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 Internet Searching Course
Author:Madona Rayes
Date:Monday, 17th Jun 2002 18:33
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hi, i'm a school librarian and i was asked to give a course on internet searching to a group of teachers(most of them haven't used the internet before).I was wondering if anyone can give me a few pointers or maybe some useful sites.
Thank you in advance.
Madona

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  Internet Searching Course
hi, i'm a school librarian and i was asked to give a course on internet searching to a group of ...
Madona Rayes 17/06/02 18:33 18302
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I've been planning for a while to include lesson plans for teachers and librarians on my website. Hopefully I'll get ...
Michael Fagan 27/06/02 02:37 18507
   Re: Internet Searching Course
Hi Madona We have two free tutorials on our site entitled "I can't find it" which may be of some help. http://www.webpr.co.uk/practical/icant1.asp ...
Lindsey Annison 19/06/02 14:14 18362
    Re: Internet Searching Course
Belatedly, these might be worth a look: Pandia Goalgetter at http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/index.html Ross Tyner's Sink or Swim at http://www.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm - rather old now, but ...
Derek Harper 01/07/02 18:29 18592
   Re: Internet Searching Course
http://agrifor.ac.uk/text/vts/agrifor/ is specialzed for students in agriculture and forestry. However, there are very good tutorials and teacher handouts (including .ppt slides) Edo
Edo Lin 19/06/02 13:15 18359
   Re: Internet Searching Course
You may find it sparks some ideas if you look at what I covered on a pilot course for primary ...
Lynette Domoney 19/06/02 12:12 18357
   Re: Internet Searching Course
Madona, I would suggest having a look at the Virtual Training Suite provided by the RDN at: http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/ This provides a ...
Mary Wood 19/06/02 11:57 18353
    Re: Internet Searching Course
Not sure where this one started but I've just seen response 18353 (and several later). For what it's worth, I've ...
Mike Young 21/06/02 14:24 18424
    Re: Internet Searching Course
Also, I forgot to mention TONIC The Online Netskills Interactive Course at http://www.netskills.ac.uk/TonicNG/cgi/sesame?tng Again, this is a basic introduction to ...
Mary Wood 19/06/02 12:02 18355
   Re: Internet Searching Course
The University of California Library, Berkeley, has some excellent tutorials on their website. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html. I found a lot of useful information in ...
peter hunter 19/06/02 11:47 18349
    Re: Internet Searching Course
The iTrain "collaborative system for creating manuals for computer and Internet training in developing countries" has developed some training modules ...
peter hunter 21/06/02 14:03 18422
   Re: Internet Searching Course
http://www.philb.com/search.htm http://www.rba.co.uk/welcome.htm Hi Madona, above are two great sites providing information on effective Internet searching, by Phil Bradley and Karen Blakeman, respectively. Regards Graham ...
Graham Tapping 18/06/02 14:33 18329
   Re: Internet Searching Course
The University of Northumbria maintain a very good page called: Web Search Service Features http://www.unn.ac.uk/central/isd/features.htm It includes overviews for AllTheWeb, AltaVista, Excite, ...
Steve Coleman 17/06/02 22:15 18306
    Re: Internet Searching Course
thank you, John and Steve for replying so fast. you,ve been very helpful
madona 18/06/02 07:23 18316
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The Resource Discovery Network has just launched a *free* virtual training suite designed to teach essential internet skills to students, ...
Jo Kelly 20/06/02 11:05 18394
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Always a good start: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/facts/index.html John.
John J. Carson 17/06/02 20:53 18304

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