This document outlines a training on research skills and internet information. The objectives are to understand internet history, etiquette, politics and information management skills. It covers online search techniques including identifying topics, evaluating tools like directories, search engines, and communication methods. Search tools like general/specialized directories, search engines, meta search engines, and mailing lists/newsgroups are explained. The training emphasizes skills like defining search topics and keywords, deciding appropriate tools, bookmarking sites, and evaluating information sources. It concludes with a test to summarize learning.

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Internet Information
Research Skills:
Get what you want in 5 minutes

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Objectives:
Understand the internet history,
etiquette and politics
Aware of info management and online
search skills
Practice different information
searching tools - directories, search
engines, mailing lists and newsgroups
Able to evaluate information

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Outline
1. Introduction - video, test and needs
2. Online Search Skills
3. Search Tools: Search engine,
directories and communication
4. Evaluation and sharing - exercise
5. Conclusion - test and summary

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1. Introduction
What is internet?
 NEC Research Institute estimated that as of February
1999, there were 2.8 million publicly accessible web
servers
800 million pages on the web, as of Feb, 1999
Network of networks

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Too wide!!

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1.1 Your needs?
1. What information you want to have
right now?
A.________________________
B. _______________________
C. _______________________

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1.2 Intro: History
What do you know about internet
history?
1962-1969 APRANET
1970-1988 Universities, government,
major corporations
1988-1990 Decommission APRANET,
renamed INTERNET
1991-1993 Commercial activities allowed,
Gopher and Mosaic
1994-1996 Netscape - 40 million users
……………………………………………………………………
..
 BBN Timeline
 http://www.bbn.com/customer_connection/timeline.
htm

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1.3 Introduction: Test
how many web pages in internet know?
Name three major search engines?
Name two web based mailing list?
Is Yahoo a directory?
What is meta-search engine?
What is mailing list used for?

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1.4 Browser - functions
Homepage
Back.Forward - Fast Back
Find within the same document
Organize info - Bookmark
Save

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2: Online Search Skills Techniques
Identify your topic
Search Information
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Evaluate information
Apply information
Store information
Share information
Info Management

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Overview: Techniques
Know what you want
Decide the tools
Right keywords and BO
Bookmark the site

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2.1 Know What you want ?
 What is your subject matter?
 What info you want?
Reports?
Pictures?
Discussion?
How long is your search time?
•Exercise: Define three area……..

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2.2 Decide the tools
 General Info
 Directories
 Specific info
Search engine
 Communication
 Mailing List/ Newsgroups/Online Chat
•Exercise: Define the tools in those
areas……..

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2.3 Right keywords
 What are the keywords?
Memosa Pudica
Kitty Cat or Hello Kitty
 What are the alternate keywords?
•Exercise: Define keywords of three
areas……..

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2.4 Book Mark
 Bookmark it
 Create Folder, Change name
 Create a off-site bookmark
•Exercise: Create three folder names

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3.O Search Tools:
directories and search
engine communication
General Info
 Directories
 Specific info
Search engine
 Communication
 Mailing List/ Newsgroups/Online Chat

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3.1 Search Tools:
a. General Directories
 Yellow Pages, see Looksmart.com
 Human Pick
 General Information

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3.1 Search Tools:
•Exercise: Find your information here
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3.1 Search Tools:
b.Specialize Directories
Other Directories
www.miningco.com - coach
Coach approach - articles, links, chat
Index 24,000 categories
•Exercise: Find your information here

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3.1 Search Tools:
•Exercise: Find your information here
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 Malaysia online
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 oldest directory
 16,000 academic
 resources

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3.1 Search Tools:
•Exercise: Find your information here
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 personal trailblazer
 Zinezone
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3.2 Search Tools:
Search Engines
•Exercise: Find your information here
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• Pick up by software: Robot, Bot etc
• Look for specific information
• Detective

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3.2 Search Tools:
Search Engines
Exercise: List 3 BO for each of the
information you need
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Boolean Operator
Add + Wild card *
Minus - Exact phrase “….”
Bracket ( )

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3.2 Search Tools:
Search Engines
•Exercise: Find your information here
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•• Index 8% of web
Index 8% of
web; from
HotWired;
Select Pull
Down Menu
Index 15% of
the web

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3.2 Search Tools:
Meta Search Engines
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•• Combine search engines
• Similar BO
• General terms

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23 search engines +
FTP and Usenet
Pull down menus
list of meta search
engines
3.2 Search Tools:
Meta Search Engines
•Exercise: Find your information here
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3.3 Communication:
web based mailing list
•Exercise: Find your information here
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• Web/Email Based Mailing List
•Register as member
•Example: TQM in Egroups

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3.3 Communication:
Email based mailing list
•Exercise: Find your information here
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- www.liszt.com
- subscibe listname
- unsubscribe
- listserv/majodomo

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3.3 Communication:
Dejanews
•Exercise: Find your information here
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- www.dejanews.com
- soc.culture.malaysia
- use newsreader

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4. Evaluation and Sharing
 Evaluation of Information
author’s authority
publisher’s background
currency: date
reference of other sources
motive: commercial, academic or
propaganda

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Internet Politics
Virus
Freedom of speech
Pornography
Company policies
Copy right
Sharing information

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5. Conclusion and
Summaries
internet history, etiquette and politics
info management and online search skills
directories, search engines, mailing lists
and newsgroups
evaluate information

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5. Conclusion and
Summaries