Richard Gordon's Suggested Websites
for the Course Internet Orientation, Fall 1999
Updated 11/24/99 9 AM
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I begin with a personal message to you, my students, in the Internet
Orientation class, but if you want to skip to the categories
of websites we'll be exploring, go right ahead. And if you are on Campus
T, you can find your Course Curriculum Guide here: To
Guide
Message from your Instructor
If you are one of my students in the Internet Orientation class, then
the Internet
may, indeed, be a new experience for you. As your instructor, I will find
it rewarding, exciting -- and just plain fun -- to introduce you to the
rich variety of material available on the Internet.
In my own personal explorations of the Net, I have discovered these
sites which I want to share with you. I hope you will find them worth
visiting. If you find a site especially valuable or entertaining, please
e-mail
me your reaction to it so that I can share your comments with other students.
Or if you feel that a site was disappointing or inappropriate for the class,
let me know that too so that I might consider removing it from the list.
And finally, if on your own you discover a site that you think should be
suggested to students in my Internet class, please e-mail me the URL
(http) and any comments you would like to make about it.
To get to a site, click on a category in the Website
Categories list. Your click will take you to the names of sites in
the category. Then simply click on the hyperlink (blue underlined http)
and you'll be delivered to the site -- unless the site moved or is too
busy for you to visit. If for any reason a hyperlink doesn't work, let
me know and I'll try to correct the problem, or substitute another
site for the one that seems out of business.
Have fun on the Internet,
Cordially,
Richard Gordon
[email protected]
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Art
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County: Guide to Museums and Cultural Resources. You can find exhibits
of stamps, aircraft and pre-Columbian Art. 5/5/98
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http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/webmuseums
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. More than 65,000 works of art available
on line. Be sure to double click small, thumbnail images to enlarge them.
6/6/98
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http://www.famsf.org/
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The Smithsonian. 150 Years of Adventure,
Discovery, and Wonder. 11/21/97
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http://www.si.edu/newstart.htm
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Museum of Modern Art, NY. 12/9/98
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http://www.moma.org/
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Salvador Dali Museum, St. Pete, Fl. See examples of the surrealist's paintings.
Turn on your speakers and while viewing, you can hear a musical soundtrack
to either rock or classical music while browsing this on-line gallery right
in our own backyard. 6/7/98
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http://www.webcoast.com/Dali/
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WebMuseum. Includes work of Cezanne,
Degas, Greco. 5/5/98
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http://sunsite.unc.edu/louvre
Business
& Finance
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CNN Financial Network 4/25/97
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http://www.cnnfn.com
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Hoover’s Online 4/25/97
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http://www.hoovers.com
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Stock Market daily report. Get daily
stockmarket reports. 12/11/97
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http://www.stockmaster.com
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Valueline. Great source for investing
information. 5/4/98
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http://www.valueline.com
Careers
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Searching for a job or a new career.
Try this site. Required to register. 12/11/97
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http://careersite.com/
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Net-Temps. Looking for a temporary job? 2/15/99
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http://www.net-temps.com/jobs/
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Florida Job Search. If you're looking for a job in Florida, here are two
sites to help you in your search. 7/8/98
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http://www.floridajobs.org/
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http://www.floridacareerlink.com
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Monster Board. Can help you track your
ideal job region by region. 12/11/97
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http://www.monster.com
Chat
& Newsgroups
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Internet Relay Chat (IRC). Learn all
about IRC — how you can chat with folks around the world regardless of
what on-line service you have. 12/11/97
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http://www.irchelp.org/
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mIRC. Here you can download the program
mIRC, which makes Internet Relay Chat fun and easy. 12/11/97
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http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/mirc/#download
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ICQ. A very popular chat program that allows you to (1) detect when your
friends and family are on the Internet and (2) exchange instant messages
with them. 8/24/99
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General information about ICQ. http://www.mirabilis.com/
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Where you can download ICQ. http://www.mirabilis.com/download/
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ICQ Express. Allows you to have access
to ICQ without downloading the program to your own computer.
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http://www.cqexpress.com/
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TalkCity. Lots of categories of chats.
Easy to use. One of the web's most popular chat sites. Home page lists
more than 100 chat room and shows you how many chatters are currently taking
part. Can even post your own free web page here. 5/4/98
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http://www.talkcity.com/chat/
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Yack. Searches for live chats on a variety of subjects from automobiles
to music. 1/3/99
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http://www.yack.com/
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Talkway. Access to hundreds of newsgroups. 8/16/98
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http://www.talkway.com/
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An article about Talkway.8/16/98 http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/1998/05/1901-talkway.html
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Webchat. Look for the link to Webchat
in the middle of this page.
