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ROUGHLY EDITED FILE
WALDEN UNIVERSITY, LIBRARY
INTERNET BASICS FOR BEGINNERS
MAY 13, 2013
7:00 - 7:43 P.M.
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>> Erin: WELL, HELLO, EVERYONE, I WANT TO
WELCOME YOU TO OUR WEBINAR TONIGHT, INTERNET
BASICS.
MY NAME IS ERIN BROTHEN AND I'M ONE OF THE
LIBRARIANS HERE AT WALDEN AND ALONG WITH ME IS
MICHELLE HAJDER, ANOTHER LIBRARIAN.
I'LL BE DOING THE SESSION TONIGHT, BUT IF YOU DO
HAVE QUESTIONS AT ANY POINT DURING THIS WEBINAR,
IF YOU USE THE QUESTIONS AREA TO CHAT WITH
MICHELLE, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
DURING THE SESSION, AND SHE'LL ALSO BE HOLDING
QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END WHEN WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME
AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
SO, THROUGHOUT THIS SESSION, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
WATCH MY BROWSER AND MY POWERPOINT AND YOU'LL BE
ABLE TO SEE ME MOVE THROUGH, BUT THE ONLY PORTION
OF THIS WEBINAR THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO INTERACT
WITH IS GOING TO BE THOSE GOTOWEBINAR MENU BUTTONS
IN THE UPPER RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN.
SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE BASICS OF USING
THE INTERNET WITH AN EYE TOWARD THE THINGS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE MOST IMPORTANT FOR BEING ABLE TO
USE THE WALDEN LIBRARY, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, ENTIRELY ONLINE. 3
SO, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BASICS OF USING AN
INTERNET BROWSER.
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WEB
ADDRESSES ARE PUT TOGETHER.
I'M GOING TO DISCUSS THE TWO MAIN WAYS OF VIEWING
FULL TEXT ONLINE AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY LINK TO INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES
FROM THE LIBRARY.
AND THEN, FINALLY, THERE WILL BE SOME TIME FOR
QUESTIONS.
SO, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE COVERING SOME
PRETTY BASIC STUFF RELATED TO INTERNET BROWSERS
AND USING THE INTERNET.
SO, IF YOU ARE A PRETTY SEASONED USER OF THE
INTERNET, THIS SESSION MAY NOT BE RIGHT FOR YOU,
BUT IF YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW YOUR
BROWSER WORKS, YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON,
THEN THIS IS THE RIGHT SESSION.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT AN
INTERNET BROWSER IS.
IT IS A PROGRAM ON YOUR COMPUTER THAT ACCESSES THE
INTERNET AND THEN DISPLAYS THOSE WEB PAGES ON YOUR
COMPUTER.
AND IF YOU HAVE A P.C., YOU PROBABLY HAD INTERNET EXPLORER ALREADY ON IT WHEN YOU BOUGHT IT.
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IF YOU HAVE A MAC, YOU PROBABLY HAD SAFARI ON IT.
THERE ARE OTHER BROWSERS AVAILABLE.
TWO OF THE MAIN ONES ARE FIREFOX AND THEN ALSO
CHROME, WHICH IS A PRODUCT FROM GOOGLE.
AND BOTH FIREFOX AND CHROME ARE FREE.
THEY'RE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEM.
AND I REALLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST TWO
DIFFERENT BROWSERS ON YOUR COMPUTER.
SO, IF YOUR COMPUTER CAME WITH INTERNET EXPLORER,
THEN I WOULD ADD FIREFOX AND CHROME, YOU KNOW, AT
LEAST ONE OF THOSE TWO BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE MORE
THAN ONE BROWSER, ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS TO
TROUBLESHOOT A PROBLEM IS IF SOMETHING IS NOT
WORKING IN THE BROWSER YOU'RE USING, TRY A
DIFFERENT BROWSER.
WEBSITES ARE DESIGNED, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
DESIGNED TO WORK WELL IN ALL BROWSERS, BUT THAT
ISN'T ALWAYS THE CASE, SO SOMETIMES A SITE WILL
WORK BETTER IN ONE BROWSER OR ANOTHER.
SO GO AHEAD AND TRY A DIFFERENT BROWSER, IF YOU DO
RUN INTO DIFFICULTIES.
I WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE A BROWSER FROM A SEARCH
ENGINE. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THOSE CONFUSED.
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SO, FOR EXAMPLE, BING, GOOGLE, YaHOO! ARE ALL
SEARCH ENGINES AND THOSE ARE JUST TOOLS THAT YOU
CAN ACCESS THAT ALLOW YOU TO SEARCH THE INTERNET.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, GOOGLE GOES OUT, CREATES A GIANT
INDEX OF ALL THE WEB PAGES THAT IT CAN FIND AND
THEN YOU SEARCH GOOGLE USING KEYWORDS AND IT GIVES
YOU BACK RESULTS THAT SHOW YOU ALL OF THE WEB
PAGES GOOGLE KNOWS THAT ARE BASED ON YOUR TOPIC
THAT YOU'RE SEARCHING.
SO, YOU'RE GOING TO USE YOUR BROWSER TO ACCESS AND
SEE THAT SEARCH ENGINE.
AND EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF THESE ARE MADE BY THE
SAME COMPANIES, THEY'RE TOTALLY INTERCHANGEABLE.
SO, BING IS CREATED BY MICROSOFT, BUT YOU CAN
ACCESS THE BING SEARCH ENGINE FROM ANY OF THE
BROWSERS OUT THERE.
AND IF YOU ARE USING GOOGLE CHROME, WELL, THEN,
YOU CAN ACCESS BING, GOOGLE OR YaHOO! AS YOUR
SEARCH ENGINE.
YOU CAN MIX AND MATCH THEM HOWEVER YOU WANT.
AND HERE I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE
MAJOR PARTS OF THE BROWSERS.
AND I HAVE TWO IMAGES HERE.
THESE ARE TWO BROWSERS THAT I USE A LOT WHEN I'M
USING THE LIBRARY. 6
THE ONE ON TOP IS INTERNET EXPLORER.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE TINY LITTLE ICON IN THE UPPER
LEFT THAT IS INTERNET EXPLORER ICON.
AND THEN THE ONE BELOW IS FROM FIREFOX.
