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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

• 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
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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.