Basics of the Internet

The Internet is a vast system of computer networks
network -- a small group of computers connected together
The Internet provides a way to send messages, transfer files, and obtain information

Brief Internet History

Started in 1969 as a U.S. Defense project to carry government and military information in a nuclear event. Abandoned by Government but used by university professors and researchers throughout 1970s and 1980s. During 1990s became popular for everyday folk and businesses

CERN World-Wide Web Days

Eudora: An e-mail program

In ISU computer labs, using Eudora requires a lab disk

Saves your personal information and settings
Choose "Make Lab Disk"

The Eudora screen
Menu bar

Toolbar
Mailboxes (left pane)
Messages (right pane)


Eudora Activity

Check for mail
Create an address book entry
Send mail to someone
Carbon copy mail and attach a file
Make a signature file

The World Wide Web

The Web is part of the Internet
Consists of files called pages or web sites
Files contain text, graphics, sound, and video
Provides hypertext links to other web pages (hypertext -- text that, when clicked, accesses a new page with relevant information)
The Web is a place to find lots of cool stuff



Netscape Navigator

An interface to the World Wide Web

Navigating

Type web address (location of the file) in the "Location" box
Move around using hypertext links
Use "Forward" and "Back" buttons
Bookmarks can be created and later used to open your favorite web site

Relevant Web Pages

• Illinois State University www.ilstu.edu
• PSY 345 Web Site http://main.psy.ilstu.edu/faculty/cutting/psych345/syllabus.html
• ISU Department of Psychology http://www.cas.ilstu.edu/psychology/index.html
• American Psychological Association www.apa.org
• WWW Virtual Library http://vlib.org/Overview.html
  
• Yahoo! www.yahoo.com

Netscape NavigatorActivity

• Use the PSY 345 web site to find information about previous slide shows,
  a statistics sourcebook, and SPSS.
• Use the ISU web site to find information about the Psychology department,
  e-mail addresses of faculty, and Milner Library.
• Use Yahoo! to find information about psychology self-help sites, careers in
  psychology, and psychology journals in which you may publish.

PsycINFO

A comprehensive database of psychology books and articles
Can be accessed from the Milner Library homepage (www.mlb.ilstu.edu)

Select "IBIS"
Click "Start Ovid"
Choose "PsycINFO" from the list

Elements of PsycINFO Screen

Button Bar (Author, Title, many more buttons)
Search History
Command Line (type in names, key words, etc.)

How to Search on PsycINFO

Search by keyword, word(s) in title, author
View results by clicking "Display"

Saving search results

Display on screen
E-mail it
Save it as a text file

Practice searching for your favorite key words and authors

You can also access the Illinet on the web at: http://pac.ilcso.uiuc.edu.