AND I'VE ACTUALLY STRIPPED OUT A LOT OF THE EXTRAS
ON BOTH OF THESE BROWSERS BECAUSE I LIKE TO HAVE A
VERY CLEAN AND SIMPLE BROWSER LOOK WHEN I USE MY
BROWSERS.
BUT HERE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN AREAS TO KNOW ABOUT
IN YOUR BROWSER.
FIRST IS THAT ADDRESS BAR.
AND THAT IS GOING TO CONTAIN THE ADDRESS FOR
WHATEVER WEBSITE OR WEB PAGE YOU ARE ON.
AND IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE U.R.L.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WEB ADDRESSES WITH A
LITTLE MORE DEPTH LATER.
NEXT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW BOTH THE BACK
BUTTONS AND THE RELOAD/REFRESH BUTTONS.
SO, IN THE UPPER LEFT, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE ARROW
THAT POINTS TO THE LEFT AND THAT'S YOUR BACK
BUTTON.
SO THAT'S GOING 0 IT TAKE YOU BACK TO THE PAGES
YOU WERE VISITING BEFORE IN ORDER.
SO YOU CAN USE THAT BACK BUTTON TO GET BACK TO
WHERE YOU WERE BEFORE. 7
AND THEN TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR ADDRESS BAR IS GOING
TO BE THE REFRESH OR RELOAD BUTTON.
IT'S CALLED DIFFERENT THINGS, DEPENDING ON THE
BROWSER YOU'RE IN.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IN THESE TWO EXAMPLES,
INTERNET EXPLORER, IT HAS TWO ARROWS THAT MAKE A
CIRCLE AND THEN FIREFOX IT'S JUST ONE ARROW THAT
MAKES A CIRCLE.
THAT BUTTON IS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.
BECAUSE IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG WHEN YOU'RE LOADING
A PAGE, AND A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS CAN GO WRONG
WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION
FROM THE INTERNET ONTO YOUR COMPUTER, IF ANYTHING
GOES WRONG, CLICK THE REFRESH/RELOAD BUTTON AND IT
WILL LOAD THAT PAGE OVER AGAIN.
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S TAKING A LONG TIME TO LOAD A
WEBSITE, GO AHEAD, STOP THE LOAD AND THEN CLICK
THAT RELOAD/REFRESH BUTTON AND VERY OFTEN, SECOND
TIME'S A CHARM, YOU CAN GET THE PAGE THAT YOU
NEED.
MANY BROWSERS ALSO HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE BAR IN THE
TOP OF THE BROWSER, AND THAT'S CALLED THE SEARCH
BAR.
AND THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ACCESS A SEARCH ENGINE RIGHT FROM YOUR BROWSER BAR. 8
SO, HERE YOU CAN SEE INTERNET EXPLORER HAS THAT
BING SEARCH INTEGRATED INTO IT AND FIREFOX HAS
GOOGLE SEARCH INTEGRATED IN.
AND THAT JUST ALLOWS YOU TO SEARCH THE INTERNET
WITHOUT HAVING TO ACTUALLY GO TO, FOR EXAMPLE,
GOOGLE'S WEBSITE.
SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TYPE IN WWW.GOOGLE.COM.
INSTEAD, YOU CAN USE THAT SEARCH BAR.
MOST BROWSERS ALSO LET YOU MARK ITEMS AS FAVORITES
OR BOOKMARK THEM.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, WHEN YOU'RE AT A WEBSITE,
YOU CAN MARK IT AS A BOOKMARK OR A FAVORITE, AND
THEN YOUR BROWSER WILL SAVE THAT ADDRESS.
SO THEN YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO TYPE IN THAT WHOLE
ADDRESS.
YOU CAN JUST GO RIGHT TO YOUR FAVORITES, CLICK IT,
AND HAVE IT SHOW UP.
SO, IT CAN SAVE YOU A LOT OF TIME.
IN THE LIBRARY, YOU CAN BOOKMARK THE LIBRARY
WEBSITE, YOU CAN BOOKMARK GUIDES AND TUTORIALS,
THE ONE THING YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BOOKMARK ARE
INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES.
SO I HAVE A LITTLE WARNING THERE.
IF YOU ARE INSIDE OF A LIBRARY DATABASE AND YOU
HAVE FOUND A SINGLE ARTICLE THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED 9
IN, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BOOKMARK IT.
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE WAY THE WEB ADDRESSES ARE
CREATED.
SO WHILE MOST OF THE TIME ON THE INTERNET YOU CAN
BOOKMARK OR FAVORITE SOMETHING, THOSE INDIVIDUAL
LIBRARY ARTICLES, IT MAY NOT WORK.
AT THE END OF THE SESSION, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW TO GET THE LINK FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL
ARTICLES THAT YOU CAN SAVE AND USE LATER.
BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT YOUR FAVORITES OR
BOOKMARK MAY NOT WORK FOR THAT.
ONE OF THE GREAT ADVANCEMENTS, I THINK, IN
INTERNET BROWSERS IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, HANDFUL
OF YEARS IS TABBED BROWSING.
AND THIS ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE ONE BROWSE ERWIN DOE
OPEN, BUT ACTUALLY HAVE MANY MANY DIFFERENT WEB
PAGES OPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, HERE YOU CAN SEE, BOTH IN INTERNET AND
EXPLORER AND IN FIREFOX HERE, I HAVE TWO TABS OPEN
IN EACH.
THE LIBRARY HOME PAGE AND ONE OF THE LIBRARY
DATABASES.
SO, I CAN QUICKLY MOVE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
THOSE TWO PAGES. AND IF YOU WANT TO OPEN UP ANOTHER TAB, TO
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ANOTHER PAGE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN SIMPLY
CLICK THE LITTLE TAB THAT'S TO THE RIGHT OF THE
TABS THAT ALREADY HAVE THINGS IN THEM.
AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER WAY TO GET TABS.
IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON A WEBSITE AND YOU HAVE A
LINK IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU WANT TO OPEN THAT
LINK BUT YOU WANT TO OPEN IT IN A NEW TAB, SO YOU
KEEP YOUR OLD PAGE, THERE ARE TWO WAYS YOU CAN DO
THAT IN A P.C.
AND BECAUSE I HAVE A P.C. HERE, I'M GOING TO BE
SHOWING YOU DIRECTIONS FOR P.C.s BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT I CAN ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATE.
