UNIT 001 MAKING MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE INTERNET

Element 1.2 Locate Information on the Internet
Element
Exercise
1.2.1 Enter the URL: http://www.webcrawler.com

1.2.2 Enter a search for:- Alternative Medicine. You do not want any articles on Yoga or Acupuncture. Ensure that you use the appropriate Boolean operators to narrow the search to only the relevant criteria.

Take a screen shot of your browser showing your search criteria. Follow the links, bookmark relevant pages and print out articles for evidence

1.2.1 Enter the URL: http://www.lycos.com

1.2.2 Find data on Holidays in the North of England

Take a screen shot of your browser showing your search criteria. Print out your links and at least two holiday destination examples. Bookmark relevant pages.

1.2.1 Go to: http://www.yahoo.com

1.2.2 Search for Further Education Colleges in the North East of England. You do not want to list colleges which are in Newcastle upon Tyne. Use the relevant Boolean expressions to refine your search to the required data.

Take a screen shot of your browser showing your search criteria. Bookmark relevant pages and print out links and pages as evidence.

1.2.1 Go to: http://www.excite.com

1.2.2 Search for articles on the Parliament of the United Kingdom, you do not want articles including the word Britain. Use Boolean expressions to ensure a true search.

Take a screen shot of your browser showing your search criteria. Bookmark your visited links and print out relevant articles and your links.

1.2.3 Edit your bookmarks, rename or ensure that you udate any URLs which are out of date.

Print out your bookmark list before and after editing.

1.2.4 Group your bookmarks together in logical groups.

Print out bookmark list before and after grouping.

1.2.5 Delete some of your bookmarks.

Print out bookmark list before and after deleting.

1.2.6 Find a site containing FTP files to download. Use your FTP program to download a file. While the file is downloading do a screenshot and paste into another document as evidence. Do a screen shot of your directory showing the downloaded file.

1.2.6 Download another FTP file.

Show evidence (screen shots, printouts) of having downloaded the file (as above).

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