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Search the Net
The Internet's growth has been exponential in the past twenty years after the introduction of individual workstations and PCs: In 1981, 213 machines were connected to the net. By 1992 it were 727,000. In 1991 Tim Berners Lee, now director of the World Wide Web Consortium , created the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http), which connects documents via clickable hyperlinks. This standard for the WWW was released by the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN). Because of this, the Internet has became more graphical, international and easier to use.
In 1994, commerce arrived on the web. The same year the first search engines were set up and made finding information much easier. The pioneer one was Yahoo!. Yahoo started out as a programme by two students at Stanford University, David Filo and Jerry Yang, who wrote it to help them locate, identify and edit material stored on the Internet more efficiently. Others were fast to follow, like Lycos (1994) Altavista (1995) and Infoseek(1997). Today, there are hundreds of ways to search the web.
History of the Net
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On the Internet you can find millions of pieces of information about all sorts of subjects. For many, the first impression is one of being lost in this vast amount of information. Many questions come up: where can I find the information I need, what kind of information can I find and how do I know, whether it is reliable?
From simple searches to more focused ones, from easy questions to expert interviews around the world, from how to check your sources to knowing your rights on the Net, the research techniques show you different ways to succeed in your hunt for knowledge.
Check your sources
Journalists have always had to check their sources. A rule, that also applies to the Net. This section helps you to find out, who is behind a web site and how you can verify on-line-stories .
Commercial databases
Commercial databases are specific databases to which you have to subscribe and pay for in order to use them. This part presents commercial databases which are useful for journalists.
Copyright
Copyright exists also on the World Wide Web. This part is a summary about copyright online and tells you, what your rights are on the web.
Find people
On the Internet, there are a lot of people who can help you with your research or give you a clue. "Find people" explains how to find a specific person and how to locate experts on a given topic.
Intelligent agents
Intelligence agents are programmes with new features for searching the Net. They can perform certain tasks for you while you're doing other things, and learn from your needs and habits to improve their performances. This part shows you how can you use them and what you can learn from them.
Find mailinglists and newsgroups
Mailinglists and newsgroups help you to get in touch with people who share the same interests or experts around the world. This part shows you how to find these lists and groups, and how to use them.
Search the Web
The Web is the easiest way to find information. "Search the Web" features a sample of various search engines and explains their advantages and disadvantages. You can also access the best engines directly from our site.
Virtual interviews
"Virtual interviews" shows you how to conduct journalistic interviews with the tools, the net offers for personal communication: email, real time chat, MOOS and MUDS.
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