THERE ARE ALSO WAYS TO DO THESE SORTS OF THINGS
FOR MAC.
FOR MAC, YOU CAN SET YOUR BROWSER TO AUTOMATICALLY
OPEN IN A NEW TAB.
BUT IN A P.C., YOU HAVE TWO BASIC OPTIONS.
THE FIRST OPTION IS TO RIGHT CLICK THE LINK AND
THEN YOU'LL SEE A MENU YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM, AND
THE SECOND OPTION USES THE CONTROL KEY WHEN YOU
CLICK THE LINK.
SO LET'S ACTUALLY GO OUT AND TRY THAT.
SO HERE I AM ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN DO IS I HAVE A LINK
HERE. 11
SO THIS BUTTON IS A LINK.
AND I WANT TO OPEN IT IN A NEW TAB SO I CAN KEEP
THE LIBRARY WEBSITE OPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
I CAN RIGHT CLICK WITH MY MOUSE AND THEN FROM THIS
MENU I CAN OPEN LINK A NEW TAB AND HERE YOU CAN
SEE I HAVE THAT PAGE OPENING UP, BUT I STILL HAVE
MY OLD TAB, MY LIBRARY TAB HERE.
SO I HAVE TWO TABS AND I HAVEN'T LOST MY OLD ONE.
THE OTHER WAY TO DO IT IS TO HOLD DOWN THAT
CONTROL KEY.
THE CTRL KEY IN THE LOWER LEFT OF YOUR KEYBOARD,
AND THEN CLICK ON IT JUST AS YOU WOULD NORMALLY.
SO I HAVE CONTROL CLICK, AND NOW THAT'S OPENED UP
THE NEW TAB AS WELL.
SO YOU HAVE THOSE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO OPEN UP
THOSE TABS.
LASTLY, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TOOL
BARS.
SO, HERE IS AN IMAGE OF A BROWSER WITH A COUPLE OF
TOOL BARS AT THE TOP.
TOOL BARS CONTAIN BUTTONS, SEARCH BOXES, LINKS,
ALL SORTS OF LITTLE KIND OF QUICK HELPER THINGS IN
YOUR BROWSER.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE THAT
THERE'S THE YaHOO TOOL BAR HERE WITH A YaHOO 12
SEARCH BAR, A LINK TO INSTANT MESSAGING, A LINK TO
Facebook, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LINK TO THE
WEATHER.
SO ALL OF THOSE LINKS ARE THERE TO KIND OF BE
QUICK LINKS THAT YOU CAN USE.
NOW, EVERY TOOL BAR YOU HAVE IS GOING TO EAT UP
SPACE.
SO, THE MORE TOOL BARS YOU HAVE, THE LESS SPACE
THERE IS BELOW FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY SEE THE WEB
PAGE YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SO, I WILL VERY OFTEN USE A MUCH MORE SPARE
BROWSER WHEN I AM DOING MY SEARCHING.
SO, ONE HINT IS THAT YOU CAN HIDE OR UNINSTALL
TOOL BARS.
IF YOU ARE DOWNLOADING SOMETHING ONTO YOUR
COMPUTER, IT MAY ASK YOU IF YOU WANT THE TOOL BAR.
YOU CAN SAY NO, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ALL OF
THOSE TOOL BARS.
EVERY BROWSER HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY TO HIDE
OR UNINSTALL TOOL BARS.
SO, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, I
RECOMMEND GOING TO GOOGLE OR YaHOO, GO TO A
SEARCH ENGINE, AND ACTUALLY JUST TYPE IN HIDE TOOL
BARS AND THEN THE NAME OF YOUR BROWSER. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, HIDE TOOL BARS INTERNET EXPLORER
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AND THAT ACTUALLY IS A GREAT WAY TO FIND
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOING JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ON YOUR
BROWSER.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST SEARCH GOOGLE AND PEOPLE
HAVE POSTED A LOT OF HELP FOR USING YOUR BROWSER
ONLINE.
NEXT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MOUSE AND
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS THAT CAN REALLY BE HELPFUL WHEN
YOU'RE USING EITHER YOUR BROWSER OR ACTUALLY OTHER
PROGRAMS ON YOUR COMPUTER.
SO, THESE TRICKS THAT I HAVE UP HERE NOW WORK IN
YOUR BROWSER, BUT THEY ALSO WORK IN P.D.F.s AND
THEY ALSO WORK IN PROGRAMS LIKE WORD.
SO THEY'RE A HELPFUL GROUP OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN
DO TO SAVE SOME TIME.
FIRST OF ALL IS THAT CONTROL KEY AND EITHER THE
PLUS OR MINUS KEYS AND THOSE ALLOW TO YOU ZOOM
YOUR BROWSER.
SO YOU CAN MAKE THE TEXT LARGER OR SMALLER.
IF YOU USE THE CONTROL KEY, HOLD THAT DOWN WHILE
YOU CLICK F, YOU CAN USE THAT TO LOCATE A WORD, TO
FIND A WORD ON A WEB PAGE OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF
DOCUMENT OR P.D.F., AND YOU CAN ALSO COPY AND
PASTE. 14
AND JUST LIKE OPENING UP A TAB, THE COPY/PASTE
OPTION HAS A RIGHT CLICK WAY TO DO IT AND A
CONTROL KEY WAY TO DO IT.
SO YOU CAN RIGHT CLICK AND THEN CHOOSE FROM THE
MENU OR YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT THE TEXT AND THEN HOLD
DOWN THE CONTROL KEY AND C FOR COPY OR CONTROL KEY
AND V FOR PASTE.
AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY GO TO A WEB PAGE AND WE
WILL GIVE THAT A TRY, IF I CAN GET IT TO OPEN UP.
SO, HERE WE ARE ON A PAGE IN THE LIBRARY.
SO, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I CAN DO IS I CAN ZOOM
IT, I'M GOING TO HOLD THE CONTROL KEY AND THEN THE
PLUS KEY AND THAT MAKES IT BIGGER, THE MINUS KEY
MAKES IT SMALLER.
SO YOU CAN CHOOSE HOW BIG OR SMALL YOU WANT IT
BASED ON YOUR OWN READING PREFERENCE.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING I WANT TO DO IS THAT FIND.
SO I'M GOING TO HOLD DOWN THE CONTROL KEY, CLICK
THE F KEY, AND A FIND BOX SHOWS UP AT THE TOP.
