HINARI Initiative Workshop

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INTERNET CONCEPTS
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Topics

• Basic Internet Concepts.
• Types of Information.
• Search Tools Techniques.
• Managing Internet Resources.
• Browsing a mail.
• Composing a mail.
• Attaching Sending a file.

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Basic Internet Terminology

• What is the Internet?
• Network of Computer Networks
• Telecommunications
• Protocols
• Uses
• Information Networks
• Libraries
• Research Centers

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How to get started.

• Open the Internet explorer
• By double click this Icon.

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This page is being viewed in the Internet
Explorer Browser. Browsers allow computers to
read Hyper Text Mark-up Language OR HTML
The Address or URL is typed in here.
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After Entering a URL address in the address box
click ok go or hit the RETURN key. In this
example we have entered http//www.who.int for
the WHO website
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Links to other pages are usually underlined or in
another colour of text.
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The arrow buttons on the tool bar allow users to
move back and forward to pages within the
website.
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Home page button
The house icon on the tool bar will take you back
to the browsers default Home Page.
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Types of Information

• Library Catalogues
• Multimedia
• Reference Tools
• Journals, Newspapers Magazines
• Databases

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Sources of Information

• Academic Institutions
• Government Agencies
• Publishers
• Commercial - Proprietary Databases
• Non Profit
• Professional organizations-
• International Agencies- http//www.who.int/tdr/

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Internet Search tools

• Which search tools are needed?
• Directories
• Search Engines
• Meta Search Engines
• Invisible or Deep Web

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Search Engines

• Search Engines
• What are search engines?
• Components of a search engine
• Search Options
• Search Box Google- http//www.google.com
• Natural Language http//sp.ask.com/docs/help/

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The Google search engine
This is the Google search engine. Type your query
into the Google search box and click on the
Google Search button
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Search results on Google
This is how Google presents the results of your
search. Follow the links to the websites you wish
to visit.
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Web Search Techniques

• Searching
• Which Tools?
• Types of Searches
• Browsing
• Keyword Searching
• Full Text Searching

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Advanced Searching Techniques - Tips

• Truncation
• Proximity Searching
• Phrase searching
• Near operator.
• Case sensitivity

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More Search Techniques

• Field Specific Searching
• Title
• Date
• URL
• Language Restrictions

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Managing Internet Resources

• Bookmarks
• What is a Bookmark?
• Netscape
• Favorites
• Internet Explorer
• Offline Activity

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Adding favorites 1
To add a page to Favorites click on the link on
the Tool bar.
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Adding favorites 2
You can now give your new Favorite a name.
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Adding favorites 3
When you select favorites from the tool bar you
can see that your page has been added to the
list.
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Type the URL Name
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Type Your Username.
Type Your Password.
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Gmail INBOX
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This is the Tool Box. In which You Have Your
MailBox Details as INBOX SENT DRAFTS CONTACTS
This is the Contact Details in which You have the
Details of the persons in your address book. The
Green Colour is for the persons who are online at
the moment. The Yellow Colour is for the persons
who are online BYT Busy. The Ash Colour is the
people not in online.
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For Signout Click on this.
This Is Your email ID.
This is the Mail searching area where we can
search our mails
Type any Key word by which you want to search
the mail click Search Mail.
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A MAIL
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How to Print an Individual Email Message in Gmail
If you open a message, Gmail automatically
displays the complete thread. This is extremely
useful as it lets you see the context immediately
and without having to search for previous
correspondence. Print an Individual Email
Message in Gmail Open the desired message. If
the message is collapsed in a thread, click its
headline to expand it. Click the down arrow next
to Reply. If you see no Reply button, click More
options. Select Print from the menu. Print the
page that comes up.
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COMPOSING A MAIL
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Choosing a file for attachment.
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What is a computer virus?

• Computer viruses are small software programs that
  are designed to spread from one computer to
  another and to interfere with computer operation.
  
• A virus might corrupt or delete data on your
  computer
• Viruses are most easily spread by attachments in
  e-mail messages or instant messaging messages.
• They can be hidden in software or other files or
  programs you might download.
• To help avoid viruses, it's essential that you
  keep your computer current with the latest
  updates and antivirus tools.

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Thank You..