Internet for Research

Using the Internet for Research



Using the Web to Retrieve Information from the Internet
Using a URL to retrieve Information on the Web; Moving Around in a Web Document Searching within a Web Document; Saving Documents Retrieved from the Web; Printing Documents Retrieved from the Web; Retrieving Non-Web Resources with a Web Browser.

How to find It Again: Bookmarks
The Basics of Bookmarks; Creating Bookmarks with Netscape.

Using FTP to Retrieve Information from the Internet
FTP Clients; Retrieving a File with FTP.

Finding Information on the WWW Indexes and Searching
Search Engines on the Web; Searching and Browsing; Indexes and Indexing Doing a sample Index Search with WebCrawler; Full-Text Indexing versus Title-Only Indexing; Free-Text Indexing versus Controlled-vocabulary Classification Doing Sample Directory Searches with Yahoo and the WWW Virtual Library

Refining Internet Searches: Search Engines and Boolean Logic
AND Queries; OR Queries; NOT Queries; Combining Boolean Queries; Truncation; Beyond Boolean: Relevance Ranking; WAIS Databases.

Search Engines for Searching on the Internet
How Search Engines Differ; Web directories of Resources; Web-Based Search Engines A Gopher Search Engine; Common Problems of Searching on the Internet.

Resource Guides to Subject-Subject Information
List of Frequently Asked Questions; Home Pages for Organizations; Strategies for finding Useful Resources on the Internet

Using Library Catalogs on the Internet
Useful Commercial and Government Resources; UnCover: A document Delivery Service; LEXIS-NEXIS; Dialog; Dow Jones News/Retrieval; Library of Congress Service; FedWorld.

Electronic Discussion Groups
Introducing LISTSERV and Majordomo; Working with LISTSERVs; Working with Majordomo Lists; Locating the Right Discussion Group; Choosing an Appropriate Discussion Group; Guidelines for Participating in Electronic Discussion Groups; The Inter-Link/Dartmouth List; Terms and Abbreviations Used in Discussion Groups.

Workshop is 1 hour in lenghth.



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