AND NOW I CAN TYPE IN A WORD, A WORD THAT I HOPE
TO FIND SOMEWHERE ON THIS WEB PAGE, AND IT WILL
LOCATE IT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY I WANT TO FIND THE SAGE
DATABASE, SO I'LL JUST TYPE IN SAGE, AND IT LOCATES IT. 15
RIGHT BELOW, RIGHT WHERE IT IS.
AND I CAN ACTUALLY DO THE NEXT TO GO THROUGH ALL
THE DIFFERENT TIMES THAT SAGE SHOWS UP.
SO, ON A WEB PAGE, THIS CAN BE HELPFUL IF YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR A WORD, BUT IN AN ACTUAL P.D.F.
DOCUMENT, IT CAN BE INVALUABLE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 300-PAGE DISSERTATION, AND
YOU WANT TO LOCATE EVERY TIME A PARTICULAR
THEORIST IS NAMED, YOU CAN DO CONTROL F, TYPE IN
THE THEORIST NAME AND THEN IT WILL JUST ZIP YOU
THROUGH THAT WHOLE P.D.F. DOCUMENT LOOKING FOR
EVERY TIME THAT WORD SHOWS UP.
LASTLY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW TO DO CONTROL COPY
OR THE RIGHT CLICK AND COPY.
SO I'M GOING TO DECIDE THAT I WANT TO COPY THIS
LINK HERE.
SO I CAN HIGHLIGHT IT.
RIGHT CLICK.
AND THEN I CAN CHOOSE COPY.
AND I CAN OPEN UP A WORD DOCUMENT, RIGHT CLICK AND
PASTE IT.
AND NOW I HAVE THAT RIGHT IN THERE.
THE OTHER WAY TO DO IT IS TO HIGHLIGHT AND THEN
USE THE CONTROL KEY AND THEN LEFT CLICK, OR REGULAR CLICK, -- SORRY -- I'M DOING IT THE
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WAY.
SO HIGHLIGHT IT, CONTROL KEY, AND C FOR COPY, AND
THEN PUT YOUR CURSOR WHERE YOU WANT IT, CONTROL V,
V AS IN VICTOR, TO PASTE.
AND, SO, THEN YOU'VE GOT THE TEXT THAT JUST SHOWS
RIGHT UP.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WEB
ADDRESSES.
BECAUSE HOW A WEB ADDRESS IS FORMATTED TELLS YOU A
LOT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL WEB PAGE THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO.
SO JUST LIKE YOUR HOME ADDRESS, YOUR HOUSE, YOUR
APARTMENT HAS A UNIQUE ADDRESS THAT IS JUST FOR
WHERE YOU LIVE THAT YOU CAN GET TO BY KNOWING HOW
TO READ THAT ADDRESS.
THE WEB ADDRESSES WORK JUST THE SAME.
EVERY WEB PAGE HAS A UNIQUE ADDRESS.
AND A WEB ADDRESS HAS ANOTHER NAME.
U.R.L., WHICH YOU MIGHT HEAR.
IT STANDS FOR UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR.
BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT U.R.L. IS A
TERM THAT YOU MIGHT HEAR AND IT JUST MEANS THE
SAME AS WEB ADDRESS.
NOW, THE MAIN PART OF A WEB ADDRESS IS CALLED THE
DOMAIN NAME. 17
AND THAT IS ACTUALLY THE ADDRESS FOR THE NETWORK.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU GO TO THE LIBRARY'S
WEBSITE, OUR NETWORK IS LIBRARY.WALDENU.EDU.
SO ALL OF THE PAGES THAT ARE WALDEN LIBRARY PAGES
ON OUR WALDEN LIBRARY WEBSITE, OR WALDEN LIBRARY
NETWORK, ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT
LIBRARY.WALDENU.EDU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEB
ADDRESS, BECAUSE THAT IS OUR NETWORK FOR THE
LIBRARY'S WEB PAGES.
NOW, WITHIN THAT LIBRARY.WALDENU.EDU IS WHAT'S
CALLED A TOP LEVEL DOMAIN AND THAT GIVES YOU MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NETWORK.
SO, FOR OUR NETWORK, WE HAVE .EDU AS OUR TOP LEVEL
DOMAIN.
WE'RE A UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, SO, AS A PLACE OF
LEARNING, WE HAVE .EDU AS OUR TOP LEVEL DOMAIN.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT LAST PART CAN GIVE YOU
SOME ACTUAL USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPE OF
PAGE YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SOME WILL HAVE .COM OR .ORG, EDUCATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS WILL TYPICALLY HAVE .EDU AND
GOVERNMENT WEBSITES WILL VERY OFTEN HAVE .GOV TO
LET YOU KNOW IT'S A GOVERNMENT SITE.
MANY MANY WEBSITES THAT COME FROM COUNTRY OTHER
THAN THE UNITED STATES WILL USE A COUNTRY CODE, SO 18
THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S COMING FROM ANOTHER
COUNTRY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WERE TO GO TO A WEBSITE
FROM THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT, THEY WOULD TYPICALLY
HAVE .CA.GOV IN THEIR DOMAIN NAME.
MANY CORPORATE WEBSITES WILL HAVE ONE VERSION FOR
THE UNITED STATES AND THEN A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR
ANOTHER COUNTRY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GO TO AMAZON.COM, THAT'S
GOING TO BE THE UNITED STATES VERSION OF AMAZON,
BUT IF YOU WERE TO SEE AMAZON.UK.COM OR .COM.UK
THAT WOULD BE THE AMAZON FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM.
NOW, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW THIS ABOUT WEB
ADDRESSES?
WELL, NOT ONLY CAN IT TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPE OF WEB ADDRESS YOU'RE
ON, OR TYPE OF WEBSITE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IT CAN
HELP YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE IN THE LIBRARY AND WHEN
YOU ARE NOT IN THE LIBRARY.
AND IT CAN BE VERY EASY WHEN YOU'RE USING THE
INTERNET TO GET BOUNCED AROUND FROM ONE PLACE TO
ANOTHER AND NOT KNOW WHEN YOU'RE IN THE LIBRARY
AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN THE LIBRARY.
