The purpose in setting up the site is to expand your learning and communication options within the unit. As presently structured the site offers you three main capabilities:
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Geography Sites on the World Wide Web: A selection of useful geography sites on the WWW have been identified for you to access. These will give you some idea of the vast array of resources becoming available to geographers on the WWW part of the Internet.
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You can also find useful material on the WWW by using so-called "search engines". When you open up any WWW page with the Netscape Web browser you will see a row of directory buttons towards the top of the screen, one of which is titled Net Search. To use Net Search follow the following simple steps:
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Click on the Net Search button. This gives you the choice of several search engines (e.g. Yahoo, Excite, Looksmart, Alta Vista).
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Choose the one you want by clicking on its named button.
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Type your search term in the box indicated - e.g. globalisation; Guangdong; etc.
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Click on the search button. WWW sites/pages that match your search term will be displayed on the screen.
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Open these by clicking on the highlighted (i.e. coloured or underlined) words.
If you are using the Internet Explorer browser the same search facilities can be accessed using the Search directory button. -
A number of metasearch engines have also been developed. These combine a search through several engines at the same time. Examples of these are The Internet Sleuth and Metacrawler. Links to both of these are provided for you on the GEOS111 site.
You will also find that some of the sites/pages you access have their own built in search engines.
We hope you use and enjoy these WWW facilities and would appreciate any feedback from you on ways you feel the site could be usefully developed.