Searching
"Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant." (Mitch Kapor)
Looking for information isn't a new idea, obviously. People have been using books and libraries for centuries to locate the exact piece of information they want. The nice thing about a library is that all the books are sorted into sections already, so, if you want information on The English Civil War, you can wander straight over to the History section and see if there are any suitable books there. If you draw a blank or you're not sure which section you should be looking in, there are nice, human, librarians who will help you in your quest.
Now many people think that the Internet is similar to a huge library. In some ways, it is. There is certainly plenty of information "out there" on all sorts of subjects - from breeding exotic birds to stock market reports. However, in this electronic library, not only are the books piled all over the place in no order whatsoever but most of the information isn't even in a book. It's on random sheets of paper. And there are millions of these bits of paper everywhere!
So, how, amongst all this apparent chaos, do you find the precise piece of information that you want? I can't offer you the services of a human librarian but I can point you in the direction of the next best thing - a search engine.