SO, IF YOU CAN SEE OUR TWO MAIN DOMAINS HERE, OUR
LIBRARY WEBSITE USES THAT LIBRARY.WALDENU.EDU 19
DOMAIN NAME, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER NETWORK
THAT IS OUR NETWORK OF LIBRARY GUIDES.
AND, SO, THAT ONE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
IT'S LIBRARYGUIDES.WALDENU.EDU.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE EXAMPLE WEB ADDRESS
THERE, WE HAVE A PAGE THAT'S IN THE LIBRARY GUIDES
NETWORK, SO IT STARTS OUT WITH THAT DOMAIN NAME,
LIBRARYGUIDES.WALDENU.EDU, THEN WE HAVE A SLASH
AND THEN EVALUATING.
AND THAT /EVALUATING TELLS YOU THAT YOU'RE ON THE
PAGE TITLED "EVALUATING" THAT'S INSIDE OUR LIBRARY
GUIDE'S NETWORK.
SO YOU CAN USE THE INFORMATION FROM THAT WEB
ADDRESS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE.
THINGS GET A LITTLE COMPLICATED WHEN YOU GO TO THE
LIBRARY DATABASES.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE WALDEN LIBRARY DOES NOT
CREATE OR OWN THE LIBRARY DATABASES.
WE ACTUALLY GO TO DATABASE COMPANIES AND WE
PURCHASE ACCESS.
SO, WHEN WE USE A LIBRARY DATABASE VIA WALDEN,
YOU'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF GOING OUTSIDE THE WALDEN
LIBRARY TO USE SOMEONE ELSE'S WEBSITE.
SO, DOWN THERE ON THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IS
A WEB ADDRESS FOR AN ARTICLE THAT'S IN ONE OF OUR 20
DATABASES.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE DOMAIN NAME IS ACTUALLY
NOT WALDEN LIBRARY'S DOMAIN.
IT IS WWW.SCIENCEDIRECT.COM BECAUSE SCIENCEDIRECT
IS THE DATABASE VENDOR, IT'S THEIR DATABASE, THEY
OWN IT, AND WE HAVE SIMPLY PURCHASED ACCESS TO IT.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE LIBRARY
SUBSCRIBED VERSION BECAUSE IT HAS THAT
EZP.WALDENULIBRARY.ORG BIT OF ADDRESS IN THE
MIDDLE.
THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF ADDRESS THAT ALLOWS
SCIENCEDIRECT TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE A WALDEN
STUDENT AND YOU SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT BECAUSE
WE HAVE PAID FOR ACCESS.
SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO A
LIBRARY DATABASE IS, YOU'RE AT HOME, YOU GO TO THE
LIBRARY WEBSITE, YOU LOG INTO A DATABASE, AND THEN
THAT LITTLE BIT OF CODE, THAT WALDENULIBRARY CODE
GETS ADDED TO THE WEB ADDRESS.
AND, SO, WHENEVER YOU ARE INSIDE A LIBRARY
DATABASE, THAT LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA CODE IS THERE
AND IT'S DOING THAT HEAVY LIFTING OF LETTING THE
DATABASE KNOW THAT, YES, YOU HAVE ACCESS AND YOU
SHOULD HAVE ACCESS. THAT IS A PAGE THAT YOU CAN USE. 21
AND THIS CAN ACTUALLY BE PRETTY IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET TO MANY OF OUR
DATABASES ONLINE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE WALDEN
LIBRARY.
BUT IF YOU DO GO TO THEM, JUST RANDOMLY ON YOUR
OWN WITHOUT GOING VIA THE LIBRARY, IT DOESN'T KNOW
WHO YOU ARE.
IT DOESN'T KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ACCESS, AND
IF YOU TRY TO ACCESS FULL TEXT, IT WILL ASK YOU TO
PAY.
SO, HERE I WILL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE.
HERE IS AN ARTICLE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO VIA
THE WALDEN LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, YOU HAVE FULL ACCESS, IT
TELLS YOU RIGHT OUT, GREEN, FULL ACCESS AND IT HAS
AN OPTION TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL TEXT.
AND IF WE GO UP TO THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE THAT, YES,
IT DOES HAVE THAT BIT OF CODE RIGHT IN THERE,
EXACTLY LIKE I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU, AND THAT BIT
OF CODE SAYS, HEY, THIS IS VIA WALDEN LIBRARY, YOU
HAVE ACCESS.
HERE IS THAT EXACT SAME ARTICLE, BUT IT IS NOT VIA
THE WALDEN LIBRARY.
SO, I FOUND THIS ARTICLE BY JUST SEARCHING GOOGLE,
JUST OPEN UP GOOGLE, SEARCH FOR IT, GOT TO THIS 22
PAGE, AND, HERE, ALL I HAVE IS A PREVIEW.
I DON'T HAVE FULL-TEXT ACCESS.
AND IF YOU WERE TO RUN INTO THIS PAGE AND THINK,
WHAT IS GOING ON?
WHY DON'T I HAVE ACCESS TO THIS?
THIS IS AN ARTICLE THAT I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE
ACCESS TO IN THE WALDEN LIBRARY.
WELL, IF YOU GO TO THE WEB ADDRESS, NOWHERE IN THE
WEB ADDRESS DO YOU SEE WALDEN LIBRARY.
THAT'S A HINT, YOU'RE NOT IN THE LIBRARY.
SO, IF YOU LOOK AND YOU SEE WALDEN LIBRARY UP
THERE, THAT IS AN INDICATION THAT YOU ARE GETTING
TO IT VIA THE WALDEN LIBRARY.
SO JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR WHAT IS SHOWING UP IN
THAT WEB ADDRESS.
IT CAN GIVE YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE
YOU ARE.
AND IF SOMETHING'S GOING WRONG, THEN THAT CAN ALSO
GIVE YOU A HINT ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE GOING WRONG.
NOW, YOUR INTERNET BROWSER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO
COLLECT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN DOING.
SO, THE MAIN THINGS HERE TO KNOW ARE YOUR BROWSERS
ARE GOING TO HAVE A HISTORY AND THAT'S ALL OF THE
WEB PAGES YOU'VE BEEN TO. 23
AND THAT HISTORY IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, HOUSED
IN YOUR BROWSER.
WHEN YOU USE YOUR BACK BUTTON, THAT'S WHAT IT'S
DOING, IT'S GOING THROUGH THAT HISTORY.
