Example Sites
Be sure that you have looked through all the example
sites used in the second session. You can find a simple list of
all the sites mentioned in each section in the table below:
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Exercises
Did you manage to finish all the exercises? If not you can quickly
return to any exercise using the table below:
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Further Reading
1. Oh No! I Can't Get on the Web: Offline Strategies for Internet Content Presentations
Using the Internet in live presentations: why some people try and avoid it at all costs. What are the options for showing
Web content offline? An interesting and informative article that offers practical solutions.
2. Intelligent Agents: A Primer
An in-depth introduction to the world of 'Intelligent Agents', complete with plenty of examples. Comprehensive for a
so-called primer - often entertaining as well - this is well worth reading.
3. Myths for Today, Hopes for Tomorrow
Gary Price is the Webmaster at the Virginia Campus Library, George Washington University. His article,
'Myths About The Net' is a 'top twelve' list of misconceptions about the Internet and the World Wide Web. It deals
with basic concepts but is worth reading because even Web professionals probably have at least some misconceptions
about their 'workplace'.
4. Building Earth's Largest Library: Driving into the Future
This article starts by looking at the rise and rise of Amazon, and then asks why libraries can't do the same.
Fascinating and insightful, a mixture of analysis and 'what if?', this is both interesting and thought-provoking.
5.
The Art of Backward Searching: Use Search Engines in Reverse
To quote from the article, 'Reverse Web searching is similar to reverse telephone lookup, where you enter a telephone
number, and you get the name and address of the owner. With reverse Web searching, you enter a Web address (URL), and
the results are Web pages that have linked to the URL you entered.' This is a useful technique for gauging the
popularity of a site, and, if you look carefully at the sources you uncover, a lot can be learned about the reliability
of the resource. (See the article on 'field searching' for more on this kind of search technique.)
6.
Super Searchers' Search Secrets
Chris Sherman (President of Searchwise, a Los Angeles based Web consulting firm) asks four people...
- Danny Sullivan - Editor, Search Engine Watch
- Tara Calishain - Author, Official Netscape Guide To Internet Research
- Ran Hock - Author, The Extreme Searcher's Guide to Web Search Engines
- Reva Basch - Author, Secrets Of The Super Net Searchers, and Researching Online For Dummies
...to share their 'searcher's search secrets'. |
