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Using a Web Browser
Chapter 2.
Selected Sites | Example 1 | Using Bookmarks | Browser Tips

 Web resources noted in the chapter include


 Example 1 Browsing the WWW Virtual Library-Sports
 

This example takes us to the WWW Virtual Library arranged by subject. It's a good place to keep in your bookmark file. Going from site to site is sometimes called "Net Surfing" or "Surfing the Internet." That means going from location to location finding interesting, entertaining, or useful sites and resources, regardless of the type of information you're dealing with.

While this example focuses pretty much on the topic of sports, you will also see hyperlinks that could easily take you to different topics if/when you choose to follow them. It's this interconnection of sites and topics that makes the term "world wide web" appropriate.

Here are the steps we'll follow.

  1. Start Netscape.
  2. Open the location for the World Wide Web Virtual Library (WWWVL) arranged by subject.
  3. Select the hyperlink to the Sport home page.
  4. Search the Sport section for items dealing with surfing.
  5. Select the hyperlink to the"La Jolla Surfing page".
  6. Browse the La Jolla Surfing site for pictures of La Jolla and weather information.
  7. Select a hyperlink for "Virtually Hawaii" from a Web page Satellite Oceanography Laboratory-SOEST University of Hawaii.
  8. Use the History list to go back to Sport home page.
  9. Get information about golf.
  10. End the session.
While you're going through the steps in this example, practice using Back and Forward on the navigation toolbar.
  1. Start Netscape.
  2. Open the location for the World Wide Web Virtual Library (WWWVL) arranged by Subject.
      Click on the the location field, type http://www.vlib.org, and press Enter.
  3. Select the hyperlink to the Sport home page.
      Move the mouse pointer to the hyperlink Sport and click with the (left) mouse button.
  4. Search the Sport section for items dealing with surfing.
      Using the Scroll Bar, Page Down key, or down-arrow keys scroll down the page until the you see the hyperlink Water Sports, and click on it.
  5. Select the hyperlink to the"La Jolla Surfing page".
      Scroll down the Water Sports page until you see the heading Surfing and then click on the hyperlink and click on the hyperlink La Jolla surfing
  6. Browse the La Jolla Surfing site for pictures of La Jolla and weather information.
      View some photographs of surfing in La Jolla California by clicking on the hyperlink Photo Gallery

    Click on Back in the navigation tool bar until you return to the La Jolla Surfing Home page

    Click on the hyperlink Weather, on the La Jolla Surfing home page

    Click on the hyperlink More SatMaps/SST's on the La Jolla Surfing Weather page.

    Click on the hyperlink USA Pacific Satellite Image - really nice!

  7. Select a hyperlink for "Virtually Hawaii" from a Web page Satellite Oceanography Laboratory-SOEST University of Hawaii.
     

    Return to the More Satellite Imagery and SST's page by clicking on its hyperlink in the frame on the left

    Click on the hyperlink Satellite Oceanography Laboratory-SOEST University of Hawaii

    Click on the hyperlink Virtually Hawaii

    Click on the hyperlink Take a Virtual Field Trip to explore Virtually Hawaii

  8. Use the History list to go back to Sport home page.
     

    We've traveled through several pages and now would like to get back to the home page for Sport in the WWW Virtual Library. Certainly one way to do that is by pressing the back icon in the Toolbar until the proper page appears. But then we'd have to go through all the intervening pages. It's quicker to select the site from the History List. You can get to the list by Ctrl+H from the keyboard.

    • Press Control + H to display the History List
    • Return to the Virtual Library Sports Page by double clicking on the (the most recent) URL http://www.justwright.com/sports - the one labeled The World Wide Web Virtual Library.
    • Once the Sport page appears, click on cancel to close the history list
  9. Get information about golf.
     

    Click on the hyperlink Ball Sports

    Click on the Tool Bar icon labeled Find, type golf, and click on the button Find.

    Click on Cancel, once you get to the section labeled Golf

    Click on the hyperlink GolfWeb, and explore the Links!

  10. End the session.
     

    You knew when we started that this had to end sometime. Now's the time.

    • Click on File on the Menu Bar.
    • Select Exit from the menu.
    That's it!
End Example 1 

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