Why Internet Research Matters

Why learn how to run an internet search?

In today’s world, individuals and businesses depend heavily on computer technology and its connection to the World Wide Web to access vast amounts of information, to conduct research, and to communicate quickly with other people, businesses and customers. Understanding how to access and use that information is vital to individual productivity as well as small and large business productivity.

Managers frequently create reports and presentations to communicate company and competitive landscape information to a variety of audiences. The ability to understand web browsers and to effectively search for needed data, images, articles, and other information has become a critical skill to have in the global business world of today.

This tutorial focuses on the basic skills needed to conduct meaningful and useful searches with the internet for business. The lessons to learn in this tutorial include:

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

Next: Introduction to Using and Searching the Internet

What you’ll learn to do: access and navigate the internet

The ability to identify and operate a web browser is a crucial skill in today’s business environment. In addition to browser identification, a basic understanding of general browser navigation assist you in searches, presentations, and beyond. While different browsers have different features, there are a lot of similarities among them.