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Searching the Internet
,' race-Ellen McCannSearching the Internet is somewhat
similar to using a telephone. If you
already know someone's telephone
number and/or web page address, you
can just dial the telephone number or
go straight to the page on the web.
If you don't know the telephone
number/web page address you have to
ask information.
A) The Internet equivalent of calling
telephone information is called a
search engine. Search engines are
large electronic indexes which search
web sites. It's very much like doing a
subject search in a library's catalogue.
Type in the words/terms for which you
are looking. The search engine then
selects "hits" out of its collection of
Sites which "match" the search terms
you have typed in, and it brings these
sites up on the screen in a list for you
to see.
Just as in a subject search in a library
catalogue, the "hits" you get will be
determined by the terms you use.
For example, if you just use the word
genealogy as a search term, the search
engine will bring up a gazillion sites,
many of which will have no interest for
you. If you use the words Scottish
genealogy or Rowan County
genealogy (or whatever), you will get
far fewer sites, but chances are they
will be more useful to you.
By the way, leave out words such as
"the," "a," "an," "and," etc. when
you're typing in your search terms.
,There are a number of search engines
out there. None of them does
everything, but the one I have foundmost useful is called HotBot. The
address is: http://www.hotbot.com/.
B) If you already know the address (or
URL) of a web page, you can go
straight to it (see steps below).
1) Open up whatever browser you use
and get an Internet page on the screen
(any page, whatever page comes up
when you begin is fine).
2) There will be a white horizontal box
near the top of your screen beginning
on the left hand side.
Depending on what browser and/or
what edition of your browser you have,
the box will say something like
"Location" at the beginning of the box.
3) There will be an address in the white
box which is the address of the page
you have on the screen at the moment.
4) Put your cursor at the beginning of
the white section (left hand side) at the
beginning of the electronic address.
5) Click on the cursor, so that the
cursor is flashing at the beginning of
the white box.
6) Use your delete key to delete the
original address in the box.
7) In the now empty white box, type in
the address of the new page you want.
The cursor must be flashing in the box
in order to type.
8) When you are finished typing the
new address, leave the cursor flashing
at the end of the new address.
9) Hit the enter/return key.10) Your computer will go to the new
page at the address you entered.
If your computer does not go to the
page, go back and look at what you
typed. Computers are very literal and
if the address is not exactly correct, the
computer won't recognize the address.
Even a comma instead of a period, for
example, will make it a different
address, and your computer will not be
able to find it.
Some page addresses (URLs) are case
sensitive, some are not. My own rule
of thumb is to copy the original
address exactly, e.g., if there is one
capital letter in the middle, I type the
one capital. ..if the address is all lower
case, I use all lower case, etc.
Grace-Ellen McCrann
The State Library of North Carolina
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