BCIS 82 - Introduction to the Internet
Lab 3 - World Wide Web
Exploration of the Web and Cerritos College Home page
Using Netscape and/or Microsoft Explorer

The purpose of the lab is to explore the World Wide Web and the Cerritos College Home page.
Objectives: The student will be able to:
  • Navigate the World Wide Web using Netscape and/or Internet Explorer.
  • Explore the features of Netscape and/or Internet Explorer.
  • Find information related to your interest.
  • Cut and Paste information from the Web into your assignment file.
  • Set bookmarks.
    • General Instructions:
  • Include the answers to this lab on the submission sheet. Insert your answers under the questions requesting answers.
  • Since there are choices of questions to answer, please delete the unanswered questions before submitting your completed assignment.
  • When you find information of interest, you will find it useful to set a bookmark. If working from home your bookmarks will be saved to your C: drive.   If you are working at the College make sure that the bookmark file is saved to your diskette in the A: drive.
  • You may select two (2) additional questions for extra credit. This will provide a maximum of 6 pts (3 pts each) of bonus credit.
    • Click HERE to obtain the submission form for this lab.
    Part #1 - Access the Cerritos College Library.

    The access to the Cerritos College Library is a great opportunity for all student and faculty alike. The web browser allows you to find both books and journal articles. The latter resource, journal articles, provides you access to not only magazines in the our library, as well as, articles not available in our library. A large portion of journal articles are available in full text on-line.

    Enjoy this exercise in using the library through the Internet. Note that the journal search is NOT available from off campus sites, so do this portion on campus.
    Do ONE (1) of the library searches below.

    1. Open up Netscape and/or Internet Explorer. The initial home page is 'Cerritos College Home Page.'  If not enter the following address in the Location: box in the menu bars of the browser.  http://www.cerritos.edu/
    2. Move down and take the 'Cerritos College Library' link.
    3. Perform a search for one (1) book on a topic of your choice. Click on 'Search the Catalog' button.  Click on one of the Search buttons: 'Search by Subject',  'Search by Author', 'Search by Title', or 'Word or Words.'



      4.
      List the search topic (criteria) you choose.
      Provide one citations you found on your topic, this includes the full Bibliographical information, location, call number and availability.
      Return to the main College Library menu.
    Do the next question from on campus ONLY.
    1. This section needs to be done from on campus.
    2. From the main menu click on 'EBSCO Host' to begin a journal/magazine search.  Remember a search of the journal/magazines library resources is only available from on campus.
    3. Select a topic to search for articles.





      4.
      List the search topic you choose.
      You will find that some of the articles listed will have an open book before them. These are articles which contain the full text. All articles have an abstract available.
      Include the abstract from an article you found interesting.
      Is the full text of this article available?

      Part #2 - Exploring the Cerritos College Home page sites

      Select one (1) from the following choices:
      Return to the Cerritos College Home page.

      1. Click on 'Schedule of Classes'.






        2.
        Click on 'List of academic departments'.
        Click on the department of choice.
        Find a class being offered during the current semester or next semester .
        List the number and name of the class. 
        Include the schedule information about the class offering.
        Use the 'Distance Education Program' Link to select to find a course being offered during the current or next semester in this program.



        What is the Course number and name?
        Who is the Instructor?
        Include some information about this class.
        Click on the 'Title III' Link.  Find a course (pair of classes) which are being offered in this program.



        Which semester did you select?
        What Learning Community did you select?  Provide the community name.
        What courses make up this Learning Community?

        What zip code did you use?
        From the 'Internet Resources' page, select the 'California State Assembly.' Select the 'Find my District' link, use the address of your home, work, or another address find the location on the map and insert the information about who is your representative.

      Part 3: Exploring other sites on the World Wide Web

      Select three (3) from the following choices:

      1. Dilbert Zone

        2. http://www.dilbert.com/ 


        List two (2) type of information available at this site?
        Include information you found at this site.
        NBA site
        http://www.nba.com 



        List two (2) types of information available at this site?
        What is the title of an article available at this site?
        Include a portion of what you found.
        http://allpolitics.com 





        Who provides the information for this site.
        What is the lead story?
        Select an article available from this site.
        What is the title of the article? 
        Include a portion of what you found.
        Disney
        http://www.disney.com/ 


        List two (2) types of information available at this site?
        Include information you found at this site.
        California State Parks
        http://cal-parks.ca.gov/ 



        List  two (2) types of information available at this site:
        What is the name of one of the California State Parks
        Include some information you found at this site.
        U.S. News (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm) 



        What type of information is available at this site. List two items.
        Include some of the information you found.
        What is the lead story?
        Time Magazine
        http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/1998/dom/980817/index.html


        What is the name and date of an article available at this site.
        Include a portion of the article.
        Los Angeles Times
        http://www.latimes.com/ 




        What is the title of one of the top ten (10) stories?
        Select a category of the paper. Find an article of interest to you.
        What is the title, author, and date of the article?
        Include a portion of the article.
        Amazon Books
        http://www.amazon.com 


        What author did you select?
        List two (2) books your found for the author?
        Familiar Quotations - Passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources - Project    Bartleby
        http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/ 



        List two (2) people or documents.
        List the first one you selected and include a quote you found.
        List the second one you selected and include a quote you found.
          Merriam Webster Dictionary (Thesaurus available also)
          http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm 


        List two (2) words to find at this site.  List the words and their definition or alternative words.
        Include the information you found for these words.
          Dodgers site
          http://www.dodgers.com/index.html 


        List two (2) types of information available at this site.
        Include information you found at this site.
          Car and Driver
          http://www.caranddriver.com 


        List two (2) type of information available at this site?
        Include information you found at this site.
          Pulitzer Prizes
          http://www.pulitzer.org/navigation/index.html 



        Select a year and list two prize winners and the name of the winning publication?
        What year did you select?
        List the two winners and their publication.
          White House
          http://www.whitehouse.gov 


        List two (2) type of information available at this site?
        Include information you found at this site.
          Hollywood Online
          http://www.hollywood.com/ 


        List two (2) type of information available at this site?
        Include information you found at this site.

        Part 4: Exploring Jobs on the World Wide Web

        Select one (1) from the following sources of job listed on the WWW:

        1. America's Job Bank-300,000 job listings

          2. http://www.ajb.dni.us 


          Find a job listing of interest to you.
          Include a copy of the job listing here
          Career Path-135,000+ job listings
          http://www.careerpath.com 


          Find a job listing of interest to you.
          Include a copy of the job listing here
          The Monster Board - 15,000+ job listings
          http://www.monster.com 


          Find a job listing of interest to you.
          Include a copy of the job listing here
          Yahoo - Directory of companies and search engine
          http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Employment/Jobs/


          Find a job listing of interest to you.
          Include a copy of the job listing here
          Career Mosaic - USENET Search
          http://www.careermosaic.com/cm/cm36.html 


          Find a job listing of interest to you.
          Include a copy of the job listing here
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