The Web allows you to access most types of information on the Internet through a browser. One of the main features of the Web is the ability to quickly link to other related information. The Web contains information beyond plain text, including sounds, images and video. It is important that we make a distinction here between the 'Public Web', available from almost anywhere to almost anyone, and the 'Library Web', which is available only to UNSW students and staff.

Use the Public Web: to find really current information as a first and last resort - when you know nothing about your topic or have exhausted all other resources to find information about companies to find information from all levels of government - federal to local to find both expert and popular opinions Use the Library Web: to link to electronic resources, provided by the UNSW Library via the Internet to link to Public Web resources which have been evaluated by Library staff to link to Web based subscription resources which the Library has purchased to enable access by UNSW staff and students Examples of Web Addresses http://info.library.unsw.edu.au - UNSW Library homepage http://lrd.unsw.edu.au - The LRD - Library Reources Database - your library catatalogue http://www.google.com - Google, a popular and well respected search engine