Class notes for a lecture on research using the Internet, offering research links specific to Anabaptist interests

1. English Composition II

2.  Internet
worldwide network of computers
 World Wide Web
documents (pages) hosted by those computers
offering information
 Browser
computer application that displays current
content from the Internet
 Blog
personal or organizational site frequently
updated with new content
 URL
universal resource locator, the address of a
World Wide Web page

3.  Search Engine
service that indexes web pages and allows
you to search its index
 Google
 Bing

4.  Use specific search terms
 Use switches like site: or “search phrase”
 Evaluate results before clicking.
 Ctrl + click (Cmd + click) to open in new tab

5.  Host (http://www.domain.com)
 Negative: blogspot, angelfire, wordpress, homestead, bravenet, local news
 Positive: .edu, .org, nationally recognized news agencies (Reuters, BBC, etc)
 Authority
 Bias
 Editorial review
 Demo: http://google.com

6.  Use for background research
 Follow references and external links at end of articles
Demo:
http://wikipedia.org

7.  Books
 Librarian’s Edge http://libedge (fb / (blank)
 MPL www.meadvillelibrary.org
 Pelletier allecat.allegheny.edu
 Project Gutenberg www.gutenberg.org
 Google Books books.google.com
 Periodicals
 Christianity Today www.christianitytoday.com/ct/archives
 World Magazine www.worldmag.com/archives/
 POWER Library (recommend OmniFile Select)
www.powerlibrary.net/Remote/Remote.asp?ID=meadville

8.  Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
www.gameo.org
 Mennonite Quarterly Review
www.goshen.edu/mqr
 Martyrs’ Mirror
www.homecomers.org/mirror
Many of these resources are linked on Celebr8.

9.  Bookmark
 Copy and paste
 Save as HTML
 Print to PDF
(recommend www.cutepdf.com or Chrome browser)
Demo: POWER Library

10. English Composition II