Computer Applications for Managers Internet Research Internet Research

Computer Applications for Managers Internet Research

Internet Research • • Identifying and understanding web browser basics Conducting searches in the web Searching for images Understanding a variety of tools to modify and narrow searches

Internet Browsers Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Apple Safari Microsoft Edge

Browser Tools • • *Focus on Chrome* Arrow- previous/recent webpages (1) Refresh button- reloads webpage (2) New tab- new window in same browser (3) Address Bar- identifies current viewed page (4) Resizing and closing- change size of browser (5) Menu- dropdown menu (6)

Browser Tools Continued • Hyperlinks • • Section of text, image, icon linked to specific webpage, image, etc. Automatically goes to linked webpage

Web Searching in Chrome • Chrome: • • • Desktop icon on taskbar Type www. google. com followed by enter Titled by hyperlink

Web Searching using Bing • Bing • • • Desktop icon on taskbar Type www. bing. com then enter Similar to Google • However, to the right are related searches

Identifying Search Results • • Open Chrome Change search key words More Os in Google mean more results Bonus search tools • • • Right arrow=new browser window (2) Next tab (3) Previous tab (4)

Opening Search Results • • Open Google- enter search Different tab options • • • All News Images Maps Videos More

Adjusting Search Parameters • Operations • • • AND • Enter “marketing AND services” OR • Enter “marketing OR services” • NOT • More responses than AND Enter “marketing NOT services” • Less search results

Adjusting Search Parameters Cont. • Boolean Modifier • • Used in search phrase to modify search results Quotation marks • Less responses Asterisk • When you don’t know exact wording Parentheses • What is read first

Image Searches • • Enter in text on Google Click “images” Extra Images • • • Image Category- narrow focus Additional Category- more options Safe Search- filters explicit images Search by Image- camera button

Quick Review • • What are three main browsers used to access the internet? What are the basic navigation tools used in a browser? How do you perform a web search using two different search engines? Can you correctly identify the number of results from each search? How do you open the first web search engine result? Are you now able to additional parameters to the web search? Can you identify changes in the search results? How do you perform a web search for an image?