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Week 004-Module Online Search
Week 004-Module Online Search
Online Search
The need to locate electronic information has been around since the
invention of electronic computing. After the Internet was made
available to the public in 1990, this need started to become bigger as
the amount of information available online increased. Today, in what
is being called The Information Age, the ability to search for
information in the Internet has become one of the most useful skills.
Basic Search
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Google Chrome
Tip: Most mouse wheels can be pressed just like a button. Clicking
on a search result using the mouse wheel will open the link in a
new tab. Do this to open several results at once.
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Mozilla Firefox
Safari
Apple’s Safari web browser’s address bar also doubles as the search
bar. Simply type your search keyword(s) in the address bar and press
Enter or click one of the suggested results.
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2. Narrow it down.
Keep your queries specific. For example, if your are searching
for instructions on how to use Adobe Photoshop, you can type
“adobe photoshop instructions” or “how to photoshop”
otherwise, if you just search for “photoshop”, you will end up
be shown a wide range of results such as sites selling the
software, its official website and its social media accounts.
3. Advanced Search
The most pospular search engines such as Yahoo, Bing and
Goodle have advanced search features in which you can make
complex searches. Using advanced search, you can use
multiple keywords and entire phrases and narrow down your
search by selecting language, region, date, and file type.
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.com
Derived from the word commercial, .com was initially
created for business entities. Today, it is the most common
TLD and can be used by anyone.
.net
From the word network, .net was originally intended for
networks such as internet service providers. This
restriction was not strictly enforced and .net became a
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.org
Short for organization, this TLD was intended for non-
profit entities such as online communities, open-source
(non-commercial) projects and non-profit organizations.
.gov
Derived from government, .gov is restricted to government
entities.
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.info
The name for this TLD is derived from the word information.
However, it is similar to .com and .net in the sense that it can be
used by anyone
.edu
Derived from the word education, this TLD is reserved for
education-related institutions.
5. Give credit
Giving credit to the source of the information that you use is
important because of these particular reasons:
To avoid plagiarism
It gives credibility to the information
It is a sign of respect to the author
Examples:
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https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/photo-editor.html. Viewed
on June 10, 2016.