How to Find Information on the Internet?
World Wide Web Search Engines
WWW Search Engines
The Web is a comprehensive approach to information retrieval.
It has grown remarkably in 1995-96, and now encomposses many other resources,
like File Transfer Protocols (via Telnet) and Gopher search capabilities.
Using hypertext, a way of linking documents so that the reader can
navigate through information (you got to this point through hypertext links!),
the Web allows the novice to search for information using powerful computers
to do the work. While the Web will not solve all of your research needs,
it will thrill you until something better comes along.
Starting Point is a convenient
way to enter the searching business; you type in the subject you want to
search and then select the search engine. You may then use your browser's
[Back] button to return for any additional database or refine your search.
Online Sources
Online
Tutorial in the use of Netscape Navigator
Basic information on getting started, understanding onscreen
fundamentals, using mail, primary menu items, uses of e-mail, reference
panels, and Q & A. Each web browser will have such a tutorial as part
of their services; just locate the home button on the browser.
Online Resources
General Web Links of Interest to Historians
Online Resources in History (Annotated)
Texas Web Resources
Index of Resources in History (University of Kansas Index)
Yahoo! Subject Index
Institute for Academic Technology (UNC Chapel Hill, NC)
AltaVista searches of over 30 million Web pages
c|net's searcher: more than 250 ways to search the net
Switchboard: Nationwide residential and business directory
Printed Sources on Searching the Internet
Finding It On The Internet
Paul Gilster's book, Finding It On the Internet: The Internet Navigator's
Guide to Search Tools and Techniques* is an excellent starting point.
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