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http://pages.wbs.net/
Children
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Yahooligans! Search engine links to
sites of special interest to kids. 12/11/97
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http://www.yahooligans.com
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Ask Jeeves for Kids. Concerned that your children might be steered to harmful
sites by regular search engines? Tell your kids to use this search engine
that is designed to come up with only G rated sites.
7/19/98
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http://www.ajkids.com/
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American Librarian Associations Great Sites for Kids. List 700-plus sites
selected for children. 11/30/98
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http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
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FunBrain. Children can have fun and learn important academic skills at
the same time. 9/1/99
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http://www.funbrain.com/
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Mamamedia. Variety of fun and creative activities for kids. Links to collection
of websites for children under 10. 11/30/98
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http://www.mamamedia.com
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Protect children from Internet pornography. Links to software for
parents interested in protecting kids from objectionable sites. The URL
is too long to include -- so just click on the link.7/16/98 Protect
kids.
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SafeKids and Getnetwise. How to keep kids safe on the Internet. 8/25/99
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http://www.safekids.com
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http://www.getnetwise.org/
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Kids Web. Great homework helper. 12/11/97
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http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb
Controversy
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Drudge Report. Read this site with a
skeptical view. Reporter Matt Drudge has been accused of publishing stories
without adequately checking out the facts, but on occasion his articles
have broken major stories. 8/29/98
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http://www.drudgereport.com
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Political Junkie. Links to just about every political site you can imagine
-- newspapers, newswires, columnists, links to websites of politicians,
political parties, candidates and lots more. 3/15/99
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http://www.politicaljunkie.com/
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Salon Magazine. Good political contrast with the Drudge Report. 10/10/98
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http://www.salonmagazine.com/
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Computer Addiction? Is there really such a thing? 2/9/99
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http://newsweek.com/nw-srv/tnw/today/ex/ex0107_1.htm
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Flying Saucer reports from around the
world. Fact or fantasy? 4/5/98
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http://www.nwlink.com/~ufocntr/
Crime
Fighting
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Federal Bureau of Investigation. Information
on current cases such as the ongoing FBI investigation of the the Centennial
Park bombing in Atlanta. Also information on the FBI's most wanted. 6/6/98
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http://www.fbi.gov/
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Police Department of St. Petersburg, Fla. Unsolved cases, wanted criminals,
law enforcement jobs. 7/1/98
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http://www.sppd.ci.st-pete.fl.us/
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Most wanted criminals. Help capture
Americas most wanted. 12/11/97
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http://www.amw.com/
Downloading
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Downloading
in class is prohibited. You are not allowed to download any programs or
browser plug-ins
on the harddrive of your classroom computer. If you decide to download
on your own computer at home, be sure to have an up-to-date anti-virus
program running.
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Tucows. Outstanding downloading software
for all kinds of software. 12/11/97
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http://www.tucows.com/
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Netscape Communicator. Here you can
get free the complete Netscape Communicator package including the the latest
version of Netscape Navigator. 11/23/98
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http://home.netscape.com/computing/download/
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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Browser.
Free download of Explorer 3 or 4. 7/18/98
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http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download/
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Instant Messaging Program from AOL.
You don’t need to have AOL as your on-line service provider to download
and use this free program. Allows you to exchange instant messages with
anyone on the Internet even if they too aren’t an AOL subscriber as long
as they also have downloading the Instant Messaging Program. 12/13/97
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http://www.aol.com/aim/home.html
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Microsoft Office 97 free downloads.
Direct from Microsoft. Update, add special features to Word, Excel, Access.
12/14/97
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http://www.microsoft.com/officefreestuff/
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Microsoft explains how to download Microsoft
programs, updates, patches.
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http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q119/5/91.asp?PR=ACC&FR=0&M=S&
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Clipart. Graphics you can copy to your
own computer to use in your documents or webpages. 6/3/99
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http://www.barrysclipart.com/
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http://www.rogersgifs.com/clipart/
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Clipart just related to computers.
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http://ftp1.rad.kumc.edu/clips/computer/
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List of clip art sites resulting from Yahoo search. 6/2/99
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http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Graphics/Clip_Art/
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RealPlayer. Download RealPlayer 5.0
and you will be able to listen to AM and FM programs from around the world.
Assumes, of course, that your computer has multimedia capability. 6/14/98
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http://www.real.com/products/player/index.html
Education
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Scholarships. See if you might be eligible
for a college scholarship. 4/6/99
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http://www.fastweb.com/
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http://www.collegenet.com/mach25/
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Education World. Curriculum Resources for teachers and administrators,
grades 1-12. 7/19/98
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http://www.education-world.com/
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Peterson’s Education Center. Information
on schools and colleges around the country. Also info on studying abroad,
graduate study and special summer programs. 12/11/97
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http://www.petersons.com/
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SPJC’s homepage. Lots of information,
including instructors’ e-mail addresses, programs offered, registration
dates. 12/11/97
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http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/
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Global Computering American University.
