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WHPL Internet and Searching Basics
This document provides an overview of searching the internet and evaluating websites. It defines key terms like websites, web pages, URLs, domain names, and search engines. It explains how to use search engines like Google and modify searches using Boolean operators and quotation marks. It also lists criteria for evaluating websites such as accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage.
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- 1. Internet and Searchinghttp://www.westhavenpl.org/
- 2. Web Browser: InternetExplorer URL- Address Navigation- Back & Forward Search Box
- 3. W W WWeb page – a single document or page on the world wide web. Website – a group of related web pages with a common address.
- 4. URL (Uniform ResourceLocator) The address that connects you with a website. Parts of the URL http://www.westhavenpl.org/ http:// = protocol called Hypertext Transfer Protocol www. = World Wide Web westhavenpl = domain name .org = domain type Domain Types .com = commercial .org = generally nonprofit organizations .edu = higher education .gov = U.S. government agency
- 5. Search Engine DefinitionA website that indexes billions of pages and sites on the world wide web. Examples largest a Directory – organizes by subject Microsoft product a metasearch engine Just to name a few!
- 6. Search Engines http:// www.google.com http:// www.yahoo.com http:// www.bing.com http://www.dogpile.com
- 7. How to SearchSearch Box Easy but returns LOTS of results!
- 8. Modifying Results Boolean Operators Definition: A way of combining words to make your search more specific. AND OR NOT
- 9. AND + will narrow by specifying that ALL words must be present in the search results. France +travel
- 10. OR OR will broaden by specifying that EITHER word must be present in the search results. France OR travel
- 11. NOT - will narrow by specifying that ONE word must be excluded in the search results. France -travel
- 12. Modifying Results Quotation marks “ ” Creates a phrase search with the exact words in the exact order. Advanced Search Google, Dogpile, and other true search engines allow you to use parameters to help adjust your search.
- 13. Evaluating Websites AccuracyWho wrote the page? Can you contact them? What is the purpose or why was it created? Authority What credentials are listed for the author(s)? What institution publishes this? Check the domain . Objectivity How detailed is the information? Why was this site created? Does the information show a minimum of bias?
- 14. Evaluating Websites 4.Currency When was it created? When was it last updated? Are the links current and live? 5. Coverage What is the intrinsic value of the information? Is the material in-depth? Is the information provided cited? Is the information free?
- 15. URL (Uniform ResourceLocator) The address that connects you with a website. Parts of the URL http://www.westhavenpl.org/ http:// = protocol called Hypertext Transfer Protocol www. = World Wide Web westhavenpl = domain name .org = domain type Domain Types .com = commercial .org = generally nonprofit organizations .edu = higher education .gov = U.S. government agency
- 16. Adapted from “Google,Yahoo! and More…” deerfieldlibrary.org