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Lisa Harris

Finding Information. on the Internet. Lisa Harris. Winthrop University. Anatomy of an Internet Address. (or URL: uniform resource locator). http:// coe.winthrop.edu / educ150 / syllabus.htm. Protocol type. domain name. directory path. page name. http - hypertext transfer protocol

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Lisa Harris

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  1. Finding Information on the Internet Lisa Harris Winthrop University

  2. Anatomy of an Internet Address (or URL: uniform resource locator) http://coe.winthrop.edu/educ150/syllabus.htm Protocol type domain name directory path page name http - hypertext transfer protocol ftp - file transfer protocol

  3. Internet Addresses Domain definition com companies/commercial sites edu education sites gov governments sites mil US military sites net computer network sites org private organizations

  4. Guess the Address …

  5. Introduction to Searching • Ways of locating information on the Internet: • searching online databases • browsing directories • Searching indices. • Today you will learn how to: • search a database • browse an directory • perform an advanced Internet search

  6. How will you teach information literacy skills?

  7. Searching online databasesvs.Searching the web

  8. Online Databases – Searching for Full-text Documents in Dacus • DISCUS - SC Virtual Library • Articles from journals, newspapers, magazines, government publications • Multi-media encyclopedia • http://www.winthrop.edu/dacus

  9. Searching the Web –Types of Search Engines • Directories

  10. Browsing Directories • www.ipl.org - Internet Public Library • indeces arrange web pages into categories - like subject listings in a card catalog • www.awesomelibrary.org • www.yahoo.com

  11. Using Indices • catalog web documents (generally by title) • allow you to search (query) the database • give you a list of web pages that match your query (hits) search Michael Jordan hits

  12. Natural Language Searching • ask a question in plain English • www.aj.com

  13. Advanced Search Techniques • phrase searching “Declaration of Independence” looks for all words together in this order • specify words that must appear in results cookie +oatmeal +recipe • specify words that must not appear in results monty -python • boolean operators AND, OR, NOT (must be in Advanced Search)see example

  14. “Safe” Search Engines • Kid’s Search Toolswww.rcls.org/ksearch.htm

  15. Meta Search Engines • query multiple Web search sites at once • www.mamma.com • www.dogpile.com

  16. Search Engine Reports • provides updates on various search engines • compares search engines stats • www.searchenginewatch.com

  17. Why more than one search engine? • No single search engine indexes everything on the Web • Different search engines catalog different Web pages and/ or catalog pages in different ways. (For instance, some search engines only catalog by the title of the Web page. Others catalog by title and words found in the document itself.) • Different search engines have different search syntax. Consult the help screens to find out what each search engine will recognize.

  18. For More Information • Learn the Netwww.learnthenet.com • Surf the Web • Find Information Homework: Practice Search and Reading Assignment

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