Student Resources
Section 1A: Introduction to Computers and the Internet
Internet Labs
What's Out There?
A good way to start using the Web is by learning to use a search engine.
A search engine is a special Web site that helps you find information on the
Internet. Popular search engines include the following:
Follow these directions to visit a search engine site and look up information on the Web:
- Click in the browser's Address box (it may be called the Location box), and type the address of the search engine you want to visit (see the list above).
- When the search engine's Web page opens, click in the search box and type a topic. The topic is the item you want to find information about. You can type multiple words, phrases, and sometimes questions in a search engine's search box. Press Enter.
- If the search engine finds any Web pages relating to the specified topic, it displays links to them. Click one of the provided links to visit that page. After you read the page, click your browser's Back button to return to the search page.
- Search for information on the following topics:
- Supercomputers
- The Beatles
- Greenpeace
Pick a Favorite
When you find a Web site that you think is especially fun or useful, you will want to be able to return to the site
quickly in the future. To do this, add the Web site to your browser's Favorites list. (This list is called Bookmarks in
some browsers.) Then you can select the site's name from your list of Favorites and go to that page immediately. To add
the Web site to your Favorites list, follow these steps:
- In your Web browser, return to the home page of a site you like (for example, http://www.usatoday.com/).
- On your browser's toolbar, click the Favorites (or Bookmarks) button. A menu appears.
- From the menu, click Add Favorite (or Add Bookmark).
- Click the Favorites (or Bookmarks) button again and look at the menu. The new page appears in the list. The next time you want to visit this page, select its name from this menu.
