Internet Tools for Effective Information Retrieval

1. 9.200 - Information Systemsfor Management Tutorial: Information Search Tools

2. Claim Your Accounts • Accessing Computer Accounts • LAN: ID is student #, password is BD (yymmdd) • If in doubt, ask Lab Supervisor • If not in Asper School of Business, see Lab Assistant • UNIX: See “CLAIMID” on Web • If you have problems, ask Lab Supervisor or someone at Academic Computing & Networking • To use claimid, students must login to Unix using: • login: claimid • password: claimid • More details can be found at: • http://www.umanitoba.ca/acn/accounts • or by entering the Unix command: special • 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 mechanisms for Gopher, FTP) • World Wide Web (WWW) -- HTTP:// • HTML (hypertext links) • Web browsers • Information retrieval (search engines) • Chat -- interactive discussions • Videoconferencing -- desktop v/c with camera/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., “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 & Misc. • Searching Bison and ABI Powerpages • Bison: http://bison.umanitoba.ca • ABI/Proquest: from Library • Other topics 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 • Will bring up your chosen News Reader program • Or you can choose View/GoTo/News in MS Outlook 2000 • Example: MS Outlook 2000 News Reader • You may need to set up a “New Account” • news.ms.umanitoba.ca is the UM News (NNTP) server • Subscribe to Newsgroups • Use Search for keyword search for news groups • Use GoTo to go into a news group’s messages • Then Print, Reply, Reply Group, Forward, or New Message • You can follow “threads” of conversations as well 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 • Next Class: Web Page Tutorial Information Systems for Management