Find out information about colleges around the nation.
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http://www.globalcomputing.com/universy.html
E-mail
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Mailing Lists. What they are and how
to sign up for one. 7/19/98
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http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html
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More Mailing Lists. Find the ones that fit your interests. 1/29/99
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http://www.onelist.com/
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http://www.liszt.com/
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TipWorld. Get daily tips e-mailed to you on computer topics and more. 2/2/99
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http://www.tipworld.com/
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Everything E-mail. This is the spot to learn all about e-mail including
e-mail etiquette, finding e-mail addresses, mailing lists, dealing with
spam (junk e-mail). 7/19/98
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http://www.everythingemail.net/emailtips.html
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Page Greeting. Send personalized e-mail greeting cards. 2/15/99
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http://www.pagegreetings.com/bp/pg/index.htm
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Blue Mountain. Another great site for sending free e-mail greeting cards.
2/17/99
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http://www1.bluemountain.com/index.html
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Netzero. Not only offering free e-mail, but also is a free ISP -- internet
service provider. Must put up though with browser ads. Has St. Petersburg,
FL access numbers. 11/18/98
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http://www.netzero.com/
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Free e-mail programs. You can get access
to your e-mail no matter where you are in the world. And if you don’t have
your own computer, using one of these free e-mail services, you can read
and send e-mail from a computer at your school, your friend’s house, your
office, or the town library. 6/14/98
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http://www.hotmail.com/
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http://www.rocketmail.com/
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http://www.netaddress.com/
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http://www.mailcity.com/
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http://www.bigfoot.com/
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Juno: With this service you don’t even
need an Internet Service Provider—just a modem hooked up to your phone
line. Go to this site to get free e-mail software. 4/4/98
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http://www.juno.com
Entertainment
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Movie schedules. Find out what’s playing
in the local area. Includes links to movie reviews. Easy access to Movico
in Palm Harbor. 12/11/97
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http://www.movielink.com/?TP:ClosestTheaters+FP:Custom+DP:ClosestTheatres+QD:today
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Hollywood On-Line. Links to the latest
movies, entertainers. 12/11/97
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http://www.hollywood.com/
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Internet Movie Database. Read the biographies
of famous actors. Find out all the movies your favorite stars have appeared
in. 12/11/97
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http://www.imdb.com
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Webguide to Tampa Bay. If you want information on
local entertainment, news, shopping, recreation, travel, this is the spot.
6/30/98
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http://webguide.digitalcity.com/tampabay/
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Greatest Films. Includes detailed summaries of the great movies. 7/6/98
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http://www.filmsite.org/
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MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet. With sound capabilities on
your computer and a downloaded program like RealPlayer,
you can use your computer to listen to hundreds of AM and FM stations around
the country -- stations you could never pick up on your regular radio.
6/6/98
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http://wmbr.mit.edu/stations/list.html
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Broadcast.com Another website that makes it
to listen to radio stations around the country -- stations that you could
never get on your regular radio. 4/15/99
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http://www.broadcast.com/radio/location/
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Busch Gardens and Sea World. Find out
what’s happening at these two great theme parks.
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http://www.4adventure.com/
Family
& Parenting
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Family.com. All round guide to general
family issues such as parenting, travel, education. 12/11/97
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http://www.family.com
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Parent Soup. Discusses concerns of parents
about such issues as protecting their kids from drugs. Feature articles
and live chat. 12/11/97
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http://www.parentsoup.com
Famous
People
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Audie Murphy: The most decorated U.S.
soldier in WWII who became a leading Hollywood actor. 7/7/98
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http://www.audiemurphy.com/welcome.htm
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Louise Brooks. Famous silent film actress. 11/22/98
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http://www.pandorasbox.com/
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Biography. Get the facts on famous people.
12/11/97
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http://www.biography.com/
Genealogy
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Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites. 11/30/98
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http://www.cyndislist.com
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National Archives and Records. 11/30/98
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http://nara.gov/genealogy/genindex.html
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National Genealogical Society. 11/30/98
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http://www.ngsgenealogy.org
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Roots-L Home Page. 11/30/98
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http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l
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Genealogy Home Page. Links to hundreds
of genealogy sites. 12/11/97
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http://www.genhomepage.com/
Government
& Politics
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All Politics. Want the latest political
information? Links too to the New York Times and the Congressional Quarterly.
