1. What is the Internet? A global network of computers.
People connect their computers over telephone lines, cables and through air.

2. What is WWW? World Wide Web
WWW is an Internet navigation system that permits point and click browsing of the Internet.

3. What is a URL? Uniform Resource Locator
The addressing system used to locate a specific resource on the Internet.
For example:

4. Search Tips
When you want a phrase and the words in a specific order enclose the phrase in quotes.
“boa constrictors” instead of boa constrictors.

5. Search Tips
Use the Boolean Operator AND to find only documents containing words joined by AND.
Use “snakes” AND “boa constrictors”.

6. Search Tips
Use the Boolean Operator OR to find documents with at least one of the words joined by OR.
Use “boa constrictors” OR snakes.

7. Search Tips
Use the Boolean Operators AND NOT to exclude documents with words that follow.
For example:
Calvin AND NOT Hobbes

8. Search Tips
Searches with all lowercase letters will match either uppercase or lowercase.
Uppercase letters will match only uppercase letters.
It is usually better to use lowercase letters.