Internet/Web (10 points) Assigned: February 10DUE February 19

Format for Cover Page

General Notes

• I intend these exercises to be serious learning experiences, not just a search for answers. Consequently, they require creative thought about using the techniques you have learned.
• I have no problem with you helping each other think about or develop strategies to solve these problems because:
  • Each person has different ways of understanding and approaching problems.
  • You gain by the insights that others may have.
• On the other hand, I expect each person to answer the questions herself/himself.
• Use the Search Tool named to find the answer, unless no Search Tool is specified.
• You may get different Web pages from other students that answer the question. Any of the web pages may be right or wrong or better or less correct than the other.
• You are expected to provide answers that come from sources that have some kind of appropriate authority . For example, an answer to a question on the validity of a certain cancer therapy that comes from a reputable medical site (such as a research hospital or the American Cancer Society) will get far more credit than an answer that comes an alternative therapy site that cites no valid research. The latter may get no credit if it is sufficiently poor.

Turning in the Assignment

• The assignment must be turned in at the beginning of class.
• Automatic 10% off if the exercise is late, NO EXCEPTIONS.
• If you can not attend class the day the assignment is due, send the assignment to me by the end of the day of the class the assignment is due.
  • Send by Mail as the assignment requires a record for every question. The assignment has to be postmarked the date it is due.
• These 20 questions are worth 0.5 point each for a total of 12 points.

General Format for Answering the Questions

• TURN IN a print-out of 1 (one) web page that answers each search question. If it is a long Web page or article, don't print all of it, just enough sheets that have the answer(s) required. (I will deduct if excess web pages are provided.) Just print enough to:
  1. Answer the search question
  2. Provide the web page address and title information and, if it has such, the bibliographic information from an article (including the title, author, publication, pages, date of publication, etc.) on the web page.
• The actual part of the Web page or article that answers the search question MUST BE HIGHLIGHTED in a light, highlight color, preferably yellow. I will deduct if the text that answers the search question is not highlighted.
• Write the number of the question in the upper-right-hand corner.

SEARCH ENGINE: Google

1	A business investor needs an article by some reporter named Michael Fields about how the dominant banana species is under threat by a virus. A. What is the name of the dominant banana species? B. What is the name of the virus?

2	Find a copy of the statement the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) made on International Women's Day in 2002. Print out the first page. What does RAWA say that the Taliban, Osama bin Laden, and fundamentalist bands are a result of?

3	The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal published a report in 2002 that includes a review of forensic analysis that suggests that crop circles are the providence of hoaxers. Provide the article (at least the first page) from the organization's own web site.

4	Some physicists or theorists propose that quarks are made up of something even smaller. These are not particles, such as photons, baryons, preons, or muons. What are these things called?

5	A writer was recommended to join the organization, "Writers Against Piracy," whose slogan is "Libraries = Napster for books." Find their web site. A. Is this a suitable organization for a writer to join? Tell why? B. What organization actually created the web site?

SEARCH ENGINE: AltaVista

6	QUESTION: A fan of of the actor James Earl Jones just learned that the actor's voice once came out of the mouth of one of the family members in the "Simpsons." A. Which member of the Simpson family did James Earl Jones momentarily vocalize? B. What is the title of the episode?

7

A patron wants to find out about a successful clinical trial that involved cell-transplants for diabetic patients. His doctor said that he read an article on the subject that was published online on August 09, 2002. A. What is the title of the article B. What organization actually owns (has registered) the domain name of the web site you found the answer on (Search the allwhois.com database for the answer.) C. What do they (NOT allwhois.com) sell?

SEARCH ENGINE: All the Web

8

A family in Washington hears that a not-for-profit organization in some county in the state has prepared a "Family Emergency Preparedness Plan." They want to get a copy of that booklet. A. What County & what agency in the county distributes the booklet? B. Highlight the disasters that might occur in the area.

9

An engineer is frustrated trying to find a Cisco corporation Web page about solving problems with high CPU utilization by the company's routers. He remembers that the word "troubleshooting" was in the title. A. find that web page. B. Is the web page available in PDF format? Search: All of the words: routers "high cpu utilization" must include: troubleshooting in title, LIMIT: cisco.com Answer: Troubleshooting High CPU Utilization on Cisco Routers - http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/63/highcpu.html

DIRECTORIES: Open Directory (www.dmoz.org)

10

A Palo Alto high-school student who has found an interest in the Jain religion was told that the Open Directory had a list of organizations that including a nationial one for youths which he could joing to learn more about the religion. A. Find the list. Print out the first page. B. Highlight the national (US) organization.

DIRECTORIES - GRAPHICAL: USE WEBGRAIN! (WebBrain is the graphical interface to the Open Directory)
NOTE: Does not work with Macintosh browsers.

11	A patron just wrote a book. He calls up the reference desk and says that he would like a list of literary agencies. Provide a list (just the first page of the display) of literary agents.

SPECIAL SEARCH TOOLS -

12

Sometimes it is difficult to find MARC records by less popular bands. One cataloger heard that a music/band database actually created basic MARC records for a lot of its content. She needed a MARC record for the Album "Sleeping Sickness" by San Francisco band Subarachnoid Space. Find a MARC record for that song by Subrachnoid Space on the music/band database.

13

A man is looking for a lost sister. Supposedly, she lives near a meandering river that is on the east side of a small town named "Santa Clara" in one of the Pacific Coast states. The brother came to Santa Clara, CA, on a chance, but the man knows this is not the place. Find an aerial photograph of a town that has the name "Santa Clara" and is in one of the other Pacific Coast states.

14

A patron comes into the public library to get help in trying to win a scavenger hunt (this happens occasionally). She is supposed to find the text of an important Supreme Court case that has the number: 428 U.S. 52. A. What is the name of the case (The format is: one party v. another party)? B. What was the date it was argued before the Supreme Court?

15	President Woodrow Wilson wrote a letter of thanks to somebody named Barryman. A. Find a photo of the original document.. B. The photo is what archive of what major American museum?

16	There was an act introduced into the US House this year that would improve access to digital resources for rural America. A. What is the bill's number B. Who introduced it?

17

A woman has being trying to find some CDs by the Iroquois woman singer that she heard when she was traveling in New York. Because she doesn't know the last name (the first name is Joanne), she has not been able to find the album on the major online music stores. She heard that there was a catalog of folk music that might have CDs by the singer. Find a catalog page and highlight her name.

YOU CHOOSE THE TOOL (These can be the ones we have covered or other ones.)

18	Can a parrot use the Internet? Apparently there is some kind of research project investigating this. A. What are the names of the researchers? B. What is the name of the software they have developed for the parrot to use? The software is a takeoff of an Internet browser's name.

19	A history instructor at Foothill understands an editorial from the "Massachusetts Spy" on the 1850 convention for women's rights is on the Web. He wants a copy for use in his class. Find that editorial.

20	An immigrant from Finland says that he saw a Finnish web site that had an excerpt from a book that said that there was universal sufferage when the country's first Diet was elected in 1906. A. What is the name of the book? B. Who is the author?