The Educational Uses of the World Wide Web

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The Educational Usesof theWorld Wide Web

• Providing Santa Ana College Students
• Access to Information to Increase Learning and
  Success

Spring 2008, Version 58
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Table of Contents

• Today Activities
• Goals
• Student Requirements
• Exercise Using the Web to View this Presentation
• Resource Information
• Microsoft Internet Explorer Navigation Buttons
• Microsoft Internet Explorer Basic Functions
• Personal Start Page
• Internet Terms and Definitions
• Educational Uses of the World Wide Web
• Where Can I Find Information Online to Develop a
  Research Paper?
• Tips for Online Searching

• How to Perform an Online Search Using the ACC
  Ultimate Search Page
• How to Determine the Value of Web Searches
• Tools to Help You Find and Organize Information
• Using Copernic Pro
• Citing Information from the WWW
• Exercise Compiling Info for a College or Term
  Paper
• Exercise Polishing Your Work
• Review
• Questions
• Credits
• ACC Contact Info

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Todays Activities

• View this presentation at your computer.
• Introduce students to the
• ACC Ultimate Search Page http//sacacc.sac.edu/ac
  cindex.htm
• ACC Web Scout http//sacacc.sac.edu/webscout/inde
  x.htm
• Links for this class
• View useful Web databases and information
• Santa Ana College Library databases
• ACC Web Scout Database page
• Create a Personal Start Page.
• Set up and use your free E-mail account.
• Copy important bookmarks onto your start page.
• Perform a web search using a variety of modern
  engines.
• Copy important information into a word processing
  document, paraphrase and cite the information
  correctly.

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Goals

• Provide SAC students with advanced Internet
  information searching skills to enhance their
  learning and increase their future success.
• Encourage students to take similar credit courses
  upon completion of this course.
• At the end of the class students will be able to
• Use the basic functions of Microsoft Internet
  Explorer.
• Create, update and use their own personal start
  page.
• Search the Web for meaningful information using a
  variety of Web-based tools including the ACC
  Ultimate Search Page, ACC Web Scout and Copernic
  Pro.
• Compile accessed information into a Word document
  as a term or college paper.

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Exercise Using the Web to View this Presentation

• Open Internet Explorer
• (The presentation works best using Internet
  Explorer.)
• In the address box type exactly
• http//sacacc.sac.edu/presentations.htm
• Press the Enter key
• Click on Educational Uses of the World Wide Web
• Wait for the file to be downloaded
• (this may take a few minutes if you use a modem)
• Click your mouse on each slide to follow along
  with the in-class presentation.
• You can return to this presentation later to
  review it in depth, and try some of the links
  that you have not had a chance to click on.

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Student Requirements

• Bring either a floppy diskette, memory stick or
  zip disk to class. Two diskettes, memory sticks,
  zips or any combination are recommended.
• CD-R can be used later to save.

100 or 250 megabytes
1.44 megabytes
CD-R 700 Megabytes
USB Memory Stick 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 MB

• Be mouse and Windows proficient.

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Resource Information (1 of 4)

• Academic Computing Center
• Coordinator John Luxenberg
• Location
• Cesar Chavez Building, Room A-106
• Santa Ana College
• 1530 West 17th Street
• Santa Ana, California 92706
• Fall and Spring Hours
• Monday Friday 730 a.m. - 950 p.m.
• Saturday 800 a.m. - 450 p.m.
• Intersession Hours
• Monday Thursday 1200 p.m. - 550 p.m.
• Friday 900 a.m. - 1250 p.m.
• Summer Hours

Click to view location
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Resource Information (2 of 4)

• Useful Web Sites (Click your browsers back
  button to return to this page).
• Santa Ana College Web Site
• http//www.sac.edu/
• Academic Computing Center and Ultimate Search
  Page
• http//sacacc.sac.edu
• Academic Computing Center Web Scout
• A categorized list of useful academic sites
  including links to search tools, dictionaries,
  encyclopedias and more!
• http//sacacc.sac.edu/webscout

