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“Internet Power Searching: Finding pearls in a zillion grains of sand”

This presentation will probably involve audience discussion, which will create action items. Use PowerPoint to keep track of these action items during your presentation In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button Select “Meeting Minder” Select the “Action Items” tab

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“Internet Power Searching: Finding pearls in a zillion grains of sand”

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  1. This presentation will probably involve audience discussion, which will create action items. Use PowerPoint to keep track of these action items during your presentation • In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button • Select “Meeting Minder” • Select the “Action Items” tab • Type in action items as they come up • Click OK to dismiss this box • This will automatically create an Action Item slide at the end of your presentation with your points entered. “Internet Power Searching: Finding pearls in a zillion grains of sand” Akeem Adebowale February 24, 2003

  2. Introduction In recent years, information that have been difficult to access by the general public have become more accessible through various resources on the Internet. Proper knowledge of how to search through these internet resources is necessary.

  3. Problems with Internet search: • Without the correct search technique, it could be a waste of time • Searching the wrong information library • Dynamic improvements in the qualities and capabilities of Internet search engines

  4. Attention Areas When Searching: • A variation between Internet size survey result and search engine system size report • indicates that a proportion of the web is unreachable • Search engine index size • Number of pages indexed (Alta Vista vs. HotBot)

  5. Attention Areas When Searching (contd.): • Where to start your search depends on your goal • Weather report or news article • Metasearch Engines send search requests to several search engines on the Internet • http://www.dogpile.com • Intelligent Agents (software program) • http://www.intelliseek.com

  6. Attention Areas When Searching (contd.): • Hard-to-find Information is often created and made available by two or more different organizations

  7. conclusion With all the above mentioned attention areas you should be aware that you need to continue learning new tools to access the web sites that are not accessible by search engines.

  8. Resources • Rebecca Burnett, Technical Communication, fifth edition.

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