Provide answers, including the URLs, to the following questions. Include the questions with your answers.

You may work on the Scavenger hunt in teams. However, if you work in teams, you must identify the teams. Each individual on the team must submit his/her own homework assignment, and identify that he/she worked on a team.

I.

1. Using the Librarians’ Index to the Internet, http://lii.org, find a Web site devoted to the writings and teachings of philosopher George Gurdjieff.
2. Find it by searching with keywords and browsing the subject categories.
3. Provide a description of the strategies that you used for each method.

II.

1. Browse Yahoo!, http://www.yahoo.com, for a list of zip code directories.
2. Write down the top-level category and all the subcategories you clicked on to reach the list.

II.

1. Using WebCrawler, http://www.webcrawler.com, look for the home page of Randolph Macon University.
2. Where is the university located?
3. Search for the university by typing in Randolph Macon University. Provide in your answer how many results were returned.
4. Try the search again with quotation marks around the phrase. How were the results affected? Why?
5. What is the name of the search you do when you provide quotes around more than one alphanumeric string separated by a space?
6. Find and provide the URL for the Henry Clay Inn in Virginia. Don't provide a jump site from a travel agency. Provide the actual URL of the Inn.
7. Where is the Henry Clay Inn located? What is the nearest college or university?

IV.

1. Using the Argus Clearinghouse, http://www.clearinghouse.net, find a subject guide on social and ethical reporting.
2. What is the title and URL of the subject guide?
3. When was the subject guide last updated?
4. What is the rating of the guide?

V.

1. Using the meta-search engine Dogpile, http://www.dogpile.com, provide the year when Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s classic book Gift from the Sea was published.
2. Write down the search expression that you used.

VI.

1. Using MetaCrawler, http://www.metacrawler.com, find information on the Witch of Yazoo. Write down the search expression you used.
2. Please explain what you found out about the Witch of Yazoo.

VII.

1. Using AltaVista’s directory, http://www.altavista.com, find a list of personal stories related to Alzheimer’s disease by browsing.
2. Describe the steps you took to find them.
3. What are their titles and URLs?

VIII.

1. Using HotBot, http://www.hotbot.com, search for information on Thomas Merton.
2. Write down the URLs for the three most relevant Web pages you found.

IX.

1. Using About.com, http://www.about.com, find a web site which has over 17,000 classical music files in midi (.mid) file format. Provide the name of the site.
2. Provide the URL of the site.
3. Search About's MIDI music files. Find a free midi music player download, and download the plug-in and install it on your home computer. Provide the name of the site where you found the free midi player plug-in, and provide the URL to the site in answer to this part of the question. (Don't download this to a College computer in the labs -- the lab people don't like this.)
4. Download to a floppy A disk or other storage medium a midi (.mid) file of Mozart's Minuete No. 10, Koerkle Number 103 (K.103). [Hint - find the file, right click on the file, and click "Save Target As" to save the file to your floppy A or disk drive.
5. Play the file. Email a copy of the MIDI file to Prof. Kimball at his college email address.
6. What is the name of the midi file? (Hint - run Windows Explorer, the file manager software, on your computer, to find the name of the file. Windows Explorer is different from Internet Explorer. Right click on "Start" and click "Explore", or hit "Flag+E" on your keyboard.)

10.

1. Using Google, http://www.google.com, find a listserv or UseNet/Newsgroup devoted to the Rolling Stones.
2. Provide the URL
3. What is the name of the Rolling Stone's latest U.S. concert tour?
4. Is the concert still in progress, or it is over
5. If it is on-going, when and where is the next stop on the concert tour? If it is over, where was the last stop on the tour? What date?