Internet Searching the World Wide Web

The Internet and the World Wide Web The Internet is a worldwide collection of networks that allows people to communicate and share information easily The Web is a collection of files that reside on computers, called Web servers –Web servers are connected to each other through the Internet The software you use to connect your computer to the Web server is your Web browser. –Common Web browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari –These browsers use a standard Graphical User Interface design New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2007: Windows Vista Edition2

Discussion Why is the Internet important? What does the Internet allow us to do?

Networks and the Internet p Fig. 1-8 Why do users access the Internet? 2.Information 3.Shopping 4.Banking and Investing 5.Classes 6.Entertainment Next 1.Communications

5 The World Wide Web

Starting Microsoft Internet Explorer New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2007: Windows Vista Edition 6

Elements of the Internet Explorer 7 Window New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2007: Windows Vista Edition7

Search Engines and Uniform Resource Locators Search engines are Web pages that browsers use to conduct searches of the Web for words or expressions –Search criteria You can use your Web browser to access a Web page using a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2007: Windows Vista Edition 8

Practice Entering a URL in the Address Bar Open the Internet Browser Firefox or Explorer Select the current URL in the Address Bar Type the URL Press the Enter key (or click the Go to button) to display the Web page in the browser window New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2007: Windows Vista Edition9

Entering a URL in the Address Bar New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2007: Windows Vista Edition10

Formulate a Keyword Query to Implement a Search Finding good information on the Web quickly and efficiently depends on: –Knowing the right keywords to use –Knowing how to structure your keyword or natural language query A keyword query is a word or phrase that represents the subject you want to find out about. A natural language query is a query that uses a complete sentence or question. Go! With the Internet: Comprehensive, 1E

Formulate a Keyword Query to Implement a Search Search engine –A computer program used to locate files, documents, and Web pages containing specific keywords or natural language queries Search engine components –Spider—A program that searches the Internet for new documents and Web files –Index—A large database that stores references to words found in documents and Web files Go! With the Internet: Comprehensive, 1E

Formulate a Keyword Query to Implement a Search Go! With the Internet: Comprehensive, 1E

Instant Search is located on the toolbar and enables you to locate Internet resources, such as: –Web sites –Images –Maps Search with the Instant Search Feature Go! With the Internet: Comprehensive, 1E

Search with the Instant Search Feature Go! With the Internet: Comprehensive, 1E

Locate News and Opinion Resources News can be found in different formats –Searchable Web sites –Live RSS feeds –Podcasts They can be found at sites, such as: –Google News –AltaVista News –Fox News Go! With the Internet: Comprehensive, 1E