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Title: Using Find to Locate Specific Information


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Using Find to Locate Specific Information
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Simple Word Searching
  • You might want to use the Find tool if you
  • - dont want to scroll or read through long
    documents to find one bit of information
  • - want to save time when searching for specific
    information
  • - want to find a specific word and variations
    of that word - want to find a specific name
    buried in a long surname or obit file

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How Find Works
  • SITUATION Im helping a patron search for
    resources on Pennsylvania MennonitesI know
    that Cyndis List will contain info. that will be
    relevantRather than scrolling and reading
    through the PA section, searching for
    mennonite, I use Find to locate each time the
    word appears

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How Find Works
  • Connect to.
  • Cyndis List Pennsylvania
  • http//www.cyndislist.com/pa.htm

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How Find Works
  • Click on EDIT at the top of your IE window
  • Locate the Find (on This Page) option
  • Click on it with your mouse

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How Find Works
  • Type a word in the Find what box and click on
    the FIND NEXT button
  • Notice the highlighted word

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How Find Works
  • If you press FIND NEXT again, it will locate and
    highlight the next instance of the wordNotice,
    it locates the plural of the word

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How Find Works
  • Once Find cant locate any more instances of
    the term, itll display a box to let you know
    that its done searching Click on the OK button
    to close the box and end your search

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Find Large Websites
  • Folks can use Find to locate a site buried in
    a long alphabetical list of sites

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Find Search Engines
  • I did a search for MENNONITE PENNSYLVANIA and
    used Find to find the word GENEALOGYa real
    time saverI can move from page to page of
    search results, using Find to locate all
    references to the term
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