12/11/97
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http://www.allpolitics.com/1997/index.html
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Library of Congress On-Line. Read the Congressional
Record and discover what's in every bill introduced or voted on in
Congress. Or read historical documents like the Declaration of Independence,
Federalist Papers, and the US Constitution. 11/24/98
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http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html
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The Congressional E-Mailer. Send e-mail
to political leaders including President, Vice President, Congressmen.
12/13/97
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http://www.fiesta.com/cgi-shl/cfml.exe?action=query&template=/Cmailer/INDEX.CFM
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US House of Representatives
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http://www.house.gov/writerep/
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http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html
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U.S. Congressional Representatives from
Florida. 4/5/99
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U.S. Rep. Michael Bilirakis, R-Palm
Harbor.
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http://www.house.gov/bilirakis
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U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, D-Miami Lakes
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http://www.senate.gov/~graham
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U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers
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http://www.senate.gov/~mack
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E-mail to U.S. Senators. 1/27/99
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http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm
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President Bill Clinton
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Mail/html/Mail_President.html
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Florida State Government including links
to e-mail addresses of governor and representatives.
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http://www.firn.edu/flgov.html
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Bill Search. Can read the full text
of any bill pending before the US Congress. You need the bill number. Also
links to US founding documents such as the Constitution and Declaration
of Independence. 12/13/97
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http://www.reagan.com/plate.main/congress/billsearch.html
Health
— Mental
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder bulletin
board. Great example of mutual support. Messages posted by people suffering
with this disorder. 12/11/97
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http://www.fairlite.com/cgi-bin/ocdgiveboard
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Posting a message on the OCD bulletin
board. Any viewer could write a message here that would appear on Fairlite’s
OCD bulletin board. 12/11/97
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http://www.fairlite.com/ocd/board/board-form.shtml
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Fairlite’s OCD Homepage. 12/11/97
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http://www.fairlite.com/ocd/
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Self-Help Newsgroups through DejaNews.
12/11/97
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http://search.dejanews.com/bg.xp?level=alt.support
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Professional Resources. Links to hundreds of mental health sites. Aimed
at the mental health professional (psychologist, social worker) but the
non-professional will find this site a valuable resource too. 12/26/98
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http://www.cmhc.com/prof.htm
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Recovery, Inc. Self-help organization holding weekly meetings. For those
suffering from anxiety, depression, phobias, and similar problems. Founded
by the late psychiatrist Dr. Abraham Low.
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http://www.recovery-inc.com/
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Mental Health Net. Has thousands of
individual mental health resources on this site. 12/11/97
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http://www.cmhc.com
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Depression. Explains symptoms, causes
and treatments. Discusses both psychotherapy and medication. 12/11/97
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http://healthguide.com/dep
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International Journal of Psychiatry.
This journal based in the United Kingdom publishes research studies from
around the world — all in English. 12/11/97
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http://www.cityscape.co.uk/users/ad88/psych.html
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Mental Health Infosource. Articles cover
such topics as talking to your kids about drugs, what to do when anxiety
strikes, when to suspect an elderly relative has Alzheimer’s. 12/11/97
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http://mhsource.com
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Center for Online Addiction. Afraid
that you or a friend might becoming addicted to the Internet? Then this
is the site to check out. 10/15/98
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http://www.netaddiction.com/
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Depression. Andrews Depression Page. A
thirty year old man tells of his struggles with depression. 9/5/98
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http://www.blarg.net/%7Echarlatn/Depression.html
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Metanoia Guide to Internet Mental Health
Services. Since it’s now possible to get — and pay for — on line psychotherapy,
it’s a good idea to have reference to this site that claims to check out
and publish the credentials of Internet therapists. 12/11/97
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http://www.metanoia.org/imhs
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Behavior Online. Bills itself as gathering spot for mental health professionals
and students. Can participate in discussions. Links to Meditation
in Psychotherapy.6/7/98
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http://www.behavior.net/
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First Person. On-line magazine giving chance
to people to share their experiences with mental, emotional and spiritual
health. Sharing includes art, poetry, factual and fictional accounts. 6
/6/98.
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http://www.vulliamy.demon.co.uk/
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Internet Mental Health. Encyclopedia of mental health information. Offers
overview of mental health problems and their treatment. Designed by Canadian
psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Long. 6/7/98
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http://www.mentalhealth.com/
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Wings of Madness: A Depression Guide. Explains why women are more susceptible
to depression than men. 7/13/98
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http://members.aol.com/depress/index.htm
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Dr. Bob’s Psychopharmacology Tips. Get
information on medications aimed to help mental disorders. 12/11/97
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http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/dr-bob/tips/tips.html
Health
— Physical
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American Medical Association. Look up
your physician’s credentials. Also helpful in locating a specialist in
your area. 12/11/97
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http://www.ama-assn.org/
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Florida Department of Health. Learn about a doctor's education, professional
training, liability or malpractice claims, disciplinary action. 7/10/99
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http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/
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Doctor Directory. Another site for locating
information about physicians -- includes medical school attended and board
certification. 4/24/99
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http://www.doctordirectory.com/Doctors/Directory/Default.asp
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Mayo Health O@sis.
