Using a search engine

A search engine is the name given to a particular type of program which can search the WWW looking for pages that match your interest.

It lets you enter the key words of a topic that interests you. Play the animation to see how to perform a search on Norse Vikings.

For this example we are using the search engine called Google.

Unfortunately, the search engine may produce a long list with very many links. Some may be of no interest to you. You will need practice in choosing key words to produce a short list with links only to pages that you really want to see.