Chapter 31: Conducting Research on the Internet Summary

Chapter 31: Conducting Research on the Internet Summary

You learn a lot about the Internet in this chapter. Some benefits of doing research over the Internet are: it is always open, and it contains a wealth of current information in text, sound, and visual formats. There are some drawbacks though,, they are as follows: the large amount of information can be disorganized, finding relevant material could take careful digging and you should evaluate all sources. Also the Internet lacks quality control, information can be here today, gone or changed tomorrow, and all that info makes it easy for plagiarism. The Internet itself is a worldwide network of connected local computers and computer networks that allows computers to share information with one another. The World Wide Web provides access to much of the material on the Internet. A website is a group of related web pages post by the same sponsor or organization. A web browser allows you to search through a directory or search engine. The Internet address is a URL, Uniform Resource Locator which includes the website purpose in the ending, for example: .com, .edu, .gov,. or .org. You are able to save Internet information by a bookmark, printout, saving it or downloading it, and emailing it. Always on the web you need to try to find the reliable information. You can use your library’s website, URLs, or follow helpful links. And if you know exactly what you are looking for, you can use a search engine or metasearch tool. All of the information in this chapter helps you to perform research on the Internet without plagiarizing work.