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During the past few years, a number of dedicated individuals and organizations have made diligent attempts to compile World Wide Internet Access Directories. Unfortunately, the 'Net and its Service Providers are changing so rapidly that such directories become out-of-date quite rapidly.
Its very difficult -- if not impossible -- to keep them current.Fortunately, the excellent Search Engines of the World Wide Web make overcoming this difficulty an easy task. Search Engines enable users to obtain "real time" information about available Internet Service Providers, access gateways, currently operative websites, and contact information.
Consequently, with regard to any nation in the world, if you're attempting to learn about topics such as "civic action," "community development," "community service," or "non-governmental organizations (NGOs)," etc., all that's necessary to obtain the desired results is: (a) go to your favorite Search Engine(s), (b) enter the name of the country, (c) add the desired modifying search terms, (d) launch the search, and (e) screen the results obtained for the information you need.
Although individual preferences and experiences vary widely with regard to Search Engines, its particularly helpful when you find one that makes it easy to do follow-on "sub-searches" (or, "search within these results"), such as Google. Also very useful are "Composite" Search Engines, such as Dogpile, or MetaCrawler, that give you the top 10 or so "hits" from several individual Search Engines.
An Example Assume you'd like to learn about civic action in the nation of Burkina Faso. Simply go to Google, and either:
a. search first for "burkina faso" (use the quotation marks), and then do a sub-search for:
"civic action" -- or
b. even easier, just enter both terms together in the initial search box, as follows:
"burkina faso" "civic action"
If this fails to produce useful results, try a similar search for "community development," and/or "community service."
Other terms which may be used in conjunction with those identified above could include: "organizations," " programs," "message boards," "correspondence lists," "distance learning," "on-line discussions," "funding sources," "best practices," and/or "Information and resources."
Finally, several of the additional topics listed in the table below (e.g., "housing," "economic development," "rural transportation," "child care," etc.) could prove to be helpful search term modifiers. The keys to success are experimentation, and persistence !!
When you succeed in obtaining results that are interesting and/or useful, you're cordially invited to share your findings and celebrate your success on any of the Message Boards provided below that are relevant to the topic(s) of your search.
Happy hunting and best wishes !!
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