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1 online resource (449 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction to the Internet and the World Wide Web; About This Book; The World Wide Web as an Information Resource; Hypertext and Hypermedia; Activity 1.1 First Look at Using a Web Browser to Find Information on the Web; Key Terms and Concepts; Information Sources Available on the Web; Summary; 2 Browser Essentials; Surveying a Browser's Features; Starting and Stopping the Web Browser; Exploring the Web Browser's Window; Using the Right Mouse Button; Getting Around a Page and the World Wide Web; Getting Help |
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Activity 2.1 Using a Search EngineUsing Bookmarks or Favorites to Keep Track of Resources; Activity 2.2 Working with the Netscape Navigator Bookmark List; Summary; 3 Managing and Using Information from the Internet and the Web; Common Types of Files on the Internet and the Web; Considering Copyright Guidelines Before Sharing and Copying Information; Capturing and Using Text, Images, and Data from the Web and the Internet; Capturing and Downloading Statistical Tables into a Spreadsheet or Word-processing Document; Activity 3.1 Capturing and Downloading Images into a Word-processing Document |
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Procedures and Steps for Managing Internet and Web Information4 Using the World Wide Web for Research; Browsing the World Wide Web: Using Directories; Activity 4.1 Using a Directory to Browse for Information; Finding Information Gems in Virtual Libraries; Activity 4.2 Finding Resources in a Virtual Library; Searching the World Wide Web: Using Search Engines; Activity 4.3 Using Boolean Search Operators; Activity 4.4 Using Phrase Searching to Find Information; Using Several Search Engines Simultaneously: Meta-search Tools; Activity 4.5 Using a Meta-search Tool to Find Information; Summary |
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5 Directories and Virtual LibrariesCharacteristics of Directories; Browsing and Searching Directories; Two Major Directories and How to Use Them; Activity 5.1 Yahoo!; Activity 5.2 The HotBot Directory; Virtual Libraries: Directories with a Difference; Activity 5.3 The Argus Clearinghouse; Activity 5.4 The Librarians' Index to the Internet; Summary; 6 Search Strategies for Search Engines; Search Engine Databases; Search Features Common to Most Search Engines; Output Features Common to Most Search Engines; A Basic Search Strategy: The 10 Steps; Activity 6.1 Search Strategies in Northern Light |
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Activity 6.2 Search Strategies in InfoseekActivity 6.3 Search Strategies in MetaCrawler; Summary; 7 Using Search Engines; Activity 7.1 Search Strategies in HotBot; Activity 7.2 Search Strategies in AltaVista's Simple Search Mode; Using Search Engines for Specific Information; Activity 7.3 Finding Specific Information in Excite; Summary; 8 Specialized Databases; Overview of Specialized Databases; How to Find Free Specialized Databases; Using Specialized Databases; Activity 8.1 Searching MEDLINE; Activity 8.2 Finding Company Information |
| Summary |
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
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Includes index |
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Activity 8.3 Searching for United States Supreme Court Opinions |
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Print version record |
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Internet searching.
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Web search engines.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
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Internet searching
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Web search engines
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hartman, Karen.
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| ISBN |
9781135966980 |
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1135966982 |
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