The Usborne Guide to Homework on the Internet

by Smith, Alastair

• ISBN13: 9780794501211
• ISBN10: 0794501214
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Edc Pub

Summary

Explains how to use the Internet and the Web to do research and homework assignments, discussing how the Internet works, how to search for information, how to download programs, and how to compile and save information.

Table of Contents

What's on the Internet?	4	(2)
How the Internet really works	6	(2)
What is the World Wide Web?	8	(2)
Browsing basics	10	(2)
Storing and organizing Web pages	12	(2)
Downloading programs	14	(2)
Search and find	16	(2)
Metasearchers	18	(2)
Top search tips	20	(2)
Smart searching	22	(2)
What are education Web sites?	24	(2)
Chat and messages	26	(2)
Online encyclopedias and dictionaries	28	(2)
Homework sites	30	(2)
Portals and study sites	32	(2)
Copying and pasting text	34	(2)
Using pictures	36	(2)
Compiling information	38	(2)
Word processing basics	40	(2)
Editing	42	(2)
Looking good	44	(2)
Get organized	46	(2)
Hard copy	48	(2)
Moving your work	50	(2)
Downloading to disks	52	(2)
Getting connected	54	(2)
Avoiding trouble	56	(2)
Glossary	58	(4)
Useful extras	62	(1)
Index	63