Reality check…
nWWW is highly unstructured and unorganized:
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§No thesaurus or controlled vocabulary is used
§No indexing process occurs
§No standardization in the types of materials that are mounted on the Web
§No quality controls or review process when WWW sites are mounted
§Each search engine’s database works differently and is developed based on different criteria -- no uniformity regarding what parts of a Web page the engine is searching
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You must always remember, however, that the WWW has no structure or organization.  It’s basically a free-for-all.  What the search engines attempt to do is impose some order and logic.  But in reality, you can’t artificially impose order on something that is chaotic.  This chaos will always be reflected in results of searches.

I recommend only using search engines when you’re looking for something with a proper name.  For example, the “cuban missle crisis” is agood one.  But if you’re looking for a general topic -- like the “witchcraft” serach, my recommendation would be to only use a search engine if you’re stuck.

Instead of relying on search engines, you may want to try the following approaches:

1.  Associations/professional organizations
For example, if you’re looking for information on “wine”, you can first use the Encyclopedia of Associations to find a few organizations dedicated to wine.  The Encyclopedia will also help you rule out certain organizations based on their point-of-view or intended audience.  For example, the "American Wine Society" may be generic enough to appeal to everyone, but the "Wine Growers Association of Sonoma Valley" is probably focused on wineries.
Then, go to the WWW to determine whether these organizations have WWW sites --- pick a search engine and look for the association name.  You then use the information posted on the association's page.  Or, you can try the second approach, which is to:

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