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Step 1.  Go to the source site.

Step 2.  Highlight the web address by clicking in the location, or address, bar at the top of the web browser.  Pull the Edit menu down and release on the copy command.  The web address is now copied into the computer's memory.

Step 3.  Replace the source web address with www.altavista.com and hit the Enter key.

Step 4.  Click in the empty rectangular "search for" box and type link:  Don't forget the colon.

Step 5.  After the colon, paste the stored web address by pulling down the edit menu and releasing on paste.

Step 6.  Click on the "search" button.  The listed results are sites that link to the source document.

Step 7.  If you don't get any info. or any good info. try truncating the pasted web address by deleting the file name (the last part of the URL or web address, ex: thisfile.html).

This information thanks to Technology and Learning Magazine, March 2001 issue.

This web site was created and is maintained by Lori Krane, M.S. Ed.
Copyright Feb. 2001
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This page was last updated on Friday, October 26, 2001