Surf3D AGENT: NasaSearchAgent_1.xo WHAT IT DOES: Gathers report abstracts from Nasa Science News WHAT ITS GOOD FOR Researching Nasa Science News articles 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 NasaSearchAgent_1.xo to a new name, such as MyNasaSearchAgent_1.xo Type preferred search term keywords into the OR line of the main Agent (X) window Type preferred text extract keywords into the Metric channel lines A and B HOW TO USE IT: Start your Web Browser Go to this URL: http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/ Type in any search terms into search window and submit The example agent submits the term "strange" The Nasa Science search results are displayed in your browser. Go to the Surf3D main Agent window and click the GET-URL button, and you will see a URL similar to this: http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/index/searchscience_frnt.idq?HTMLQueryForm=%2Findex%2Fsearchscience.htm&ciRestrictionHTML=strange Now click the right pointing triangle on the main Surf3D toolbar to start the agent After the agent collects about a hundred page results as Done, stop the search Click on the Report Page icon in the graphical display toolbar Browse the agent search results. VARIATIONS TO TRY: Browse the different view buttons #1 through #8 Try different searches with different keywords for word counts in each Metric Try different searches with different keywords for OR line evaluation and then see views of results showing the True results Make agents for different news topics by changing keywords Try extracting sentences using the %TEXT code in any metric line