《新編大學英語寫作》 課件 revised Appendix 2 using online resources

新編大學英語寫作CollegeWriting：ANewCourseBookAppendix2UsingOnlineResources

Inthispartyouwilllearnhowto

getinstantaccesstodocumentsandmaterialsontopics

throughtheInternet.IndividualWebsites

SubjectDirectoriesSearchenginesTeachingObjectivesIndividualWebsitesWiththeInternetaddressofasite,youcanjusttypetheUniformResourceLocator（URL）orWebaddressintoyourbrowserwindowtoaccessthesite.http://.hk/english/index.html

Note:A

networkprotocoldefinesrulesandconventionsforcommunicationbetweennetworkdevices.

.WWW—WorldWideWebFTP—FileTransferProtocol

HTTP

—theHypertextTransferProtocolTCP—TransportControlProtocolSubjectDirectoriesWhatissubjectdirectories?subjectdirectoriesincludehuman-selectedInternetresourcesandarearrangedandclassifiedinhierarchicaltopics.Features:arecreatedandmaintainedbythedirectory'sstaffallowyoutobrowseInternetresourcesbydifferentsubjectcategoriesenableyoutosearchbykeywordswithinthecontentsofthedirectoriesAcademicwebsites:

●TheLibrariansIndex（http:///

）

●TheWWWVirtualLibrary（http://.uk/

）

●INFOMINE（http:///

）Businesswebsites:

●CNBC(ConsumerNewsandBusinessChannel

http://

)

●MarketWatch

(http:///

)Periodicals&texts:

●Springer

●ERIC（education

relatedsource）

SearchEnginesWhatisasearchengine?AprogramthatusessoftwarecalledspiderstocatalogtheWebpagesautomaticallyandcompilesadatabaseofpagesfound.Whensearchtermsareentered,thesearchenginescansthedatabaseforspecifiedkeywordsandreturnsalistofWebpageswherethekeywordswerefound.Google,Bing,MSN,Excite,AskJeeves,AltaVista

Note:TheseWebpagesareusuallypresentedinrankedorder,withthemostrelevanttoyoursearchtermsappearingfirst.

Criteriaforevaluatinginformation

Thereisnomonitoringontheaccuracyofinformationavailableonthe

Web,

therefore,youshouldbeusingthefollowingcriteriaforevaluatinginformationfromtheWeb:1.AccuracyandAuthority–Isitareliablesource?Isauthor'scredentialavailable?2.Currency–e.g.activelinks,reviseddate,publicationdate3.ScopeandRelevance–Whatiscoveredandinwhatdetail?Isthesiterelatedtoyourresearchneeds?4.Objectivity–Balancedviewpoints?Anybiasedopinions?Inmanycases,checkingthetypeofdomainmayrevealsomeinformationaboutthewebsite.Todecideifahostisreliable,youcanchecktowhichorganizationthedomainnameisregisteredto.

(Note:Domainisthethree-letterextensionoftheURL)DomainsHostsExamplesAuthority/Reliability.com,.biz,.infoBusinesshttp://.hkMaybeusedasamarketingtooltosellproductsorservices.eduEducationalinstitutionshttp://.hk

Usuallyreliableunlessit'sapersonalhomepagepublishedbyamemberoftheinstitution.govGovernment