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The Basics

O Understanding Cookies and How These Journals Use Them
O Frequently Asked Questions About the ASCE Online Journals
O Navigating the Journals
O Exiting the Online Journals
O Icons Used in this Service
O An Acrobat Tutorial
O Glossary of Useful Terms
O Statement of Copyright

Browsing Tables of Contents (TOCs) and Abstracts

O HTML Limitations: Math; Author Affiliations
O Browsing the HTML TOCs and Abstracts
O Reference Sections and Reference Linking in Abstracts
O See Also Links
O Viewing PDF and PostScript Files from the Browsable TOCs and Abstracts
O Saving PDF Files to Disk
O Discussions and Closures PDFs
O Using Gzipped (Compressed) PostScript Files
O Your Article Collection

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Searching the Online Databases

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O Searching Tips and Techniques

Journal Issues Databases

O Using the Verity Search Engine
O Composing More Effective Author Name Queries (when initials are used)
O Downloading PDF Files from the Verity Abstract Records

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Technical Assistance

Web Browsers

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O How to Optimize Netscape for the Online Journals

Acrobat Readers, Plug-ins, and PDF Viewers/Convertors

O Get the Latest Version of the Adobe Acrobat Products
O A Note About the Weblink Plug-in
O Xpdf: A UNIX/Linux PDF Viewer
O Ghostscript/Ghostview
O Configuring WinZip as a Helper Application (Windows 95/98/NT users; for use with compressed PostScript)

Tutorials, FAQs, & Optimization Tips

O An Acrobat Tutorial
O The Online Journals FAQ
O Tips for Achieving Faster Document Loading

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