1. Preparing To Search The Internet Helping Students Search Effectively

2. Surfing is not searching.

3. “ Computers organize and download information — They do not teach you to think.

4. How Do You Find What You Need? Libraries are planned. Internet is organized by popularity. Well-prepared searches will eliminate useless hits and wasted time.

5. Who Pays For The Internet? Advertisers pay for Internet websites. Popups and banners are trying to influence your spending habits. commercial sites--.com, or a non-profit --.org — may try to encourage you to buy a particular product or donate money.

6. URL ’ s ( Uniform Resource Locator ) web “ address ” that connects you with a website Goes in the address bar at the top of the screen Gives you information about where the website comes from

7. Top Level Domains.edu — higher education.k-12 — elementary and secondary schools.com — commercial.gov — government agency.org — general noncommercial organization.net — computer network.ca — Canada, each country has own domain ~ — personal

8. Search Directories-- Are limited search engines Sites are selected by experts for content, accuracy and age appropriateness Example: KidsclickKidsclick

9. Search Engines Give you a list of all the places to find the info on the Web, usually ranked bypopularity Let you search for specific words and topics Use robots known as spiders to search for information. Example : SweetsearchSweetsearch

10. Databases professionals review and select the databases which have book, magazine, encyclopedia, and even Web information that is considered reliable, authoritative, historically relevant, and valuable. move to the Web if you need more information or a different point of view

11. Web Site A website is a group of connected pages usually on one topic and maintained by a single person or organization Websites need to be evaluated for accuracy Online encyclopedia – like the books have been checked for accuracy

12. More Vocabulary Http: hypertext protocol isa set of rules for transferring files on the Internet Keyword: word or words that form a search Hit: number of web pages that match your keyword Metasearch engines: send your keyword to several search engines, to give you more hits Spider: part of the search engine that stores URL and indexes the keywords and text