World Wide Web

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World Wide Web
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Browser

• Use browser to access the web
• Internet Explorer (Microsoft)
• Firefox (Mozilla)
• On all PCs
• Requires internet connection
• Provides access to millions of websites
• Too much information!

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Search Engines

• Helps find some information on web
• Some examples
• Google (www.google.com)
• Bing (www.bing.com)
• Yahoo (www.yahoo.com)
• Find text, pictures, maps, news, etc
• Try Advanced Search
• They are good, but miss much

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Hidden Web

• Also called
• Deep web
• Invisible web
• Pages not indexed by search engines
• Unlinked pages
• Sites requiring signon
• Databases
• www.searchsystems.net to see whats available
• No need to pay search for database

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What to do with data

• Print - all or part
• Copy and paste into document
• Create pdf (PrimoPDF)
• Download from www.primopdf.org (free)
• Save images (census, etc)
• Save web address of good sources
• Save as bookmark/favorite