Ready Reference Resources



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	Course Homepage Course Modules: Online Community Background Information Basic Web Searching Managing Resources Advanced Web Searching Comprehensive Web Search Strategies Course Projects Assessment	Ready Reference Resources Sometimes using a search engine or a web index is a waste of time. If you just need to quickly find information, using a dictionary, a thesaurus, an encyclopedia or an atlas is much quicker than logging on and conducting a search on the web. Many of you already have ready reference software (Bookshelf, Encarta, etc.) installed on your computer. If not, there are a number of excellent Ready Reference Resources available on the web Record your observations in your digital logbook and continue bookmarking webpages that are related to your web search topic. Ready Reference Resources This activity completes your exploration of Basic Web Searching. Before you move on to the Advanced Web Searching module, click on the Managing Resources link on the left side of this page to explore some techniques for effectively managing all the web resources you have found.

Fresno Pacific University \| School of Professional Studies

Website maintained by Bob Jost \| bjost@josts.net \| last revised Jan. 1, 2002 Copyright © 1998-2002 by Bob Jost & Geoffrey Jost. All rights reserved. No part of this website may be transmitted, stored or recorded in any form without written permission from the authors.



instructor \| listserve \| web board \| project archives \| toolkit

	Course Homepage Course Modules: Online Community Background Information Basic Web Searching Managing Resources Advanced Web Searching Comprehensive Web Search Strategies Course Projects Assessment	Ready Reference Resources Sometimes using a search engine or a web index is a waste of time. If you just need to quickly find information, using a dictionary, a thesaurus, an encyclopedia or an atlas is much quicker than logging on and conducting a search on the web. Many of you already have ready reference software (Bookshelf, Encarta, etc.) installed on your computer. If not, there are a number of excellent Ready Reference Resources available on the web Record your observations in your digital logbook and continue bookmarking webpages that are related to your web search topic. Ready Reference Resources This activity completes your exploration of Basic Web Searching. Before you move on to the Advanced Web Searching module, click on the Managing Resources link on the left side of this page to explore some techniques for effectively managing all the web resources you have found.

Fresno Pacific University \| School of Professional Studies

Website maintained by Bob Jost \| bjost@josts.net \| last revised Jan. 1, 2002 Copyright © 1998-2002 by Bob Jost & Geoffrey Jost. All rights reserved. No part of this website may be transmitted, stored or recorded in any form without written permission from the authors.