1. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 1 Information Resources on the Web Finding, Evaluating, and Using Online Information Resources Tutorial 4

2. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 2 Objectives Find current news and weather information on the Web. Obtain maps and city guides. Find businesses and people on the Web.

3. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 3 Current Information on the Web To help you find current news and information, many search engines and directories include sections devoted to news items.

4. Current Information on the Web New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 4 news.yahoo.com

5. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 5 Current Information on the Web Many search engines allow you to set a date range on the Advanced Search page.  HotBot  AltaVista  AlltheWeb  Google Explore links at: www.course.com/newperspectives/internet6

6. Date Filters on the HotBot Advanced Search Page New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 6

7. Date Filters on the AltaVista Advanced Search Page New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 7

8. Date Filters on the AlltheWeb Advanced Search Page New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 8

9. Google Date-Filtered Search Results New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 9

10. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 10 Getting the News Most search engines and Web directories include links to:  Broadcast networks  Wire services  and Newspapers.

11. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 11 Getting the News All of the major U.S. broadcasters have Web sites that carry news features.  ABC  NBC  CNN  CBS  Fox

12. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 12 Getting the News Wire service (press agency or news service):  an organization that gathers and distributes news to newspapers, magazines, broadcasters, and other organizations that pay a fee to the wire service.  Hundreds of wire services in the world.  Four largest: AP (Associated Press) - US UPI (United Press International) - US Reuters – Great Britain Agence France-Presse (AFP) - France

13. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 13 Getting the News Major newspapers have Web sites that include current news and many other features from their print editions.  New York Times (nytimes.com)  Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)  Washington Post (washingtonpost.com) Local Newspaper  Guam PDN (guampdn.com)

14. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 14 Getting the News Internet Public Library – (ipl.org) Online Newspapers  site includes hyperlinks to hundreds of international and domestic newspapers

15. Internet Public Library – Online Newspapers New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 15 ipl.org

16. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 16 Getting the News Web news directories links to Web sites of newspapers and other media outlets. Explore links at: www.course.com/newperspectives/internet6

17. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 17 Getting the News News search engines let you search the content of current news stories in multiple publications and wire services.  Yahoo! News Includes AP, Reuters, AFP, and other wire services and leading newspapers and magazines.

18. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 18 Getting the News Google News  Google News is a computer-generated news site that aggregates headlines from more than 4,500 English-language news sources worldwide, groups similar stories together and displays them according to each reader's personalized interests.

19. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 19 Getting the News NewsHub (newshub.com)  integrates and reports headlines from the world's premiere news sources every 30 minutes.

20. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 20 Getting the Weather Report A number of Web sites offer weather information and forecasts. Two of the most popular sites are:  The Weather Channel (www.weather.com)  AccuWeather (www.accuweather.com)www.accuweather.com Explore links at: www.course.com/newperspectives/internet6

21. The Weather Channel local forecast page for Nashville

22. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 22 Getting Maps and Destination Information A number of Web sites provide maps and driving directions. One of the most popular of these sites is MapQuest (www.mapquest.com)www.mapquest.com Explore links at: www.course.com/newperspectives/internet6

23. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 23 Getting Travel Destination Information You can find a variety of useful information using city guide sites including information  about entertainment, restaurants and specific attractions.  One of the most popular city guide sites is: City Search (www.citysearch.com)www.citysearch.com Explore links at: www.course.com/newperspectives/internet6

24. Citysearch The Ryman Auditorium Page

25. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 25 Finding Businesses on the Web Yellow pages directories: Web sites that store information about businesses only, similar to the printed yellow pages phone book.  One of these sites is YellowPages (yellowpages.com) Explore links at: www.course.com/newperspectives/internet6

26. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 26 Finding People on the Web White pages directories:  let you search for individuals’ names, addresses, and telephone numbers  One of these sites is Switchboard.com (switchboard.intelius.com) Explore links at: www.course.com/newperspectives/internet6

27. XP New Perspectives on The Internet, Sixth Edition— Comprehensive Tutorial 4 27 Finding People on the Web White pages directories:  collect information from published telephone directories and other publicly available information and index it by last name  some Web sites make unpublished and unlisted telephone numbers available for public use  response to concerns about privacy violations has led to most white pages sites offering people a way to remove their listing