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Internet (Internet
glossary)
To find information, try the following search techniques at search
engines. A search
engine searches documents by keywords and returns a list for
linking to the documents. Four search engines are Google,
Alltheweb,
Yahoo
and Altavista
Notice that the advanced search tool allow choices for language,
domain, etc. If you choose to use the basic search tool, i.e. Google,you
must use the + sign, quotes, and an asterisk with your keywords
to refine a search: "historical
research methods" +historiography .
Different engines have different techniques so it is best to click
on "Help" for detailed search instructions for the engine
you use. Try typing in "political
thought " +clearinghouse"
to retrieve a list of Internet sites that link to many other
sites. Internet terms that are interchangable with "clearinghouse"
are "gateway," "metasite," "pathfinder"
and "directory. Some search engines attempt to limit searches
to specific Internet domains: +"modern
America " +domain:gov but often mixed domains are returned
in the results. Valuable information may be obtained from the deep
web content of PDF or powerpoint files, i.e. "world
civilization" +filetype:pdf and "world
civilization" +filetype:ppt (You must have PowerPoint software
on your computer in order to view powerpoint programs.) If one search
engine does not retrieve satisfactory results, switch to another
search engine. Whatever data you find, it is always wise to evaluate
information
Digitized formats of valuable reference resources are slowly being
added to the Internet but most are still in print form on library
shelves. Following are some online reference and other fulltext
resources:
Political
Science Gov Law
& Legal Political
Science Net Think
Tanks Political
Parties Foreign
Govs Online
Books & Journals Scholarly
Internationals Vanderbilt
Web Politics
Countries
& Politics World
Govs Yale
Sites Theory
Cornell Law
Embassy CountryWatch
More information, contact Ann Greer
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