How to Figure out "How to" Using FindHow

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Instructional presentation for the online, open-access, how-to, ready reference source, FindHow. Target Audience: General adult library patrons

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How to Figure out

“How to” Using FindHow

an instructional presentation and tutorial by Alice Krebill

Have you ever wondered how to…

• …start a business? • …save money on

your cell phone bill?• …learn Spanish

online for free?• …make a mixed fruit

smoothie? • …start an indoor

herb garden? • …draw Star Wars

characters?

FindHow can help you!

• FindHow compiles information from around the web into how-to articles on a wide variety of topics.

• FindHow has the answers to all of these questions and more!

• FindHow is user-friendly and accurate, ensuring your success on do-it-yourself endeavors. • FindHow also has dozens of articles on general topics that you

can read for background information.

How to use FindHow• First, open your Internet browser

and go to www.findhow.com• You will see a screen that looks

like this:

There are three main ways to find articles:

1.Use the search bar by typing a phrase or keyword.

Press ENTER or click the magnifying glass button to begin your search.

Tip! The search bar method

is best when you already know what you are

looking for!

A second option: 2. Scroll down to “Popular Categories” and click on a category to browse through lists of articles by subject.

Tip! The “popular categories” method is best when you have a general, rather than specific, idea of what you are looking for!

A third option: 3. Scroll down to the bottom of the home page to browse through categories such as “Latest How-Tos,” “Popular How-Tos,” and “Must Know How-Tos.”

Click on a title to link directly to that article!

Tip! This third method is best if you just want to see what is out there or what other people are looking at!

I hope this helps you understand how to use

FindHow!

Please contact me if you have any questions on how to use

this resource! krebalic@my.dom.edu

Thank you! FindHow. Retrieved October 27, 2014, from www.findhow.com

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