How to SEARCH Washington DC and the World Wide Web
DCPages SEARCH box is conveniently located on the top middle column of our home page and at the top of all our other pages. DCpages.com is your shortcut to what you really want to find around town and a gateway to the World Wide Web. DCpages.com search tool searches for information by subject matter. It is a hierarchical search that starts with a general subject heading and follows with a succession of increasingly more specific sub-headings. All information is reviewed and indexed first by skilled persons to ensure its value. Our aim is to add to your knowledge and understanding of the search process and to help improve your skills in conducting searches.
The World Wide Web, also known as WWW and the Web, comprises a vast collection of documents stored in computers all over the world. These specialized computers are linked to form part of a worldwide communication system called the Internet. When you conduct a search, you direct your computer’s browser to go to Web sites where documents are stored and retrieve the requested information for display on your screen. The Internet is the communication system by which the information travels.
Searching Washington DC
Let's suppose you are a person who want's to find information on the 'White House'. Type 'White House' into the search box below then press the FIND button:
white house
Searching the Internet
Let's suppose you are a person who want's to find information on 'London England''. Type 'London England' into the search box below then press the FIND button:
london england
After the FIND button is pressed you should see a new window with a listing of link titles and descriptions. Many of the links returned may include a short excert from the page with words you searched for in bold lettering. From the subject list provided, choose and click a category of your interest to follow. Choose titles that are increasingly more specific until there are no more options of interest offered. Scroll through the references or hits, and click a hit that interests you to get an abstract or title of the reference.
Understanding Menu Selection Boxes
Our Search Engine provides a pull-down menu selection box to help you focus your search to finding web sites, articles, and images located in Washington DC or the Internet (World Wide Web). Try clicking on the selection box and you will see two choices: Washington DC on the top and Internet on the bottom.
Selecting Your Search
You are now ready to ready to explore the Web. Remember to use the pull-down menu selection box to help you focus your search. There are various levels of complexity in conducting a keyword search. Begin with easier keyword searches and work your way toward those that are more complex. One more thing... make sure that you are spelling
the subject you are looking for correctly.
Now You Can SEARCH DC and the entire Internet From Your Web Site
If you want to include SEARCH DC on your Web Site, put the following HTML code on your home page:
DCpages Web Search enables your site visitors to search Washington and over 2 million selected websites accross the Internet.
Questions or Comments
If you have any problems including Search Tool on your web site, please let us know. We can also customize a our search tool with your web site's look and feel. You can contact our programming staff by clicking
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