The Internet and its features such as e-mail; listservs; FTP and Telnet; navigators such as Archie, gophers, and the World Wide Web; and Web search engines have had a profound effect on the nature of online systems. This paper discusses the effect the Internet might have in the way online searching should be taught. The paper provides background on the history of online search instruction since the mid-1970s. Guidelines are provided to academic staff for ways to integrate these changes into their online search courses, for example: the basics of Internet searching, studying and evaluating World Wide Web Search engines, essentials of hypertext markup language (HTML), principles and practices of Web home page design, and rendering information services via the Internet. This paper represents an effort to isolate aspects relevant to current online searching techniques and to integrate these with established instructional methods. This same approach has been followed when discussing teaching online searching procedures: that is, to select and integrate relevant Internet procedures with the training program. The instructional objectives, learning content, and practical lessons are provided as examples, and serve as a frame of reference for further development by a specific training unit. (Contains 19 references.) (Author/SWC)