Hidden Universes of Information on the Internet - PART 2 This course is designed for the researcher/analyst who is expected to quickly locate information located anywhere in the world.

Online Search Tools – Dozens of the major search tools are reviewed and compared in detail.

• Search Tool Details - links to tutorials and guides about search engines.
• Searching Upstream - See the importance of searching for web pages that are "upstream" of  a target web page.

"Country-Specific Scenario"

• Country-Specific Content -  Resources associated with a specific country, including country-specific search engines, news resources, phone books and  language resources.
• Country-Specific Infrastructure - Discover the Internet pathways in/out/within a country via exchange points, ISPs, and telecom carriers.

Source Evaluation There are numerous ways that Internet users can create a "persona" for themselves.

• Connection Detective - determine how they are connected - includes advanced multi-purpose Internet tools (nslook-up, whois, traceroute)
• Whois Overview - Find the registered owner of a domain name
• Traceroute Overview - See a possible network path between two computers

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