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Using the Internet
for research
Presented by: Munashe Matsuro
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Internet research skills
• identifying appropriate online sources
• finding the right information
• evaluating online information
• managing online resources
• crediting online resources
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Web search tools
Types of search engine available
Search Engines
Search Dictionaries
Metasearch Engines
Google
Ask Jeeves
Excite
Bing
BOTW
Dogpile
Youdao
DMOZ
WebCrawler
Lycos
1st-SPOT
InfoSpace
Excite
Business.com
Search.com
Sogou
HotFrog
Zoo
FastSearch
Skaffe
iBoogie
Yandex
GoGuides
InfoGrid
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How to evaluate website content
• To evaluate website content research on different websites to find out
if the responses match.
• When the website was last edited because it could contain
information from a long time ago.
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Why internet information may not be
reliable
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• On some occasions people are able to go edit information a the
internet to best suit what they think is correct.
• When people add information on to the internet no one checks if the
information is factual.
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Citing online resources
• avoiding plagiarism
• adhering to copyright
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