-
Review the role of the "Learn the Net" website
-
Demonstrate placing Learn the Net on the desktop
-
Sessions
are designed to be "hands-on"
-
Practical examples used in sessions are designed to enable
members to do their own searching
-
Review merits of various search engines and their uses.
Particular attention is paid to Google and Yahoo
-
Internet Explorer - how it works and how to set a home page
-
Directory search versus ordinary search engine - do examples
-
Use favourites
-
Do a range of searches to demonstrate finding results for major
topics, obscure topics, people, places etc.
-
Deal with wide range of techniques to find search results
quickly and effectively, including how to phrase your search
-
Images, Groups, Google items listed under "MORE”
-
Google Scholar. A new facility to search for academic scientific
and technical reports
-
Desktop
Search. A remarkable facility to search your whole computer
including deleted items
-
Google Earth (satellite images) and Google Maps
-
Google Site Map
-
Specialised
searches like Infobel and
Travelmate
-
How to find free software on the internet,
and how to download and install it on your computer.
Decompressing files
