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Internet Applications

Web Browsers The purpose is to display info on Web pages The most common is internet explorer  To check what browser is being used, go to HELP>About Browser. Do not change at school!  To update a browser, go to TOOLS>Web Updates

Types of Browsers Internet Explorer – owned by Microsoft Netscape – owned by AOL corporation  Netscape spinoff – Mozilla Firefox Opera – free with ads included  For opera browser free of ads will cost a fee Browsers may have Java, Flash, or multimedia file add-ons  Java – computer operating language

Webpages URL – Uniform Resource Locator HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Websites.com – commercial site, may be trying to sell something.edu – higher education site. May be library or student page.gov – U.S. government affiliated site.org – non-profit organizations. May be biased

Bias Pushing of information to gain favoritism towards a certain idea or group Website may be biased based on the purpose of the website. May only give positive or negative facts regarding the topic of interest on the website

Credibility How reliable is the webpage? Examine the URL, if there is a tilde present, this applies it is a personal page. TILDE (~) Look for “About the Site” to learn about the organization or agency working the site Look for “About the Author” to learn about the person working the site  Then check the library database to see if the author has wrote any books/papers on the topics discussed

Audience All websites have an audience in mind

Accuracy Refers to whether the information contained is factual or opinion Compare the info to other resources to determine if there is doubt. Look for documentation information provided  This could be in-text citations or a bibliography Look for explanation of research methods.

Relevance Too much information vs. Not enough

Search Engines Google.com Yahoo.com Bing.com Clusty.com Ask.com

Search Engines What do we use at school? What do you use at home? What is the most reliable? What is your favorite?

Google Google is not case sensitive Default search uses AND Use up to 32 words

Google Google will search for phrases first, then break down into words Google uses stemming  Break down the tense of a word to the original stem

Google Google allows you to search:  Web  Images  Videos  Maps  News  Shopping  More – customize to fit your style

Google TIPS TO USE WHEN SEARCHING THE WEB Intitle:Calhoun County Schools  info in blue bar Goliath site:sixflags.com  limits search to specific site Inurl:kraft  If you know a word in URL but not sure of URL

Google Related:nick.com  Use to find similar sites Define:ecommerce Phonebook:first name, last name, city state

Google Movie: name or city state Stocks:goog  Each stock has a call name Weather Alexandria, AL Flights – atl to lax  Put in both airports three digit code

Google Calculations / /5 10% of 90 5K in miles

Other Sites – website rating tool – Information over time – To whom does the site belong – is that an urban legend AVL – Alabama Virtual Library ALEX – Alabama Learning Exchange APT+ - Alabama Public Television