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    Internet Fundamentals
    Learning to Use the World Wide Web
    The Internet Teacher

    Internet Fundamentals
    Introduction
    The World Wide Web The Internet
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    Using a Web Browser


    Netscape Navigator

    Finding Information on the Web


    (Using Effective Search Strategies)

    Directories Search Engines

    World Wide Web (WWW)


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    An Introduction
    a vast collection of information thats 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

    World Wide Web (WWW)

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    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

    Often confused...
    URL or Email Address?
    URL - Uniform Resource Locator Web Address Example: or

    http://www.weather.com
    Used by Browsers to locate sites Often confused with Email addresses johndoe@netscape.net

    Entering a URL
    http://netscape.com

    Location Box Enter URLs here (or Web Address) http://netscape.com


    MDCC Faculty Training - 10/5/99 6

    Sample URLs
    (or Internet Addresses)
    Internet Address or URL Global Domains http://www.angelfire.com http://www.msstate.edu http://www.intop.net http://www.navy.mil http://www.____.org http://www.____.gov commercial site educational inst. network organiz. military not for profit org. gov. agency,dept.

    Web Pages
    Web Pages - documents on the WWW Written and constructed using HTML HTML - 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.co m/"> </head>

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    The Internet

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    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...

    Internet Fundamentals
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    Using a Web Browser


    Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer

    Web Browsers
    Software programs used to access the World Wide Web Netscape Navigator Two most popular web browsers:
    Microsoft

    Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator

    Similar with slight differences

    Internet Fundamentals
    Using a Web Browser
    Starting and stopping the Browser The Web Browsers 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

    Internet Fundamentals
    Finding Information on the Web
    using
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    Directories Search Engines (Effective Search Strategies)

    Internet Fundamentals
    Searching 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 womens tennis) continued...

    Internet Fundamentals
    Searching 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!

    Internet Fundamentals
    Search 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

    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 return a page with links to the first 10 sites it found that match you keyword(s)

    Exite (http://www.excite.com)
     will

    Hotbot (http://www.hotbot.com)

    Internet Fundamentals
    Search Engines, continued
    Advice:
    Make bookmarks for Search Engine Sites

    Search Engine Alta Vista Excite HotBot InfoSeek Lycos WebCrawler

    Web Address (or URL) http://www.altavista.digital.com http://www.excite.com http://www.hotbot.com http://www.infoseek.com http://www.lycos.com http://www.webcrawler.com

    Internet Fundamentals
    Search Engine or Directory?
    Whats the difference? Search Engine - allows you to collect and then browse information from more sources (Excite, AltaVista, InfoSeek, etc.) Directory - generally doesnt include every single web page or resource. Organizes resources of web pages by categories. (Yahoo!)

    Internet Fundamentals
    Some Favorite Directories
    Directory Name Web Address (URL)

    Yahoo! (favorite) http://www.yahoo.com Magellan http://www.mckinley.com Point http://www.pointcom.com

    Internet Fundamentals
    Built-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)

    Internet Fundamentals
    Meta-Search tools
    Multi-Search Engines
    Searches 5 or 6 engines at once prefer this type of search engine (personally)

    Recommended Multi-Search Engines


    MetaCrawler http://www.metacrawler.com Ask Jeeves http://www.askjeeves.com DogPile http://www.dogpile.com

    Internet Fundamentals
    Finding 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 WhoWhere http://www.whowhere.com

    Internet Fundamentals
    Using a Web Browser
    Start your Web Browser Double-click on your Browser icon on your Desktop.

    Netscape Communicator.lnk

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