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Internet Fundamentals Learning to Use the World Wide Web The Internet Teacher

Internet Fundamentals F Introduction –The World Wide Web –The Internet F Using a Web Browser –Netscape Navigator  Finding Information on the Web (Using Effective Search Strategies) –Directories –Search Engines

World Wide Web (WWW) An Introduction –a vast collection of information that’s connected like a web –accessible through the Internet using connections called hyperlinks –view the WWW resources through a program called a Web Browser, such as: u Netscape Navigator u Internet Explorer

World Wide Web (WWW) –Navigate through the WWW by pointing to and clicking on hyperlinks (underlined or boldfaced words, phrases, icons, or images) –Also called Cyberspace or the Information Superhighway

Often confused…... URL or Address? F URL - Uniform Resource Locator or Web Address F Example: F Used by Browsers to locate sites F Often confused with addresses

MDCC Faculty Training - 10/5/99 6 Location Box Enter URL’s here (or Web Address) Entering a URL

Sample URL’s (or Internet Addresses) Internet Address or URL Global Domains commercial site educational inst. network organiz. military not for profit org. gov. agency,dept.

Web Pages F Web Pages - documents on the WWW F Written and constructed using HTML F HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language –a special language or code used to design and publish documents on the Web MBJ ONLINE

The Internet F An information system F Communication tool F A large network of computersystems world wide u can be explored by using a Web Browser F Services available through the Internet: u (Discussion groups,Chat Rooms, etc.) u Information search (including research) u Education (Online courses; virtual colleges) u Entertainment, News, and more…...

Internet Fundamentals Using a Web Browser Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer

Web Browsers F Software programs used to access the World Wide Web F Two most popular web browsers: u Microsoft Internet Explorer u Netscape Navigator  Similar with slight differences Netscape Navigator

Internet Fundamentals Using a Web Browser F Starting and stopping the Browser F The Web Browser’s window F Getting around a “page” and the WWW F Saving, printing, and mailing items from the WWW F Bookmarks - Keeping track of favorite sites F Setting preferences and options

Internet Fundamentals Finding Information on the Web using F Directories F Search Engines (Effective Search Strategies)

Internet Fundamentals Searching the Web F Guessing Domain Names such as: ibm.com or weather.com maps.com or abcnews.com F Performing Keyword Searches Using Search Engines –Single keyword search (such as tennis) –More exact search results (using 2 or more words, or even a phrase such as women’s tennis) continued...

Internet Fundamentals Searching the Web F Complex Search –contains several words, but uses operators such as AND, OR, NOT, and “phrases in quotation marks” F Examples: –stock AND quotes –“stock quotes” –orange NOT county –Web OR Internet F Be Patient and Persistent!

Internet Fundamentals Search Engines F What is a Search Engine ? u program that connects you to a data base or Web address u used to perform a thorough search F Some Popular Search Engines u Alta Vista, Excite, Hotbot, Lycos, InforSeek, etc. F Random Browsing (takes too much time) F Mark Favorite Sites (bookmark the sites)  Use several Search Engines for a thorough search

Internet Fundamentals Some Favorite Search Engines F Alta Vista ( altavista. digital. com) u Characteristic: returns links to first 10 web sites it finds that match your keyword(s) and up to 19 additional pages of sites F Exite ( excite. com) u will return a page with links to the first 10 sites it found that match you keyword(s)  Hotbot ( hotbot. com)

F Advice: Make bookmarks for Search Engine Sites Search Engine Web Address (or URL) Alta Vista Excite HotBothttp:// InfoSeekhttp:// Lycoshttp:// WebCrawlerhttp:// Internet Fundamentals Search Engines, continued

Internet Fundamentals Search Engine or Directory? What’s the difference? F Search Engine - allows you to collect and then browse information from more sources (Excite, AltaVista, InfoSeek, etc.) F Directory - generally doesn’t include every single web page or resource. Organizes resources of web pages by categories. (Yahoo!)

Internet Fundamentals Some Favorite Directories Directory NameWeb Address (URL) F Yahoo! (favorite) F Magellanhttp:// F Pointhttp://

Internet Fundamentals Built-In Search Pages F Netscape and Internet Explorer have 2 built-in search pages –Netscape or Explorer Icon (upper right) –Search Button (or Icon) on Tool Bar (at top) F Easiest way to perform a search (for beginners especially) N

Internet Fundamentals Meta-Search tools F Multi-Search Engines –Searches 5 or 6 engines at once –prefer this type of search engine (personally) F Recommended Multi-Search Engines MetaCrawlerhttp:// Ask Jeeveshttp:// DogPilehttp://

Internet Fundamentals Finding People & Businesses F Looking for Addresses F Looking for home or business addresses or phone numbers F Sites specializing in Addresses: Four11 WhoWhere

Internet Fundamentals Using a Web Browser Start your Web Browser Double-click on your Browser icon on your Desktop.