Academic Research on the Internet is New Library in Rural America
1. Surfing the Net for Academic Research (The Internet becomes the New Library for Rural Communities) W. J. White-Moye IT-648 Telecommunications
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10. usually contains a text title or graphic banner. The header may also contain links that lead directly to other pages in the site, or a set of "next" and "previous" buttons linked to the next and previous pages in a sequence. HEADER CONTENT contains the actual content, including text and links. Links --those active “ * hot-words " in the text-- can lead to another page, a different site, or to a different section of the same page. FOOTER contains critical information about the page: it usually shows the date when it was created and last updated, the name of the author, the e-mail address of the author, and the name of the institution, organization, or company that sponsors the site * Word that identify what you are searching for
The topic of my presentation today will be using the Internet to locate academic information. At this point, rather than present the mechanics of searching with individual search engines, I first want to focus on some basic concepts and principles of searching the Internet, and on how to evaluate the information you find there. Hopefully this information will help make your use of the Internet for academic research relevant and rewarding instead of frustrating.
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