USING THE INTERNET VALERIE BODDEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY ELWOOD H SMITH R G F O ES E A RC H N R WRITI CREATIVE EDUCATION
Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Liddy Walseth Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Illustrations by Elwood H Smith 2012 Copyright 2013 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bodden Valerie Using the Internet by Valerie Bodden p cm Research for writing Includes bibliographical references and index Summary A narrative guide to conducting research on the Internet complete with an overview of methodologies tips for generating search words and evaluating sites and helpful resources ISBN 978-1-60818-207-7 hard cover ISBN 978-1-56660-151-1 eBook 1 Internet research Juvenile literature 2 Internet searching Juvenile literature 3 Computer network resources Juvenile literature 4 Electronic information resource literacy Juvenile literature I Title ZA4228 B63 2012 025 042’5 dc23 2011040493 First Edition 246897531
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 INTRODUCTION CHAPTERS 6 I N F O R M AT I O N O N T H E I N T E R N E T 1 6 F I N D I N G YO U R WAY A R O U N D 26 REACHING THE RESOURCES 3 6 B E S I T E S AV V Y ACTIVE RESEARCH 14 THE INTERNET AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB 24 P R A C T I C E M A K E S P E R F E C T 34 A BIG INVISIBLE WORLD 4 4 W I K I VA L U AT I O N RESOURCES 4 6 G LO S S A RY 47 WEB SITES 48 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 48 INDEX