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Internet.Dot

The Internet is a great research tool. It is also very frustrating trying to find what you need among the 100,000's of  webpages that are published weekly on the World Wide Web. This webpage was developed to ease the frustration and pain of researching on and off the Internet. 

Currently there are six types of websites

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WhereToStart.dot

Where do you start in your research?  How?  The first step in any research project is to make a list of  keywords on your topic. Use these keywords in your research in print and Internet resources. In addition to your classs notes and textbooks here are some great places to find keywords and basic information on your topic.

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Question. Dot

There are many search engines on the Internet you may use to locate information on the World Wide Web.

But how do you tell if the information you have is what you need???  Here are a few questions you need to ask yourself about the information you find on the World Wide Web:

Who put this information on the web?

• What does the domain (web address) name tell you?

• Remember a tilde (~) indicates a site created by an individual instead of a group, company or organization

• Is the purpose of the site stated? (Information, advertisement or entertainment)

• When was this page last updated?  Is there a date listed?

• Does this information agree or disagree with previously found information?

• What does the information on this webpage tell you?

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Search.Dot

There are many (hundreds) of search engines to locate information on the Internet.  The problem is locating the information you need.  One way is to use advanced search skills offered by specific search engines. Here are a few of my favorite search engines and their unique way of location specific information you might need for a research project or paper.

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CiteIt.Dot

So you have your information, now how are you going to reference it in your project?

Always write down the following information on a website you are using as a resource:

• Date (day/month/year) website was accessed

• URL (webaddress) of website

• Title of website

• Name of  website sponsor, if any

 Here are a few  websites which can help you quote, reference and cite Internet sites in your project.

For those non-web resources
here are some examples for citation of  Newspapers, Magazines & Books

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Help!.dot

Here are some online help pages for:

Here are some other helpful hints:

Saving images from Internet

Click right mouse button over image, change name to something you can recognize without changing the extension name (.jpg .gif .tif). At LHS always save to your directory on the H: drive

Saving to student directory

On "save as" screen change "save in" box to H: then students; then your name

Printing part of webpage

Sometime, especially pages with backgrounds which include graphics, printing is difficult. Using you left mouse button select text you wish to print. Select "edit"  "copy" then open up either a word document or composer under "communicator". Then select "edit" "paste" to place text into document. Print from the new document.

 

                               
Last Updated on January 25, 2007
By Martha Beckort
Lanesville Community Schools
Lanesville, IN

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