The UCC logo is also a link which will take you back to UCC's homepage. If you are accessing the Web in one of UCC's computer labs, you will be starting at UCC's home page. These start-up pages are called portals . A portal is the starting point for accessing information on the Web. Companies spend millions of dollars to get you to use their website as your personal portal or 'on-ramp' to the 'information highway'.
Portals provide such things as free email, useful links, search help etc.
There are three ways to access information on the Web. The URL is the location of where the computer documents or files are located. Second, if you are at a page, you can move to another page by simply left clicking your mouse over a hyperlink to move to the identified site. Third, you can use a search engine . Since there are millions and millions of documents on the Web, you need to know how to find information quickly and efficiently.