Intro to the Internet
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for more advanced links |
Aloha PC Lab Users!
If you're sitting in our computer lab, also check out the Help Book located nearby
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Some cautions about the World Wide Web
Sites mentioned may be commercial sites. They will subject you to advertising and other marketing, but we believe they also provide credible services. |
TIP: Internet Definitions
Learn about these things before you give out personal data!
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Vital links if you
buy/sell online
hawaii library system
legal research
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Internet Safety & Identity Theft
REDUCE data that websites can collect
How to Control Cookies
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Search the World Wide Web |
First try Search Engines: |
Search the internet using programs
called webcrawlers or spiders.
Look for your topic
using keywords or phrases
at one of these popular sites: |
TIP: too many results? try to use more specific words.
TIP: no results? use less keywords or more general terms.
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Next try Directories: |
Directories are catalogued by human editors into organized categories.
Yahoo.com is probably the most well known commercial site directory.
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Then try mega-search engines:
For rare or obscure topics. |
Here are links to engines that search multiple sources at once: |
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Email: Get a personal email account
Don't allow your email address to be published in any directory available on the internet.
Otherwise, you will be be getting Spam (unsolicited junk mail, a huge internet problem).
Tip: Make it more dificult for Spam to find you:
Create an email address with a combination of letters & numbers easy for you to remember.
You can get your own FREE email account at:
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