Assignment:
You are to search for a variety of information on the Internet.
1. Locate a news article from an English-speaking country other than the United Sates. List the URL, list the name of the newspaper, list the country of origin, and summarize the article where indicated below.
URL:
Newspaper:
Country:
Summary:
2. What is the current weather in Lisbon, Portugal? Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius? Find a Web site to convert the temperature, list the URL, and note the Fahrenheit temperature only.
Fahrenheit Temperature of Lisbon, Portugal:
URL:
3. Search for the famous painting Guernica.
Who is the artist?
In what museum is the painting housed?
4. How many miles is it from Nashville, Tennessee to Salt Lake City, Utah?
What is the estimated driving time?
List four major cities along the trip:
5. Search for your own name on a people search Web site. (If you have an uncommon first name, use your first initial only.)
How many people nationwide share your name?
6. Locate the United States Library of Congress Web site and determine the year of origin for the Poetry and Literature Center.
Year of Origin:
7. List the URL of one of your favorite Web sites and explain why you like this Web site.
URL:
I like this Web site because:
8. List the search engine(s) you used to locate the above information:
Explain the search method or strategy used to generate specific search results.