Hidden Universes of Information on the Internet

For the researcher who wants to quickly locate a wide variety of information located anywhere in the world.

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Searching

  1. A Search Methodology - Follow these simple steps to focus your search activities
  2. Search Tool Overview - Understand the difference between a directory, search engine and "user pages"
  3. Searching Tools - Links to many of the Internet's "main" search tools
  4. Specialized Search Tools- Databases contain information that is beyond the reach of a simple search engine such as Google.  Typing is required to see most of this content.

Where did that Web page come from?

  1. Determining the Source of online information - Knowing the website's origin may help you judge the validity of a web site's content
  2. How to read a URL - Includes listings of many file types
  3. Domain Name Overview - Learn how your favorite country releases their domain names
  4. Whois Overview - Find the registered owner of a domain name or IP Number
  5. Traceroute Overview - See a possible network path between two computers

Russ Haynal -  Internet Instructor and Speaker

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