Tutorial: Information Search Tools

1. Tutorial: Information Search Tools

2. Claim Your Accounts • Accessing Computer Accounts • LAN: ID is student #, password is date of birth (yymmdd) • If in doubt, ask Lab Supervisor • If not enrolled in Asper School of Business, see Lab Assistant • UNIX: CLAIMID on Umanitoba Web site • http://www.umanitoba.ca/campus/acn/docs/claimid.html • If you have problems, ask Lab Supervisor or someone at Academic Computing & Networking (629 Engineering) • More details can be found at: http://www.umanitoba.ca/acn/accounts • You may use a non-University account for your e-mail and Web page if you wish Information Systems for Management

3. Internet Functions • Email -- mailto: (Listservs, too; push technology) • News Groups -- from browser • File Transfer Protocol -- ftp:// • Telnet -- telnet:// (logon from remote site) • Gopher -- gopher:// (menu-based info. retrieval) • Veronica, Archie, & WAIS (search services for Gopher, FTP) • World Wide Web (WWW, Web) -- http:// • HTML (hypertext links) & other newer languages • Web browsers • Information retrieval (search engines) • Chat -- interactive discussions • Videoconferencing -- desktop v/c with videocam Information Systems for Management

4. Sending E-mail Using Internet Explorer • On the Menu Options, Select Tools, then either Read Mail or New Message. Internet Explorer should bring up whatever mail program has been chosen in its “Options” (under Tools) • Learn how to use a mail program other than Pine (you may choose to learn Pegasus, Eudora, MS Outlook, or MS Outlook Express) • Play with the mail program until you can send, receive, reply, forward, attach, etc. with ease • Email to marker: Subject line: • Name, Student ID#, Section#, Time • Fill in Mail Server & Groups preferences, too Information Systems for Management

5. Information Retrieval • Surfing & Searching the World Wide Web • Intuitive addressing (e.g., http://www.ibm.com/) • Search engines (multi-search example aj.com) • Bookmarks • Other searches • AltaVista news groups What search engines have you found useful? • Try google.com Information Systems for Management

6. Local Searches & Miscellanei • Searching Bison and ABI Powerpages • Bison: http://bison.umanitoba.ca/ • ABI/Proquest: from Library • Other applications you might wish to explore: • FTP data transfer; interactive chat; videoconferencing; electronic banking; … Information Systems for Management

7. Off-Campus Logon For info on how to log in from home: http://www.umanitoba.ca/campus/computing_and_network/remote For U/M site-licensed software: http://www.umanitoba.ca/software ACN at 474-8600 for computer support. Information Systems for Management

8. Internet Explorer News Groups(Try from Asper Lab) • Tools, Mail & News, Read News • Click on News, then Subscribe • Pick type of group, Expand All, Pick Group, Subscribe • Double click on News • Double click on the group you added to download messages (you may want to download only 100 messages) • You can pick the message you want to read from the headers at the top • You can reply to the group by NewMSG • To save a message, just highlight & save it to a file Information Systems for Management

9. Your account • If you have questions concerning your account, please contact: • Shirley Hares, Accounts Administrator, 474-9788, • Room 629 Engineering Bldg, Fort Garry campus, • e-mail: operacc@cc.umanitoba.ca • For assistance, please contact: • ACN Support Desk, 474-8600, • Room 629 Engineering Bldg, Fort Garry campus, • e-mail: support@cc.umanitoba.ca Information Systems for Management

10. Next Class • Tutorial on Web Page Creation • Bring Assignment #1 with you Information Systems for Management