Citing Electronic Sources

Site Criteria and Internet Resources

TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON:

Printing Web Pages & Images

Saving Web Pages, Images, Audio, & Video

Techniques Using Saved Pages & Media

Creating a Presentation with Web Pages

Printing Web Pages and Images

To print web pages, use the Print button on your web browser.

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Saving Web Pages, Images, Audio, & Video

Pages

Web pages can be saved as files to your computer's hard drive or to a diskette. This allows quick access to your favorite web pages at a later time.

To save pages to diskette:

  1. While you are on the page you want to save, on the menu bar of your web browser, select File.
  2. From the list that appears, select Save As.
  3. A box will appear in which you indicate where to save the page, and what to call it.
  4. Save the page with a file name (no longer than 8 characters for Windows 3.x and lower) plus .htm or .html following the name (Windows 3.x machines and lower use .htm).
  5. Save the page to a diskette in your disk drive (usually indicated as the a: drive or as an icon of a diskette).

To retrieve pages saved to diskette:

  1. The next time you connect to the World Wide Web, put your diskette into the disk drive of your computer.
  2. Select File from the menu bar of your browser.
  3. From the list that appears, select Open File.
  4. A box will appear in which you indicate the name and source of the page to open.
  5. Select the file name of the page you saved, and select your disk drive (usually a:) as the source.
  6. The web browser will open your saved page for viewing. Links on your web page will be active and connect you with the page you select.

Images

Images used on the World Wide Web are usually in .gif or .jpg �format. You may also find images in .pcx and .tif format. To save images:

  1. Place the computer's mouse over the image. The arrow will change to a hand.
  2. Push down and hold down the button of the mouse (the right button for Windows machines).
  3. A menu will appear. Select Save image as.
  4. A box will appear in which you indicate the name of the image and where you wish it to be saved.

To retrieve images:

  1. To view images, use graphics software recommended for your computers.
  2. Open your graphics software. Select File - Open and select your image location (usually c: for your computer's hard drive or a: for a diskette) and the image name.

Audio & Video

Some sites may contain audio and video selections. � To save audio and video files:

  1. Place the computer's mouse over the link to the sound or video file. The arrow will change to a hand.
  2. Push down and hold down the button of the mouse (the right button for Windows machines).
  3. A menu will appear. Select Save link as.
  4. A box will appear in which you indicate the name of the sound or video file and where you wish it to be saved.

To play audio and video files:

Listening to audio or playing of video requires player software recommended for your type of computer.

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Techniques Using Saved Pages & Media

Pages and media saved as files can expand the use of �learning materials.

Focused Research Using Saved Web Pages

Saving the page with links to relevant resources focuses research, and provides speedy access without returning to the website. By opening the saved page in a web browser, the links will be active and take the student to the resources on the list.

Saved pages can be modified. The page can be opened in an HTML editor and unneeded links can be deleted, information can be added, along with an image from the collection to add interest.

Create a selection of focused research diskettes. For small group work, different groups could research different collections, then combine their information. Organize the links on the diskette by media type or time frame or topic for greater flexibility and to meet diverse needs of students and teachers.

Follow the directions for saving pages and images to create a focused research web page.

Research Portfolio

Create a focused research web page. Copy it to students' personal diskettes. Students can use the focused research web page on the diskette to retrieve primary sources needed for the project. Materials found can be saved on the personal diskettes, creating a research portfolio for the project.

Use directions for saving and retrieving pages and images to use materials saved on the research portfolio diskette.

Using Saved Pages & Media on a Local Computer

  1. Create a folder on a local computer and name it.
  2. Create a subfolder in the newly created main folder and name it images (for example).
  3. Save all web pages in the main folder. See directions for saving pages.
  4. Save all images in the images subfolder. See directions for saving images.

