Much of the useful information, both text and pictures, maps, etc. is available on the World Wide Web. Here are some hints on how to obtain this information. Getting started with the Internet gives instructions on how to browse the Web using Netscape . Try to use the Web before 12 noon. After this time, it can get very busy and very slow , as North American users log on.
Weekends are also quieter.
Each page is often much longer than the screen, and you can scroll up and down by clicking on the scroll bars on the right hand side. The first page to come up on Netscape will be the Oxford Brookes University Computer Services gateway page. Move around Netscape pages with the mouse. As you move the cursor over these, the cursor arrow changes to a hand. These blue areas are links to other pages on the same computer, or somewhere else in the world.