Great site for any information related to health questions. 7/18/98
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http://www.mayohealth.org/
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Health Center.com. Answers questions on both physical and mental health.
Includes medication information and a message board where viewers can post
their own questions and respond to questions of others. 1/1/99
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http://www.health-center.com/
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Cancer — National Cancer Institute 12/11/97
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http://www.nci.nih.gov/
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Medscape. Medications, research. This
site is free but you have to register. 12/11/97
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http://www.medscape.com/
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National Library of Medicine. Gives free access to Medline, a database
of abstracts (summaries) of articles from 4,000 journals. 8/18/98
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
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National Organization of Rare Disorders.
12/11/97
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http://www.pcnet.com/~orphan/
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National Headache Foundation. Articles
deal with 26 kinds of headaches and their treatment. 12/11/97
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http://headaches.org
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Jama Migraine Research Center. 12/11/97
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http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/spec_con/migraine/migraine.htm
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Department of Health and Human Services Healthfinder. A consumer
health and human services information web site from the United
States government.8/18/98
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http://www.healthfinder.org
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Health Consult: New Interactive Medical
Information Services. Can read articles on latest medical research. Includes
links and search engines helpful in finding other medical sites. 12/11/97
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http://www.healthconsult.com/Welcome.html
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Morton Plant Mease Health Care. Gives
health services available, employment and volunteer opportunities, and
soon to come information on the physicians affiliated with Morton Plant
Mease. Also information on education/screening and support groups.
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http://www.mpmhealth.com/
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Dr. Koop's Community. Former U.S. Surgeon General helps consumers find
reliable health sources on the Internet.
7/22/98
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http://www.drkoop.com/
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Quackwatch. Stephen Barrett, MD, gives
his views on many alternative remedies that he considers quackery. 12/13/97
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http://www.quackwatch.com
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MedExplorer. Health/Medical Internet Search Engine.Good chance that any
question you have related to your health can be answered with the help
of this search engine focusing just on the health care field.
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http://www.medexplorer.com/index.htm
History
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Who's Who in American History. Short biographies of famous Americans. 1/3/99
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http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/bios.html
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American Memory. Historical documents from the Library of Congress. Even
includes baseball cards from 1887 to 1914. 11/30/98
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http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
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An Internet History of the Great War -- World War I. 6/7/98
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http://www.worldwar1.com/
Humor
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Laugh Riot Index. Want a good laugh?
Links to humorous sites. 5/9/98
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http://starcreations.com/abstract/laughriot/index.htm
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Pillars: A Humor Magazine. 5/9/98
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http://www.oraclehumor.com/Pillars.shtml
Internet/Software
Tutorials
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Learn the Net. Rated highly in the August 1998 issue of Yahoo!
Magazine! 7/19/98
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http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html
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Netlingo. Confused by Internet terminology? This is the site to learn all
the net terms Cookie, Domain Name, Year 2000 Problem.
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http://www.netlingo.com/
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Internet Guide & Web Tutorial. From Microsoft. Great for those using
the Internet Explorer 4.0 browser. Includes Browser Basics, Doing Research,
Getting On-line, All About E-mail, and lots more. 6/18/98
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http://www.microsoft.com/magazine/guides/internet/
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Learning all about the Internet. From the Library at UC Berkeley. 10/26/98
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http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet
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Everything E-mail. Teaches you everything about e-mail including etiquette,
finding e-mail addresses, and reviews of e-mail software. 1/19/99
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http://www.everythingemail.net/
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Surf School. Learn how to surf the web.
Includes definitions of the surf lingo that puzzle you. 12/11/97
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http://www.zdnet.com/yil/filters/surfjump.html
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More from Surf School. List specific Internet topics and provides related
answers.Can even e-mail the Surf Guru a specific question you have. 6/8/98
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http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/surfschool/guru/gurubasic.html
-
HTML tutorial. Learn how to create web
pages. 12/11/97
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http://davesite.com/webstation/html/
-
HTML 4 Rookies. Another HTML tutorial, very basic and great for beginners.
