October 5, 1999

Details

Title	Searching the Web
Time Allotment	3 hrs

Reading / References

Read chapter 4 from Internet Comprehensive
Additional references/information (from book source) can be found at
http://www.course.com/downloads/NewPerspectives/internet/cmp/t04.html

Supplemental Web Sites/Info

http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/78tutorial.htm (online tutorial)
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/32tools.htm (search engines list & features)
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/77advanc.htm (advanced search techniques)

Objectives

Determine whether a research question is specific or exploratory
Learn how to develop an effective Web search strategy to answer research questions
Learn about Web search tools and how they work
Create different kind of search expressions
Find information using search engines, directories, and other Web research tools

Coursework / Lab Work

Quiz #1
Chapter 4 Pretest (CTM Online - Internet Comprehensive)
Overview of Searching the Web (demo)
History or the Internet Video 3/3 (1hr)

Home Work

Read chapter 4
Quiz on Thursday: Basic Email: Integrated Browser Email Software (chapter 2)
Complete exercise in "For Marks"

For Marks

Assignment #: IC03
Assignment: Searching Exercise
Due: Oct 12/99
Marks: 10 marks

Complete case problem #2 on page 4.29

Demo

Types of search questions (pg 4.2 - 4.3)
Web search strategy (pg 4.4)
Using search engines (pg 4.5 - 4.6) - DEMO (altavista.com)
Meta tags for a web page (pg 4.7)
Title, content, comment, meta
What do people search for? - DEMO (metaspy.com)
Using directories (pg 4.8 - 4.12) - DEMO (yahoo.com)
Meta search engines (pg 4.13 - 4.14) - DEMO (dogpile.com)
Other Web resources (pg 4.15) - DEMO (clearinghouse.net)
Natural language queries - DEMO (ask.com) -askjeeves
Boolean Logic / Filtering - Boolean Operators (pg 4.18 - 4.20)
Wildcards (pg 4.20)
Advanced search using AltaVista (pg 4.20 - 4.22) - DEMO
Help in AltaVista - DEMO
Advanced search in HotBot (pg 4.23 - 4.24) - DEMO
Complex search in Excite (pg 4.25 - 4.26) - DEMO
Complex search in Northern Light (pg 4.26 - 4.27) - DEMO