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Introduction to searching the web

Workshop Outline• What is the Internet?

• What is the World Wide Web?• What is a search engine?

• What do search engines search? • What do they not search?

• How do you make sure you are getting the most relevant results?

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The Internet

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Go here to learn about the history of the internet

“A Short History Lesson: The Internet began in the 1960s as a U.S. Department of Defense communication network. Soon after, university researchers and professors began to use it to communicate with others in their fields. Internet use really took off in the early 1990s with the arrival of the Web, which made it easier to find and view information online. [emphasis added] “Via the US Department of Education

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Google Scholar

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Ten search engines for researchers that go beyond Google