6/16/98
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http://members.tripod.com/~larrydoz/html4rookies.html
-
Two tutorial sites for learning Windows 95. 7/20/98
-
http://www.skwc.com/95/index.html
-
http://chef.fab.albany.edu/resnet/win95/win95.htm
-
Web Teacher. Great tutorial for learning all about the Internet. Start
clicking on the Web Primer or the Web Tutorial menus on either the left
or right side of your screen -- depending on your browser. 10/26/98
-
http://www.webteacher.org/winnet/indextc.html
-
ZDNet tutorials on the Internet. 2/11/99
-
http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/howto_help/howto_int_help.html
-
Selecting an Internet Service Provider
(ISP). Help in getting the best ISP for your needs. 3/23/99
-
http://thelist.internet.com/areacode.html
-
Evaluates AOL and other Internet
Service Providers. Helps you make a good choice.2/26/99
-
http://www.pcworld.com/software/internet_www/articles/feb97/1502p125e.html
-
Netscape Handbook. Everything you could want to learn about the Netscape
Navigator browser. 6/17/98
-
http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/1.1/handbook/docs/learn.html
-
Virus Protection. Protect your computer
from getting a virus while on the Internet.7/15/98
-
http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/stories/main/0,5594,2248291,00.html
-
http://search.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/zdhelp/zdhelp/search.html?Utext=virus&Uhcat=All&Utiptype=tip
-
http://www6.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/search.html?link=1&Usrt=date&Ukeywords=virus&Ucategory=utilities&Urating=high
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Virus Myths. These site will help you separate fact from viction about
computer viruses. 5/28/99.
-
http://kumite.com/myths/
-
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
-
Newsday columnist lessons on Computer Literacy, Windows, and the Internet.
Look for the links along the left side of the opening page under the picture
of "My Dad". 3/27/99
-
http://www.newsday.com/nd1/loudmain.htm
-
Help Online. Computer freezing up? Mouse
jerking? Monitor on the blink? Try these sites to solve your computer hardware
or software problems. 1/25/99
-
http://support.microsoft.com/support/a.asp
-
http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp
-
http://www.wugnet.com/compuserve
-
http://nowonder.com
-
http://www.bugnet.com
-
Microsoft Help. Any questions or problems regarding a Microsoft problem
including the browser Internet Explorer? Try this site. 12/6/98
-
http://support.microsoft.com/support/c.asp?FR=0
-
Whatis.com. Computer lingo have you puzzled? Here's a great dictionary
of computer-related terms. 6/1/99
-
http://www.whatis.com/
-
Office Tips. DDC offers tips on using Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and
Outlook. 6/1/99
-
http://www.ddcpub.com/html/tips.html
-
PowerPoint. Creating 33 mm slides from a PowerPoint presentation. 6/1/99
-
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Creating+slides+from+PowerPoint&h=s
-
Search Engine help. Shows you how to
use most of the major search engines. 6/2/99
-
http://www.smartcomputing.com/articles/1999/s1007/33s07/33s07.asp?guid=utjg9n4k
-
http://www.windweaver.com/searchhelper.htm
Magazines
— General
-
Readers Digest -- Canadian issue. 6/16/98
-
http://www.readersdigest.ca/
-
Money Magazine. 7/7/98
-
http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/money/plus/index.oft
-
People Magazine. 7/7/98
-
http://www.pathfinder.com/people/
-
Time Magazine. 6/18/98
-
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/
-
Life Magazine. 2/7/99
-
http://pathfinder.com/Life/
-
Newsweek. 2/9/99
-
http://newsweek.com/nw-srv/front.htm
-
US News Magazine. 6/30/98
-
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm
-
Salon Magazine. Especially created for the Internet. 10/16/98
-
http://www.salon1999.com/
-
Modern Maturity, magazine of special interest to seniors and published
by AARP. 11/18/98
-
http://www.aarp.org/mmaturity/
-
Modern Maturity's special section on what computer's can do for you.
-
http://www.aarp.org/mmaturity/nov_dec98/webabstract.html
-
AARP's homepage. http://www.aarp.org/
-
400+ Magazines on line from around the world. 10/18/98
-
http://www.webwombat.com.au/intercom/magazine/index.htm
-
Pathfinder Network. Links to popular magazines such as Time, Money, People,
Fortune. 10/30/98
-
http://www.pathfinder.com/welcome/
-
Yahoo's Links to Magazines Online. Here's the spot where you access the
internet editions of hundreds of magazines. To see the magazine-category
list, be sure to scroll down after the
site loads.6/16/98
-
http://www.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Magazines/
Magazines
— Computer
-
Internet World Magazine. Aimed at the
business user rather than the casual, home surfer.6/16/98.
