From: Marcella Dawson <dawsonm@tenet.edu>
Subject: Re: website organization of journals
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 20:07:08 -0600 (CST)
Thank you Linda!!! This is one of those times where you match the palm of your hand to your forehead and say "duh" loudly. I never scroll all the way down to the page (sloppy practice) and the LFM site is so well organized that I just click and go. Thank you again for putting me on the right path. Marcella Marcella Dawson, Science Department St. Anne School 2120 Westheimer Houston, TX 77098 (713)526-3279 On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Linda Conrad wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > >