Inter Fundamentals Faculty Workshop

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Internet Fundamentals

Learning to Use the World Wide Web

The Internet Teacher


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Introduction The World Wide Web

The Internet

Using a Web Browser

Netscape Navigator

Finding Information on the Web(Using Effective Search Strategies)

Directories

Search Engines


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World Wide Web (WWW)

An Introduction a vast collection of information

thats connected like a web

accessible through the Internet using

connections called hyperlinks

view the WWW resources through aprogram called a Web Browser, such as:

Netscape Navigator

Internet Explorer


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World Wide Web

(WWW)

Navigate through the WWW bypointing to and clicking on

hyperlinks (underlined or boldfaced

words, phrases, icons, or images)

Also called Cyberspace or the

Information Superhighway


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Often confused...

URL or Email Address?URL - Uniform Resource Locator or

Web Address

Example:

http://www.weather.com

Used by Browsers to locate sites

Often confused with Email addresses

[email protected]


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MDCC Faculty Training - 10/5/99 6

Location Box

EnterURLs here

(orWeb Address)

http://netscape.com

Entering a URL

http://netscape.com


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Sample URLs

(or Internet Addresses)Internet Address or URL Global Domains

http://www.angelfire.com commercial sitehttp://www.msstate.edu educational inst.

http://www.intop.net network organiz.

http://www.navy.mil militaryhttp://www.____.org not for profit org.

http://www.____.gov gov. agency,dept.


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Web Pages

Web Pages - documents on the WWW

Written and constructed using HTML

HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language a special language

orcode used to

design and publishdocuments on the

Web

MBJ ONLINE


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The InternetAn information system

Communication tool

A large network of computer systems

world widecan be explored by using a Web Browser

Services available through the Internet:Email (Discussion groups,Chat Rooms, etc.)

Information search (including research)

Education (Online courses; virtual colleges)

Entertainment, News, and more...


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Using a

Web Browser

Netscape Navigator

or

Internet Explorer


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Web Browsers

Software programs used to

access the World Wide Web

Two most popularweb browsers:Microsoft Internet Explorer

Netscape Navigator

Similar with slight differences

Netscape

Navigator


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Internet FundamentalsUsing a Web Browser

Starting and stopping the Browser

The Web Browsers window

Getting around a page and the WWWSaving, printing, and mailing items from

the WWW

Bookmarks - Keepingtrack of favorite sites

Setting preferences

and options


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Finding Information

on the Web

using

Directories

Search Engines

(Effective Search Strategies)


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Searching the WebGuessing Domain Names such as:

ibm.com or weather.com

maps.com or abcnews.comPerforming Keyword Searches

UsingSearch Engines

Single keyword search (such as tennis) More exact search results (using 2 or more

words, or even a phrase such as womens

tennis)

continued...


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Searching the WebComplex Search contains several words, but uses operators such

asAND, OR, NOT, andphrases in quotation

marks

Examples:

stock AND quotes

stock quotes

orange NOT county

Web OR Internet

Be Patient and Persistent!


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Search EnginesWhat is a Search Engine ?

program that connects you

to a data base or Web address

used to perform a thorough search

Some Popular Search EnginesAlta Vista, Excite, Hotbot, Lycos, InforSeek, etc.

Random Browsing(takes too much time)

Mark Favorite Sites(bookmark the sites)

Use several Search Engines for a thorough

search


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Some FavoriteSearch EnginesAlta Vista(http://www.altavista.digital.com)

Characteristic: returns links to first 10 web

sites it finds that match your keyword(s)

and up to 19 additional pages of sites

Exite (http://www.excite.com)

will return a page with links to the first10 sites it found that match you keyword(s)

Hotbot (http://www.hotbot.com)


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Advice: Make bookmarks for Search Engine Sites

Search Engine Web Address (or URL)

Alta Vista http://www.altavista.digital.com

Excite http://www.excite.com

HotBot http://www.hotbot.com

InfoSeek http://www.infoseek.com

Lycos http://www.lycos.com

WebCrawler http://www.webcrawler.com


Search Engines, continued


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Internet FundamentalsSearch Engine or Directory?

Whats the difference?

Search Engine - allows you to collectand then browse information from more

sources (Excite, AltaVista, InfoSeek, etc.)

Directory - generally doesnt includeevery single web page or resource.

Organizes resources of web pages by

categories. (Yahoo!)


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Internet FundamentalsSome Favorite Directories

Directory Name Web Address (URL)

Yahoo!(favorite) http://www.yahoo.com

Magellan http://www.mckinley.com

Point http://www.pointcom.com


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Internet FundamentalsBuilt-In Search Pages

NetscapeandInternet Explorerhave 2 built-in search pages

NetscapeorExplorerIcon (upper right)

Search Button (or Icon) on Tool Bar (at top)

Easiest way to

perform a search

(for beginners especially)

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Internet FundamentalsMeta-Search tools

Multi-Search Engines

Searches 5 or 6 engines at once

prefer this type of search engine(personally)

Recommended Multi-Search Engines

MetaCrawler http://www.metacrawler.com

Ask Jeeves http://www.askjeeves.com

DogPile http://www.dogpile.com


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Internet FundamentalsFinding People & Businesses

Looking for Email Addresses

Looking for home or business

addresses or phone numbers

Sites specializing in Email Addresses:

Four11http://www.four11.com WhoWhere

http://www.whowhere.com


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Using a Web Browser

Start your Web Browser

Double-click on your Browser icon

on your Desktop.


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