IT ALSO HAS SOMETHING CALLED A CACHE AND THE CACHE
IS NOT ENTIRE PAGES.
WHAT IT IS IS JUST SAVED ELEMENTS FROM THE PAGES
YOU HAVE VISITED.
THINGS LIKE PICTURES OR COOKIES, THINGS THAT TAKE
UP SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY LOAD ONTO YOUR COMPUTER.
AND THE REASON THAT THAT CACHE IS THERE IS SO THAT
YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOAD PAGES FASTER.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DATA COMING ACROSS THE
INTERNET NOW FOR WEB PAGES, THAT CACHE CAN REALLY
MAKE IT FASTER TO SEE A PAGE.
SO IT'S BASICALLY JUST REMEMBERING WHAT YOU SAW
LAST TIME AND GIVING YOU THAT RIGHT AWAY BEFORE
IT'S LOADED ALL OF THE INFORMATION VIA THE
INTERNET.
AND, LASTLY, THERE IS SOMETHING -- THERE ARE
SOMETHING CALLED COOKIES AND THESE ARE LITTLE TINY
PIECES OF DATA THAT ALLOW WEBSITES OR YOUR BROWSER
TO KEEP TRACK OF YOU, WHO YOU ARE, AND WHAT YOU'RE
DOING. THE GREAT BENEFIT OF THIS IS THAT YOU CAN
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ONE TIME AND IT'S GOING TO REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE,
AND NOT CONSTANTLY ASK YOU TO LOG IN AGAIN.
THE DRAWBACK IS THAT IT CAN REDUCE YOUR PRIVACY.
BECAUSE IT IS REMEMBERING WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU
CLICKED ON.
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S A COMPUTER VIRUS.
IT'S NOT THE SAME AS A COMPUTER VIRUS.
SO YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY NOTICED THIS, YOU KNOW, IN
YOUR REGULAR LIFE.
FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE AN AMAZON.COM ACCOUNT.
WHEN I GO TO AMAZON.COM, IT AUTOMATICALLY FLASHES,
HI, ERIN, AND, YOU KNOW, SHOWS ME SOME TAILORED
SUGGESTIONS BASED ON THE SEARCHES I'VE DONE
BEFORE.
IT CAN DO THAT BECAUSE IT SAVED THAT LITTLE BIT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT ME AND WHAT I'VE DONE ON THE
AMAZON.COM WEBSITE.
WHEN YOU USE THE WALDEN LIBRARY, YOU CAN LOG IN
ONE TIME INTO ONE DATABASE AND THEN FOR THE REST
OF THE TIME YOU'RE USING THE LIBRARY, YOU NO
LONGER HAVE TO LOG IN.
EVERY OTHER DATABASE YOU OPEN, IT AUTOMATICALLY
REMEMBERS THAT YOU ARE A WALDEN STUDENT AND LETS
YOU LOG IN. THAT IS BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE COOKIES. 25
SO, IT IS BENEFICIAL.
AND, ALSO, SOME OF THE TOOLS WE HAVE IN THE
LIBRARY REALLY NEED THE COOKIES IN ORDER TO
FUNCTION.
SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE
LOGGING IN NONSTOP IN THE LIBRARY.
NOW, OF COURSE, ONE OTHER BIG DRAWBACK OF THIS IS
IF YOU VISIT A WEBSITE AND THERE IS AN ERROR, THE
ERROR PAGE YOU SEE MIGHT END UP SAVED IN YOUR
HISTORY OR CACHE.
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU GO, IT MIGHT JUST BE PULLING
THAT ERROR MESSAGE OUT OF YOUR CACHE, EVEN THOUGH
THAT ERROR IS NO LONGER GOING ON.
SO, IF YOU DO SEE AN ERROR MESSAGE AND YOU THINK,
OOH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE SEEING
THIS ERROR MESSAGE, CLEAR YOUR HISTORY, CLEAR YOUR
CACHE, IT MAY JUST BE REMEMBERING IT AS A MISTAKE.
AND IF YOU DO THAT, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO THEN KIND
OF FORCE YOUR BROWSER TO RELOAD THE ENTIRE PAGE
FRESH FROM THE INTERNET AND YOU'LL BE GETTING THE
CORRECT PAGE.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO DO
THIS IN THE LIBRARY, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST A
COUPLE MINUTES. SO NEXT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FULL TEXT. 26
MOST FULL TEXT ONLINE COMES IN TWO FLAVORS, AND IN
THE LIBRARY DATABASES, THESE ARE THE TWO THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.
HTML AND P.D.F.
AND HTML FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT IS BASICALLY JUST A
WEB PAGE WITH TEXT IN IT AND YOU VIEW IT RIGHT IN
YOUR BROWSER.
A P.D.F. IS AN IMAGE OF THE DOCUMENT.
SO IT'S GOING TO LOOK JUST LIKE THAT PRINTED
ARTICLE WOULD LOOK IN AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL JOURNAL.
AND THE P.D.F. CAN BE VIEWED INSIDE YOUR BROWSER
OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT AND VIEW IT INSIDE OF A
P.D.F. READER ON YOUR COMPUTER.
THE MAIN DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN YOU'RE
USING HTML OR P.D.F. HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE EXTRAS LIKE CHARTS AND
GRAPHS.
HTML DOCUMENTS MAY NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE CHARTS,
GRAPHS, PICTURES BUT A P.D.F. WILL BECAUSE IT
LOOKS JUST LIKE THE PRINTED VERSION.
SO LET'S ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK AT SOME EXAMPLES.
SO, HERE I HAVE AN ARTICLE IN ONE OF THE DATABASES
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS BOTH HTML AND P.D.F.
VERSIONS. IF I GO TO THE ARTICLE RECORD, I'LL HAVE THOSE
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OPTIONS AGAIN ON THE LEFT, BUT IF I JUST SCROLL
DOWN, I CAN SEE THAT THE HTML VERSION IS RIGHT
BELOW THE RECORD INFORMATION AND YOU CAN SEE, IT
IS JUST THE TEXT TYPED RIGHT IN TO THAT WEB PAGE.
SO IT'S A PRETTY BASIC JUST TEXT.
IF I LOOK AT THE P.D.F. VERSION, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
AWAY, THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS JUST LIKE THE PRINTED
VERSION.
