2.4.3 Internet


Identify and obtain information
	2.1 Define your search terms
	2.2 An example search strategy
	2.3 Search strategies
	2.4 Select an appropriate tool
		2.4.1 Library catalogues
		2.4.2 Databases
		2.4.3 Internet
			Internet search tools
			Tips for searching the Internet
	2.5 Keep up to date


	Glossary

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The Internet is a network of computer networks. Servers on the Internet provide communication access to e-mail, real-time chat and other forms of information exchange.

The World Wide Web (WWW) is a distributed information system available on the Internet. Information is stored on, and retrieved from, computers running as server machines. You can browse, access and retrieve information from any WWW server in a uniform and seamless manner on your own machine.

The program used to access the WWW is known as a browser, e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer. The WWW has full multimedia capability with text, pictures, movies and sound available. WWW is based on hyperlinks. Stored documents or objects contain embedded links to other documents which can be held on totally different servers.

Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are the addresses used with the WWW.

The URL format is: resource type://domain name/path/filename

For example: http://www.library.qut.edu.au/about/contact/liaisonlibrarians.jsp

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