Here are some easy tips to make your web research and browsing more efficient.

• Open Search Result Items in New Tabs / New Windows
  When you are reviewing search results, don't click on the link in the search results.  Instead, open that link in a new page or tab - so that you do not lose your list of search results.  If you are using a Microsoft Windows computer, use the RIGHT-MOUSE-CLICK to bring up a shortcut menu, and then choose Open in New Window.  If you are using a Macintosh, use the
• Open Separate Windows for Each Task
  You can use the CTRL+N (Windows) or Control+N (Mac) key combination in your Internet browser to create a new browsing window.  This allows you to have your campus email open in one window, your online course site in another, and your library research pages in other windows. 
• Create Emails of Links rather than Bookmarks/Favorites
  Often times, you need to be able to reference multiple websites to complete a single project/assignment.  Rather than creating Bookmarks/Favorites, which are only stored on the computer that you are using at the time, it is smarter to compose an email to yourself which has the website links and a couple sentence description of what the website has to offer.  This also allows you to collaborate with others, sharing resource sites in a meaningful way.
• Copy and Paste to Print
  Some websites have a really bad habbit of designing pages that will not properly print out (you miss the last few words on the right of each sentence).  If this is happening to you, the work-around is to highlight the portion of text that you need and then paste it into your word-processing program (Microsoft Word).  This allows you to then format and print the content to fit your printer width.
• Forced Refresh
  To speed up showing you webpages, your browser will save pages that you have visited to your local hard drive.  Then, on your next request for that webpage, the browser will show you the local harddrive copy rather than attempt to download the page again.  Unfortunately, if a page is updated frequently, you will only see the old results.
  You can force your browser to grab a new copy of the page by holding down the SHIFT key when you press the REFRESH or RELOAD button.