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Resource Information (3 of 4)

• Useful Web Sites Continued (Click your browsers
  back button to return to this page).
•  
• Location of this presentation on the Web
• http//sacacc.sac.edu/presentations.htm
• RSCCD Policies Guidelines / Rules for using
  computers
• http//sacacc.sac.edu/policies.htm
• SAC Library Information Competency Tutorials
• http//ext.sac.edu/academic_progs/library/informat
  ioncompetency/

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   Resource Information (4 of 4)

• Online Tutorials
•  
• Free-ed Free Education on the Internet
• http//free-ed.net/
• Freeskills hundreds of free online IT tutorials
• http//tutorials.freeskills.com/
• Web Scout list of tutorials
• http//sacacc.sac.edu/webscout/OnLine_Courses/OnLi
  ne_Tutorials/index.htm
• Microsoft Product and Technology Tutorials
  including Office 2003 and Windows XP
• http//www.microsoft.com/education/tutorials.mspx
• Online Computer Dictionaries and Glossaries
•  
• Webopedia Dictionary for computer terms
• http//www.webopedia.com/

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Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) Navigation
Buttons

• Assignment Take the IE Tutorial. You can start
  the tutorial by clicking on IE Tutorial link
  above, or enter http//www.actden.com/ie5/ into
  your browser.

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Exercise Using Microsoft Internet Explorer
Navigation Buttons

• Open Microsoft Internet Explorer
• by clicking on its desktop icon.
• Open the Santa Ana College home
• page (www.sac.edu).
• Click on Computer Labs.
• Click on Academic Computing Center.
• Click on Web Scout.
• Use the back button several times to return to
  this page.

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Exercise Using Microsoft Internet Explorer
Stop Button
Stop

• Open Microsoft Explorer.
• Type www.crayon.net in the Address Bar.
• Use the Stop button to halt the page from
  loading.
• Why would you want to stop this page from
  loading? Click here for the answer.

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Microsoft Internet Explorer Basic Functions (1
of 2)

• For finding or going to a Web page, use one of
  the following
• Address Bar
• Search
• Refresh
• To look for a specific word or phrase on the page
  youve found, click on
• Edit ? Find (on This Page) CtrlF

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Microsoft Internet Explorer Basic Functions (2
of 2)

• To return to pages youve already visited, click
  on one of the following
• View ? Go To (See graphic below.). Select
  the site you would like from the list provided.
• History
• Favorites

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Personal Start Page (1 of 3)

• Benefits
• Single entry point to the information you need to
  help with your education and other areas of your
  life.
• Content and tools from a variety of areas such
  as
• Business Reference Tools
• Calculator Personal Bookmarks
• E-mail Technology
• Maps
• News
• Characteristics
• Usually free, but probably will include
  advertisements.
• Customizable.
• Individualized.
• Usually start with the word My.

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Personal Start Page (2 of 3)

• Examples
• Examples of Companies Providing Personal Start
  Pages
• AOL MSN
• Earthlink Netscape
• Excite Page Flakes
• Google Yahoo
• Lycos
• Special Purpose Examples
• HERC (Higher Education Recruitment Consortium)
• Firehouse.com, Members Zone (personal start page
  for firefighters)

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Personal Start Page (3 of 3)

• Obtaining a Free Personal Start Page
• Go to The Web Scouts Personal Start Page -
  Portal Information section.
• Visit the sites in this section to learn more
  about personal start pages.
• Go to the Some personal start page choices.
• Review the different possible personal start
  pages (My Excite, My Lycos, My MSN, My Netscape,
  My Yahoo etc.).
• Read the article from PC Magazine evaluating
  leading personal start pages.
• Find out which start page offers the content
  (business, technology, reference tools, bookmarks
  etc.) that you need.
• Select the registration page from either the Web
  Scout or the site itself, and register for a
  personal start page from that site.
• Suggestion Most start pages are free. Only
  select one that is free.

