Prof's Guide to Reading Chapter 3:
"Searching the Web" - What's Important

Read  Chapter 3, "Search the Web",  pages 104 to 161

Pay particular attention to:

  • the @Issue "Kid-Friendly Searches" (of special interest to parents) on page 131, .
  • the @Issue "Search Engines Censored" on page 154, .
  • the @Issue "Avoiding Plagiarism by Citing Web Sources" on page 157
  • the @Issue "Research Papers Online" on page 158.

It makes sense to learn about the Web on the Web.  Here are a few good tutorials on search engines

  • The Goalgetter Web Search Tutorial panda tutorial discusses directory versus Search Engine versus MetaSearch.  It explains operators like "And", "Or", "Near".  It explains Field Searching such as "title:" and provides suggestions on what to do if you get a page not found error.  Be sure to read the 17 recommendations for Net searching page

Then complete the following:

  • Make sure you understand the terms on page 161. If not, go to the page given in parenthesis () and reread these terms that are in bolded text.
    That means more than just being able to select the correct choice in a multiple choice question.
     If you don't feel comfortable with one or more terms check them out with:
  • Test your knowledge
    • Do NOT do the True or False on 163

    • Do, but do not submit, the Multiple Choice on Page 163 & 164

    • In the Learn It Online section of  http://scsite.com/internet/ch3 do one of the follow (see page 165 for more description)

      • Practice Test (it tells you what the correct answers should be, but you have to take the whole test first.)
      • Flash Cards (you can choose how many cards you want - and at the end the ones you missed will be listed)
      • Who Wants to Be a Computer Genius? (this is fun but you are stopped as soon as you miss a question)
      • Crossword Puzzle Challenge (crossword puzzles are a favorite of my by it doesn't tell you if you got it correct or not)

This page is part of CIS120 - The Internet taught by Maureen Greenbaum at Union County College updated: 1/3/07