This information in the printed version of the Navigation Guide is similar to but not identical to the information contained in the online version of Electricka's Guide To Navigation.

Versions

There are two versions of the Navigation Guide—the online version and the printed version.

The print version is intended to provide you with a Navigation Guide you can use when you are not online.

Differences

The principal differences between the online version and the printed version of the Guide are:

The online version is organized by page, where each page treats a specific navigation tool. The printed version is organized as one, continuous page.
Each page in the online version has a counterpart section in the printed version. Each counterpart section in the printed version is virtually identical to its corresponding page in the online version.
Most (but not all) pages in the online version have a counterpart section in the printed version.
Many of the interactive functions built into the online version will work in the printed version if you open the printed version in your browser, even though the printed version is not designed to be interactive.

NOTE: Many of the interactive functions that work in the interactive version will not operate in the printed version even if you open the printed version in your browser.

Suggestions for ways to use the print version

With the print version, you don't have to go online to access the Navigation Guide. Save the print version as a file and open it in your browser when you are offline. Use it as you would use the online version even though you are not online.

The print version opens as a single page even though it contains all the information in the online version. Print this single page using your browser's PRINT command and you print the equivalent of all the pages in the online version. Use the printed copy as a paper-based Navigation Guide manual.
If you only want to print a portion of the printed version, not the entire manual—for example a page or part of a page—highlight and print just that portion.

Interactive version or print version—which is right for me?

Suggestions for when and where to use each version of the Navigation Guide.

Offline*

When a printed document is the best medium for your needs, print the print version and use it as you would a user's manual.

If you need a print copy of a portion of the print version, highlight and print just the portion of the print version you need.

*NOTE: You can access the print version online and work with it there to find the navigation information you seek, but the online version is much better for this purpose once you are online.

online

When you are visiting Electricka's web site, use the online version. It's handy and it offers a complete set of interactive features.

If you are online and expect to need just a page or two from the Guide later, when you are offline, select and print the pages you expect to need from the online version.

offline/online

The best of both worlds:

Some browsers have a "synchronize" feature whereby you can download the latest version of one or more online pages and work with them interactively in a "Work Offline" mode. You can use this feature to work with an up-to-date online version of the Navigation Guide when you are not online.

guide to navigation discussion group

Participate in the Guide To Navigation discussion group: click here.

Guide to navigation—Indexes

An Index is a list containing the names of each page in a section, much like an index in a book.

Use an index to find pages containing information you want to see.

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why indexes?

Menus and some other navigation tools are very helpful but they are impractical when it comes to listing all the pages that Electricka and her muses have to offer. There are just too many. Whenever you want to be sure you have seen all there is to see on a topic, consult the appropriate index.

Contents and organization

All indexes at this site contain the same information organized in the same way.

Contents

An index contains:

The names of pages at this site. (The names are hyperlinks to the pages they name.)

Cross references to the names of pages.

Organization

Each index is organized in the same way:

The list of pages is arranged alphabetically, by subject, author name, etc.

A given page may be listed more than once if it falls under more than one subject category.

How they work

While viewing an index, click the name of a page or cross reference in the index:

If you click the name of a "hyperlinked" page, the named page will open with the cursor located at the top of the page. If the reference is to a place within the referenced page (an internal reference not at the top), the page will open with the cursor located at the internal reference.
If you click a "see" or "see also" cross-reference that is listed in the same index, the cursor will jump to the citation in the index.
If you click a "see" or "see also" cross reference that is listed in a different index, the page containing the different index will open with the cursor located at the name of the cited page or cross reference.
If you click any name or cross-reference that is not hyperlinked, nothing will happen.

Where to find them

There are seven muse indexes at this site:

One index for Electricka, which contains:
- The names of all the pages that relate to this site as a whole and not specifically to a particular muse. This page is an example of such a page because it describes how to find information at this site regardless of muse.
- The names of pages that contain information about the arts as a whole, information that is not specific to a particular muse—for example, the Links to Other Sites page, or Electricka's Resource Shelf page.
An index for each of Electricka's six muses, which contains the names of pages that contain information specifically about that muse. For example, the Index to The Muse of Film contains the names of pages about movies.

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Exploiting indexes to find information about the arts

Here are some ideas for getting the most out of Muse Indexes:

Scan an index for the subject or topic that interests you by scrolling up or down in the index.
Use your browser's FIND command to search for index items.
Items adjacent to other items in an index are often closely associated with each other and may treat the same or related topics or art resource.
If there's a "see" or "see also" reference that interests you and it's a hyperlink, a click will take you to it, whether it's located in the same index or another index.
If a "see" or "see also" reference is not a hyperlink and the reference is in the same index, use your browser's FIND command to visit it.
If a "see" or "see also" reference is not a hyperlink and the target item is located in another index, navigate to the target index using menus and then use your browser's FIND command to locate the target within the index.

More About Indexes

For more information on how indexes and tips on how to use them, visit:

Guide To Navigation—Indexes

Guide to navigation—top menu

The so-called top menu is the horizontal menu near the top of almost every page at the site. Its purpose is to provide an overview of major sections of the entire site and to allow you to move from one major section to another.

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lost in space?

If you become lost at this site, look for a top menu. It contains links to the home page, where you can go to start over. It also contains links to other pages you may recognize.

Guide to navigation—Bottom Menus

Some pages at this site display menus at the bottom the page. These menus are called bottom menus. A bottom menu takes its name from the fact that it is located near the bottom of the page.

About Bottom menus

The menu below the horizontal bar at the bottom of this page that runs from the left side of the page to the right side is an example of a bottom menu. It contains hyperlinks to other pages that are closely associated with it.

Purpose

A bottom menu:

Makes it easier to identify and navigate between separate pages that contain similar subject matter.
Gives you a handy way to refer back and forth between a page you're on and another page—for example, if you are filling out a form and the instructions you need are on the other page.

Use

To use a bottom menu, simply click the name of the page you want to visit. The page will open.

About pages without bottom menus

Many pages at this site do not contain a bottom menu.

Usually, a page that contains a bottom menu is high in the global site hierarchy of pages, logically speaking. If a page does not contain a bottom menu, it is a sign that the page is low in the global hierarchy.

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help for getting your bearings

If you become lost as to your whereabouts at this site, check for a bottom menu. Many contain a link to the Home Page.

Seeing a bottom menu is a sign that you may be on a page that is high in the global hierarchy of pages at this site. This fact may help you gauge your place in the site.

Home Page Muse Images

The six images in the middle near the bottom of the home page each represent one of the six muses currently celebrated at this site. Click an image to visit the home page for that muse.

Guide to navigation—Muse Menus

Each muse has an associated menu that contains links to pages that the muse "owns;" that is, to pages that are associated with that muse. (Note: Not every page owned by a muse will appear on the muse's menu).

For example, The Muse of Music has a menu that contains pages about music. No other muse contains these pages.

This kind of menu is called a muse menu. Here we explain how to locate and utilize muse menus.

about Signature Images

Just as a specific and unique muse menu is associated with a given muse, so too is a unique signature image associated with that muse. Electricka has her own specific image, as does each of her muse cohorts.

Look for the signature image for a muse in the upper left portion of each page belonging to (associated with) that muse. By way of example, the signature image for Electricka appears on this page in the upper left corner.

Every one of the pages that Electricka owns bears her signature image. Likewise, every one of the pages that each of her muse cohorts owns bears that muse's signature image. When you open a new page, this fact helps you identify which muse you are visiting and where you are within this site.

About muse menus

A muse's menu is unique and specific to that muse because the links on that menu are unique and specific to that muse; no other muse contains them. For example, the pages that appear on The Muse Of Music's muse menu never appear on another muse's menu, even on Electricka's menu.

A muse menu is invisible until the cursor hovers over the muse's signature image. When the cursor hovers, the muse menu appears superimposed over the muse's signature image, at or near the bottom of the image.

The advantage of making the muse menu invisible until the cursor hovers over the image? The menu doesn't distract or block your view of the page until you need to see it.

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Where is the muse menu on the home page?

There is no muse menu on the home page. Look for a muse menu on every other page at this site.

how to Locate and use a muse menu

Open any page owned by the muse you are interested in:

Roll the mouse pointer over the image and pause (hover). The hidden menu will appear.
The menu will display links to pages owned by that muse, and no other.
Click a link to visit a named page.
Muse menus are dropdown menus. Links are arranged hierarchically. When you click a list item, a new list may drop down, revealing a submenu.

If you are not already on one of the pages that belongs the muse you are interested in, start by opening the muse's home page:

Click the Muses menu on the Top Menu. The Muse Menu will drop down to reveal a list of the names of each of the muses.
Click the name of the muse you are interested in. The muse's home page will open.
Follow the directions for opening the muse's menu, above.

allow the cursor to hover over Electricka's image On this page now and see what happens!

Guide to navigation—Muse Indexes

An index is a list containing the names of pages in a section of this web site, much like an index in a book. A muse index is an index to the contents of the pages owned by a muse.

About Muse indexes

The purpose of a muse's index is to help you:

Identify the subject matter and contents contained in pages owned by a muse.
Navigate to pages owned by the muse.
Explore the relationships among subject matter and pages owned by the muse.
Explore the relationships among subject matter and pages owned by the muse with subject matter and pages owned by other muses.

There are seven muse indexes at this site, one for Electricka and one for each of her six muse cohorts:

Each of the indexes contains the names of pages owned by one of the muses.
The names of these pages are hyperlinks. Click a name and the named page opens.
There may be "see" or "see also" references to other pages in an index. They may point to pages or references in the same index or in another index.
Some "see" or "see also" references may be hyperlinks. Clicking a hyperlinked reference will take you the named reference.
If a named page or a "see" or "see also" reference is not a hyperlink, you must use other navigation tools to move to the referenced page.

locating muse indexes

Muse Indexes may be visited in the following ways:

On the Top Menu, click the Muse Indexes Item on the Muses Menu. A submenu opens listing each of the Muse Menus. Click the Muse Menu you want to visit and the page containing the muse's index will open.
On the Top Menu, click the Muse Indexes item on the Find Fast Menu. A submenu opens listing each of the Muse Menus. Click the Muse Menu you want to visit and the page containing the muse's index will open.
Allow the cursor to hover over any of the image of any muse, the image of the muse usually found in the upper right corner of most of that muse's pages. That muse's menu will open. Click the Index item on the muse's menu and the page containing that muse's index will open.

More About Indexes

For information on how to find indexes and tips on how to use them, visit:

Guide To Navigation—Indexes

Guide To Navigation—Right Column Menus

Some pages display links to other pages in their right column. For example, there are several links on the ETAF home page in the upper right corner of the page. These links take you to other pages containing information about features.

Often links in the right column take you to other pages that are closely related to the one you are looking at. Because the other pages contain similar subject matter, you may decide that you want to navigate back and forth between the two pages.

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Effective use of Right column menus

Two or more pages may be so closely related that you want to move back and forth between them frequently.

For example, if you follow a hyperlink from one page to another and the second page is a form, while you fill out the form you may want to refer to the page you came from several times to reread instructions, check rules, or confirm procedures; when finished with the second page, you may want to return to the page you came from and continue reading.

To facilitate navigating back and forth between pages that have closely related subject matter, when you click a right side menu look for a right side menu on the page that appears. It may link you back to the page you just came from.

Guide to navigation—Tables of Contents

A table of contents at Electricka's site (TOC) is similar to a a table of contents in a book. You can use it to look up pages that contain features and information you want to see.

About TOCs

A TOC contains the names of pages at Electricka's web site. The names are clues to the nature of the features and information they contain. When you see the name of a page in a TOC that you want to visit, click the name and the page will open.

Each TOC is located at and on a single page at this site, a page dedicated to the TOC.
All TOCs contain the names of pages at this site. These names are hyperlinks: click a name and the named page opens.

Electricka offers nine TOCs. The pages named in each each TOC are the same as the pages named in each of the following nine menus:

There is one TOC with the names of all pages listed in Electricka's menu.
There is one TOC for each of Electricka's six cohort muses. Each TOC contains the names of all pages listed in the menu for one cohort, for a a total of six TOCs.
One TOC contains the name of each page listed in the Top Menu.
One TOC contains the name of each page at this web site that has a Bottom Menu.

Benefits

The name of a page listed in a TOC is a signpost of the subject, topic, or information content at that page. Each name helps you determine the nature of its contents.
Because the pages named in a TOC are listed in a logical and hierarchical fashion, it is relatively easy to discern relationships among the information content in all pages named in the TOC. Therefore, it is relatively easy to identify which pages are relevant to your interests.
Because the name of a page listed in a TOC is a hyperlink to the named page, it is easy to visit a page you want to see.

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TOC Hierarchies

Examine the hierarchical organization of a TOC to learn more about pages above and below a given page. Look for the relationships between the topics treated on the various pages and their contents.

TOC Advantages

In effect, Electricka's TOCs are menus in a table-of-contents format. A given TOC is virtually the same as its corresponding menu:

The corresponding TOC and menu both contain names of pages that are hyperlinks.
The page names they contain are the same.
You click the name to open the named page.
The hierarchical order of a TOC is the same as the hierarchical order of its corresponding menu.

A TOC may be thought of as equivalent to its corresponding menu except that a TOC is organized differently:

A TOC gives you a panoramic "picture" of all the items cited in its corresponding menu; you see all the menu items at one glance in hierarchical order.
A TOC is equivalent to a menu "rolled out" on a page.

A TOC and a menu each has its advantages and disadvantages:

The chief advantage of a TOC compared with a menu is that you see all the equivalent menu items at one glance:

In a conventional fly-out or drop down menu, you see a new list of menu items or sub-items each time you click. Many items are hidden until you click for them.

Compared to a menu, you see all the pages named in a TOC at one time; you have a global view. Therefore, you can see all the relationships among all the pages all at once.

Because you have a global view, you can click the name of any page without clicking intervening items first.

Compared with a conventional menu, which may require several clicks to reach a desired page, reaching pages from a TOC can be faster.

Bottom menus have the same disadvantages relative to TOCs as do other kinds of menus, but more so:

When using bottom menus to find a new page, you navigate between successive pages. On a menu, you navigate from one submenu to another, a faster and easier procedure.

Most bottom menus only show links to adjacent pages. You don't see the names of pages that are farther away unless you "turn them."

Guide To Navigation—Search Tool

The Search Tool will find all pages at this site that contain key words you designate. This method of searching is sometimes called content searching.

Visit the Search Tool Page: click here.

How to use electricka's search tool—Summary

Here is a brief description on how to use Electricka's Search Tool. For more information on searching with Electricka's Search Tool, read the remainder of this page.

Electricka's Search Tool finds pages that contain keywords you specify.
Electricka's Search Tool opens in a new window.
Type the keyword or keywords that express your area of interest.
Search for an exact phrase by surrounding the phrase in quotation marks, as in "Central America".
For Boolean searching:
- To perform a Boolean OR search, select "any search words."
- To perform a Boolean AND search, select "all search words."
- To perform a Boolean NOT search, which will exclude pages that contain a keyword from your search, precede a keyword by a "-" character (minus or hyphen).
- Other Boolean operations are not supported.
For Wild Card searching:
- Include a question mark or marks to indicate that any character(s) in the designated keyword position(s) will do, as in 'Muse of ??' when any muse name will do or as in 'Arthur???' when 'Arthurian' will do.
- Add one or more asterisks in any keyword positions(s) to indicate that any number of any characters will do in any of the marked positions. For example, if you search for *ick*, the Search Tool will find pages that contain the word 'Electricka' or the word 'trick.'
To limit the scope of searching, select one or more Categories.
- Only pages that belong to categories you check are searched.
- You may choose (check) multiple categories for searching.
- The default All produces a search of the entire web site.
To begin searching, click the SUBMIT button.
The results of a search appear in the Search Tool browser window. You can print the results page.
Search results take the form of a list of pages at Electricka's web site that contain the keyword or keywords you searched for.
Each item on the list contains:
- The name of the page that contains the keyword.
- The keyword or keywords you searched for that appear on the page. The keyword(s) are highlighted so you can identify them.
- The text on the page you searched for that immediately surrounds the keyword. This text provides context.
Read the text that immediately surrounds a keyword to get an idea of the content and subject matter of the page.
If you decide to visit a page, click the title of the page. The page will open in the Search Tool window.

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getting the most from Electricka's search tool

Electricka offers a list of tips for getting the most from your searches:

Scan Electricka's list of search tips now: click here.

About content searching

Use the Search Tool to find pages you want to see based on their content. Content searches are different from searches that use menus, tables-of-contents, and other navigation techniques.

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Search Tool

Many pages at this site are not included in the menus or tables of contents, which contain references to "high level" pages only. Use the Search Tool to find any page at this site that contains key words you designate.

How to search using the search tool

A keyword is a word consisting of a string of characters. A phrase is a sequence of one or more key words in a specific order; together, the words express an idea. Keywords and phrases describe the text and ideas contained in pages that you might want to visit.

When searching, the Search Tool looks for a match between a keyword or phrase contained in a page and the keyword or phrase you specify in the Search for box. If it finds a match, it presents you with a citation consisting of a few of the words in the page that surround the matching keyword or phrase. The citation also contains a hyperlink to the page. Click the hyperlink to see the page.

how to conduct a search

Here are the basic steps you take to conduct a search. Steps you can take to refine and improve searching are explained later on this page:

Visit the Search Tool page.

Think of one or more important and meaningful words (keywords) that convey the central idea, subject, or topic you want to explore.

Type the keyword or keywords in the box on the page that follows the words Search for.

Check the Match option of your choice:

Check any search words if you want to find any page that contains any or all of the key words you typed.

Check all search words if you only want to find pages that contain all of the key words you typed. (All is the default).

Select the category or categories of your choice. If you do not select a category, the search defaults to ALL.

Click SUBMIT or press ENTER on your keyboard and the search will begin.

about search results

After you click the Submit button, the search will run. Results are presented on the Search Tool page:

Primary search results consist of a list of citations, one citation for each of the pages that matched the keywords you typed into the Search for box and the other search criteria you selected.
Secondary search results consist of information about the search.

More About Citations

When the search is competed, a list of page citations will appear. Citations are references to and about the pages that contain the keyword or keywords you typed. A citation does not contain the pages themselves.

Each citation describes a page at Electricka's site. It helps you decide whether the cited page contains enough information about what you're searching for to make a visit worthwhile. It also links you to the page to make visiting easy.

Each citation displays:

The keywords you typed, highlighted in yellow.
About 150 words of the text that appears on the cited page in the vicinity of the highlighted keyword you entered in the Search for box. Read this text to learn more about what the page contains.
A hyperlink to the page itself. If you want to visit the page, click the hyperlink and the page will open.
A citation will show links to off-site pages—pages not at Electricka's site—if they fall within the 150 words that surround the highlighted keyword on the cited page. You will see the links in the citation, but clicking will not open them.
When you click the name of a cited page, it will open.

Searching By category

A category is the generic name given to a subject, section, or portion of Electricka's web site for the purposes of searching. A given category contains pages that belong (are about) to that category.

All pages in a given category have something in common. For example, there's a category for each muse that contains pages that belong to (are about) that muse or are sponsored by that muse—that's what the pages in the category have in common with each other. Each such group comprises a search category. In the case of muses, the search category is named after the the muse. For instance, the Muse Of Literature search category contains a group of pages that are about (or are sponsored by) The Muse Of Literature.

