The Internet for Beginners Section Three of Four

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The Internet for BeginnersSection Three of Four

• From the
• Richard Sugden Library
• Spencer, MA
• Jillian M. Parsons

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Review

• Section One
• Definitions
• Using the Internet Explorer
• Web Browser
• Section Two
• Establishing Home
• Websites / Web Pages
• The Web Address (URL)

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Questions?
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Section Three Todays Presentation

• Searching
• Everyday Uses for the Internet
• Saving and Printing

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Searching
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What can you find on the Internet?

• What cant you find on the Internet?
• Most businesses today have a web presence that
  informs consumers about the business, and usually
  provides services like online shopping, business
  hours and find a location near you

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What can you find on the Internet?

• The Web offers new ways to interact with other
  people, and connect people with similar
  interests. Ex. chat rooms, email or
  Classmates.com.
• You can do business without leaving home. Ex.
  Banking, groceries, or buying a used car.
• There are unlimited ways to use the Internet, and
  new ones are created all of the time.

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The Internet as a Reference Tool

• With a few keywords and a little experience, you
  can find an almost inexhaustible wealth of
  information on the Net.
• You can use Google the way you would use an
  encyclopedia, dictionary, history book, etc.

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The Internet as a Reference Tool

• Please note that for school assignments, all
  sites are not created equal.
• Sites with the extension .org, .gov, or .edu are
  considered more scholarly than those with the
  .com extension.

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The Internet as a Reference Tool

• .org is used for non-profit organizations
• .gov is used for government sites
• .edu is used for educational entities such as
  colleges
• .com is reserved for businesses, usually have an
  agenda, and are generally not considered
  reputable sources of information.

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Surfing

• Surfing the Internet refers to a pleasurable
  pastime of following link to link, getting a
  little lost, but discovering a bit of what is out
  there, online.

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Shopping

• You can go to most chain stores with their URL,
  select items, put them in a shopping cart, and
  check out using a credit card.
• My favorite online stores are www.levenger.com,
  and www.sundancecatalog.com

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Shopping

• Popular shopping sites include
• www.amazon.com
• www.ebay.com
• www.target.com
• www.bloomingdales.com

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Banking

• Online banking makes it possible to do almost any
  transaction over the Net.
• Additionally, using the routing number and
  account number found on the bottom of checks from
  a checkbook, you can buy things online without a
  credit card.
• You can also pay bills online.

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Job Hunting

• Sites like Monster.com or CareerBuilder.com claim
  to be good tools for finding a job.
• I disagree. The volume of people, their resumes
  and the companies looking for workers make it
  practically impossible for the sites to work well.

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Job Hunting

• Instead, try using local sites such as Worcester
  Works or Boston Works or,
• Search for jobs within your field through a
  professional organization. For example, as a
  librarian, I can search through professional
  organizations such as the Massachusetts Library
  Association

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Driving Directions

• Services such as Yahoo! Maps and MapQuest are
  pretty reliable for getting you from point A to
  point B
• They also include the time it is estimated to go
  that route.

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Online Magazines

• Many magazines also have a web presence.
• There are a few sites which require you to
  subscribe, but for the most part, you can access
  the magazines articles for free.
• Some examples Better Homes and Gardens
  www.bhg.com, and The Economist www.economist.com

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WORKSHOP TASK

• What else is out there?
• GIVE ME A TOPIC

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Search strategies what is a keyword?

• A keyword is usually a generic term that covers
  the scope of your topic.
• Instead of using Adolescents and Driving, using
  Teens and Driving will bring up more hits
  (results) because the word teen is used more
  often in conversation and in print than the word
  adolescent

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WORKSHOP TASK

• KEYWORDS

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Why should I use Google?

• In the beginning there were many competing search
  engines, using many different methods to retrieve
  relevant information from the Internet.
• In time, the Google search engine developed its
  technique of fetching results by popularity.

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Why should I use Google?

• This technique brought such good results, it is
  now considered just a waste of time to consult
  more than one search engine.

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WORKSHOP TASKS

• Sample Searches

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Saving and Printing
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Saving Info from the Net

• You can highlight the URL,
• Copy Ctrl C
• or Cut Ctrl X
• and Paste Ctrl V the URL into a new document

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Saving Info from the Net

• Ctrl C, Ctrl X, or Ctrl V refer to the
  action of holding down the Control key while also
  pressing the C, X or V key on your keyboard.

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Saving Info from the Net

• You can also copy and paste any of the content of
  any web site into a different document.
• I usually paste into a Word document, and then
  re-format.

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Printing Web Pages

• To print a webpage, first select Print Preview
  from the File Menu, and make sure you have chosen
  the correct area you wish to print.
• Then select Print from the File Menu, choose the
  correct printer, and hit OK.

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Summary - Section Three

• Searching
• Everyday Uses for the Internet
• Saving and Printing

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Conclusion

• Are you ready to Rock???
• Lets go play.