IT'S AN IMAGE OF THAT PRINTED VERSION, AND IF I
SCROLL THROUGH THIS ONE, I'LL RUN INTO NICE PRETTY
COLOR CHARTS AND GRAPHS, JUST AS I WOULD SEE IN
THE PRINTED VERSION.
NOW, I'M VIEWING THIS P.D.F. INSIDE MY BROWSER.
SO YOU CAN SEE, I'M IN MY BROWSER, INTERNET
EXPLORER, I'VE GOT MY TABS HERE, THERE'S ALL SORTS
OF WEB PAGE STUFF AROUND IT, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY
BEING VIEWED VIA THE BROWSER'S P.D.F. READER.
I CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THIS P.D.F. TO MY COMPUTER.
SO IF I HAD A PROBLEM VIEWING HERE INSIDE THIS
AREA, ONE OF THE QUICK TRICKS IS TO DOWNLOAD THE
P.D.F. TO YOUR COMPUTER, AND THEN FROM YOUR
COMPUTER, YOU CAN ACTUALLY OPEN UP THE P.D.F. FROM
WHEREVER YOU'VE SAVED IT ON YOUR COMPUTER AND THAT
WILL OPEN UP IN A P.D.F. READER. SO YOU CAN SEE, THE ONE I HAD BEFORE WAS FOR
MY 28
BROWSER, THIS ONE IS JUST MY P.D.F. READER HERE,
MY ADOBE READER, OPENED IT UP, AND HERE I JUST
HAVE THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
SO, IF YOU DO RUN INTO P.D.F. PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING
OFTEN HELPS.
ANOTHER THING YOU CAN DO IS THAT RELOAD/REFRESH
BUTTON.
SOMETIMES THERE'S A PROBLEM WHEN THE P.D.F. IS
TRYING TO LOAD, RELOADING IT OFTEN WILL FIX
WHATEVER PROBLEM THERE IS.
IF YOU HAVE AN OUT-OF-DATE P.D.F. READER, YOU CAN
GO TO ADOBE.COM AND GET A NEW VERSION OR YOU CAN
DOWNLOAD AND VIEW OUTSIDE THE BROWSER.
AND, OF COURSE, YOU CAN ALSO ASK A LIBRARIAN IF
YOU'RE STRUGGLING TO GET THE FULL TEXT IN ONE OF
THE DATABASES.
IF SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING WITH FULL TEXT, CONTACT
US AND WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND
MAKE SURE YOU CAN GET THE FULL TEXT OF THE ARTICLE
YOU NEED.
LASTLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PERSISTENT LINKS.
AS I MENTIONED WAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, YOU
CAN BOOKMARK, YOU CAN MARK AS FAVORITES, PAGES ON
THE INTERNET, BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK FOR
INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES. 29
UNFORTUNATELY, EACH DATABASE WANTS TO HAVE A
DIFFERENT WAY OF LETTING YOU GET LINKS TO
ARTICLES.
SO I HAVE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLES HERE ON
THIS SLIDE, BUT JUST BE AWARE THAT EACH DATABASE
IS DIFFERENT AND, SO, YOU MAY HAVE TO CONTACT A
LIBRARIAN IF YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO GET A LINK FOR
AN ARTICLE FROM WHATEVER DATABASE YOU'RE USING.
SO, EBSCO IS OUR MOST COMMONLY USED DATABASE.
MANY MANY OF OUR DATABASES COME FROM EBSCO.
AND THEY LIKE TO USE A PERMALINK, WHICH IS AN
OPTION ON THE ARTICLE RECORD IN THE RIGHT COLUMN.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THAT IS IN A MOMENT.
PROQUEST, THEY LIKE TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, AND,
SO, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RECORD, YOU'LL SEE
SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED DOCUMENT U.R.L., AND YOU
CAN COPY THAT.
A COUPLE DATABASES ARE NICE TO US, SCIENCEDIRECT
AND SAGE ARE EXAMPLES OF THESE.
AND THOSE LET YOU JUST COPY THE ADDRESS IN THE
ADDRESS BAR JUST LIKE YOU WOULD IF YOU WENT TO ANY
WEB PAGE, YOU CAN JUST USE THAT ADDRESS IN THE
ADDRESS BAR.
AND THEN OTHER DATABASES, FOR EXAMPLE, OVID NURSING HAS AN OPTION WHERE YOU CAN E-MAIL
YOURSELF THE ARTICLE AND WHEN YOU TRY TO E-MAIL
IT, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CREATE THAT PERSISTENT
LINK AND SHOW IT TO YOU SO THEN YOU CAN COPY AND
PASTE IT INTO A WORD DOCUMENT.
NOW, JUST BE AWARE THAT ANY TIME YOU GET A
PERSISTENT LINK OR A PERMALINK, IT WILL NEED TO
HAVE THAT.
EZP.WALDENULIBRARY.ORG IN ORDER TO GET THE FULL
TEXT THE NEXT TIME YOU GO TO IT.
BUT IF YOU DO HAVE THE PERSISTENT LINK, YOU WILL
BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THAT INDIVIDUAL ARTICLE, A
WEEK FROM NOW, A MONTH FROM NOW, A YEAR FROM NOW.
SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK AGAIN HERE WE ARE ON
THE ARTICLE WE WERE LOOKING AT BEFORE, AND HERE IN
THE RIGHT COLUMN IS THAT PERMALINK, AND IF I CLICK
THAT, IT SHOULD OPEN UP THE PERMALINK, RIGHT HERE
AT THE TOP, AND IF YOU NOTICE, THIS PERMALINK HERE
IS NOT THE SAME LINK AS WHAT YOU SEE UP IN THE
ADDRESS BAR.
WHAT'S UP IN THE ADDRESS BAR, IF YOU WERE TO COPY
THAT AND TRY TO USE THAT NEXT WEEK, IT WOULD NOT
WORK.
BUT THIS LINK WILL WORK BECAUSE IT IS THE
PERMALINK, SO YOU CAN SIMPLY COPY THAT AND PASTE
IT. 31
AND THAT LINK WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THAT
INDIVIDUAL ARTICLE IN THE FUTURE.
HERE IS PROQUEST AND HERE IS A PROQUEST ARTICLE
AND FOR THIS ONE, I JUST HAVE TO SCROLL ALL THE
WAY DOWN, AND HERE IT HAS THE DOCUMENT U.R.L.,
HIGHLIGHT, COPY, AND PASTE THAT ONE.
