Problem Set # 3 - Due Thursday January 17

• net surfing and searching This assignment should be handed in on a piece of paper. Find the results of each question. Number your answers and turn them in by Thursday January 17 at the beginning of class.
  You may have to visit multiple links on the sites to find the answers
  1. (2 points) visit http://www.womeninanimation.org/
     • Susana Maria Halpine does medical modeling
     • visit the gallery
       • What is the name of the protein on the shoe? collagen
  2. (2 point) visit http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/
     • In the novel The Sea Wolf , where did Charley Furuseth have a summer cottage. (Name of the city) Mill Valley or Mill Valley, CA or I'll even take Mount Tamalpais
       • hint: It is in the first paragraph of chapter 1
  3. (2 points)visit http://www.aladdincollector.com/
     • You will want to enter the photo gallery
     • When an alacite "tall Lincoln drape" lamp is exposed to black light, it glows.
       • If the lamp was made PRIOR to World War II, what color does the lamp glow? glows green
       • If the lamp was made AFTER World War II, what color does the lamp glow? glows purple
  4. (2 points) visit http://www.benjerry.com
  • Ben and Jerry's had their first store in what City and State? Burlington, VT. Do NOT take South Burlington
  5. (2 points) visit http://www.finaid.org
  • What is the name of the web site that this one says is "the best way to search for scholarships and fellowships"? FastWeb
  6. (2 points) visit http://searches.rootsweb.com/
     • Input my last name in Search Ancestry.com (Weissgerber)
       • Look in the "Ancestry World Tree entries"
       • My great grandfather's name was Harry Pratt. In which city and state did he marry my great grandmother (Flora)? Buffalo, NY
  7. (2 points) visit http://www.mapquest.com
     • What is the name of the shopping plaza closest to the following address.
     • 90 Scottfield Dr in Newark, Delaware 19713
     • Chestnut Hill Plaza
  8. (2 points) visit http://www.grits.com
  • what is a grit? corn
  9. (2 points) visit http://www.yahoo.com
  • Click on
    advanced search
    1. Searching using OR
       • Search for Harry Weissgerber
       • Click OR (don't let it default)
       • This searches for pages which contain any of the words Harry or Weissgerber or any combination of those words.
       • (2 points) how many web page hits? I am looking for about 717 hits
    2. Searching using AND
       • Search for Harry Weissgerber
       • click AND (don't let it default)
       • This searches for pages which contain all of the words Harry and Weissgerber
       • (2 points) how many web page hits I am looking for about 121 hits
  10. (2 points) Visit the melvyl web site - http://www.melvyl.ucop.edu/
      • Search in the "MELVYL Catalog" database
      • Find the following book "by title" in Melvyl : "Interactive 3D computer graphics"
        • who wrote it?
        • What is the call number?
          • HINT: look in the print access for All UC QA76.8.I1015 A46 or QA76.8.I1015 A46 1988