Chapter 4
Chapter 4 explores various resources on the web and how to best navigate them in a way that’ll get you the best info and how to do it efficiently. While most websites did not stand out to me in specifics, the very beginning showing advanced search from Google was a huge refresher. I was aware of the search feature from just clicking around aimlessly when I was younger and falling upon it. Despite that, I was never sure how to effectively use the feature in a way that wasn’t better off just using the normal search function. Having an explanation of its purpose and showing an example of when I would need to use the advanced setting was very helpful. Initially, I thought that sorting websites by date wouldn’t be all that useful in a practical way, but then I realized searching for news-related things would benefit greatly from a time restriction. For example, if I looked up major plane accidents during the week where there were 3 crashes and I knew nothing about the actual crash other than it occurring. The results would’ve been various news articles about each separate event, alternatively, if I searched it up with the attachment of it being in the last 24 hours my search would lead me to the specific accident that I would be looking for. Overall, this module would be a great help if you needed any of the websites they provided.