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Microsoft Office 2007? Try the University of Wisconsin's site.
Visual Basic? Look at the sites listed on the ARC website.
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Want to know how a search engine works? Look at this How Stuff Works page.

If you want some details on Google's search algorithm, try How Google Works.

Check a few of the "human-powered" directories like the Librarian's Index to the Internet or Infomine to locate a few credible sites on computer science topics.

Try using a different search engine like Ask, Kartoo, Quintura or Exalead. Try an "unusual" one like Ms Dewey, or some search engines that are still in Beta like Powerset or Hakia, or metasearch engines like Dogpile, Ixquick or Mamma.

Investigate some interesting tools: Mint, iLighter, MyNoteIt, Ning, Spokeo, Jott, Delicious, NetVibes, SecondLife, OpenOffice, Mozilla, LibraryThing, EasyBib, SecondLife, and, last but not least, a game that does some good-FreeRice.

Take a look at the top 10 searches (in several categories) for July 2008. How many of these terms did you use?

Finally, take a look at the Search Engines Relationship chart.

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