Surf3D AGENT: NasaPODAgent_1.xo WHAT IT DOES: Gathers report abstracts and pictures from Nasa Picture of the Day Archives It uses this URL: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html WHAT ITS GOOD FOR Researching Nasa Picture of the day pictures and the associated scientist explanation On a per web page node basis: Metric A counts the words mission probe explore sample return ship telemetry radio shuttle station Metric B counts space planet asteroid comet dark lunar solar telescope hubble moon Metric C counts pictures gifs jpeg jpg video images gallery free photo public data index search Get text article first paragraphs from reports HOW IT WORKS: Drills down into each Nasa Science article document in your search HOW TO SET IT UP: Save-As the provided NasaPODAgent_1.xo to a new name, such as MyNasaPODAgent_1.xo Type preferred text extract keywords into the Metric channel lines A and B and C The word text "Explanation:" starts text capture from the beginning of the scientist explanation text HOW TO USE IT: Open the Agent Click the right triangle icon to start the Agent After the agent collects about a hundred page results as Done, then stop the search Click on the Report Page icon in the graphical display toolbar Browse the agent search results using IE or Netscape VARIATIONS TO TRY: Browse the different view buttons #1 through #8 Try different searches with different keywords for word counts in each Metric that you want