Re: website organization of journals


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
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
>