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).

1. 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 disciplines. If you want to search in all categories, select All Subjects from the pop-up menu. If you want to search within a subject category, click on the adjacent pop-up menu to select the category that you want to search within.
Example
You may want to see only examples for Chemistry. Click and select Chemistry from the adjacent pop-up menu.

2. 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 sites that use animation. For step 1, select All Subjects and for step 2 type in the keyword field animation.

Example 2.
You want to look for Chemistry sites that use animation. For step 1 select Chemistry from the pop-up menu. For step 2, type in the keyword field animation.

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

3. Run

the search.

3. FINALLY click the Search it Now! button to send your request to our CGI 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 its title. The web site will try to 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.
Example
You teach American history and you want to see if there are any examples of classes that cover any skirmishes of the Civil War that occurred west of the Mississippi River. A first attempt would be to just see if there are any relevant sites listed under the History category before trying any keywords.
If you are interested in general techniques for web searching, we refer to the friendly tutorial, How to Be a WebHound.

Teaching & Learning on the WWW
Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI)
Maricopa Community Colleges

the 'net connection at MCLI is Alan Levine
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