How to Access an Index by Marilyn Ellis

YOUR Internet Adventure:
How to Access an Index

Indexes are lists for explorers to research new information. They exist in books in libraries, yes, but they also exist on the Internet.

So, how do you find an Index? You might start with the Index that you have online if you are reading this article on Internet. Go to the Index section of the Indigo Sun website, and you will find information about many different topics.

Likewise, if you go to the Index section on www.indigosun.com you will find the same information and active url’s. Since this is a publication for Texas, and many readers live in Austin, Beaumont, San Antonio, Dallas and other cities, you may have overlooked the fact that the Houston index (both in the magazine and on the Web (Internet)) is divided into categories. Under each category are businesses that are related to that category. Examples are aroma therapy, astrology, fire walking, reiki, and more. By looking at the Houston index, you may find something you want to know more about.

Next, you can call one of the businesses on the telephone, or visit their web site, if they have one. But, what if a phone call is long distance, or they do not have a web site? And, you have found several topics that interest you, not just one.

How can you get to information quickly for many different topics? If you have Internet access, this is easy. If you don’t, you can use the computers at any public library, college and university libraries, college computer labs and (for a small fee) commercial establishments, such as Kinko’s. All you have to do is call them, find out when you can visit to have an Internet adventure.

Once on Internet, how do you find what you want? Internet browsers, such as Netscape and Microsoft Internet, have search engines that can be accessed by pressing the search button near the top of the screen.

This will bring up another screen with a number of “search engines”, a few of which are Infoseek, Lycos, Excite, and Webcrawler. Choose one of them, and in the box provided for you to type your query, type in what you are curious about. My favorite search engine is Webcrawler, because I seem to get the best results with it, but all of them will bring results.

How to Access an Index -If you have several topics that interest you, type all of them into the box provided on the search engine, such as “holistic meditation reiki astrology acupuncture aroma therapy”. You will get back many results, but by typing in a number of choices, you can pull up indices containing many topics, dictionaries, and even web sites to visit that contain more specific information. Remember that, on the web, you will pull up much more information than you expect, but most are arranged according to the percent the site relates to your query.

Here is a list of web sites and short description of some sites I pulled up that are indices:

http://www.hcrc.org/faqs/claims.html - Index with in depth information into many subjects, such as acupuncture.

http://www.hcrc.org/diction/dict.html - Dictionary definitions of many key terms, such as acupuncture, reiki, etc.

http://www.consciousnet.com/ - Lists of on-line magazines, courses offered, and lists many subjects, as well as other web sites that you can visit by clicking on your choice. By typing in the underlined portion in the location box of a browser, you can begin your adventure with indices. Enjoy!

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