We are studying an experimental scheme for students in education science in carrying out a teaching situation research for which they were asked to document the research narrative in writing. The stories thus produced highlight the difficulty of putting a word on a search for information on the web, tracing its history, explaining the choices of queries and tools. The aim of the experiment is to test a practical exercise to search for information as part of the survey’s pedagogy and to help identify educational activities for a web tuition.