-
http://www.iw.com/
-
PC Novice Smart Computing. Current and past issues. Searchable dictionary
of internet terms. Required to register, but outstanding content is worth
time. 11/30/98
-
http://www.smartcomputing.com/
-
Web Magazine. Links to websites reviewed
in each issue of the magazine. 12/11/97
-
http://www.webmagazine.com
-
PC Computing. Links to its 1001 favorite
websites.
-
http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/webmap/welcome.html
-
PC World. See the current internet issue
of this magazine that costs $5.99 on the news stands. 8/14/98
-
http://www.pcworld.com/current_issue/
-
Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine. Selected articles from this popular Internet
magazine. 12/9/98
-
http://www.zdnet.com/yil/
-
Windows Magazine. Complete text of current and past issues. Winter Special
Issue has 2,001 tips for using Windows plus over 500 tips for web surfers.
6/14/98.
-
http://www.winmag.com/library/default.htm
-
Family PC Magazine.
-
http://www.familypc.com
Miscellaneous
-
Fixing Y2K (Year 2000) problems on your computer. 3/14/99
-
http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/features/excl1098/superguide/crashproof.html
-
http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/
-
Blue Mountain Electronic Greeting Cards. Send your friends and relatives
e-mail greeting cards. 11/30/99
-
http://www1.bluemountain.com/
-
Tampa Bay Computer Society. One of the largest computer clubs in the Southeast.
Meeting monthly in Clearwater. Experienced members most willing to help
newcomers to computers and the Internet.
-
http://www.tampa-bay.net/
-
Healthy PC from Zdnet. How to
keep your computer and software running well.6/18/98
-
http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/hpc/
-
ZDNet's Ultimate PC Guide. This site
could be your best friend as you get acquainted with your new computer.
2/2/99
-
http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/howto_help/ultimatepc/pcguide_1.html
-
PC Guide. Everything you need to know about using, repairing, and upgrading
your computer. 8/22/99
-
http://www.pcguide.com/index.htm
-
Year 2000 Microsoft product updates. This site offers patches, updates
for Microsoft programs so that they will contine running well when the
year 2000 arrives.1/9/99
-
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/topics/year2k/
-
ZDNet 2000 testing site.Is your computer ready to handle the year 2000?
ZDNet aims to diagnosis any potential Y2K problem. 1/9/99
-
http://www.zdnet.com/vlabs/y2k/testy2k.html
-
Senior Sites on the Web. Resources of special interest to seniors. 10/11/98
-
http://www.senior-center.com/links.htm
-
http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/701/aging.html
-
AARP. Another great site for seniors. 10/11/98
-
http://www.aarp.org/
-
Pinellas County Services. A valuable site for anyone residing in Pinellas
Country. 2/26/99
-
http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/bcc/otrsvcs.htm
-
Retired teachers group. New York State
retired teachers, members of NYSUT, who have moved to Florida in the Clearwater
area have a website telling about their group's purpose and meetings. This
site was created by your instructor Richard Gordon. 10/19/99
-
http://members.aol.com/retiredteachers/TRIF/index.htm
-
List of ISPs (Internet Service Providers)
and what they charge to connect you to the Internet.
-
http://thelist.internet.com
-
http://www.celestin.com/pocia
News
& Newspapers
-
Reuters News. The most up-to-date happenings
from one of the biggest news services.
-
http://www.reuters.com/news
-
MSNBC News. 10/21/98
-
http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp
-
The Wire -- News from the Associated Press. 8/30/91
-
http://wire.ap.org/?FRONTID=HOME&SITE=FLPET
-
Today's Papers. Top news stories from papers around the Nation.
12/26/98
-
http://www.slate.com/code/todayspapers/todayspapers.asp
-
Long Island (NY) Newsday. 12/11/97
-
http://www.newsday.com/
-
Boston Globe. 12/11/97
-
http://www.boston.com/globe/
-
St. Petersburg (Florida) Times. 12/11/97
-
http://www.sptimes.com/
-
From St. Petersburg, Russia -- in English -- St. Petersburg Times 11/3/98
-
http://www.sptimes.ru/
-
Jerusalem Post. 12/11/97
-
http://www.jpost.co.il/
-
Orientation Asia.11/4/98
-
http://as.orientation.com/
-
New York Daily News. 8/18/98
-
http://www.nydailynews.com:80/today/-/-/default.asp
-
New York Post 8/18/98
-
http://www.nypostonline.com/
-
New York Times 8/30/98
-
http://www.nyt.com/
-
Tampa Tribune. 12/11/97
-
http://www.tampatrib.com/
-
The Guardian (from England) 8/19/98
-
http://www.Guardian.co.uk/
-
The Times of India. 8/19/98
-
http://www.timesofindia.com/
-
Newspapers On-Line. Links to newspapers
around the world. 11/19/98
-
http://www.newspapers.com/
-
http://www.webwombat.com.au/intercom/newsprs/
-
San Jose Mercury News. One of the earliest on-line newspapers. 6/17/98
-
http://www.mercurycenter.com/
-
USA Today. Includes classified, stock
market information, sports, health, and opinion. 12/11/97
-
http://www.usatoday.com
-
Washington Post. 12/11/97
-
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
-
Washington Times. 12/11/97
-
http://www.washtimes.com/
-
The Village Voice (from New York City).
