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Main Contents Page
Before you start
STEP 1: STARTING out
STEP 2: FINDING
Searching techniques:
- Boolean Logic
- Truncation/wildcards
- Phrase searching
Information finding tools:
- OPAC
- Webbridge
- Databases (incl CD Roms)
- Internet
- Dewey (DDC)
Information sources:
- Dictionaries
- Encyclopaedias
- Atlases
- Almanacs & yearbooks
- Books
- Periodicals/Journals
- Newspapers
- Audio-visual
- Internet
What is it?
Screen icons
Resources
Web address
More information
Glossary
- Grey literature
- Broadcast media
- Conference proceedings
- Maps
- Government publications
- Standards
- Museums
- Archives
- Quiz
STEP 3: EVALUATE
STEP 4: Legal and ethical USE
STEP 5: COMMUNICATE
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Useful Internet sites - to learn the net
The easiest way to learn how to use the Internet is by actually using
it (we learn best by doing!). The following are web sites that
will teach you how to use and search the Internet.
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INTERNET LINKS: if the computer is not
linked to the Internet, you will not be able to access these web sites. |
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Internet
101 |
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This guide will provide you with enough knowledge to
have fun on the Internet, yet will not bore you with too many details.
Think of this as a set of instructions...for people who don't like
to read instructions! |
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Loony
Tunes Teach the Internet (ages 8-88) |
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It's not just for kids. Learn Internet basics and get
inside tips from your favorite Looney Tunes characters. To begin,
either take our quiz or click on the topic you're interested in
learning about.
Visit this site when you have plenty of time early in the morning
or late at night. Why? There are plenty graphics and animations and
downloading is slow when everyone is "searching the Net". |
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The
HelpWeb |
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This guide is intended to help people who are just
getting started on the Internet learn their way around. Think
of us as a friendly service station that gives out free road maps. |
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Learning
the Internet |
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It allows you to use the Internet to learn the Internet.
This tutorial is aimed primarily at teaching you how to use the world
wide web (or just "the web"). In order to use the web, you need to
learn to use a web browser. From our understanding of the web, we
will show how the other parts of the Internet fit in. |
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