Using the

search form

 THERE ARE only three steps on our search form, located on the left side of the screen if your web browser supports frames (or the previous screen if your web browser does not support frames).

Search it

all or by

category.

1. YOUR FIRST STEP is to decide if you want to search among our entire database or to restrict it to one of the listed categories. You may want to review the explanation of the categories.

If you want to search in all categories, leave the pop-up menu selected at ALL CATEGORIES. If you want to search within a category, click and select on the pop-up menu to select the category that you want to search within.

Example
You may want to see resources listed under "Animation". Click and select Animation from the adjacent pop-up menu.

Modify

your search

with

keywords.

2. NEXT YOU WILL click your mouse in the keyword field and type in any words you want to search for. If you just want to see all of the entries in a category you selected in step 1, simply leave the field blank.
Example 1.
You want to search all the categories for anything related to the multimedia program "Director" which may be listed under the categories "Authoring Languages" as well as "Animation" or "Web". For step 1, select ALL CATEGORIES and in step 2 type in the keyword field Director.

Example 2.
You want to see if there are any Listservs related to Director. From step 1, select Listservs from the pop-up menu. In step 2, type in the keyword field Director.

Example 3.
You want to list all of the Listserv sites. From step 1, select Listservs from the pop-up menu. For step 2 leave the keyword field blank.

Run

the search.

3. FINALLY click the Show Results! button to send your request to our search engine. The results will appear in the right frame of the browser, listed in alphabetical order. If you want to view the site, just click on the hypertext for it's title. The web site will load in a new web browser window.
A tip

for

searching.

FOR ANY KIND OF SEARCH a good strategy is to start off general and then narrow your search by adding keywords. For example, You might first just look at all of the examples in a given category. Or begin by searching all categories using one keyword. If you are interested in general techniques for web searching, we refer to the friendly tutorial, How to Be a WebHound.


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Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI)
Maricopa Community Colleges

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