Thoughts on searching tools

It is amazing to me just how in-depth the activity of searching can be. I have spent most of my adult life learning the very basic basics of computers and thought that I had mastered all I needed to know. I was a little skeptical about this class in the beginning, what else could I possibly need to know? I had gotten this far!
This class has been very useful and informative...I am really excited about all the information that I have picked up and I will use for not only personal projects, but, hopefully (in the near future) graduate school. My children have been out of school for over 6 years now, but I do not remember any class that covered this kind of material, in fact, I am using what I have learned this quarter to help my youngest with her research for WSUV! There should be a requirement for a class like this prior to graduation (but I have many thoughts on the curriculum of High Schools)
I did not know that the Internet and the WWW were 2 different things, and I was not aware of any other search tools other than Google and Yahoo! I did not even really understand how they worked. Coincidentally, I learned in a business class that Google was supposed to be called googol (a mathematical term)...I always wondered...
The Southern Oregon University page that we used for information on the search tools is going to be very helpful to me when I no longer have access to Clark library. It also provides tutorials and other information directed at how to use the internet.
I added all the websites that were provided in this weeks IRIS tutorials to my bookmarks menu. They will become a valuable addition to my arsenal:)
I am especially interested in the directories and finding more specific links about archaeology.