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World Wide Web
Browser
• Use browser to access the web– Internet Explorer (Microsoft)– Firefox (Mozilla)
• On all PCs• Requires internet connection• Provides access to millions of
websites– Too much information!
Search Engines
• Helps find some information on web• Some examples
– Google (www.google.com)– Bing (www.bing.com)– Yahoo (www.yahoo.com)
• Find text, pictures, maps, news, etc• Try Advanced Search• They are good, but miss much
Hidden Web
• Also called– Deep web– Invisible web
• Pages not indexed by search engines– Unlinked pages– Sites requiring signon– Databases
• www.searchsystems.net to see what’s available• No need to pay – search for database
What to do with data
• Print - all or part• Copy and paste into document • Create pdf (PrimoPDF)
– Download from www.primopdf.org (free)
• Save images (census, etc)• Save web address of good sources
– Save as bookmark/favorite