REFQ: Internet Tutorials

[William J. Frost]

On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Herzog, Susan wrote:

> > Please excuse cross-posting.
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 2 part question:
> > 
> > 1.  If you plan to teach university students how to find info on the
> > WWW (45 min. session), would you start with an intro to Internet, WWW,
> > URLs, etc. or would you start with an intro to searching?
> > 
> > 2.  Can you direct me to any online PowerPoint tutorials on searching?

Susan,

I wouldn't spend much time on the technical aspects of the Internet.
Concentrate on what they can expect to find and where they should go to
find it.

I know of no PowerPoint tutorials on searching, but I have put up a guide
to database searching generally that has Web applications.  Its at
http://www.bloomu.edu/library/pages/database_searching/first.html .

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