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Internet Terms and Definitions

• Internet
• World Wide Web
• Browsers
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Mosaic
• Firefox
• Netscape Communicator
• Opera
• Safari (Apple)
• Home Page
• Tabbed Browsing
• TCP/IP
• Bandwidth
• Hyperlink
• Services
• E-mail
• FTP
• telnet

• Searching
• Search Engine
• Meta-search engine
• Clustering search engine
• Keyword
• Directory
• How Search Engines Work
• Invisible (Deep) Web
• Intranet
• News feed
• RSS
• Podcasting
• VOIP
• Blog
• Information about Blogs on the ACC Web Scout
• Wiki

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Educational Usesof the World Wide Web (1 of 4)

• Information college students can find on the Web
• Books - inexpensive
• Career Information, Planning and Opportunities
• College Information Activities, available
  courses, grades, online courses, seminars,
  virtual tours
• Financial Aid and Grants
• Homework Helpers (Web Scout?Personal
  Tools?Homework Helpers)
• Libraries and Museums
• News (Yahoo News, Google News, iBoogie News, News
  Search Portal)
• Organizations
• Personal Start Pages (Examples My Netscape, My
  Yahoo, My Excite, My SurfWax, My MSN, My
  Earthlink )
• Planning (Example Bplan.com)
• Publications
• Reference Materials (Web Scout?Reference Tools)
• Research
• Software inexpensive or free (Sun Open Office,
  Google Docs)
• Check the Web Scout for a categorized list of
  useful educational sites
• http//sacacc.sac.edu/webscout/

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Educational Usesof the World Wide Web (2 of 4)

• Communication Tools
•  
• Chat (Yahoo Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger,
  ICQ)
• E-mail (Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, MSN Mail, AOL Mail
  ...)
• Usenet (A worldwide bulletin board system
  consisting of forums called newsgroups)
• Usenet (www.usenet.com)
• Telephone using VOIP
• Videoconferencing
• Online Radio and Television
• Check the Web Scout for a categorized list of
  useful educational sites
• http//sacacc.sac.edu/webscout/

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Educational Usesof the World Wide Web (3 of 4)

• Utilities/Services
•  
• FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
• Telnet (Access to remote computers)
• Search Tools (Web Scout search tool page)
• Simple (Google, Hotbot, Yahoo)
• Meta (Mamma, Metacrawler, Webcrawler)
• Second Generation (iBoogie, Kartoo)
• Specialty search sites
• Blog Search Tools
• Educational search sites
• Educators Reference Desk
• The Gateway to Educational Materials
• US Department of Education
• Check the Web Scout for a categorized list of
  useful educational sites

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Educational Uses of the World Wide Web (4 of
4)

• Instructional Tools 
• Online courses (Web Scout?Online Courses)
• Simulation
• Virtual Frog
• A Simulation of the Proposed California
  High-Speed Rail System
• Free and discounted items (Educational resources,
  software drivers and pluggins, clip media,
  music,movie scripts, books, magazines, ...)
• General sites
• Free Stuff Center
• The Freebe Directory
• Check the Web Scout for a categorized list of
  useful resources for education
• http//sacacc.sac.edu/webscout/Resources_for_Educa
  tion/

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Where is Data/Information Found on the Web? (1
of 2)
Databases / Statistics
Encyclopedias
Wire Services
Newsgroups News feeds, Pod and Web casts, Blogs
Wikis
News Services
Magazines Newspapers
Online Courses Tutorials
Online Radio and Television
Click here to see examples.
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Where is Data/Information Found on the Web? (2
of 2)
Click on an entry below each category to see an
example.

