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Information Resources on the Web
Tutorial 4
  • Finding, Evaluating, and Using
  • Online Information Resources
  • Part 1 Day to Day Stuff

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Current Information on the Web
  • Many search engines and directories include
    sections devoted to news items.
  • Some, like Excite
  • Choose kind of information that appears first
  • Usually have to register to do this.

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Current Information on the Web
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Current Information on the Web
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Current Information on the Web
  • Can set a date range on Advanced Search page.
  • HotBot -- 2 ways to search within date range
  • choose from preset time range options
  • in the last week
  • choose before or after specific date
  • AltaVista -- set exact between date range
  • AlltheWeb -- set separate after and before
    date filters
  • set both of these filters, to get exact between
    date filter.

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Date Filters -- HotBot Advanced Search Page
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Date Filters -- AltaVista Advanced Search Page
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Date Filters --AlltheWeb Advanced Search Page
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Recently Modified Web Sites
  • Go to search engine or directory that allows
    date-range restrictions.
  • Formulate search expression.
  • Set date-range restriction in search tool.
  • Run search.
  • Evaluate search results.
  • If results not useful
  • Select another search tool
  • Run the search again.

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Google Date-Filtered Search Results
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Getting News
  • Wire service (press agency or news service)
    organization that gathers and distributes news to
    newspapers, magazines, broadcasters, and other
    organizations that pay a fee to the wire service.
  • Search engines and Web directories include links
    to broadcast networks, wire services, and
    newspapers.
  • All major U.S. broadcasters have Web sites with
    news.
  • Broadcasters in other countries also provide news
    reports on the Web.

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Getting News
  • Newspapers Web sites.
  • Broadcast news, wire services, and newspaper Web
    sites
  • Search for specific news stories.
  • Web news directories
  • Links to Web sites of newspapers, other media
    outlets
  • Internet Public Library Online Newspapers site
  • hyperlinks to hundreds of international and
    domestic newspapers

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Internet Public Library Online Newspapers
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Getting News
  • News search engines -- search content of news
    stories in multiple publications and wire
    services.
  • Yahoo! News -- AP and Reuters wire services, plus
    news it purchases from other leading newspapers
    and magazines
  • Google News -- stories from more than 4,000 news
    sources
  • NewsHub -- updates news database with information
    from several wire services every 15 minutes
  • Some news search engines contain blogs.
  • Web logs (Weblogs or blogs) Web sites with
    commentary (on current events) written by
    individuals.

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Weather Reports
  • Weather information and forecasts.
  • Popular weather forecasting sites
  • The Weather Channel
  • AccuWeather
  • Finding a weather forecast
  • Open weather site.
  • Locate weather report for city or area of
    interest.
  • Try other weather sites.

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The Weather Channel local forecast page for
Nashville
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Maps andDestination Information
  • Maps and driving directions.
  • Info not perfect
  • New roads and detours not included
  • Helpful travel aids.
  • Popular -- MapQuest.

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Maps andDestination Information
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Find a Local Area Map
  • Open a map site.
  • Enter the location you need.
  • Zoom map scale in or out.
  • Print or download finished map.

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Finding a Local AreaMap on the Web
RymanAuditoriumarea map in Google Maps and MSN
Maps Directions
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Travel Destination Information
  • City guide sites
  • entertainment
  • restaurants
  • attractions.
  • To use a city guide
  • Open city guide Web site
  • Specify destination city, region, or country
  • Explore hyperlinks provided by the site

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Citysearch
The RymanAuditorium Page
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Finding Businesses and People
  • Yellow pages directories sites store information
    about businesses only (printed yellow pages phone
    book).
  • White pages directories
  • search for individuals names, addresses, and
    telephone numbers
  • collect information from published telephone
    directories and other publicly available
    information and index by last name
  • some Web sites make unpublished and unlisted
    telephone numbers available for public use
  • Privacy violations -- most white pages sites
    offer a way to remove listing

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Finding Business Listings
  • Find a yellow pages directory site.
  • Specify type and location of business that you
    want.
  • Run search.
  • Examine and evaluate the results
  • Consider revising search
  • or try another search engine.

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Searching for White Pages Listing
  • Find white pages directory.
  • Specify your name and (part of your) address.
  • Run the search
  • Evaluate search results.
  • Consider repeating the search
  • various combinations of partial address
  • variants of correct spelling of your name.
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