At the dawn of the new Millennium, Prensky (2001a;2001b) popularized a view of the younger generations as "digital natives". While this myth has not gone unchallenged (Prensky 2009; Thomas 2011), students have since then often been acritically assumed to be almost naturally fluent ICT users. However, recent studies have revealed that this is not always the case. As far as web search in particular is concerned, a tendency has been shown towards a simplistic "get in, get the answer, get out" approach (Thompson 2013: 20-21) which prevents them from taking full advantage of the web's potential for autonomous learning. In this context, this chapter advocates the importance of familiarizing the students with advanced web search as an opportunity for a rewarding accessible DDL experience, thus also contributing to their development of critical reasoning skills.