• Encyclopedias
• Encarta, Britannica
• News feeds
• ACC Web Scout list of feeds
• Podcasts
• ACC Web Scout info on podcasts
• Newsgroups (Message Boards)
• Google Groups
• News Services
• abcnews.com, bbc.com
• Wire Services
• AP, U.S. Newswire

• Magazines and Newspapers
• Find Articles, Washington Post, Crayon.net,
• Government Sites
• First Gov, Google Government Search
• Databases
• Invisible Web, directory of databases
• Government links to free databases
• Online Courses and tutorials
• The German language
• A list of online courses
• Online Radio and Television
• Web Scout list of online stations

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Tools to Find Data / Information

• ACC Ultimate Search Page Access to over 380
  search sources
• Simple Search
• Google, Yahoo, Altavista, Excite, Lycos
• Meta-Search
• Metacrawler, Mamma
• Second Generation Search Tools
• iBoogie (A clustering search engine)
• Excite (A clustering search engine)
• Clusty (A clustering search engine)
• Grokker (Displays results graphically)
• Kartoo (Displays results graphically)
• SRC (A research search engine)
• Directories
• Yahoo Directory, Google Directory
• Libraries
• Nealley Library, Santa Ana College ...
• Other Tools
• Copernic Agent (Most recent) and 2001 Pro
• ACC Web Scout especially the ACC Web Scout Search
  Tools Section

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Tools to Help You Organize Materials

• Your Personal Start Page
• Many of your research tools can be put on your
  own Web page for easy viewing
• Clustering Search Tools (iBoogie, Excite)
• Provide an outline of Web sites returned from
  your search
• Outline gives ideas for new sub-topics
• Outline tool in Microsoft Word
• Found under the View menu
• Allows you to move entries easily
• Bookmarks (Netscape) and Favorites (Internet
  Exp.)
• Keep and organize your best Web sites needed for
  your work
• Microsoft Encarta Researcher (Many of the ACC PCs
  have Microsoft Encarta)
• Allows easy organization and citing of
  information from the Web and other sources

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Tips for Online Searching

• Spell words correctly in your search line.
• Put words that you want to be found together in
  quotes
• Ex Rain Forest
• If your search yields too many results, make your
  search more specific by adding more words to your
  search line.
• Ex rain forest should be rain forest
  destruction environment
• If your search yields few or no results, your
  search line is too specific. Eliminate some of
  the words from your search line.
• Ex rain forest destruction environment could
  be changed to just rain forest

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How to Perform an Online Search Using the ACC
Ultimate Search Page (1 of 2)

• Open Microsoft Internet Explorer.
• Type the following address into the Address box
• http//sacacc.sac.edu
• Determine what type of search you want to do.
• Research a term paper.
• Find a job.
• Buy a book.
• In the search box, type your search phrase such
  as the examples shown below
• rain forest destruction environment
• civil war manufacturing equipment
• real estate investment Costa Rica
• Note Place words that you want to find together
  in quotes.
• Click Search.

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How to Perform an Online Search Using the ACC
Ultimate Search Page (2 of 2)

• Scroll down to the Ultimate Search Page Menu.
• There are two sections
• Tools for searching
• Places to search
• Click on the search category you want
• Ex. 1 Clustering Search Engines
• Ex. 2 Databases
• Under the category select a search resource.
• Ex. 1 iBoogie
• Note You may click any magnifying glass.
• You have several choices with iBoogie Web, news
  and images
• You may click the Back button to try other
  search sources without retyping your search
  phrase.

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Exercise Finding a word or phrase on a Web
page(s) that the search engine has located

• In the previous search, note that the results
  came from many search engines (Internet Keyword,
  Direct Hit, Alta Vista .).
• Click on Edit ? Find (on This Page)
• In the Find what box, enter the word or in
  quotes the phrase you are looking for.
• For example rain forest
• Make sure the Down button is checked.
• Click on Find Next.
• The word or phrase may occur several times.
• Repeat step 5 until you find what youre looking
  for, or you reach the end of the document.
• Note The shortcut to quickly display the Find
  (on this page box is CtrlF.

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Exercise Saving a Web page as a Favorite in
Internet Explorer

• You now may want to save the Web page for future
  reference.
• Click on the Favorites button on the menu tool
  bar found at the top of the page.
• Click Add to Favorites , and then OK.
• Later, you can click Organize Favorites to
  group your similar favorites into folders.
• Click here to See IE Tutorial on sorting.