Other categories denote other kinds of groups of pages, for example pages that are about Electricka's products. These groups of pages belong to the search category named Products & Downloads. This group of pages is labeled Products & Downloads because it contains pages about software that a visitor can download at no cost as well as pages about Electricka's products.

Purpose

The Search Tool only searches the categories you check. When you search by category, you restrict your search to the pages at Electricka's web site that contain keywords the keywords you are looking for. For example, if you search by a muse name, you restrict your search to pages that belong to that muse and to no other. The list of page citations resulting from your search will consist only of pages that belong to that muse that match the keywords you entered in the Search for box; pages belonging to other muses will not be represented in the list.

When you narrow your search by using a category, you save time and effort because you reduce the number of pages you might otherwise see on the list of page citations that are returned after the search, thereby decreasing the number of pages you have to examine. You also increase the chances of finding pages you want to see.

How to search using categories

Electricka's Search Tool categories are displayed as a list under the Search for and MATCH boxes on the Search Tool page. Look for them there:

The Search Tool will only search for pages that belong to categories you select:

Select as many categories as you want.

You may choose not to limit a search by category. In that case, select no categories. The Search Tool will search the entire web site.

To search using categories:

Start a search as described above on this page.

To limit the scope of searching, check (select) one or more category boxes in the list of categories.
To searcg a single category, check the category box named after the category you want to search.

To search multiple categories, check each and every category box named after the category you want to search.

To search the entire web site, check the All box or do not check any boxes.

Click the SEARCH button.

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don't overlook pages you want to search—how the ALL box works
When you select one or more category boxes other than the ALL search box, you run a risk that the Search Tool will not search pages that belong to boxes you leave unchecked. To avoid overlooking pages that you want to search, make sure you check every box for every category you want to search.

If you select the ALL box, the Search Tool will search all categories.

If you select the ALL box and any additional boxes, the Search Tool will search all categories.

If you select no categories, the Search Tool will automatically check the ALL box and will search all categories.

boolean searching

Boolean searching allows you to conduct searches in which multiple keywords are logically combined into a single keyword. A boolean search places logical constraints on what keywords must be present on a page before the page is considered relevant to your search.

For example:

If two or more keywords are combined by a so-called OR operation, any one or more of the keywords must be present on a page before the page is treated as relevant to your search.
If two or more keywords are combined by a so-called AND operation, all the keywords must be present on a page before the page is treated as relevant to your search.

Notice the distinction between any and all in the above bullets.

Boolean searching with Electricka's Search Tool:

To perform a Boolean OR search, select the button labeled "any search words."
To perform a Boolean AND search, select the button labeled "all search words."
To perform a Boolean NOT search, which will exclude pages that contain a keyword from your search, precede a keyword by a "-" character (minus or hyphen).
Other Boolean operations are not supported.

searching for exact phrases

Two or more keywords arranged in a specific order make up an exact phrase. For example, living trust is an exact phrase. Living trust has a unique meaning that differs from living alone or trust alone.

The phrase living trust is not the same as the two separate keywords living and trust, and will not find the same pages. Typing living trust in the Search for box will only find pages that contain the phrase living trust; it will not find pages that contain the words living and/or trust unless they are both placed next to each other on the page in order. The keyword living will not find a page that only contains the phrase living trust; the keyword trust will not find a page that only contains trust.

To search for keywords in a specific order, surround the keywords with double quotation marks. For example, typing ""living trust"" in the Search for box will yield pages that contain the phrase living trust.

about class searches

A class search is a type of search that uses the Search Tool to find all pages belonging to a particular class or group of features. When you conduct a class search, you are asking to see all the pages that are members of that class, regardless of muse membership or other consideration.

Another way to think of a class search is to visualize the images you see at the right side of many of Electricka's pages. Each different image represents a particular class or group of pages. Note that some pages may belong to more than one class. A page that belongs to more than one class will bear more than one image.

Types of class search

Electricka has defined three such search classes, each denoted by one of the three different kinds of images:

ByLine feature, denoted by:

ByLine

About ByLines

bylineimage

Pages belonging to the ByLine class have one thing in common: they are all ByLine features.

Arts Information Feature, denoted by:

Arts Information

About Arts Information

artsinfoimage

Pages belonging to the Arts Information class have one thing in common: they are all Arts Information features.

ETAF-Amazon Association, denoted by:

ETAF-Amazon

Search For Amazon Products

About The Collection

Pages belonging to the ETAF-Amazon class have one thing in common: they all contain references to books, CDs, DVDs, videos, or other arts-related items that are members of the ETAF-Amazon Collection.

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class searches are powerful

When you conduct a class search, in effect you are searching for all pages that contain the image that represents the class. The result will show you every page at Electricka's web site that belongs to that class.

For example: To find every page that contains references to books, CDs, DVDs, or other arts-related items that are members of the ETAF-Amazon Collection, conduct a class search for the ETAF-Amazon Association.

For more information on each of the three different kinds of classes, click the appropriate text at the bottom of the corresponding image, above (i.e., About ByLines, About Arts Information, About The Collection).
For more information on how to navigate for each of the three different kinds of classes, click the name of the class in the To Do list at the right side of this page.

Conducting a class search

Search for all the pages that belong to a class the same way you would search for any keyword:

Follow the procedures outlined above on this page in the section called, How To Search Using the Search Tool:
In the Category dropdown list, select ALL if not already selected (required).
Type one and only one of the following keywords into the Search for box:
- To find citations for all ByLine pages, type the keyword bylineimage.
- To find citations for all Arts Information pages, type the keyword artsinfoimage.
- To find citations for all pages bearing references to books, DVDs, CDs, and other items that belong to the ETAF-Amazon Collection, type the keyword collectionimage.

Type no other keywords into the Search for box other than these character strings.

NOTE: The search will produce a list of citations for the pages that belong to the class you selected. Examine the names of pages in the citation to decide which page or pages to visit. The content description in the citation will not be useful.

Finding items and pages in the ETAF-Amazon Collection

An item is a member of the Collection if it is cited on a page that bears the ETAF-Amazon image (see above or at the right) in a section at or near the bottom of the page entitled ETAF Recommends:

Look for the subtitle ETAF Recommends at the bottom of the page.

How can you find pages that bear the ETAF-Amazon image?

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finding Items and pages in the eTAF-amazon collection

It's easy to find all pages containing a reference to the ETAF-Amazon Association and all pages that cite items in the ETAF-Amazon Collection. Just visit Electricka's Search Tool page and search for the keyword collectionimage.

Limit your searches by adding the keyword collectionimage to other keywords that describe the subject matter of interest. For instructions on how to do this, visit the Guide To Navigation - Search Tool page and read the section called, About Class Searches: click here.

Visit Electricka's Search Tool page and try it now: click here.

how to combine key words for searching

As already noted above, when searching the Search Tool finds a page if contains the key words or phrases that you specify in the Search for box. When deciding if there is a match between the keyword or phrase you specify and the words or phrases in a page, it obeys the following rules:

If any search words is checked and you enter more than one key word in the Search for box, it finds all pages that contain at least one of the key words, regardless of word order.
If all search words is checked and you enter more than one key word in the Search for box, it finds all pages that contain all the key words, regardless of word order.
If you specify a phrase or phrases (by placing place double quotation marks around more than one keyword) in the Search for box and any search words is checked, it finds all pages that contain at least one of the key words, regardless of phrase order.
If you specify a phrase or phrases (by placing place double quotation marks around more than one keyword) in the Search for box and all search words is checked, it finds all pages that all of the keywords and/or phrases, regardless of keyword or phrase order.
Combinations of keywords and phrases in the Search for box follow the same rules.

When examining a page for a word or phrase match, the Search Tool must decide where each word or phrase in the page begins and ends. To avoid search mistakes, it is necessary that you enter keywords or phrases in the Search for box in the same way that the Search Tool will look for them when it examines the contents of pages. This means that you must specify the start and end of words the way the Search Tool does.

The Search Tool identifies the start and end of a word the way you or I might, by looking for a space before and after. Thus, if it sees two adjacent words, heaven and sent, it recognizes them as the two words heaven and sent.

The way the Search Tool recognizes compound words is more complex. The Search Tool identifies multiple adjacent words in pages as:

One word—if a word in a page is joined to another by an underscore. Thus, heaven_sent is considered to be one word. If you enter heaven and/or sent in the Search for box, the Search Tool will not find a page if it contains heaven_sent.
Different words—if the adjacent words in a page are connected by dots, hyphens, apostrophes, hash sign, dollar sign, or comma. Thus, if the Search Tool finds words joined as follows: heaven sent, heaven.sent, heaven...sent, heaven-sent, heaven'sent, heaven#sent, heaven$sent, or heaven,sent in a page, it will identify the these words as two different words, namely heaven and sent. If you enter heaven or sent in the Search for box, the Search Tool will find a page if it contains either one of these two words embedded in the combination.
One phrase—if 1) the adjacent words in a page are separated by any of these connectors: spaces, dots, hyphens, apostrophes, hash signs, dollar signs, or commas, and 2) the keywords in the Search for box are enclosed in double quotation marks ("" ""). Thus, if you enter ""heaven sent"" in the Search for box, the Search Tool will find a page if it contains the two words, heaven and sent in that order, if they are separated by a space. It will not find the page if you enter ""heaven-sent"" or if the two words heaven and sent are connected by any other symbol listed above.

Please make sure you anticipate the rules for recognizing compound words that are followed by the Search Tool when you create key words and phrases for searching.

searching with Wildcards

The meaningful word you enter when you search Electricka's pages may be a keyword or a wildcard.

You create a wildcard from a keyword by choosing a keyword and then modifying it before you enter it in the search for box below on this page. Your modification causes the Search Tool to ignore certain characters in the keyword according to established rules.

