The information offered on the internet is overwhelming, but to find just that piece of specific information you are looking for, appears to be quite complicated. The use of one of the known searchmachines (for instance Alta Vista, Yahoo) seems a good solution, but the results are often disappointing, as what is delivered often is not specific enough or even hasn´t got anything to do with the search term in first place. In this issue we will deal with a number of more effective methods which will be described and focus will be on a Dutch dental ´collecting´ website, a so-called starting-page.