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Finding everything on the Net
April 11, 2003
CARROLLTON, GA - Although the Internet has taken the world by storm, most users haven’t yet learned how to efficiently search the World Wide Web. Effective online searching entails much more than simply pushing a button and watching your data pop up.
Finding Everything on the Net, an upcoming University of West Georgia Department of Continuing Education course, can greatly expand your Net searching skills. Classes will be held in the Ingram Library Computer Lab on Tuesdays, April 22 and 29, 6-9 p.m.
Participants will learn how search engines work, which search engines are the best to use and why, how to use Boolean Operators and what they are, how to locate businesses and people, how to create mailing lists and newsgroups, and how to find government information.
Finding Everything on the Net will be taught by a local instructor whom students can contact after the course for technical assistance if needed. Each student will take home a book of step-by-step instructions, complete with screen shots to use as a reference.
“Even though it may not sound like it, this is a fun class to take,” said Lauri Thompson, course instructor and computer specialist in continuing education. “You just never know what people are going to want to search for — antiques, a recipe similar to grandma’s coleslaw, vacation sites, military buddies, an aspect of the novel they’re writing. If we have eight people in the class, we have eight stories about what they’re looking for, and over the course of the class they think of other things to look for.”
The cost of this hands-on course is $69. To get the most out of class sessions, participants should be comfortable with basic computer skills. For more information or to register, contact the UWG Department of Continuing Education at 770-836-6610.
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