About conducting wildcard Searches

When the Search Tool searches for keywords or wildcards, it looks for occurrences of the keywords or wildcards you have specified in Electricka's pages. When it finds a word on a page that matches a keyword or wildcard, it decides that the page is relevant to your interests and reports it as as such:

When searching for a keyword, the Search Tool looks for an exact, character-by-character match between a word on a page and the keyword you specified.
When searching for a wildcard, the Search Tool looks for an approximate match between a word on a page and the keyword.
The Search Tool knows the rules that you used to change the keyword into a wildcard. This knowledge allows it to detect other words on the page that also are acceptable to you and to treat these words as the equivalent of a keyword match.

About constructing wildcards

To construct a wildcard from a keyword:

Replace one or more of the characters at the start and/or end of the keyword with a '*' character. This tells the Search Tool to find a page if it contains any word with the character string you entered that falls between the first "*" character and the last "*" character. The nature and number of the characters replaced by either "*" character do not matter.
- For example: If you search for *ick*, the Search Tool will FIND pages that contain the word Electricka or the word trick. Many additional word combinations will be FOUND, if they are in pages.
- For Example: If you search for *le*ick*, the Search Tool will FIND pages that contain the word Electricka or the word trick. Many additional word combinations will be FOUND, if they are in pages.
Replace one or more of the characters anywhere in the keyword with a "?" character. This tells the Search Tool to find a page if it contains any word with the character in the character position(s) with a "?."
- For example: If you change the keyword Electricka to ?lectri?ka, the Search Tool will FIND pages that contain the words Electricka or Electrika. Many additional word combinations will be FOUND, if they are in pages.
The Search Tool will also accept and process wildcards that contain combinations of "*" characters and "?" characters.

About Exact Phrase Searches

Search for an exact phrase or phrases by surrounding each of the phrases in quotation marks, as in "Central America".

about combinations of different types of search terms

The different kinds of Wild Card and Exact Phrase searches can be combined in one search.

Guide To Navigation—the ETAF-Amazon Collection

Many pages at this site contain references to works of art that are available in books, CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, posters, and other media. Some of these—works that are part of the ETAF-Amazon Collection—can be purchased through the ETAF-Amazon Association. (See the ETAF-Amazon Collection page for details).

This page explains how to navigate so you can participate in and receive the benefits of ETAF-Amazon Association.

About the ETAF-Amazon association

At ETAF, our goal is to bring the arts to you and you to the arts. We believe that anything that facilitates this process helps the arts.

To further this goal, ETAF has established an affiliation with Amazon, the giant online retailer, called the ETAF-Amazon Association. We call the assembly of books, audio CDs, DVDs, and other arts-related materials that you can obtain through this affiliation the ETAF-Amazon Collection:

The ETAF-Amazon Association is a business association between ETAF, sponsors of this web site, and Amazon, the well-known online retailer. Visitors to Electricka's web site can buy wisely and enjoy other benefits when acquiring worthwhile works of art through this association.
When you buy, you are buying directly from Amazon, which is solely responsible for all aspects and phases of your transaction.
A portion of every purchase made through the Association is returned to ETAF, which uses the funds in part to keep this web site going.

About the ETAF-Amazon Collection

The ETAF-Amazon Collection is the assembly of art-related works ETAF has chosen for the Association.
By far, not all of the items you can buy at Amazon are members of the Collection. Only works that ETAF recommends are members of the Collection:
- To be a member of the Collection, a work or performance must, in the opinion of Electricka and/or visitors to this site, be of high quality; it must be available at a price commensurate with its value.
- ETAF remains staunchly objective and independent when it recommends arts resources for the ETAF-Amazon Collection. It always keeps you and the arts in mind.
How can you tell if an item is a member of the Collection?
- An item is a member of the Collection if it is cited on a page that bears the ETAF-Amazon image (see above or at the right) in a section at or near the bottom of the page entitled ETAF Recommends.

For more information about the benefits of the Association and about the Collection, visit the ETAF-Amazon Page at this web site.

About the ETAF-Amazon Association image

The ETAF-Amazon Association image on a page at Electricka's web site indicates that the arts-related material cited on that page or on pages that follow is treated in an item that is part of the ETAF-Amazon Collection. Items in the Collection include books, movies, recordings, and the like. You can learn more about the arts-related material by consulting the item.

Frequently the item related to the arts-related material in the Collection itself is cited on the page. Therefore, you can usually learn more about the arts-related material or about the item by visiting Amazon; and often the item can be acquired from Amazon.

The ETAF-Amazon Association image appears on many pages. You can learn more about the ETAF-Amazon Association and the resources available through the ETAF-Amazon Collection by visiting the ETAF-Amazon page at Electricka's web site, as described below.

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the ETAF-Amazon image
[ETAFHomePages/products/etaf_amazon_collection/etaf_amazon_collection_includes/etaf_amazon_collection_image_include.htm]

To conduct a search at Amazon from ETAF, click the words Search Amazon on the image. At Amazon you can search by product category (including ALL) and key word.
To visit the Amazon.com home page, click the black-and-white Amazon.com icon on the ETAF-Amazon image. At Amazon you can employ the full range of Amazon search techniques to learn more about arts-related materials or to acquire them.
To visit the ETAF-Amazon page at Electricka's web site, click the words Visit the ETAF-Amazon Page on the ETAF-Amazon image. There you will learn about the ETAF-Amazon Association and the ETAF-Amazon Collection.

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searching Amazon

Try searching Amazon now. Click the words Search Amazon in the ETAF Amazon image and see what happens.

About Navigation

Pages that contain references to works of art that are part of the Collection contain an image like the one you see above. This image:

Indicates the presence on the page of a reference to a work of art that is part of the Collection.
Gives you a way to easily navigate to Amazon, where you may:
- Learn more about the work of art.
- Investigate alternative books, CDs, DVDs, and other products for sale.
- Purchase a product or choose not to do so.
- Return to Electricka's web site.

Visit the ETAF-Amazon page at Electricka's site, where you may:
- Learn more about the Association and the Collection.
- Take a "test drive."
- Visit Amazon.
- Initiate the process for making purchases.

Finding items and pages in the ETAF-Amazon Collection

An item is a member of the Collection if it is cited on a page that bears the ETAF-Amazon image (see above or at the right) in a section at or near the bottom of the page entitled ETAF Recommends:

Look for the subtitle ETAF Recommends at the bottom of the page.

How can you find pages that bear the ETAF-Amazon image? How can you items that that are members of the ETAF-Amazon Collection?

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finding Items and pages in the eTAF-amazon collection

Limit your searches by adding the keyword "collectionimage" (without the quotation marks) to other keywords that describe the subject matter of interest.

For instructions on how to do this, visit the Guide To Navigation - Search Tool page and read the section called, About Class Searches: click here.

Here's how to limit your searches further: After searching for "collectionimage," search for the phrase, "ETAF Recommends" (without the quotation marks).

Visit Electricka's Search Tool page and try it now: click here.

About indexes in general

For information on how to find these indexes and tips on how to use them, visit:

Guide To Navigation—Indexes

guide to navigation—ByLine Features

This page explains Electricka's ByLine features.

Visit Electricka's ByLine features page now: click here.

Here, Electricka explains the nature of ByLines, introduces you to Electricka's ByLine features, and shows you how to submit a ByLine Piece for publication at her web site.

ByLines—what are they?

What is a byline?

In the publishing world at large, a byline is the place on an original creative published work where a writer receives credit for his contribution. A byline is the traditional means by which an author receives credit for an important, original creative piece of writing that's printed in a newspaper or magazine.

By extension, a byline is the place where the originator claims credit for any kind of aesthetic composition, such as a painter's name signed in the lower right corner of his painting or a composer's signature at the top of a page of sheet music or on the cover page of a musical score.

ByLine features—what are they?

A ByLine feature is any feature at Electricka's web site where Electricka publishes original works created by and submitted by visitors to her web.

To receive ByLine credit, a visitor must submit a work to Electricka that makes an original creative contribution to the arts. The visitor's work must be of interest and value to other visitors to Electricka's web site and to the arts, however large or small.

When you see, read, or hear one of these ByLine works you are looking at an original work of art or an original and creative work about some significant aspect of art. The work may have been created especially with visitors in mind or it may have been created for another purpose before submitting it to Electricka for publication. It may or may not have been published prior to submission to Electricka.

rationale

Why does Electricka offer ByLine features?

ByLine features provide a vehicle by which visitors can publish their original creative works and share them with other visitors.

Artistic creations by Electricka's visitors are contributions to the arts. They deserve to see the light of day.

A visitor who makes a submission to a ByLine feature is helping Electricka expand the scope, depth, and content of her web site.

how to spot a byline feature when you see it

As you visit pages at this web site, you will occasionally see an ByLine feature logo such as the one shown below or at the right side of this page. This symbol announces that the feature is a ByLine feature or that it refers to a ByLine feature.

ByLine

About ByLines

bylineimage

The ByLine image is action-oriented:

To visit the page you are now reading from any page at Electricka's web site where the image appears, click the words About ByLines features in the image.

To visit the page at Electricka's web site where you can submit your original work to a ByLine feature for publication, click the word ByLine. A ByLine form will open.

list of ByLine features

Currently, each of the following features at Electricka's web site is a ByLine feature. To visit a feature on the list, click its name:

send Electricka your ByLine item now

Electricka invites you to submit your original creative work now for publication at one of her ByLine features.

When you submit an original work for publication, your work is called a ByLine Item. When Electricka publishes your submission, it's called a ByLine Piece. Publishing your ByLine Item is a simple, 2-step procedure.

