(Inter)Net Fishing:
Efficient Methods for Resource Finding
Web Questions
- Why Web?
Communication, Efficiency, Technology
- When to Web?
Quick question, Ask a person, Last-ditch effort
- How to Web?
Learn search techniques, Identify sources, Evaluate information
Web Topics
Efficient Web Searches
Web Basics
- Defining:
Email, ftp, telnet, html, url, IP, ISP
- Connecting:
Hardware, software, internet access
- Navigating:
Microsoft.com
http://www.microsoft.com
Netscape.com
http://www.netscape.com
- Finding:
Documents, AV, software, games, maps, ads, etc.
Search Tools
Search Tips
- Help
- Search features:
Boolean operators, search by file type or date
- Search terms:
Perinatal, maternity, childbirth
- Published web directories
- Logical domain guess:
www.naswdc.org
- Ask a librarian or a colleague
Check out Navigating the Web
Locate Health Information
Sources of Research
- Government
- Education
- Social Service Agencies
- Hospitals
- Associations & organizations
- Commercial/Private
- Related Professions:
Medicine, nursing, public health
Kinds of Information
- Catalogs, databases, indexes
- Full-text: books, journals, news
- Numeric data
- Media: video, audio, images, graphics
- Software
- Interactive, 3D, Virtual Reality
Electronic Sources
Locate Professional Resources
Find Perinatal Information
Find Patient Information See Locate Consumer Resources
Network with Colleagues
- Listservs:
SOCWORK-L contact: majordomo@uwrf.edu
- Member forums:
NASW
http://www.socialworkers.org/
- Chat rooms:
Social Work Cafe
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4862/
Human Services Chat
http://www.naswnm.org/chat/index.html/
Locate Consumer Resources
Find Perinatal Information
Find Support Groups
Evaluate Web Searches
Evaluation Strategies
- Use criteria checklist
- Determine type of site
- Use review sites
Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
- Authority
- Accuracy
- Objectivity
- Coverage
- Currency
- Design
Check out Navigating the Web
Remember
- What are you looking for?
- Who are you helping?
- How are you looking it up?
- Where might it be?
- Have you checked your sources?
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