To find information quickly and easily from books:

• Use the contents page to see if a book contains the sort of information you are looking for.
• When you know exactly what information you want, use the index page to look up the topic.

To find information on the Web:

• Skim-read a web page to see if the site is likely to be relevant.
• Use menus and links to find the page you need.

In books and on the Web:

• Scan headings to find the relevant part of the page.
• Know your alphabet well so that you can use alphabetical order to find your way around A-Z sources of information quickly.