Read the guideline for the feature of your choice. It explains everything you need to know to prepare your submission.
Fill out and submit a ByLine Item form. It explains everything you need to know to send your work for publication.

Read a guideline now

Thinking about submitting a ByLine Item? Electricka recommends that you read the guideline for the ByLine feature you're submitting to before you fill out the ByLine Item form.

Each of the following guidelines explains how to prepare and submit a ByLine Item for the ByLine feature it names. To visit the guideline for a feature, click the name of the feature:

Welcome To Arts Puzzles

Welcome To Arts Quizzes

Lives In The Arts

Musical Instrument Of The Week

The Musical Instrument Lineup

Publish Your Original Arts Quiz

Symbol Of The Week

The Poetry Corner

skip ahead

Have you already seen the guideline for the arts information feature you want to submit? If you're ready to submit now, you can skip directly to the ByLine Item form and submit your ByLine Item: click here

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visit the ByLine Item form now
Already read the guideline for the ByLine feature you want to submit? Ready to fill out a ByLine Item form now?

Fill in and submit an ByLine Item form: click here.

about arts information Features

ByLine features offer Electricka's visitors a chance to publish original works of art that they have created.

Electricka also offers her visitors a chance to publish objective facts or opinions about the arts. Electricka calls the features at which visitors publish objective facts and opinions Arts Information features.

For more information about Arts Information features, visit Electricka's page called About Arts Information Features: click here.

more about ByLine features

How to search for ByLine images with Electricka's search tool

If a ByLine image appears on a page at Electricka's web site, the page is either a ByLine feature or it refers to a ByLine feature. You can use Electricka's Search Tool to easily find every page at Electricka's web site that contains a ByLine image.

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finding pages with byLine images

It's easy to find all pages that that contain a ByLine image. Search for the keyword bylineimage.

Visit Electricka's Search Tool page and try it now: click here.

How to search for guidelines to ByLine features

The table called List Of Features At This Site contains a comprehensive list of features at this web site, including all ByLine features. Each ByLine feature on the list contains a link to its guideline.

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finding pages with byLine images

It's easy to find any or all ByLines guidelines. Visit the table called List Of Features At This Site and search for the word guidelines. When you see the ByLine feature you want, click the link to its guideline.

Visit the table called List Of Features At This Site and try it now: click here.

Guide To Navigation—Arts Information Features

This page explains Electricka's Arts Information features.

Visit Electricka's Arts Information features page now: click here.

arts information—what is it?

Arts Information is factual information published at Electricka's web site about the arts or about arts-related topics. Arts information is not art; it's information about art or arts-related subjects. Arts Information is supplied by Electricka's visitors, who submit it for publication.

Arts Information, consists of facts or opinions about the arts. Its primary purpose is to inform. Arts Information:

Is collected and reported by visitors.
May be prepared for publication by visitors with or without the aid of third parties.
Must be in the public domain.
Must not violate anybody's right to privacy.

Arts Information takes numerous forms. There are too many different kinds of subjects that fit the scope of Arts Information to list all of them. Here are a few examples:

Off-site links.
Opinions about the arts, such as one's favorite music or paintings.
Write ups about the artistic achievements of others.
Online games and other diversions based on the arts that are not original with Electricka's visitor.
Quizzes and puzzles about the arts that are not original with Electricka's visitors.
Facts about subjects such as art history.
Descriptions of arts-related events or figures.
Information about prizes awarded for artistic achievement.
Write-ups about musical instruments or samples of sounds.
Photos or sketches of original works of art.

arts information features—what are they?

An Arts Information feature is any feature at Electricka's web site that allows you to send Electricka arts information that she can publish at that feature.

rationale

When a visitor submits arts information for publication at an Arts Information feature, other visitors gain the benefit of his knowledge and experience. He has the opportunity to inform visitors about any aspect of the arts—it could be an event, artist, performer, or performance—almost anything he wants them to know about.

how to spot an arts Information feature when you see it

As you visit pages at this web site, you will occasionally see an Arts Information feature logo such as the one shown at the below or at the right side of this page. This symbol announces that the feature is an Arts Information feature.

Arts Information

About Arts Information

artsinfoimage

The Arts Information image is action-oriented:

To visit the page you are now reading from any page at Electricka's web site where the image appears, click the words About Arts Information in the image.

To visit the page at Electricka's web site where you can submit arts information for publication, click the words Contribute Arts Information. An Arts Information form will open.

How to search for arts information images with Electricka's search tool

If an Arts Information image appears on a page at Electricka's web site, the page is either an Arts Information feature or it refers to an Arts Information feature. You can use Electricka's Search Tool to easily find every page at Electricka's web site that contains an Arts Information image.

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finding pages with arts information images

It's easy to find all pages that that contain an Arts Information image. Search for the keyword artsinfoimage.

Visit Electricka's Search Tool page and try it now: click here.

How to search for guidelines to ByLine features

The table called List Of Features At This Site contains a comprehensive list of features at this web site, including all Arts Information features. Each Arts Information feature on the list contains a link to its guideline.

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finding pages with arts information images

It's easy to find any or all Arts Information guidelines. Visit the table called List Of Features At This Site and search for the word guidelines. When you see the Arts Information feature you want, click the link to its guideline.

Visit the table called List Of Features At This Site and try it now: click here.

Guide To Navigation—Alerts

Alerts are notices that inform you about things you should know. They are graphical in nature. Because they are important, they are are designed to call attention to themselves.

Kinds of alerts and their purpose

You may already have encountered one or more alerts on other pages of this web site on your way to visiting this page.

There are seven kinds of alerts, each with a unique purpose:

Email—Lets you know that you can send email of the kind identified in the alert.
Form—Lets you know that you can submit a form of the kind identified in the alert.
Navigation—Lets you know that you can navigate to a new location (page). Informs you about a navigation principle or procedure..
Note—Gives you information about something worth remembering.
Tip—Gives you an idea of information that may be useful.
Warning—Gives you information about something to avoid or watch out for.
Notes—Reminders, things to keep in mind in order to get the most from something.
Policy—Informs you about how ETAF treats or handles a sales, service, technical, or other issue.

design Principles

Each alert is:

Unique in appearance.
Colored to attract your attention.
Easy to distinguish from other alerts because it has a unique color.
Easy to interpret because it has a format that is similar to all other alerts.
Easy to decipher (as to purpose) because it bears an imagine that is suggestive of its purpose.

Format and color coding

Below you will find generic graphical designs for each kind of alert. A specific alert is distinguished from other specific alerts by the text that replaces its title or body text and by any optional graphical elements that it may bear.

tip

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title

Body text.

Note

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title

Body text.

Warning

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title

Body text.

Navigation

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title

Body text.

Email

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title

Body text.

Form

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title

Body text.

policy

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title

Body text

Guide To Navigation—Hyperlinks

Many pages contain text or pictures that are hyperlinks. If you click a hyperlink, another page at the web site will open. Other hyperlinks open email forms.

For example:

The words Search Tool and Site Table of Contents in the Guide To Navigation menu at the right side of this page are hyperlinks. Click one and the named page will open.
Click the text General Email Delivery at the bottom of this page. An email form will open.

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notice when a Text hyperlink changes appearance

A textual hyperlink has a unique appearance that distinguished it from ordinary text. Its appearance changes:

When the cursor rolls over it.
After you click it.
If you return to it after visiting a new page.

These changes in appearance are useful indicators. They can help you find a hyperlink on a page, know for sure when you click that your click was recognized by your browser, and know whether you've already visited a page and returned to where you started.

Guide To Navigation—Expand & contract

Many pages at Electricka's web site contain information that does not appear on a page until you exercise your option to see it. The feature that makes it possible for you to see such additional information is called Expand & Contract.

Here, Electricka explains the nature of this feature and how to use it.

about expand & contract

The Expand & Contract feature on a page allows you to see hidden information or ignore it at your convenience.

Here's what it does:

When a page that employs the Expand & Contract feature opens, some portions of the page are visible, some hidden.

The hidden portions are associated with visible ones. Each hidden portion contains information that amplifies or augments the visible portion with which it is associated.

You have the opportunity to inspect the visible portion to decide if you want to see the hidden portion that is associated with it.

If you make the hidden portion visible, you have the ability to hide it whenever you want. You can go back and forth from hidden to visible to hidden as many times as you like.

The feature that makes it possible for you to see or hide information is called Expand & Contract because, when invoked, the feature adds more information to the initially visible portion of information it relates to; it expands and amplifies what the initially visible portion has to say.

The feature is also called Expand & Contract because when you elect to see an additional portion of information, the additional portion appears on the page directly below the space occupied by the visible portion that it augments. When the feature is invoked, the new information seems to appear out of nowhere, expanding into the space on the page directly below the visible information it amplifies. The page itself seems to expand. You may cause the expanded portion to disappear at any time. When you do so, the page seems to contract.

The Expand & Contract feature also goes by the name Twisties. In "twisities" lingo, each hidden information portion is referred to as a twistie. The hidden portion is called a twistie because of the behavior of an arrow that is placed at the left side of each visible portion on the page that has an associated hidden portion:

When the page opens, the arrow points to the right to mark the fact that additional hidden information exists for this visible portion.
When the right-pointing arrow is clicked, the hidden portion appears. The arrow now points downward toward the hidden portion displayed below the visible portion. The arrow seems to have twisted from a horizontal, right-pointing orientation to a vertical, downward-pointing orientation.
When the arrow is clicked again, the newly-displayed information disappears and arrow "twists" in the opposite direction, back to horizontal.

