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  Using Internet as a Research Tool

Topic 1 Introduction to Internet Resources

Categories    Subjects    Purpose    Search Facilities  Search Strategy

Scanning search results

  • Locate terms within the result
  • Decipher the URL
  • Note the ranking
  • Check if they use directory links
  • Determine if it uses caches pages


Subject directories

  • Group information by topic
  • Organized by topic in a hierarchical manner
  • Selective and small size
  • Annotations/summaries
  • Access methods – search engine
  • Results display, different from search engines
  • Browsing is the easiest and the most effective way
  • Find your way through a hierarchy of topics
  • Using the search facility
    • Only searches titles indexed at the subject directory site
    • May use one or two-word phrase

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