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Internet FundamentalsLearning to Use the World Wide Web
The Internet Teacher
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Internet Fundamentals Introduction
– The World Wide Web
– The Internet Using a Web Browser
– Netscape Navigator Finding Information on the Web (Using
Effective Search Strategies)
– Directories– Search Engines
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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:
Netscape Navigator Internet Explorer
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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
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Often confused…...URL or Email Address?
URL - Uniform Resource Locator or Web Address
Example: http://www.weather.com
Used by Browsers to locate sites Often confused with Email addresses
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MDCC Faculty Training - 10/5/99 6
Location BoxEnter URL’s here(or Web Address)
http://netscape.com
Entering a URL
http://netscape.com
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Sample URL’s(or Internet Addresses)
Internet Address or URL Global Domains
http://www.angelfire.com commercial site http://www.msstate.edu educational inst. http://www.intop.net network organiz. http://www.navy.mil military http://www.____.org not for profit org. http://www.____.gov gov. agency,dept.
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Web PagesWeb Pages - documents on the WWWWritten and constructed using HTMLHTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
– a special language or code used to design and publish documents on the Web
<html><head><title>MBJ ONLINE</title><base href="http://www.msbusiness.com/"></head>
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The Internet An information system Communication tool A large network of computer systems world
wide can be explored by using a Web Browser
Services available through the Internet: Email (Discussion groups,Chat Rooms, etc.) Information search (including research) Education (Online courses; virtual colleges) Entertainment, News, and more…...
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Internet Fundamentals
Using a
Web Browser
Netscape Navigator
or
Internet Explorer
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Web BrowsersSoftware programs used to
access the World Wide WebTwo most popular
web browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator
Similar with slight differences
Netscape Navigator
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Internet FundamentalsUsing a Web Browser
Starting and stopping the Browser The Web Browser’s window Getting around a “page” and the WWW Saving, printing, and mailing items from the
WWW Bookmarks - Keeping track of favorite
sites Setting preferences and options
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Internet Fundamentals
Finding Information on the Web
using
Directories Search Engines
(Effective Search Strategies)
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Internet FundamentalsSearching the Web
Guessing Domain Names such as: ibm.com or weather.com
maps.com or abcnews.com 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...
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Internet FundamentalsSearching the Web
Complex Search– contains several words, but uses operators such as
AND, OR, NOT, and “phrases in quotation marks” Examples:
– stock AND quotes – “stock quotes”– orange NOT county– Web OR Internet
Be Patient and Persistent!
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Internet FundamentalsSearch Engines
What is a Search Engine ? program that connects you to a data base
or Web address used to perform a thorough search
Some Popular Search Engines Alta Vista, Excite, Hotbot, Lycos, InforSeek, etc.
Random Browsing (takes too much time)
Mark Favorite Sites (bookmark the sites)
Use several Search Engines for a thorough search
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Internet Fundamentals Some Favorite Search Engines
Alta Vista (http://www.altavista.digital.com)
Characteristic: returns links to first 10 web sites it finds that match your keyword(s) and up to 19 additional pages of sites
Exite (http://www.excite.com) will return a page with links to the first 10
sites it found that match you keyword(s)
Hotbot (http://www.hotbot.com)
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Advice: Make bookmarks for Search Engine Sites
Search Engine Web Address (or URL)
Alta Vista http://www.altavista.digital.com
Excite http://www.excite.com
HotBot http://www.hotbot.com
InfoSeek http://www.infoseek.com
Lycos http://www.lycos.com
WebCrawler http://www.webcrawler.com
Internet Fundamentals Search Engines, continued
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Internet FundamentalsSearch Engine or Directory?
What’s the difference?
Search Engine - allows you to collect and then browse information from more sources (Excite, AltaVista, InfoSeek, etc.)
Directory - generally doesn’t include every single web page or resource. Organizes resources of web pages by categories. (Yahoo!)
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Internet FundamentalsSome Favorite Directories
Directory Name Web Address (URL)
Yahoo! (favorite) http://www.yahoo.com Magellan http://www.mckinley.com Point http://
www.pointcom.com
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Internet FundamentalsBuilt-In Search Pages
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)
Easiest way to perform a search (for beginners especially)
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Internet FundamentalsMeta-Search tools
Multi-Search Engines– Searches 5 or 6 engines at once– prefer this type of search engine (personally)
Recommended Multi-Search EnginesMetaCrawlerhttp://www.metacrawler.com
Ask Jeeves http://www.askjeeves.com
DogPile http://www.dogpile.com
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Internet FundamentalsFinding People & Businesses
Looking for Email Addresses
Looking for home or business addresses or phone numbers
Sites specializing in Email Addresses:Four11
http://www.four11.com WhoWherehttp://www.whowhere.com
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Internet FundamentalsUsing a Web Browser
Start your Web Browser
Double-click on your Browser icon
on your Desktop.
Netscape Communicator.lnk
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