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How to Determine the Value of Web Search Results

• Check the Web pages
• Creation/Design Date (The creation/design date
  should be recent).
• Author (Is the author a recognized authority in
  his field?)
• Affiliation (It is best if the author is
  connected to a professional organization.)
• Contact (Are you able to contact the author
  easily?)
• Background information (Pertinent information
  should be included.)

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Using Copernic Pro (1 of 4)

• Starting a search
• On the desktop, double click on Copernic Pro
  icon.
• Double click on an appropriate category in the
  Categories section (upper left quadrant).
• The New Search window appears.
• In the box Enter you search query, enter a
  search query.
• For example rain forest destruction environment
  (Refer to Tips for Online Searching)

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Using Copernic Pro (2 of 4)

• Preparing Copernic for your search
• Click on the Spell checker button at the end of
  the search query box if youre unsure of the
  spelling.
• Select a search mode
• Answer my question - if you intend to enter a
  question or a sentence
• Search for all words results will include every
  keyword entered (similar to placing and between
  words)
• Search for any word results will include at
  least one keyword (similar to placing or between
  words)
• Search for exact phrase results will include
  the exact phrase ("...")
• Click on the Remove dead links to eliminate
  sites that no longer exist.
• Click on the Search Now button.

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Using Copernic Pro (3 of 4)

• Checking the results of your search
• Note Copernic automatically updates its search
  engines to provide accurate results for searches.
• The Search Progress Window indicates the status
  of a search that is currently in progress.
• The search query will appear in the upper right
  window and the search results will appear in the
  lower left window.
• To preview a document without opening a browser,
  enter a check mark in the box next to the Title
  column.
• To sort your results by score, simply double
  click on the title button, Score.
• To select a web site, click on a URL in the
  Address column.

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Using Copernic Pro (4 of 4)

• Modifying and finalizing your search
• Double click on the search topic. This will open
  the Modify Search window.
• In the Query box, enter your modified search
  query.
• You may want to alter the type of search you do
  (Answer my question, search for exact phrase
  etc.)
• Click Search now.
• Check the new Web sites for pertinent
  information.
• Those sites that are important, save as Microsoft
  Internet Explorer Favorites.

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Citing Informationfrom the WWW (1 of 5)

• Check the Santa Ana College Library first
• Here are some General guidelines
• Direct the reader to the information being cited
  whenever possible.
• Reference specific documents instead of home or
  menu pages.
• Provide addresses (URLs) that work.
• The URL is the most critical element If it
  doesn't work, readers won't be able to find the
  cited material, and the credibility of your paper
  or argument will suffer.

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Citing Informationfrom the WWW (2 of 5)

• Minimum requirements for an acceptable citation
• Author of the document
• Document title or description
• Date - Either the date of the publication or
  update
• Address - For the Web, it will be the URL
  Uniform Resource Locator (http//...)

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Citing Informationfrom the WWW (3 of 5)

• General formats of a citation for online
  materials
• For Online Periodical
• Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author,     C.
  C. (2000). Title of article. Title of    
  Periodical, xx, xxxxxx. Retrieved month    day,
  year, from source.
• For Online Document
• Author, A. A. (2000). Title of work.   Retrieved
  month day, year, from source.

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Citing Informationfrom the WWW (4 of 5)

• An example of citing an online article
• For ex Use the search phrase - the impact the
  destruction of the rain forest is having on the
  environment.
• Search the WWW for an article that provides
  relevant information.
• Deforestation Humankind and the Global
  Ecological Crisis is a relevant article.
• After having found the article, look for the
  information to be used from the article.
• An example of a citation used for the article
  would be
• Hui, Stephen (1997, November 12).    
  Deforestation Humankind and the Global    
  Ecological Crisis. Retrieved July 19, 2001,    
  from http//www.aquapulse.net/knowledge/   
  deforestation.html

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Citing Informationfrom the WWW (5 of 5)