Benefits

The Expand & Contract feature provides these benefits:

A page can appear cluttered or confusing when all the information it contains is displayed at once upon opening, especially if it contains a lot of information. Hiding some of the information can reduce this clutter.
Since some of the information on the page is hidden when it opens, a visitor can be selective about what he sees:
- He can inspect the visible information to decide whether to see the associated hidden information.
- He doesn't have to examine portions on the page that are hidden unless and until he decides that he is ready for them.
Since a visitor can be selective about what to see and when to see it, a page with Expand & Contract is simpler and easier to analyze and absorb that it would be if all the information it contains were visible when it opens. A visitor can inspect visible portions one at a time, deciding for each portion whether to see the hidden portion that is associated with it.
The ability to selectively see or ignore portions of a page can be especially helpful if a page is visited often and contains large quantities of information, but a visitor just wants to inspect portions that may have changed since the last visit.

How it works—Try it

Expand & Contract is easy and natural to use. Electricka has provided a simple, step-by-step, learn-by-doing example in which she talks you through the process." Try it now.

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expand & contract example

Try using the Expand & Contract Feature: click here.

Guide To Navigation—try using the Expand & contract feature

Try this example of the Expand & Contract feature.

see How expand & contract works

On this page, the contents of the Expand & Contract page you have just read are reorganized to take advantage of the Expand & Contract feature. Look below (under the horizontal line) to see the appearance of the reorganized page.

Now try working with the reorganized page:

Expand all the hidden text on this page at one time: click the words Expand All, below. The hidden text for each visible portion on the page will appear. Note the change in the orientation of the arrows.

Try making all of the exposed hidden text on the page disappear at one time: click the words Contract All, below.

Select one of the visible portions of text by identifying a right-pointing arrow at its left side. The right-pointing arrow indicates that there is hidden text associated with the visible text that cannot be seen.

Click the right-pointing arrow identified in the preceding bullet. The hidden text will become visible below the visible text. Note the change in the orientation of the arrow. It now points downward.

Click the down-pointing arrow. The visible hidden text now vanishes and the arrow returns to its original right-pointing orientation.

Notice the behavior of the arrows at the left side of the hidden text as they appear and disappear. Now you know why some people call the Expand & Contract feature twisties.

Notice the page layout. Compare it with the layout on the previous page. Which page do you find easier to read? To analyze? To explore?

Guide To Navigation—Expand & contract

Expand All | Contract All

about expand & contract

The Expand & Contract feature on a page allows you to see hidden information or ignore it at your convenience.

Here's what it does:

When a page that employs the Expand & Contract feature opens, some portions of the page are visible, some hidden.

The hidden portions are associated with visible ones. Each hidden portion contains information that amplifies or augments the visible portion with which it is associated.

You have the opportunity to inspect the visible portion to decide if you want to see the hidden portion that is associated with it.

If you make the hidden portion visible, you have the ability to hide it whenever you want. You can go back and forth from hidden to visible to hidden as many times as you like.

More About Expand & Contract

The feature that makes it possible for you to see or hide information is called Expand & Contract because, when invoked, the feature adds more information to the initially visible portion of information it relates to; it expands and amplifies what the initially visible portion has to say.
The feature is also called Expand & Contract because when you elect to see an additional portion of information, the additional portion appears on the page directly below the space occupied by the visible portion that it augments. When the feature is invoked, the new information seems to appear out of nowhere, expanding into the space on the page directly below the visible information it amplifies. The page itself seems to expand. You may cause the expanded portion to disappear at any time. When you do so, the page seems to contract.

The Expand & Contract feature also goes by the name Twisties. In "twisities" lingo, each hidden information portion is referred to as a twistie. The hidden portion is called a twistie because of the behavior of an arrow that is placed at the left side of each visible portion on the page that has an associated hidden portion:

When the page opens, the arrow points to the right to mark the fact that additional hidden information exists for this visible portion.

When the right-pointing arrow is clicked, the hidden portion appears. The arrow now points downward toward the hidden portion displayed below the visible portion. The arrow seems to have twisted from a horizontal, right-pointing orientation to a vertical, downward-pointing orientation.

When the arrow is clicked again, the newly-displayed information disappears and arrow "twists" in the opposite direction, back to horizontal.

Benefits

The Expand & Contract feature provides these benefits:

See Benefits

A page can appear cluttered or confusing when all the information it contains is displayed at once upon opening, especially if it contains a lot of information. Hiding some of the information can reduce this clutter.

Since some of the information on the page is hidden when it opens, a visitor can be selective about what he sees:

He can inspect the visible information to decide whether to see the associated hidden information.

He doesn't have to examine portions on the page that are hidden unless and until he decides that he is ready for them.

Since a visitor can be selective about what to see and when to see it, a page with Expand & Contract is simpler and easier to analyze and absorb that it would be if all the information it contains were visible when it opens. A visitor can inspect visible portions one at a time, deciding for each portion whether to see the hidden portion that is associated with it.

The ability to selectively see or ignore portions of a page can be especially helpful if a page is visited often and contains large quantities of information, but a visitor just wants to inspect portions that may have changed since the last visit.

Guide to navigation—Site References

At Electricka's web site, site references, also called {Ref.} References or {Ref}s for short, serve a purpose similar to the purpose served by footnotes or endnotes in a book. That is, they provide explanatory or amplifying information about material a reader may encounter on a page anywhere at Electricka's web site.

About footnotes and Endnotes

Footnotes and endnotes are devices for annotating a document:

A footnote is an explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page of a document, referring to a specific part of the text or an item on the page. It may be a minor or tangential comment or event added or subordinated to a main statement or more important event.
An endnote is a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end or back of a document.

The chief difference between footnotes and endnotes is that footnotes are placed at the bottom or foot of the page containing the text to which they refer while endnotes are grouped and placed at the back of a document. As a consequence:

A notation number placed on a page anywhere in a document containing footnotes refers to a note found at the bottom of the page.
A notation number placed on a page anywhere in a document containing endnotes refers to a note found at the back.

site references

A site reference is similar in purpose to a footnote or endnote but is organized differently:

A site reference is an explanatory or documenting note or comment.
All site references are grouped and placed at a single page of Electricka's web site (the page you are now reading). This placement is similar to that of endnotes in that all site references and all endnotes are placed together; it differs from that of endnotes in that all site references are located at a single page at Electricka's web site whose location doesn't matter.
A site reference is referred to by text or an item located on another page.
The mechanism for referring to (pointing to) a site reference from the text or item located on another page is called a reference marker.

reference markers

A reference marker is a device similar to a notation number, such as is used with a footnote or endnote, in that it is a symbol that marks the location of commented text. As with a notation number, a reference marker is placed on a page just after the text or item it denotes or marks. It is different in these respects:

All reference markers are denoted by the same symbol. The symbol looks like this: {Ref.}.
A reference marker is a hyperlink to a site reference.
A reference marker refers to (points to) a site reference.
One reference marker may link to a single site reference; or many reference markers may link to a single site reference.

See more information about site references and reference markers. Visit Electricka's page called Guide To Navigation - References: click here.

how to use site References and reference markers

A reference marker may be located on any page at this web site that contains information that justifies elaboration in the form of a site reference. Of course, many pages do not. The site reference will be a gloss or a supplement of the kind normally found in the footnote of a book, except that some of Electricka's site references may contain hyperlinks, pictures, sound, or video snippets.

The {Ref.} symbol on a page is a hyperlink that points to a site reference on the Site Reference page:

To access a site reference from a {Ref.}, click the {Ref.} symbol. The Site Reference page opens at the place on the Site References page where the relevant site reference resides.

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navigation from the site reference page

Normally, when you finish reading a site reference, you will choose to navigate back to the page you came from and continue with what you were doing. However, some site references contain hyperlinks to other pages. Some site references contain hyperlinks to other site references.

You have the option to follow one of these hyperlinks instead of returning to the page you came from.

how to find site references and reference markers

You can use Electricka's Search Tool to search for site references and site markers.

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finding Site References and site markers

It's easy to find site references on the Site References page with Electricka's Search Tool. Just search in the usual way. Specify (select) "Site References" in the Category dropdown. This will limit your search to items listed in the Site References page.

To see a list of all site references, specify (select) "Site References" in the Category dropdown and search for the keyword "site references" (without the quotation marks).

To find pages containing site markers, search for the character string "{Ref.}. make sure you use curly brackets and include the period.

Visit Electricka's Search Tool: click here.
For site references or for information about site references and site markers, visit Electricka's page called Site References: click here.

Getting More out of Site References

Just as with footnotes or endnotes in a book, site references can be a valuable source of information in their own right.

Some things you can do at the Site References page:

Read a site reference.
Scroll through the Site References page, looking for other site refgerences that interest you.
Use your browser's FIND command to automatically search for other site references on the Site References page.
Locate site references that are related to the one that brought you to the Site References page. Compare or contrast the information contained in these site references.
Use Electricka's Search Tool to find pages that have topics or use words that are similar to the site reference that brought you to the Site References page.
Use Electricka's Search Tool to navigate from a site reference on the Site References page to other pages that contain {Ref.} reference markers.

About the Site References page

The page called About Site References the place at Electricka's site where you can:

Learn about site references and how to use them.

Learn about how to get the most out of site references.

Visit the Site References page: click here.

Usage

Use a reference marker to clarify arts topics or terms, or to understand the meaning of terms pertaining to this web site.
A reference marker always appears immediately following the word or passage or item on a page to which the site reference relates.

Site Reference navigation

You may use menus to locate and open the Site Reference page:

Open the Find Fast menu in the Top Menu and click Site References.
Click {Ref.} any time you see this symbol on a page.

Guide To Navigation—electricka's resource shelf

Electricka is pleased to offer you a comprehensive list of citations of arts-related resources and references called Electricka's Resource Shelf. Many of these resource and reference works works are instantly available online at other web sites and may be accessed directly from Electricka's web site. Others may be found at places where reference works are traditionally found, on bookshelves at libraries, book stores, or at home, school, or office.

