Handout: Internet Research |
| Our course requires you to locate information
on the web. Performing Internet research can be a very difficult and
challenging; but, for you, it won't be. You will just need to use a
search engine, such as Google, and look up information on different
terms. On the Web, there are many tutorials on how to look up
information using search engines. To locate a tutorial, go to a
search engine and do a look up on, "Internet research" or "Using the
Web to find information." I am sure you can figure out how to do
this. But if you don't want to read a tutorial on doing internet
research it is not necessary. For our purposes, all you will have to do is open a search engine, put in a search term or sentence and you will get plenty of information. When you find the information and later reference it in your discussion or writing, you are required to post a link to the web page where the information is located. Here is an example of doing research. Find information about paragraphs. Use Google or Yahoo or another search engine and you will get many answers. Try it yourself. Next try looking up information on a specific kind of paragraph: Introductory Paragraphs. Just put in in the phase Introductory Paragraph and see all the information you receive. |
| The link below is to a web site named, SearchEnglineWatch.Com.
This site has valuable information about search engines and contains
links and descriptions of many you have heard of and many you have
not. You can learn a great deal from exploring this site. You should
use the site to compile your own list of search engines and
Metacrawlers / Metasearch Engines. Major Search Engines and Directories You need to be able to define and give an example of :
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| I have compiled a brief listing of search engines and Meta search engines. Go to the Course Information Page> Select the link Handouts, Documents & Links> You will find a link to search engines at the top of the list. |