• For more information on citing, please visit the
• ACC Web Scout
• http//sacacc.sac.edu/webscout//
• Click on Reference Tools.
• Then, click on the "Writer's Resources and Tools"
  category.
• Choose a link you want to visit.
• Additional information on citing online documents
  can be obtained by visiting
• Karla's Guide to Citation Style Guides
• http//bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.htm
  l
• Citing Electronic Sources University of Chicago
  Library
• http//www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/ets/citing.html
• Citing Electronic Resources University College
  of the Fraser Valley
• http//www.ucfv.ca/library/electronic_citation.ht
  m

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Exercise Compiling Information for a College or
Term Paper (1 of 2)

• Open Microsoft Word.
• Use File? Page Setup to prepare your pages
  margins etc.
• Find pertinent information from one of your Web
  sources such as

• Highlight the information you want.
• Copy this information to the clip board (Ctrlc).

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Exercise Compiling Information for a College or
Term Paper (2 of 2)

• Switch to Microsoft Word by clicking on it on the
  Task Bar.
• Paste the information into Microsoft Word
  (Ctrlv).
• Paraphrase your work.
• Cite the information (See previous slides on
  citing).
• Repeat steps 3-9 for as many sources as needed.
• Organize and combine this information with other
  information into your final document.

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Exercise Polishing your work

• Spell check your work.
• Run your work through the Microsoft Word,
  Spelling and Grammar checker (Tools?Spelling
  and Grammar or F7).
• Check an online thesaurus for new choices of
  words that mean the same thing.
• Webscout ? Reference Tools ? Thesauruses
• or
• Encarta desktop icon ? Tools ? Thesaures

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Review of Topics Covered (1 of 2)

• Check for updates in the presentation online at
• http//sacacc.sac.edu/presentations.htm
• Creating and Using a Personal Start Page.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer.
• Where Do You Find Information / Data Online.
• Performing an online search using a simple or
  meta-search engine.
• Finding information in your search results using
  CTRL F.

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Review of Topics Covered (2 of 2)

• Saving a Web sites address using either
  Favorites or Bookmarks.
• Using Copernic Pro / Agent.
• Citing information.
• Compiling information for a research paper.
• Polishing your work.

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QuestionsAnswers and Questions(Please determine
the Questions to the following Answers!)

• Example - Answer The Start Button.
• Question What button do you click on to find a
  list of programs, recently created documents,
  computer settings and the search tool in Windows
  XP?
• Question 1 ?
• Answer 1 Web pages, online encyclopedias, wire
  services, newsgroups, online news
• Question 2 ?
• Answer 2 Cite your online information source.
• Question 3 ?
• Answer 3 Metacrawler, Mamma, iBoogie, ixquick

Click here to see the questions.
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Academic Computing Center Credits

• ACC Coordinator
• John Luxenberg
• ACC Instructional Assistants
• ACC Student Assistants

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Academic Computing CenterContact Information
Contact the ACC at 714-564-6731 for upcoming
classes or visit us on the Web
at http//sacacc.sac.edu
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Academic Computing Center
Cesar Chavez Building (Building A)
Room A-106
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QuestionsAnswers and Questions(Please determine
the Answers to the following Questions!)

• Question 1 What are several sources of Web
  information?
• Answer 1 Web pages, online encyclopedias, wire
  services, newsgroups, online news.
• Question 2 What process is necessary in order
  to use online information?
• Answer 2 Cite your online information source.
• Question 3 What are some meta-search engines?
• Answer 3 Metacrawler, Mamma, All-in-one, 800go

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Answer Page rain forest in quotes?

• Why is rain forest in quotes?
• Answer rain forest is in quotes because we
  want to find pages where rain and forest are
  found together as a single phrase.
• Otherwise, we could find an article about it
  raining on Forest Gump.

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Answer Page Page Loading

• Why would you want to stop a Web page from
  loading?
• The page may be loading very slowly. If you stop
  the page from loading, and try again, it may load
  faster.
• The page may contain information such as
  advertisements that you do not wish to see.

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Internet Explorer Tool Bar
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