Use the list to find arts-related resources and reference works that are related to you interests. Then use the works you find as you would any reference work to find materials, to uncover facts or delve at length into all kinds of arts-related topics.

about Electricka's resource Shelf

Electricka's Resource Shelf cites resources and references of the kinds you might find at a library reference desk, buy at a bookstore, or use at home, school, or office.

Read more about the Shelf at Electricka's page called Welcome To Electricka's resource Shelf: click here.

about the catalog and resource reviews

Electricka's Reference Shelf contains two sections: 1) the Catalog, and 2) Resource Reviews.

the catalog

The Catalog is an electronic index in the form of a searchable table that lists scores of off-line and online arts-related reference works and other resources. For each entry, it displays the resource's name, type, and a synopsis of what kind of information is available in or at the resource and how to access it. The table allows you to easily and quickly find, sort, print, and otherwise arrange items in the table for analysis.

If a cited reference work or other source of art information is available via the Internet, you can access it directly from the table.

resource reviews

Resource Reviews are a collection of in-depth reviews of arts-related resources. Each Review contains amplifying information that explains a single Resource—a description of its nature or contents, an evaluation, the history of the sponsoring organization (if any), key figures, awards given or received, products or services produced, bibliographies, biographies, etc.

Each Review is contained on a page at Electricka's web site, a page dedicated to the Review. All Resource Review pages are co-located in a single section of Electricka's web site.

When to use the resource shelf

You may decide to look for resources because you want to know more about something you're exploring at Electricka's web site; or you may want to look for arts-related resources because you want to follow up on a question that's come to you from out of the blue—from a book you're reading, a movie you've seen, school, work, a family member, or any other source.

You are the best judge of when it's time to explore the arts with the aid of the resources and references filed on Electricka's Reference Shelf. Think about employing the Shelf whenever you want to learn about, look up, consult, access, identify, find, or experience an arts-related resource or reference. For example, with the help of the Shelf you can:

Research some specific aspect of the arts—an artist or personality, art movement, place, historic period, or the like. Check details, facts, topics, or subjects.

Discover or look up art objects or works of art such as books, plays, sculptures, photographs, movies, paintings, sound or video recordings.

Find institutions of learning—training academies, schools, art colonies, classes and courses at universities and local institutions.

Identify and consult definitive catalogs or authoritative reference works—biographies, lists of artist's life works and opuses, encyclopedias, dictionaries, timelines, histories.

Find places to visit online or in person; plan what you'll do when you arrive—museums, artist's estates and homes open to the public, concert halls, historic buildings or sites, exhibits.

Discover events to attend online or in person—exhibitions, performances, lectures, traveling exhibits, tours.

Identify arts resources to examine or acquire when you walk into libraries or bookstores or when you visit online bookstores or marts.

Identify web sites that provide free or paid online access to resources and references—dictionaries, encyclopedias, fan clubs or clubs dedicated to artists or collections, online museums, award-granting institutions, repositories, databases, news media:

The Shelf is itself an electronic index of arts information. Take advantage of automated features to investigate, learn about, and find artistic creations such as books, plays, movies, paintings, sculptures, pictures, audio recordings.

about the Electricka's Resource Shelf Icon

Electricka and her muses will alert you if and when they think there could be a reason to access the Resource Shelf based on something you're exploring at one of their pages by placing an Electricka's Resource Shelf icon on the page or feature in question. The icon looks like this:

Resource Shelf

About The Resource Shelf

The Catalog

Reviews

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about electrcicka's resource icon

Not every page at Electricka's web site contains one of these icons.
Its presence on a page indicates only that a muse believes that Electricka's Resource Shelf may contain resources or references that will help you if you choose to explore further.
The icon is merely a suggestion, an invitation to explore with the help of Electricka's Resource Shelf; there is no guarantee that if you look in the Shelf you will find additional material related to your needs or interests.

Look for this icon at a page's right side.

how to Access the catalog and the Resource reviews

Electricka's Resource Shelf consists of two sections: the Catalog and Resource Reviews. To use the Catalog or the Resource Reviews, you first must access them. To access the Catalog or the Reviews, visit the page where it resides. Here's how.

Each section is located on a page of its own; each can be reached by either of two methods: 1) menu navigation, or 2) employing the Electricka's Resource Shelf icon:

menu navigation

Electricka's Resource Shelf is an item on the Top Menu and on Electricka's Menu.

On the Top Menu, select the text which reads Electricka's Resource Shelf. Then select the Resource Catalog or Resource Reviews on the menu that flies out and the page you want will open.

On Electricka's Menu, select the text which reads Features. Then select the text which reads Electricka's Resource Shelf on the menu that flies out. Select the Resource Catalog or Resource Reviews on the menu that flies out and the page you want will open.

navigating with the Electricka's Resource Shelf icon

The Electricka's Resource Shelf Icon provides a fast, easy way to get wherever on the Shelf you might want to go. On the Electricka's Resource Shelf Icon (see above):

Click the text that reads About Electricka's Resource Shelf and the page that explains the Resource Shelf will open.

Click the text that reads the Catalog and the page that contains the Catalog will open.

Click the text that reads Reviews and the page that contains the Reviews will open.

Click the image of the library cart that contains the books and other resources and references on Electricka's Resource Shelf and the page that contains the Catalog will open.

how to use the catalog to find resources and references

When you arrive at the page which contains the Catalog, you will find it open in a new window and ready to conduct searches.

The Catalog consists of rows and columns. Each row in the Catalog represents a specific resource or reference and contains the name of the resource. Each column in a row describes the resource further. Additional columns in a row describe the type or kind of resource or reference that is named in the row and the relevant muse.

The Catalog contains the names of all resources or references that have been recorded by the muses up to the time you arrived. The list grows indefinitely because new names are constantly being submitted for publication by visitors or added by ETAF staff. Because of this, the Catalog is large; finding just the resources or references relevant to your interests could be a tedious and laborious task.

Because of its size, scope, and purpose, the list of resource names probably contains more references that are irrelevant to your search than are relevant. The Catalog helps you save time and effort by automatically narrowing the list of resource names to just those you may want to explore further. It does this by searching the entire list of resource names while looking for rows that contain the text you supply. It finds just these names and displays them only if they match your search specifications.

The procedure for finding resources and references is three-fold:

Step 1—Narrow the list of resource and reference names initially in the Catalog to just those that are relevant to your interests or that are likely to be relevant.

Step 2—Decide which of the relevant names you want to explore further.

Step 3—Access the resources or references you decide to see.

Here's how to conduct a search:

Step 1—Narrow the list of resource and reference names initially in the Catalog to just those that are relevant to your interests or that are likely to be relevant.

From the dropdown lists at the top, select the field in the list of names you want to search and the search condition you want to impose.

Type the text you want to search for in the Search Box.

Select the number of Resource Names per page you want to see when the results are displayed. Selecting the Show All button displays the entire Catalog.

Click the Search button to begin searching.

Results appear in the same window. They consist of just the Resource Names that are relevant to your search.

Print the results page if you choose to work with paper.

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advanced searching
The Advanced Search feature allows compound searches to be performed.

Step 2—Decide which of the relevant names you want to explore further.

Inspect the list of Resource Names on the results page looking for relevant items.

To see more information about any relevant item:

Look in the Description/Comments field. If the text —More— appears in the field, click it to see more information about the item than appears in the field. The extra information will appear in a new window.

Look in the Review field. If the text —More— appears in the field, a Resource Review is available. Click —More— to visit the Review. The Review will appear in the Catalog window.

If the entry in the Type column indicates that there is a web site associated with the named resource, visit the web site by clicking the word Open in the Link column. The resource's web site will appear in the Catalog window.

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about the description/comments field
The Descriptions/Comments field contains information that defines the nature of a resource or reference. This information is important because:

You probably will want to see it when you decide on resource names to explore further (Step 2, above).

If asked to search this field, the Catalog searches the complete text in this field, whether or not the complete text is visible.

Step 3—Access the resources or references you decide to see.

What you do to access a resource or reference depends on circumstances. For example, if the the resource has a web site and your objective is to visit the web site, your search is over; or you may learn something at the resource's web site that leads you elsewhere. If your objective is to acquire a printed dictionary, you may decide to visit an online or walk-in bookstore.

how to use the Catalog to find Resource reviews

Resource Reviews are collections of reviews of arts-related resources, each of which is called a Resource Review. Resource Reviews are submitted for publication by Electricka's visitors or by ETAF Staff.

Resource Reviews may be thought of as extended Resource Catalog descriptions. Since the Catalog is designed for quick searching, the information it contains about entries is kept to a minimum. When there is more to say about a particular resource than there is room for in a Description/Comments field, Electricka provides the information in the form of a Resource Review.

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about the Type field

Look in the Review field. If the text —More— appears in the field, a Resource Review is available. Click —More— to visit the Review. The Review will appear in the Catalog window.

Important Tips for using the catalog

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keep online reference works handy

The Catalog opens in a new browser window.
To keep an online reference work like a dictionary or encyclopedia handy so you can refer to it frequently while working with Electricka's pages, do not close the browser window after you open it.
After the Catalog is opened, whenever you want to look up something, navigate back and forth between the browser window that displays Electricka pages and the browser window that displays the reference work.

NOTE: Most operating systems offer three ways to navigate back and forth between browser windows: (1) MOVE, MINIMIZE, and RESTORE. (2) Tab. (3) Tile.

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about Links to other web sites

If the Catalog cites a reference work or other source of art information that is available online, you can access (visit) it directly from the Catalog. This feature is analogous to the one that many web sites call "links to other web sites."

All arts resources cited by the Catalog that are or have web sites can be reached directly from the Catalog. To visit a web site listed in the Catalog:

Locate all the arts resources in the Catalog that are relevant to your subject interest with the help of the Catalog's automated facilities for searching. All or some of them may be available online.
For each resource that is available online, the Catalog provides a link that, if clicked, will open a window to the resource. Click the link for any or all resources you want to visit.

