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The Search

Search tips:

• USE AN APPROPRIATE SEARCH ENGINE - Relying on the "search" button of a browser such as MS Explorer or Navigator, will not give you the "best" (full) search. For research choose some browsers from the ones below.
  
• USE MORE THAN ONE SEARCH ENGINE FOR YOUR RESEARCH - After all, would you seek information about something in only one book?
  
• LIMIT UNWANTED INFORMATION - Refine your search: Put in "extra" key words; remove "key" words (e.g. Don't just search "St. Petersburg": add names and places; subtract the unrelated info "Florida")
  
• TRY ALTERNATE SPELLINGS - e.g. "St. Petersburg" and "Saint Petersburg"
  
• TRY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SEARCH ENGINES' FEATURES/SERVICES
  

Some Search Engines to try:

• Search Engines - for General Subjects
  Google. [google.com] My favorite. Read a review of Google. Here's the latest (Feb.17, 2004) article about Google: "Google Achieves Search Milestone With Immediate Access To More Than 6 Billion Items". Try searching in Google, then judge it for yourself. In July, 2001, Russian was added as one of the search languages. Hurrah! Some other recent additions: Google's image search, and Google's news search.
  Altavista. [av.com] - Another good search engine for general subject searching.
  Excite. [excite.com]
  HotBot. [hotbot.com] - Narrows a search by term, place or file format.
  Infoseek. [go.com]
  Lycos. [lycos.com]

• Directory Search Engines -Organizes Sites Into Categories (doesn't get everywhere)
  Yahoo. [yahoo.com]
  Ask Jeeves. [ask.com] - anticipates your questions

• Meta-Search Engines - Searches the Other Search Engines And Gives You the Top Hits on Each
  Dogpile. [dogpile.com]
  MetaCrawler. [metacrawler.com]

• Specialty Search Engines - Limited to One Type of Search
  Topica. [liszt.com] - a directory of list servers: thousands of Newsletters and Discussions
  WhoWhere. [whowhere.com] - for finding people.
  AnyWho. Online directory from AT&T. (Find a business; find a person. Includes Reverse Lookup for finding who is associated with what phone number.

Learning more about search engines:

• About Searching and Search Engines
  Search Engines in Review from Blue Angels.net.
  *Navigating the Internet. St. Lawrence University Libraries' help page on this topic.

BUILDING A WEB PAGE

Focus on:

• General Help
  *Build a Website. From "About: Internet for Beginners." [Consider this your "textbook" for learning how to construct web pages. Familiarize yourself with what is at this site. Visit this site--often, if necessary--to learn the basics of web page designing!]
  The Beginner's Page. The right place to begin if you are a beginner at building Web pages. From "Web Developer's Virtual Library." Or consult Usability - The Basics, a useful page that addresses page width, graphics and speed, and how users read. Also from WDVL.
  Dmitry's Design Lab A series of lectures on such things as color, fonts, photography, animation, etc. Includes some tutorials. From Dmitry Kirsanov.

• Fonts
  "The World of Fonts". One of the tutorials from Dmitry Kirsanov.

• Graphics
  Anfy Java: Presentations & Demos. Java and 3D applets online.
  The Free Site. Links to just about everything! And it's free for the taking. From thefreesite.com. See Free Graphics, for example.

• Background and Links Colors
  *HTML Background Color Selector. With simple select and click options, lets you try out different combinations, and when you find one you like, this site will tell you the code needed! (Good practical and swift help!)
  *Color Chart for HTML Backgrounds and Fonts and More Colors for Backgrounds and Fonts show you actual colors and their number codes. From Mrs. Ernst's Home Page. Coronado School (Tucson, AZ).

• HTML
  *NCSA--A Beginner's Guide to HTML. [Familiarize yourself with topics you don't know.]
  *Reading and Writing Basic HTML Tags. @ George Mitrevski (Auburn University).
  How to Write HTML. Links to a selection of guides and manuals.

Copyright issues

• Copyright
  *10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained. by Brad Templeton.
  United States Copyright Office. Library of Congress. What's New; general information; other copyright topics.
  The Copyright Website. Relevant copyright information for all surfers, designers, etc. (from Benedict O'Mahoney).

• Citing
  SLU: Citing Sources. Includes links to resources on this topic.

Library Tools

• Library resources on the net
  *St. Lawrence University Libraries. Find out about library services, special collections, etc. The Research and Reference section takes you to information on "Citing Sources," "Copyright Page," etc.
  New York Public Library. Catalogs/indexes; resource guides; exhibits; search the internet, etc.
  *Library of Congress. The LC homepage, with Information on exhibitions, library services, and research tools [Check out "Explore the Internet" (internet search tools) under "Research Tools"--includes e-mail address directories; subject guides, newspapers, periodicals, links to digital libraries, etc.].
  *Libweb: Library Servers via WWW. A useful list of links to public libraries around the globe...check out holdings at your favorite spot.

Other Internet Tools

• Internet Definitions
  *Netscape Handbook: Onscreen Fundamentals. Here you will find everything you need to understand all the parts of the Netscape window.
  Netscape Handbook: Application Features. Handbook: Questions and Answers. Here you will find some good introductory material on: Internet basics; General Navigator Tips...Gopher, FTP, Security.
  Netscape Handbook: Before You Begin. A good starting point to understanding the Internet and how to navigate via Netscape.

• Net and List Services
  Electronic Mailing Lists. A brief introduction followed by a good set of links to other Listserve Information Resources (i.e. a list of the lists, etc.). (From Imaginary Landscape)

• E-Mail
  *How not to get an e-mail virus. It's all spelled out here. There are lists of file extensions which are OK and those to avoid. From YourTechOnline.com.
  A Beginner's Guide to Effective E-Mail. Good suggestions from Kaitlin Duck Sherwood on this topic.
  E-Mail Etiquette Guide. By Douglas Sweeney.
  E-Mail Etiquette. From "I Will Follow" services.
  

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