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

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Internet Fundamentals Learning to Use the World
Wide WebThe 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 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

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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
  johndoe_at_netscape.net

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Entering a URL
http//netscape.com
Location Box Enter URLs here (or Web
Address) http//netscape.com
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Sample URLs(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 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

lthtmlgt ltheadgt lttitlegtMBJ ONLINElt/titlegt ltbase
href"http//www.msbusiness.com/"gt lt/headgt
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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 Browsers

• Software programs used to access the World Wide
  Web
• Two 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 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

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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 womens 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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Internet Fundamentals Search Engines, continued

• Advice Make bookmarks for Search Engine Sites
• Search Engine Web Address (or URL)
• Alta Vista http//www.altavista.digital.c
  om
• 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

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Internet FundamentalsSearch 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!)

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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 Engines
• MetaCrawler http//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 htt
  p//www.four11.com WhoWhere http//www.whowhere.co
  m

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Internet FundamentalsUsing a Web Browser

• Start your Web Browser
• Double-click on your Browser icon
• on your Desktop.

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