Searching the Internet
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The Internet can be a valuable research tool, giving access to many documents that might otherwise be unavailable. The Internet can also be an incredible "time-waster" so it is important to become familiar with different search tools and techniques.
Some of the main points to remember when searching the Internet are:
- no one directory or search engine covers all of the web and many search engines and directories cover only a small portion of the Internet so it's a good idea to become proficient in using more than one search tool
- it is possible for anybody to establish a web site, it is essential when using the Internet for academic purposes to evaluate and correctly cite the information that you have located
- The Internet is a dynamic tool and web sites that you locate easily one day may be difficult to locate the following day.
There are a number of approaches for locating information on the Internet.
- Directories (lists of web sites arranged by subject)
- Search engines (use for advanced searching techniques)
- The Invisible Web (search for information contained on databases that search engines cannot find)
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