1. Tutorial: Information Search Tools 9.200 - Information Systems for Management

2. Internet Search TutorialInformation Systems for Management2 Claim Your Accounts 4Accessing Computer Accounts –LAN: ID is student #, password is BD (yymmdd) If in doubt, ask Lab Supervisor If not in Asper School of Business, see Lab Assistant –UNIX: See “CLAIMID” on Web If you have problems, ask Lab Supervisor or someone at Academic Computing & Networking 4To use claimid, students must login to Unix using: –login: claimid –password: claimid 4 More details can be found at: –http://www.umanitoba.ca/acn/accountshttp://www.umanitoba.ca/acn/accounts –or by entering the Unix command: special 4You may use a non-University account for your e- mail and Web page if you wish

3. Internet Search TutorialInformation Systems for Management3 Internet Functions 4Email -- mailto: (ListServs, too; push technology) 4News Groups -- from browser 4File Transfer Protocol -- FTP:// 4Telnet -- TELNET:// (logon from remote site) 4Gopher -- GOPHER:// (menu-based info. retrieval) –Veronica, Archie, & WAIS (search mechanisms for Gopher, FTP) 4World Wide Web (WWW) -- HTTP:// –HTML (hypertext links) –Web browsers –Information retrieval (search engines) 4Chat -- interactive discussions 4Videoconferencing -- desktop v/c with camera/videocam

4. Internet Search TutorialInformation Systems for Management4 Sending E-mail Using Internet Explorer 4On the Menu Options, Select Tools, then either Read Mail or New Message. Internet Explorer should bring up whatever mail program has been chosen in its “Options” (under Tools) 4Learn how to use a mail program other than Pine (you may choose to learn Pegasus, Eudora, MS Outlook, or MS Outlook Express) 4Play with the mail program until you can send, receive, reply, forward, attach, etc. with ease 4Email to marker: subject line: –Name, Student ID#, Section#, Time 4Fill in Mail Server & Groups preferences, too

5. Internet Search TutorialInformation Systems for Management5 Information Retrieval 4Surfing & Searching the World Wide Web –Intuitive addressing (e.g., “www.IBM.com”) –Search engines (multi-search example aj.com) – Bookmarks 4Other searches –AltaVista news groups What search engines have you found useful? –Try google.com

6. Internet Search TutorialInformation Systems for Management6 Local Searches & Misc. 4Searching Bison and ABI Powerpages –Bison:http://bison.umanitoba.cahttp://bison.umanitoba.ca –ABI/Proquest: from Library 4Other topics you might wish to explore: –FTP data transfer; interactive chat; videoconferencing; electronic banking; …

7. Internet Search TutorialInformation Systems for Management7 Off-Campus Logon For info on how to log in from home: http://www.umanitoba.ca/campus/computing_and_network/remote For U/M site-licensed software: http://www.umanitoba.ca/software ACN at 474-8600 for computer support.

8. Internet Search TutorialInformation Systems for Management8 Internet Explorer News Groups 4Will bring up your chosen News Reader program 4Or you can choose View/GoTo/News in MS Outlook 2000 4Example: MS Outlook 2000 News Reader –You may need to set up a “New Account” –news.ms.umanitoba.ca is the UM News (NNTP) server –Subscribe to Newsgroups –Use Search for keyword search for news groups –Use GoTo to go into a news group’s messages –Then Print, Reply, Reply Group, Forward, or New Message –You can follow “threads” of conversations as well

9. Internet Search TutorialInformation Systems for Management9 Your account 4If you have questions concerning your account, please contact: –Shirley Hares, Accounts Administrator, 474-9788, –Room 629 Engineering Bldg, Fort Garry campus, –e-mail: operacc@cc.umanitoba.caoperacc@cc.umanitoba.ca 4For assistance, please contact: –ACN Support Desk, 474-8600, –Room 629 Engineering Bldg, Fort Garry campus, –e-mail: support@cc.umanitoba.casupport@cc.umanitoba.ca 4Next Class: Web Page Tutorial