From: Linda Conrad <lindac@quest.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: website organization of journals
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 20:53:34 -0800 (PST)
Hi Marcella, There is such a provision on quest. Look in the words at the bottom of the banner: "Search this Web" That's it! A screen will then give you the option to type in the word(s) you're seeking, and Voila! Try it, you'll like it I'm sure, Linda On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Marcella Dawson wrote: > Wouldn't it be nice if there were an LFM search program! You could type > in the word and, voila, Laura's article would pop right up. Marc---could > we please have a "search" program on the sight? > > Marcella > > Marcella Dawson, Science Department > St. Anne School > 2120 Westheimer > Houston, TX 77098 > (713)526-3279 > > On Thu, 7 Nov 1996 bweimann@exit109.com wrote: > > > Hello Marc, (if you are listening,)and anyone else who wants to comment that > > they agree or disagree, or have any other suggestions to help me solve my > > printing problem. > > > > Today, with limited time, I tried to quickly print out a journal from the > > LFM site. > > It was quite time consuming. The way the journals are now organized, the > > link says, > > "journals" but when you reach the page, it is a list of the "updates." When > > you click on the journal/subject link, it does not take you to another > > page, but merely lower down on the same page, so that when you try and print > > it out, you wind up printing out the whole > > 8 or 9 pages of the update (if it is a long one.) > > I tried this for a couple journals and then gave up trying to figure out how > > to get my HP deskjet to select only the pages I wanted, and this was quite a > > chore. > > > > I just visited the LFA website, in particular, this page: > > > > the http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/team > > > > I love the way this is organized. The page is entitled: "The Antarctic Team" > > and below are the names of all the scientists and other significant people. > > When you click on the "name" link, it takes you to a page with a list of the > > subjects/titles of all of that person's journals. If you click on any one > > of these subject/title links, you get ONLY that journal, and printing it out > > is easy. > > > > Could this be done with the LFM journals? Do you already have plans to do > > this perhaps, Marc? I don't know about the other teachers, but in high > > school, we do not have our own rooms, and so our time is extremely limited > > at our classroom computers. In my school, periods are only 45 mins long. > > Anything which can expedite procedures such as locating and printing out > > d/ls would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Laura's suggestion that we have a page with a sort of index to help us > > quickly locate info from amongst all the great sites would also be welcome. > > Barb > > > > >