LogoCruising the Internet - Where to Begin

Ellen Howard, MLS: Health Sciences Library, University of Washington, Seattle WA
with the collaboration of Alem Nicodimos and Hassan Osman.
Web page based upon materials prepared by Chholing Taha, Emily Hull and Janet Schnall.
August 2000. Modified January 2001

    A Few Terms:

  • Internet:
  • Browser: Internet Explorer and Netscape
  • Search Tools: Google, Altavista, Internet Explorer, etc...
  • http: hypertext transfer protocol
  • URL: Uniform Resource Locator
Some Skills:
  • Setting up the browser defaults
  • Evaluating Web sites
  • Saving sites/information of interest
  • Following guidelines of use

HTML Project Information:
Sampling of Search Tools:
What You Can Find:

Yahoo

Try: Ethiopia OR East Africa OR Tigrean, Tigray, Tigrai, Tigrinya

Altavista

Ask AltaVistaTM a question.  Or enter a few words in Help - Advanced
Try: Ethiopia OR east africa OR Ethiopian Orthodox

What can the Internet find for you?
    Health and Consumer Resources:

  1. Health Links for Teens by the AMA
  2. Free Teen Health Information Line
  3. MEDLINE Plus! - Consumer Health Information Topics. Example: Hepatitus or "Search" for [Pneumonia] and other illnesses not listed.
  4. For Kids Health - Lots of General Information
  5. PubMed - Medline for medical literature searching. Try: Skin Cancer and Teenagers
  6. University of Washington Healthlinks
  7. Help!! I Can't Spell it! Online Medical Dictionary - Provided by the AMA - Pneumonia?
  8. One More Dictionary: Webster's Online Dictionary
  9. Consumer Help for Teens by the Washington State Attorney General's Office
    Cultural Information Links

  1. Britannica Online
  2. Historic American Cultural Info
  3. Information Please which includes Columbia Encyclopedia
  4. Library of Congress Country Studies
  5. National Museum of African Art
  6. Ethiopian Orthodox Church
  7. Ethiopian News. To get radio, select Walta, then links.
    Homework Help

  1. Just for Kids
  2. Home Work Central
  3. Search AltaVista for Homework Help.
  4. SearchYahoo for Home Work Help
Lets Evaluate Web Sites - if they build it, will you visit?

For detailed information see Navigating the Web: Using Tools and Evaluating Resources.
If you are NOT sure, ask these questions:

  • Purpose of the Web site

  • Who will be using the site

  • Who developed this web site and how was the content created

  • Who is associated with the author of the site (the publisher)

  • What organization (if any) sponsored(s) the Web site

  • Goal of Web site sponsor
  • Check the contents of the Web site for:
    • Accurate or suspect?
    • Was the material written recently?
    • Does the material appear to be fair?
    • How extensively is the material presented?

    • What does .gov or .edu mean?

      .gov = government web sites - like the white house
      .edu = educational web sites - like the university
      .org = non-profit web site - like the American Medical Association
      .com = commerical web site - like Polygram Records
      .net = privately owned web site/server - such as someone who rents space for your web site

    Other Questions????
    Please send me an e-mail to: Ellen Howard, MLS: ehh@u.washington.edu
    08 Aug 2000