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Using the Computer in Your Research 9610027A Dora 9610035A Rikki 9610047A Litta 5A computers and the research paper Before computers – the typewriters Now – computer software For example: word, excel, power point. Computer changed In some quarters, computer have done away with note cards. In some schools, by the e-mail to the traditional submission of hard copy. The laborious business of research, they offer to full- text databases. 5B The internet The internet – it is a system to connect by a common protocol. The world wide web – it is part of the internet. Some internet terms FTP: file transfer protocol HTML: hypertext markup language HTTP: hypertext transfer protocol ISP: internet service provider URL: uniform resource locator Understanding internet addresses 5C Online resources Databases Electronic journals Online public-access catalogs (OPAC) Blogs * * http:/ protocol Name of the host /jmls-trademark.html Document path 5D: RESEARCHING WITH SEARCH ENGINES A search engine is a program that searches the web for specific words related to your topic. The step you start to search: Type a key word into search box Click on search or go FINDING A SEARCH ENGINE Use a searching engine to find other search engines that are more specific to your purpose. When you type a words which receive too many hits, you can try a new search engine on google, you can find something more relative to your key words. Use Certain connectors- and, or ,not BOOLEAN LOGIC It played a significant role in the emergence of the modern computer. There are three logical operators in Boolean logic: With all of the words: AND (A” +” plus sign to mean AND.) With any of the words: OR(A │” vertical line sign to mean OR.) Without the words: NOT(A “-” a minus sign to mean NOT.) Variations exist among all engines, we cannot use this way for all the web engines. EDUCATIONAL SEARCH ENGINES Except the searching engines we talked before, there are some other are maintained by nonprofit organizations