SO THERE YOU HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW YOU CAN GET
THAT PERSISTENT LINK.
SO I'M GOING TO OPEN THINGS UP FOR QUESTIONS.
AND IN JUST A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO GO ON MUTE HERE
SO THAT YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTIONS OR THINK UP
WHAT QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT BEFORE I DO
THAT, I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT WE DO HAVE A
GUIDE FOR THIS SESSION SO THERE IS AN INTERNET
BASICS GUIDE AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEB ADDRESS,
YOU'LL SEE THAT IT IS IN OUR
LIBRARYGUIDES.WALDENU.EDU NETWORK AND THEN
INDIVIDUAL PAGE IS CALLED INTERNET BASICS.
AND THIS GUIDE IS GOING TO COVER WHAT WE TALKED
ABOUT TODAY WITH SOME ADDED INFORMATION.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE RECOMMENDED BROWSER
SETTINGS FOR THE LIBRARY, AND WE HAVE A LINK TO
THAT.
I HAVE OUTLINED MORE PORTIONS OF A BROWSER, SO YOU
CAN LEARN MORE THERE. 32
THERE ARE ALSO INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLEARING YOUR
BROWSER HISTORY OR CACHE IN CASE YOU NEED TO DO
THAT.
UNDER WEB ADDRESSES, I'VE GIVEN A LITTLE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO READ A WEB ADDRESS, SO
YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND ALSO ON OUR FULL-TEXT OPTIONS, WE DO HAVE
SOME -- I HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE DIFFERENCES
AND ALSO A LINK TO OUR P.D.F. HELP GUIDE.
SO YOU CAN USE THIS GUIDE TO GET SOME MORE HELP OR
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT USING YOUR INTERNET
BROWSER.
AND I'M GOING TO COPY THIS AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING
TO GO TO THE CHAT AREA AND I'M GOING TO -- OH, AND
IT LOOKS -- MICHELLE'S ALREADY DONE IT, SO THANK
YOU, MICHELLE.
SO GO AHEAD, OPEN UP THAT LINK ON YOUR COMPUTER
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY MARK IT AS A FAVORITE OR
BOOKMARK IT.
SO, I CAN JUST CLICK MY -- I'M IN INTERNET
EXPLORER, I'LL CLICK MY FAVORITES, ADD TO
FAVORITES, AND IT WILL BE ADDED RIGHT TO MY
FAVORITES LIST.
SO I CAN HAVE IT AT ANY TIME. AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, NOW IS A GREAT
TIME TO JUST PUT THOSE QUESTIONS IN.
AND I WILL START ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN JUST A
MOMENT.
OKAY.
THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WILL
PEOPLE BE ABLE TO GET TO THIS PRESENTATION LATER?
AND, YES, YOU CAN.
IN THE LIBRARY, WE DO HAVE A WEBINAR ARCHIVE, SO
IF YOU GO TO THE HELP AND GUIDES AREA AND THEN
WEBINARS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LIST OF ALL OF OUR
WEBINARS AND THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE UNDER LIBRARY
SKILLS.
AND THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO A RECORDING OF
THIS WEBINAR.
NOW, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE IT UP YET.
BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS
WEBINAR, BUT THIS WEBINAR WILL GO UP THIS WEEK
AND, SO, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO LOOK AT IT AGAIN
LATER ON.
AND ONCE IT'S UP, YOU'LL HAVE A LINK TO THE
RECORDING, WHICH WILL BE ON YouTube, BUT THERE
WILL ALSO BE A LINK RIGHT TO THE INTERNET BASICS
GUIDE AS WELL.
OKAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SEARCHING FOR AN
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ARTICLES FOR HOW TO SEARCH FOR ARTICLES.
IF YOU NEED HELP WITH SEARCHING FOR ARTICLES, WE
DO HAVE ACTUALLY A GREAT WEBINAR CALLED "SEARCHING
STRATEGIES," AND THAT GOES IN-DEPTH ABOUT HOW TO
SEARCH FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES IN THE LIBRARY.
IN THE LIBRARY, YOU WILL HAVE TO GO TO A DATABASE,
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, GO TO A COLLECTION HERE, SUBJECT
COLLECTION, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF
DATABASES AND THEN YOU'LL OPEN UP AN INDIVIDUAL
DATABASE AND SEARCH THAT INDIVIDUAL DATABASE.
AND I DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO TO EITHER THE
SEARCHING STRATEGIES WEBINAR OR YOU CAN ALSO LOOK
AT SOME OF OUR GUIDES.
WE DO HAVE A GUIDE DEVOTED TO KEYWORD SEARCHING,
AND I CAN PULL THAT UP.
AND THIS KEYWORD SEARCHING GUIDE IS REALLY
HELPFUL.
SO I CAN ACTUALLY COPY THE LINK THERE.
AND SEND THAT OUT.
OH, AND MICHELLE IS RIGHT THERE WITH THE SEARCHING
STRATEGIES WEBINAR ARCHIVE.
AND THEN HERE IS THE GUIDE THAT WILL SHOW YOU HOW
TO DO KEYWORD SEARCHING.
AND ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT KNOWING HOW TO DO
KEYWORD SEARCHING IS ONCE YOU ARE GOOD AT KEYWORD 35
SEARCHING, THE SAME TECHNIQUES YOU USE TO SEARCH
LIBRARY DATABASES, MANY OF THOSE WILL WORK IN
GOOGLE, YaHOO!, BING, AND OTHER SEARCH ENGINES.
SO YOU CAN BECOME MORE OF A PRECISION SEARCHER OF
THE INTERNET AS WELL AS BECOMING A PRECISION
SEARCHER OF THE LIBRARY DATABASES.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE REALLY AREN'T ANY MORE
QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
SO I'LL LET EVERYONE GO.
AND IF YOU DO REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE A QUESTION
THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK, YOU CAN CERTAINLY CONTACT
A LIBRARIAN ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE.
YOU CAN CLICK THE ASK A LIBRARIAN OR ASK A
LIBRARIAN UP HERE.
AND E-MAIL OR CALL US.
AND, SO, I ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU DO HAVE
QUESTIONS, LET US KNOW.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR RESEARCH QUESTIONS.
AND GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.
AND HAPPY SEARCHING.
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