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Mastering Web Research Techniques for Efficient Searching

Learn how to evaluate web resources, refine searches, and create bibliographies for successful information retrieval. Discover various types of web pages and search tools to enhance your online research skills.

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Mastering Web Research Techniques for Efficient Searching

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  1. Project 2 Web Research Techniques and Search Engines

  2. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES • Describe the seven general categories of Web pages • List the criteria for evaluating a Web resource • Describe the three basic types of search tools • Search the Web using either a directory or keywords

  3. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES • Search the Web using the Search Assistant • Customize and refine a search • Describe the techniques used for successful keyword searches • Describe how to create a working bibliography • Compile a list of works cited for Web resources

  4. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES • Search the Web for e-mail addresses, maps, encyclopedia articles, and pictures • Use the Keyword system and the Address bar to search the Web

  5. TYPES OF WEB RESOURCES • Advocacy Web Pages • Business / Marketing Web Pages • Informational Web Pages • News Web Pages • Personal Web Pages • Portal Web Pages • Other Resources

  6. ADVOCACY WEB PAGES

  7. BUSINESS / MARKETING WEB PAGES

  8. INFORMATIONAL WEB PAGES

  9. NEWS WEB PAGES

  10. PERSONAL WEB PAGES

  11. PORTAL WEB PAGES

  12. PORTAL WEB PAGES

  13. OTHER RESOURCES • File Transfer Protocol (FTP) • Gopher • Newsgroup • Database Services • Dow Jones • LexisNexis

  14. OTHER RESOURCES

  15. EVALUATING A WEB RESOURCE

  16. EVALUATION WORKSHEET

  17. WEB SEARCH RESOURCES • Search tool • Software program that helps you find Web pages containing the desired information • Three categories • Subject directory • Search engine • Query • Keyword or search term • Keyword System • Robot • Spider

  18. LAUNCHING INTERNET EXPLORER • Double-click the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop

  19. SEARCHING THE WEB USING A DIRECTORY • Click the Address box, type www.yahoo.com as the URL, and then press the ENTER key • AutoComplete • Remembers the URL you typed

  20. Scroll the display area to display the Science link and then point toScience

  21. Click Science, scroll thedisplay area to view thelinks in the Sciencesubcategory, and thenpoint to Astronomy

  22. Click Astronomy to viewthe links in the Astronomysubcategory and thenpoint to Solar System

  23. Click Solar System to viewthe links in the SolarSystem subcategory, andthen point to Comets,Meteors, and Asteroids

  24. Click Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids to view linksin the Comets, Meteors,and Asteroids subcategoryand then point to PerseidMeteor Shower

  25. Click Perseid MeteorShower and then point toDiscovery of PerseidMeteors

  26. Click Discovery of thePerseid Meteor

  27. Scroll the display area to display the image anddescription associatedwith Edward C. Herrick

  28. EVALUATING WEB RESOURCES • Scroll the display area to display the bottom of the Web page

  29. Scroll the display areato display the topof the Web page

  30. SEARCHING THE WEB USING SEARCH ASSISTANT • Click the Search button on the Standard Buttons Toolbar

  31. SEARCHING THE WEBUSING KEYWORDS • Type meteor shower in the text box in the Search pane and then point to the Search button

  32. Click the Search button

  33. SEARCHING THE WEB USING ANOTHER SEARCH ENGINE • AltaVista • Dead links • Click the Next button arrow on the toolbar in the Search pane and then point to AltaVista on the menu

  34. Click AltaVista

  35. REFINING A WEB SEARCH • Refine • Providing more information to the search engine • Compound search criteria • AND operator • OR operator • NOT operator • NEAR operator

  36. DISPLAYING ALTAVISTA’S ADVANCED SEARCH FORM • Point to the AltaVista logo in the Search pane

  37. Click the AltaVista logoand then point to theClose button in theSearch pane

  38. Click the Close buttonand then point to theAdvanced Search linkin the AltaVista simplesearch form

  39. Click Advanced Search.Scroll the AltaVista – AltaVista – AdvancedSearch window to displaythe advanced search form

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