*** ANSWERMAN INTERNET EXTRA *** Sunday, June 2 1996 This is a weekly newsletter for the community of new Internet users on America Online. It is brought to you by AnswerMan, AOL's area for those learning to use the Internet. Come see what's new at keyword ANSWERMAN. Got comments about this newsletter? Send them to Kevin Savetz, "savetz" on America Online. ||| IN THIS ISSUE || | Advice From Arlo - The Cat Speaks Purple's Picks - Lycos to the Rescue Upcoming Chats - Perfect Personal Publisher, Get Great Graphics & More The End - How to contact us or unsubscribe ||| ADVICE FROM ARLO || | by Arlo, AnswerMan's cat (ArloNetCat) Hey all you cool cats! Great news! AnswerMan went on vacation and left me in charge! And I figure this is the purrrrrrr-fect opportunity to remind you all about the great documents I've written about all kinds of Internet topics to help you get started on the Internet. Yeah, yeah..I know AnswerMan claims to have written them, but we all know better, right? To read these incredibly helpful articles, all you have to do is go to Keyword: AnswerMan, click on Accessing the Internet via AOL, then browse through the various topics depending on what you want to know about. There's information on the World Wide Web, Newsgroups, E-mail, FTP, Gopher and Mailing Lists. Each icon has a list of several documents that explain lots of important stuff to know when using the Internet. Some of it is really basic (like "how do I send e-mail?"), but some is a bit more sophisticated (like "how do I add a hit counter to my Web page?"). If I must say so myself, and it looks like I must , these are _really_ helpful papers to read when you have a burning question about using the Internet. Well, I guess that's all I have to purrrr about for today! I gotta get back to raiding the food pantry now that I've got the whole house to myself for a week or so! See ya next week! ||| PURPLE'S PICKS || | by Sarah Nehrer (CJ Purple) Hi again everyone! This week we continue our exploration of various search engines and indices. These are huge online databases that allow you to find the information you are seeking, provided it exists on the Internet. But remember, these services are only as good as the information input into them, so it's always a good idea to try a few if you can't find what you are looking for. Today we'll take a look at Lycos (http://www.lycos.com). This happens to be my favorite search site because it's colorful, pretty fast and quite complete without innundating you with -all- possible sites, as some other search engines do. (And besides, they gave me a free t-shirt at the last Internet World I attended. :->) Lycos's main modus operandi is the search term. You can type in any word or group of words and ask Lycos to search its database for sites that match that term. You have some options on how you want that search to work other than the default. For example, you can ask Lycos to search not just -any- term (OR in Boolean terms), but rather -all- terms (AND). You can ask it to make a "loose" match, or constrict it to a fair, good, close or strong match. You can have it display 10, 20, 30 or 40 results per page and have the results displayed as "standard", summary, or detailed. All of these options are explained in the Search Language Help link. A relatively new feature of Lycos is called A2Z, which you can access directly at http://a2z.lycos.com or via the Lycos home page. This is a category-organized search tool, more similar to Yahoo!, which we discussed in depth last week. The categories available are: Arts & Humanities, Business & Investing, Computers, Education, Entertainment & Leisure, Government, Health & Medicine, Internet, Just for Kids, News & Information, Science & Technology, Shopping the Net, Social & Community Affairs, Sports, The Road Less Traveled, and The World. A third link from the Lycos home page is Point (http://www.pointcom.com). This site offers you the Top 5% of all Web sites list, which you can also view by category. A weekly Top 10 list is also here. Point Now offers you the top news stories, a list of new sites, and the opportunity to join a mailing list which will keep you informed of the latest new sites in your area of interest. A brand-new and truly amazing new service from Lycos is Road Map. You enter your home address (or any U.S. address, for that matter), and within seconds you have a beautiful map of your neighborhood with a red "X" marking your house. I tried it and was truly amazed! Best of all, on AOL's new Mac Browser (version 2.7), you can save graphics from the Web as a separate file by just dragging it to the desktop. So now I have a beautiful color map to send to any of my friends who want to come visit me! :-) Well, I think that about covers Lycos. Next week, we'll take a look at Infoseek. Remember! If you have any ideas for future sites we should review in this column, please send it to me at cjpurple@aol.com. Until next time! ||| UPCOMING ANSWERMAN CHATS || Chat live with AnswerMan in these hour-long sessions || Now four times a week -- check out the new Sunday chats! | Pick an interesting topic & bring your questions | Keyword: AM CHAT Internet Q&A - Wednesday, June 5, 9PM ET Have questions about the Internet? Can't browse the Web? Need to find a site, but don't know where to look? Need to find a friend's e-mail address, but don't know how? Bring your Internet questions--guest host CJ PURPLE will help you get online, find the information you need and get surfing the 'net in no time. Graphics on the Internet - Thursday, June 6, 9PM ET This hour, guest host CJ GRIZZLY will explore the world of graphics on the Internet. He'll show you how to find pictures, clip art and other graphics on the Web, Usenet and with FTP. He'll also explain what you need to view those graphics on your computer, and point you to free software for viewing graphics offline. Bring your questions! 15 Internet sites every Windows user needs to know about - Friday, June 7, 9PM ET Looking for the latest and greatest software for your Windows computer? Trying to decide if Windows NT is right for you? Or perhaps you've got a configuration question? Tonight, guest host and Windows guru CJ GRIZZLY will show you 15 of the best sites for Microsoft Windows users. Whether you use 3.1, NT or Windows 95, you'll find pointers to oodles of good stuff. All About Personal Publisher - Sunday, June 9, 6PM ET Personal Publisher is AOL's unique system that can help you make a World Wide Web site with a minimum of fuss. Tonight, let Web maven CJ GRIZZLY show you the ins and outs of making a Web site the easy way, with Personal Publisher. ||| THE END || | That's all for this week. 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