Không ai là một chuyên gia về mọi mặt của Internet, nó chỉ đơn giản là không thể. Trong khi nhiều người có kỹ năng với các công cụ và có một ý tưởng tốt, nơi để tìm thông tin về nhiều chủ đề, không ai có thể theo kịp với dòng chảy thông tin. | Example Linking national parks with pollution tells the computer to list only works with either term. Not Using not narrows a search. Example Telling the search engine t o look for national parks not Bryce Canyon leads t o all sources about national parks except those mentioning Bryce Canyon. Relax No one is a n expert o n every facet o f the Internet-it s simply impossible. While many people are skilled with the tools and have a good idea where to look for information on many topics n o one can keep up with the information flow. Fortunately you don t have to understand everything to use the Internet quickly and easily. All you need are a computer modem and the time to explore different paths. This chapter helped you hop aboard the Information Superhighway and start using electronic sources for research. Chapter 9 shows you how to track your research. 65 Chapter 9 How Do I Track My Research Research means to give each and every element its final value by grouping it in the unity of an organized whole. PIerre 7. L EC_ HARDIN A s you start t o gather your information you ll need a systematic way to organize it. What you want is an organized list o f sources a bibliography. You ll use this list to locate sources and as you write your research paper to document the information you used. In this chapter you ll learn how to make a working bibliography. Making Bibliography Cards A s you find each source o n your topic record t h e publication and location information. When you first start researching you may just print this information from electronic sources and indexes. Later you ll turn it into bibliography cards written in the appropriate format. To d o so get a pack of 3x5 index cards. Use one card per source. These are your bibliography cards. Cards allow you to keep the most promising sources and discard the irrelevant ones at your convenience. Also cards can easily be arranged .
