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Using the Internet for

research
Presented by: Farzan Saleem Butt

Farzan Saleem 9-A

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Internet research skills

• identifying appropriate online
sources
• finding the right information
• evaluating online information
• managing online resources
• crediting online resources

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Web search tools

Types of search engine available

Search Engines Search Directories Metasearch Engines

Google Ask Jeeves Excite
Bing BOTW Dogpile
Youdao DMOZ WebCrawler
Lycos 1st-SPOT InfoSpace
Excite Business.com Search.com
Sogou Hotfrog Zoo
FastSearch Skaffe iBoogie
Yandex GoGuides InfoGrid

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Why internet information may

not be reliable
• Search engines might give websites
that are not up-to-date and might have
no longer valid information.
• Anyone can post anything on the
internet and the information could be
biased or inaccurate.

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How to evaluate website content

• A website might be unreliable if the
date on which is it last updated is old.
• If the website has a lot of
advertisements then it is probably
unreliable as it might be made only to
gain clicks on their ads.

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Citing online resources

• avoiding plagiarism
• adhering to copyright

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