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1 Business Research Methods Using the Internet- to aid your studies

2 Search Engines Google Bing Yahoo Ask AOL Dogpile- uses the leading engines to return the best results Hotbot Kidsclick- specifically for children

3 Internet Gateways A gateway for accessing the internet. Can be described as “ A complex of wide area networks joining government, university, corporate and private computers”.

4 Google Web Images Videos Maps Books Finance Scholar

5 From search to research Hyperlink to google cheat sheet Googlecheat sheet

6 Activity In pairs select a topic to research. Use some of the search options in Google to research your topic and compare results Use some of the operators on the Google cheat sheet. How many ‘hits’ can you refine your search to? Try some of the other search engines. Are your results different?

7 Google Quiz Google quiz

8 RSS Feeds A format for delivering regularly changing web content to your e-mail. Google has its own version-Google alerts Activity View some popular news pages and follow the RSS links to view how to receive feeds

9 RSS Feeds

10 Delicious A way to save favourite websites so they can be accessed from home, work, college and on any computer Activity Use the handout to explore the delicious website. Consider creating an account.

11 Facebook This can be used to create closed education groups. A useful way to discuss and share information with fellow students. Documents can be uploaded and shared.

12 Wikipedia??? Group work can be challenging in finding the time to get together. In these cases you can use a Wiki.. Be aware Wikipedia is created through members of the public uploading and though a good start for research, facts should always be checked.


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