CONTENTS: Introduction The Internet and World Wide Web Defined How the Web Works Navigating the World Wide Web Search Engine Defined Search Strategies Evaluating Web Information Conclusion Printer friendly version BACK TO: Tutorials home page

The Internet

Conclusion

• While you may use the terms Internet and World Wide Web interchangeably, they are two different entities. The Internet is the vast network or networks connected by telephone lines, cables and communication satellites while the World Wide Web represents the resources available on the Internet. The Web cannot exist without the Internet.


• Although the Internet in its present form is constantly evolving and relatively new, it began in the 1960s as a project of the U.S. Department of Defense to support military research in the event of a nuclear war.


• The World Wide Web uses hypertext to link to documents and files located on servers anywhere on the Internet.


• The way to navigate the Web is with a browser. It is the software that allows you to locate, display and use Web documents.


• Search engines like Alta Vista, Excite and Google allow users to search for documents on the Web.


• Before you begin searching on the Web it is important that you develop a search strategy and that you critically evaluate and cite the information that you find.

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