For example, to save Historian's Sources:

  1. Create a folder called psources.
  2. In psources, create a subfolder called images.
  3. Go to the Historian's Sources home page. Save the page using the directions for saving pages. Before leaving the home page, save all images in the images subfolder using the directions for saving images.
  4. Move to each page in the lesson, saving each page in the psources folder and each image in the images subfolder

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Creating a Presentation with Web Pages

Creating a simple presentation with web pages requires knowledge of:

  • creating folders on your computer's hard drive or on a diskette;
  • saving pages, images, and other media and placing them in folders; and
  • writing links to web page and images.

Here are basic guidelines for creating a presentation. For complete information on writing HTML, working with images, and style guidelines for web pages, see Internet Guides, Tutorials, and Training Information

Creating Folders

First, depending on the size of your presentation, create folders for the pages and images you will use.

  • Short presentation - Create a main folder for all web page files. Create a subfolder within the main folder for images (for ease in distinguishing different types of files only).

  • Longer presentation - Create a main folder for all web page files. Create subfolders within the main folder, one for images and one for each main topic of the presentation (for ease in distinguishing different types of files only).

Saving Pages & Images

Second, save web pages and images using the directions above for Saving Web Pages, Images, Audio, & Video. As each item is saved, place it in the appropriate folder.

NOTE: Name web page and media files for ease of use:

  • Avoid file names longer than 8 characters (Windows 3.x and lower requirement).
  • Use lower case.
  • Avoid plurals.
  • Use a single meaningful word for a file name rather than abbreviated composites for file names. (Which is more meaningful - intrec.htm or resource.htm?)

Writing Links to Web Page Files

Third, link web pages and images. Use an HTML editor or a text editor on your computer. Open the web page file and find the place on the page where you want to have a link to another page. �For example if you were doing a city you�might proceed as follows:

  1. Create a main folder named orleans. For the two topics in the presentation, create two subfolders, people and places. Create a subfolder called images for all of the photographs.

  2. Save web pages and images needed for the presentation in the appropriate folders. Name the pages and images using the Note on naming web pages and media files for ease of use.
    orleans: Introduction (intro.htm), City Facts (fact.htm)
    people: Andrew Jackson (jackson.htm)
    places: Jackson Square (square.htm)
    images: New Orleans (no.gif), Andrew Jackson (jackson.gif)

  3. Link web page and image files using Guidelines for Linking Web Pages & Images. Using these guidelines, link the pages in the New Orleans presentation.

    To link to a page in the same folder:

    To link from Introduction (intro.htm) to City Facts (fact.htm), on intro.htm write:

    Want to learn more about New Orleans? See City Facts

    To link from a page in the main folder to a page in a subfolder:

    To link from the Introduction (intro.htm) in the main folder (orleans) to Andrew Jackson (jackson.ht m) in the people subfolder, write:

    A famous general, Andrew Jackson, is honored for his actions in New Orleans.

    To link from a page in a subfolder to a page in the main folder:

    To link from the Andrew Jackson page (jackson.htm) to the Introduction (intro.htm) in the main folder (orleans), write:

    Back to the Introduction.

    To link from a page in a subfolder to a page in another subfolder:

    To link from Andrew Jackson (jackson.htm) in the people subfolder to a web page on Jackson Square (square.htm) in the places subfolder, write:

    A statue of Andrew Jackson seated on his horse appears in the middle of Jackson Square in the heart of the French Quarter.

    To have an image on a web page in the main folder:

    For a photograph of New Orleans to appear on Introduction (intro.htm) in the orleans folder, write:

    To have an image on a web page in a subfolder:

    To have an photo of Andrew Jackson appear on Jackson Square (square.htm) in the places subfolder, write:

Guidelines for Linking Web Pages & Images
page in the same folder:

City Facts
page in the main folder to page in subfolder:

Andrew Jackson
from page in subfolder to page in main folder:

Introduction
from page in subfolder to page in another subfolder:

Jackson Square
image on page in main folder

image on page in subfolder

NOTE: Don't forget the second half of the quotation marks in the linking text!

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