Inter Fundamentals Faculty Workshop

Internet Fundamentals
Learning to Use the World Wide Web

The Internet Teacher
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
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
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
Often confused...
URL or Email Address?
URL
- Uniform Resource Locator Web Address Example:
or
http://www.weather.com
Used
by Browsers to locate sites Often confused with Email addresses johndoe@netscape.net
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 http://www.msstate.edu http://www.intop.net http://www.navy.mil http://www.____.org http://www.____.gov commercial site educational inst. network organiz. military not for profit org. gov. agency,dept.
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
<html> <head> <title>MBJ ONLINE</title> <base href="http://www.msbusiness.co m/"> </head>
The Internet
An
information system Communication tool A large network of computer systems world wide
can
be explored by using a Web Browser
Services
Email
available through the Internet:
(Discussion groups,Chat Rooms, etc.) Information search (including research) Education (Online courses; virtual colleges) Entertainment, News, and more...
Using a Web Browser
Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer
Web Browsers
Software
programs used to access the World Wide Web Netscape Navigator Two most popular web browsers:
Microsoft
Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator

Similar
with slight differences
Using 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
Finding Information on the Web
using
Directories
Search
Engines
(Effective Search Strategies)
Searching 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...
Searching 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!
Search 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

Vista, Excite, Hotbot, Lycos, InforSeek, etc.
Alta
Random
Browsing (takes too much time) Mark Favorite Sites (bookmark the sites) Use several Search Engines for a thorough search
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
will
(http://www.excite.com) (http://www.hotbot.com)
return a page with links to the first 10 sites it found that match you keyword(s)
Hotbot
Search Engines, continued
Advice: Make bookmarks for Search Engine Sites
Search Engine Alta Vista Excite HotBot InfoSeek Lycos WebCrawler
Web Address (or URL) http://www.altavista.digital.com http://www.excite.com http://www.hotbot.com http://www.infoseek.com http://www.lycos.com http://www.webcrawler.com
Search 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!)
Some Favorite Directories
Directory Name
Yahoo!
Web Address (URL)
(favorite) http://www.yahoo.com Magellan http://www.mckinley.com Point http://www.pointcom.com
Built-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)
Meta-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
Finding People & Businesses
Looking Looking
for Email Addresses
for home or business addresses or phone numbers specializing in Email Addresses: Four11 http://www.four11.com WhoWhere http://www.whowhere.com
Sites
Using a Web Browser
Start your Web Browser Double-click on your Browser icon on your Desktop.

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Internet Fundamentals

Learning to Use the World Wide Web

The World Wide Web

Directories Search Engines

World Wide Web (WWW)

Navigator Internet Explorer

World Wide Web (WWW)

- Uniform Resource Locator Web Address Example:

by Browsers to locate sites Often confused with Email addresses johndoe@netscape.net

Location Box Enter URLs here (or Web Address) http://netscape.com

be explored by using a Web Browser

available through the Internet:

Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator

with slight differences

(Effective Search Strategies)

Domain Names such as:

ibm.com or weather.com maps.com or abcnews.com

Keyword Searches Using Search Engines

Patient and Persistent!

Popular Search Engines

Search Engine Alta Vista Excite HotBot InfoSeek Lycos WebCrawler

Web Address (URL)

(favorite) http://www.yahoo.com Magellan http://www.mckinley.com Point http://www.pointcom.com

and Internet Explorer have 2 built-in search pages

way to perform a search

Searches 5 or 6 engines at once prefer this type of search engine (personally)

MetaCrawler http://www.metacrawler.com Ask Jeeves http://www.askjeeves.com DogPile http://www.dogpile.com

for Email Addresses

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