NOTE:

You don't have to leave (close your window to) Electricka's web site to visit another web site. Leave windows to the other web sites open if you want to use them while you explore Electricka's web site. Examples:

If you open a dictionary at another web site, leave it open; use it to look up the definitions of terms you find at Electricka's web site whenever you need to.
Open a Window at another web site specializing in biographies. When a person's name is mentioned at Electricka's web site and want to know more about the person, look up his biography at the other web site.

Guide To Navigation—electricka's email center

Electricka's Email Center is the place where you get in on the email action. There you manage your email subscriptions so that they're tailor-made to your preferences. You subscribe to Electricka's e-mailings, unsubscribe, and do much more.

Enrolling—open a new account

To sign up for subscriptions, you must enroll in Electricka’s Email Center. You enroll by opening a new account.

To enroll, you must provide your name and email address:

The name you provide may be your real name or it may be an alias.
The email address must be the address at which you want to receive Electricka's email.

Manage your account—What you can do after you enroll

You may change your account information at any time without changing your account. Your account at Electricka’s Email Center remains active until you close it, even if you never sign up for subscriptions or even if you change your account information.

Here are some of the things you can do:

Start or cancel a subscription to a specific mailing list.
See a list of the mailing lists you belong to.
See a list of other mailing lists you can join.
Find and read archived newsletters and other past e-mailings.
Change your account email address, name, password, etc.
Specify whether you want to receive email in text or HTML format.

Subscribing And Unsubscribing

Subscribing to one of Electricka's e-mailings is like starting a magazine subscription. Signing up lets Electricka know that you want to receive all emails she publishes for that subscription starting from the time you subscribe.

After enrolling (creating your account), you are eligible to sign up for any or all of the subscriptions Electricka currently offers.
You start your new subscriptions by placing a check mark in the check box for each subscription you want to receive.

About your subscriptions:

All your subscriptions are sent to the email address listed in your account.
Each subscription has its own publication schedule; some emails are issued periodically and some are only issued as needed.
Don’t worry if it takes Electricka a little time to send your first or succeeding emails; she only sends new email when she has news. Some mailings are only sent once.
You can sign up for new subscriptions or unsubscribe at any time by returning to Electricka’s Email Center.
Once you unsubscribe, you will no longer receive any new e-mailings for that subscription but you will continue to receive e-mailings for the other subscriptions you have signed up for.
Look for a collection of Electricka’s past emails in her Archived Newsletters section.

about cookies and your browser

Think of a cookie as a temporary note placed on your computer. The Email Center automatically places a cookie on your computer when you enter. This cookie:

Makes login possible.

Does no harm to your computer and takes up almost no space.

Is removed from your computer as soon as it is not needed.

Your browser gives you the option to turn the cookies feature on or off. If OFF, cookies may not be placed on your computer until cookies are turned ON again.

Because login is essential, you must have cookies enabled on your browser before you can enter the Email Center; otherwise, you will not be able to enter the Email Center.

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turn cookies on

New browsers come with the cookies feature set to ON but you or someone else may have turned them OFF.

If the cookies feature on your browser is set to OFF, set it to ON before you try to enter the Email Center. Consult your browser's HELP for more information.

about SPAM Blockers

SPAM blockers block email. SPAM blockers block email. If you use a SPAM blocker, you won't be able to activate or receive your subscriptions or manage your account until you add the address of Electricka's Email Center to your list of accepted parties.

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SPAM Blockers

If you use a SPAM blocker, add the address of Electricka's Email Center to your list of accepted parties. Place this email address on your list:

EmailCenter@Electricka.com

how to log in

Enter Electricka's Email Center from the page called Electricka's Email Center:

Enter by clicking the link called Enter Electricka's Email Center. A new window will open showing the Login page.
You must identify yourself at the Login page before you can complete your entry to the Email Center:
- The very first time you see the Login page, select the button on the Login page marked Open New Account. A page will open at which you can establish your new account,
- Whenever you enter after you establish your account, you will see the Login page again. Type the email address and password for your account and select the button marked Login To My Account.
- If you can't remember your email address or password, click the words, "Forgotten your password?" the Email Center will help you overcome this lapse.

How to log out

You leave the Email Center (log out) by clicking the words Leave Email Center and Log Out found at the bottom of most Email Center pages.

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play it safe

Log out as soon as you finish your visit to the Email Center. This will prevent unauthorized persons from modifying your account without your permission.

how to close your account

You can close your account at any time by deleting it. Once you close your account, all records of your former membership are destroyed.

About privacy

Electricka only uses your name and email address to enroll you in her Email Center and to send you mailings about her web site.

Electricka never gives away or sells your personal information. You can enroll in Electricka’s Email Center and subscribe to any of Electricka’s mailing lists with complete confidence that your name, email address, and other account information will never be passed on to third parties or used for any other purpose than sending the mailings you requested. Electricka keeps no records of how you use the Email Center.

More about Electricka’s Privacy Policy: click here.

Accessing the email center

Access Electricka's Email Center by visiting the page called Electricka's Email Center. Once there, enter Electricka's Email Center by clicking the link called Enter Electricka's Email Center.

Visit the page called Electricka's Email Center: click here.

You can visit the page called Electricka's Email Center by selecting the menu item called Electricka's Email Center on the menu called ETAF on the menu at the top of most pages.

Guide to navigation—Electricka's Forums

Forums

About
Electricka's
Forums

Electricka's Forums is a collection of forums where visitors to Electricka's web site make their voices heard. At Electricka's Forums you meet others with interests similar to yours online. You exchange information, and much, much more.

Important information

Find important information about joining and participating in Electricka's Forums at the page called Welcome To Electricka's Forums.

Visit the page called Welcome To Electricka's Forums: click here.

finding your way around

Here are a few tips for finding your way around Electricka's Forums and discussion groups.

Click here to visit Electricka's Forums.

About The Forums

how to find electricka's Forums

Electricka's Forums are located at the Electricka's Forums page at Electricka's web site.

There are four different ways to visit the Electricka's Forums page:

Click the Electricka's Forums command on the Features menu on the menu at the top of most pages.

Click the Electricka's Forums command under the Features command on Electricka's Muse Menu.

Most of Electricka's pages contain a column at the right side. If you see a box titled Forums like the one on the right side of this page, you know that a Forum exists for the subject treated on that page:

Clicking the Forum image in the box will take you to the Forums page.

Clicking the text below the image will take you to the page called Welcome To Electricka's Forums.

Some of Electricka's pages show an image like the one at the left on this page:

Clicking the Forum image in the box will take you to the Forums page.

Clicking the text below the image will take you to the page called Welcome To Electricka's Forums.

About The Forums

How to identify current forums & discussion groups

Electricka's Forums and discussion groups cover many different subjects. New forums and groups are continually being added or deleted. There are two different ways to discover what's current:

Visit the Forums page:

All current Forums are shown at the Forums page.

Current discussion groups for each forum are listed under the name of the forum.

At the Forums page, click a discussion group name:

The page that opens contains a dropdown box called Forum Jump.

Click the Forum Jump dropdown box and a list of all current Forums and groups appears.

Click the name of any discussion group of interest and a page appears that contains current postings for that group.

About The Forums

How To Visit a specific discussion Group and see Its postings

There are two different ways to see current postings for a specific discussion group:

Visit the Forums page:

Scroll to a forum of interest.

All forums contain a list of current discussion groups. Identify a discussion group of interest from this list.

Click the name of the discussion group of interest and a page containing current postings for that group appears.

Visit any discussion group page:

All discussion group pages contain a dropdown box called Forum Jump.

Click the Forum Jump dropdown box and a list of all current Forums and groups appears.

Click the name of any discussion group of interest and a page appears that contains current postings for that group.

guide to navigation—automated Tables

Automated tables are tables at Electricka's web site that contain information in list or table-entry form that you can process with the aid of your computer. Using commands you specify, your computer will perform searches, look for keywords, sort or print search results, and manipulate table contents in other ways.

Automated Tables allow you to automatically search for and explore the arts-related subject matter stored in Electricka's databases. Each table contains information about some aspect of an art sponsored by a muse. With the aid of these tables, you can conveniently and quickly find and inspect arts-related content for occurrences of key words you supply that represent and express your aesthetic interests.

Automated Tables are excellent tools for finding just the concisely-described arts facts and data you want to see. Look up music or literary terms, explore the history of recording in event-by-event format, find names and dates of artists and arts movements, check on current and past Academy Awards winners—Automated Tables cover many aspects of each of the arts sponsored by Electricka and her muses.

Exploring the arts couldn't be easier, faster, or more natural.

Table types

There are two types of automated tables:

Tables-of-contents that list documents, pages, or features at Electricka's web site that you may want to visit because they are relevant to your subject matter interests.

You can search this kind of table to find the documents, pages, or features at Electricka's web site that are relevant to your interests. Once you decide on the material or pages you want to see, you can click a link and the destination page will open.

Tables that contain information about specific arts-related subjects such as literary terms, Latinisms, portmanteau words, artists, or arts movements.

You can search this kind of table to find specific arts-related information that's relevant to your subject matter interests. This information may fully satisfy your need for information. If you seek additional documents, pages, or features at Electricka's web site or at other web sites that are relevant to your search, links to these pages are provided as appropriate.

Using automated tables

Automatically search entries in tables. Select, sort, and otherwise organize search results on your monitor screen; optionally arrange and print what you see. As appropriate, link directly from the arts information you find in a table to related pages at Electricka's web site or at other web sites.

A good way to understand the general nature and purpose of automated tables is to view a few of them.

Visit the page called Automated Tables for a list of tables and links to specific tables: click here.

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