Home Pages and Home Pages

Technically, because of the nature of the Web, any and all pages or documents could be called home pages.

• Tim's page could easily be "Tim's Home Page."
• Tim's page on Disney movies could be "Tim's Disney Movie Home Page."
• Tim's page on favorite websites could be "Way Cool Web Links Home Page."

http://www.mccsc.edu/~twootton /favlink.html

Thus, the Web.

Collections and Collections

1. You first connect to the web server (www) computer at mccsc.edu domain.
2. You are passed on to Tim's space (~twootton).
3. Finally, the requested document (favlink.html) is called up and sent back to you.

http://www.mccsc.edu/~twootton/

You might even need to stop off for a visit to the mccsc.edu home pages:

http://www.mccsc.edu

A collection of computers on this collection of computers operate a variety of searching tools.

• Some are constantly crawling into and around any and all other online computers, cataloging words, phrases, images, and ideas from filenames, <TITLE> and <META> structures, and even the content of "billions of billions" (--in memory of Carl Sagan) of pages.
• A few ask permission, requiring that the page owner register the URL with their services.
• Some organize these random bytes into library-like hierarchies of categories -- business, computers, education, philosophy.
• Most allow you to enter keywords or phrases into their database to inquire into the location of pages dealing with your topic.

Tim's Way Cool Web Links
<http://www.mccsc.edu/~twootton/favlink.html>

These are home pages, websites or Web Sites

Websites and Web Sites

www.mccsc.edu

Website (or website)

1. all the pages gathered under a single domain. In the MCCSC, this is www.mccsc.edu/ and includes all of the www.schoolname.mccsc.edu locations.
   
2. the specific pages created by an individual for personal, subject area, or other use: www.mccsc.edu/~userid/
   
3. the specific pages representing a school or a department: ie. www.schoolname.mccsc.edu/ or www.mccsc.edu/administration/

• Many educational resources are available on the Internet. These include databases, books, magazines, software, government documents, museums, libraries and universities around the world. An excellent starting point is Info Connect. You'll find connections to the best professional and academic Internet sites -- including the Web, Gopher, telnet, newsgroups and ftp.

• The Monroe County Public Library and Indiana University libraries have vast connections to many other sites and libraries around the nation and the world.

  Take a look at high school libraries on the Internet: One of the most comprehensive is South Eugene, OR which offers references, E-Books, and class support. Discover the World of Information available through the facilities and services of the Bloomington High School North Library.

  Additional library resources can be found at Lifelong Learning/Libraries on the MCCSC site.

• In order to conduct research on the Internet you will need tools to query Gophers, databases and World Wide Web sites. You will be looking for people and information and, at times, just searching. Visit Using Search Utilities for a tutorial on searching the Internet.

• Check out the Search Utilities at Net Search on your browser, use the multitude of HoosierNet/CUI utilities available through the MCCSC Network.