1. Kitsap Regional Library
Internet 201
Kitsap Regional Library
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2. Lesson Plan Objectives
To offer a more comprehensive look at the structure of the Internet and World Wide Web
To enhance Internet and web searching skills through hands-on instruction
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3. What you will learn today…
the Internet browser: Keyboard shortcuts & Search History
Web navigation & Searching Strategies
Resource Credibility: Choosing the right source
Printing: Print Selection & Print Friendly pages
E-Commerce: safety tips for online shopping
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4. Internet Browser: Keyboard Shortcuts
Function Keys: ALT & CRTL(Control) keys are modifier keys. When pressed in combination with other keys, they become “keyboard shortcuts”
Ctrl N = opens a new browser window
Ctrl W = closes a browser window
Alt  = same function as “back” button
Alt  = same function as “forward” button
Ctrl F = search for specific word or phrase
Ctrl P = opens print dialog box
Ctrl C = copies highlighted text
Ctrl V = pastes copied text to designated place
F5 = Refreshes web page
Alt Home = takes you to first page opened when accessing internet
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5. Practice 1
Open web browser to the Kitsap Regional Library home page and click on “Local Information”. Then use the following:
Ctrl F to find “Kitsap Sun”
Alt  go back to KRL Home page (where you started)
Alt  go forward to local information
Alt Home to return once again to KRL Home page (where you started)
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6. Internet: Free Web and Hidden Web
Free Web: That portion of the World Wide Web that is indexed by conventional search engines such as Google or Yahoo, and can be accessed without logging in to a site or paying a fee.
Hidden Web: That portion of the World Wide Web that is not accessible by conventional search engines. The content of most of these sites comes from specialized databases or applications which are not public. They block search engines from accessing or indexing their content. These sites generally require registration and/or subscription.
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7. Practice 2 1. Use Google to find Consumer Reports website and click on
Digital Cameras then click on Ratings. (Enter the words
Consumer Reports in the Google search engine field.)
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8. Subscription Databases & Websites
The Investor’s Business Daily website is an example of a subscription website. Generally on the website Home Page they have a login for “user name” and “password”.
Later on today, we will demonstrate how to access many subscription databases through the KRL website. KRL has paid a subscription fee for their library users for a number of databases, many of which you can access from your home computer using your library card.
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9. Internet Browser: Navigation Tools – Using Search History
Favorites: You can save your favorite web pages and websites in in the browser tool called “Favorites”. Then you can simply click on the saved link and go directly to what you want to see.
History: The address bar of the browser captures recently typed addresses. As soon as you begin to type the website address, if you recently viewed that site, it will pop up.
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10. Practice 3 Open the browser at the “Home Page” (www.KRL.org).
Click on Movie and Music Lovers (bottom left-hand side of page)
Click on Internet Movie Database (under “Content and Review Sources)
Open Browser “Favorites”
Save the address for Internet Movie Database in “Favorites”
Begin to type in in the address bar and note that the complete address pops up. You can click on this to go directly to site without finishing typing in the complete address.
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11. Web Navigation & Searching Strategies
Web Addresses: If you know the web address ( ex. you can directly enter the address in the browser address bar.
Search Engine: Using Google or one of the other search engines, you can enter words or phrases to find web pages which match your search criteria.
Web Directory: Much like a subject directory (yellow pages in the phone book) you can trace a subject in which you’re interested to many websites.
Subscription Database: KRL has a number of subscription databases which can be used for searching out specific, detailed information. To use these outside the library you will need your library card.
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12. Practice 4 Keywords: Advanced Search:
Using Google ( enter zoo
Note how many pages are found by the search engine
Now add the word washington (zoo washington)
Note that fewer pages are found
Now add the word seattle (zoo washington seattle)
Note that even fewer pages are found
Advanced Search:
Using Google do a search on peanut butter in the past 3 months with only .gov domains
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13. Practice 5 Web Directory: Subscription Databases:
Go the Librarian’s Index to the Internet (
Choose a category of your interest and search down to find websites that cover the material of your interest.
Subscription Databases:
Go to the KRL home page (
Click on Electronic Resources
These are KRL’s subscription databases that cover many areas of interest – medical, home, literature, magazines, etc.
Click on Telephone Directories
Click on Reference USA
Search out a family or friend’s phone number
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14. Practice 5 (continued) Subscription Databases:
Go back to Electronic Resources on the KRL home page
Click on Magazines, Newspapers, and Journal Articles
Click on Proquest
Do a search on Pluto
Click on Reading Recommendations
Click on Novelist
Click on Browse Lists tab then Explore Fiction>Adults
Explore any of the genres of interest to you
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15. Web Resource Credibility: Checking a Variety of Sources
Information can be found in a variety of different places on the web. Sometimes it is difficult to know which information is the most reliable.
One Strategy for verifying credibility is to look in more than one place and compare.
Some Options (in no particular order):
Use a Search Engine (Google, Yahoo, etc.)
Use a web directory (Librarians Index to the Internet , , etc.)
Use the Library Catalog for print, audio, & media resources
Consult subscription databases
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16. Classroom Demo - Genealogy
Google Search ( Enter Genealogy
Look for Cyndi’s List ( among other search results
KRL Research Corner
View Links
KRL Search Electronic Resources
Click on Heritage Quest Online (
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17. Classroom Demonstration of Genealogy Subscription Database
Find a picture of the actual handwritten census sheet that the census worker filled out at my great-great grand-father’s farm in 1860, just before the Civil War.
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18. Printing Tips and Strategies
In this skill set, students will learn how to:
Highlight text, using the mouse, to print a selection of information rather than an entire page or an entire document.
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19. Printing Selected Text
Place cursor just before the text to be highlighted
Click and hold left mouse button and drag mouse pointer over text to be highlighted – text will be highlighted in blue
When all of the text is highlighted let go of mouse button
To Print the Selected Text:
Click on File > choose Print > in Print Dialog box under Page Range choose Selection -- only the highlighted text is sent to the printer
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20. Practice 6 Printing specific text:
Open the KRL Home page (
Click on Wireless Service
Click on Technical Information
Highlight the text about connecting to the Wi-Fi network in the library
On the browser bar, select File->Print->Choose Selection to print the highlighted text
Go back to Electronic Resources on the KRL home page
Click on Research Corner
Click on Legal Information
Click on Revised Code of Washington then look for the link that says Print Version
See the different print view versus the webpage “graphic” view
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21. E-Commerce and Online Shopping Security
The American Bar Association has created a website that is a useful resource for the online shopper. (
This website covers:
Security
Privacy
Payment
Seller
Product
Terms
Delivery
Records
Compliants
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22. Practice 7 Safe Shopping Online: Type in your browser address bar
Open the website and read through some of the information that is available on this website
Open the webpage for a handy one page list of security tips to keep in mind while shopping online.
Type in your browser address bar
Click on “Cart”
Note the padlock symbol and the “https” prefix
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23. Practice 8 Time for personal interest web searching:
Take the remaining class time to search for something of personal interest to you. Examples might be:
Research information about a prescription drug someone in the family uses (hint – in KRL Electronic Resources you can search the Health Information section (
Search for a new novel to read using an award list (hint – you can use the KRL Electronic Resources database Novelist then click on the Browse Lists tab)
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Check out the online price of an air ticket to Hawaii (hint – you can use to find this kind of information
Check out the price of a new washing machine, lawnmower, or water heater (hint – among many retailers you could check out
Genealogy – look up a census record of an ancestor (hint – you can use the KRL Electronic Resources database HeritageQuest Online
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