier. Duller but easier.