12/11/97
-
http://www.villagevoice.com/
Outstanding
Websites - Selecting
-
Newspaper USA Today each day selects the Best Sites. 7/6/98
-
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ch.htm
-
1001 Websites recommended by PC Computing
Magazine. 12/14/97
-
http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/webmap/welcome.html
-
Librarians' Index to the Internet. 8/12/98
-
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/internetindex/
-
Smart Computing Magazine. Links to 2500 outstanding websites. 12/10/98
-
http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/stoc.asp?guid=zzwqocwi&vol=7&iss=1&type=4
-
Suite101.com. This site proclaims that it is an "Online community
of Real People helping Real People find the best and most current information
on the Internet." 6/1/99
-
http://www.suite101.com/
-
Big Eye. A grandfather setting out to find the best sites for his granddaughter
ended up creating a webpage valuable for all ages. 7/17/99
-
http://www.bigeye.com/
-
Florida's newspaper The Tampa Tribune provides short reviews and links
to its favorite websites. 10/21/98
-
http://tampatrib.com/news/sitelist.htm
People/Business
Search
-
Bigbook. Look up any business anywhere.5/7/98
-
http://bigbook.com
-
Looking for old friend, relative? Try the Ultimate White Pages. In addition
to phone numbers, finds e-mail addresses. Sends out multiple search engines
at one click to find that missing someone. 6/5/98
-
http://www.theultimates.com/
-
CFIS. Looking for
a long lost friend or relative? Or want information on products or services
tied into the investigation industry? Packed with valuable links. 4/30/99
-
http://www.gate.net/~ispyonu/links.htm
-
More help finding people and businesses.
-
Yahoo
-
http://yahoo.four11.com/cgi-bin/Four11Main?yahooe&template=yahoo.t
-
Four11. 12/11/97
-
http://www.four11.com/
-
Switchboard 12/11/97
-
http://www.switchboard.com/
-
WhoWhere? 12/11/97
-
http://whowhere.com/
Real
Estate
-
Pinellas County property taxes from
appraisers. 12/11/97
-
http://pao.co.pinellas.fl.us
-
Realtors Association — Greater Clearwater
Association of Realtors. 12/11/97
-
http://www.tampabayrealtor.com
Reference
& Literature
-
Zip code locator. Ready to mail a letter
and discover that you don’t know the correct zip code? 12/11/97
-
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
-
Encyclopedia Britannica. Why pay hundreds of dollars for the printed volumnes
of this great encyclopedia when you can access free the same information
and more at this great site? 11/24/99
-
http://www.britannica.com/
-
WWWebster Dictionary. Type in any word
and this online dictionary will give you the definition, pronunciation,
origin, synonyms and more.
-
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
-
Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. Check out your grammar and usage
before turning in that written report. 10/14/98
-
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk
-
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus. 10/6/98.
-
http://www.lightlink.com/bobp/wedt/
-
CIA 1997 World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) keeps information
on every country, and much of this information
is available to the public through this site giving socioeconomic data,
population statistics, and maps. 6/7/98
-
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
-
One Look Dictionaries. Another great dictionary site. Will search through
more than 200 dictionaries at one shot. 6/5/98
-
http://www.onelook.com
-
Computer Dictionary. RAM, DVD, Harddrive, diskette, CD -- any computer
term you can think of, check out this source for the meaning. 11/18/98
-
http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html
-
Enclopedia.com. Internet encyclopedia gives free access to more than 17,000
articles.10/14/98
-
http://www.encyclopedia.com
-
Compton's Encyclopedia On-Line. 1/23/99
-
http://comptonsv3.web.aol.com/
-
The Virtual Reference Desk. 2/1/99
-
http://www.refdesk.com/
-
Top fifty best selling books. Updated weekly. Many titles are linked to
reviews, summaries.7/15/98
-
http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/books/leb1.htm
-
Research It. One site having all these research tools: Dictionary, thesaurus,telephone
and zip code finder, foreign language translator, quotations, maps, currency
converter, stock market quotes, and more.x1/29/99
-
http://www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html
-
Awesome Library. Links to different
online encyclopedias focuses on diverse subjects such as astronomy, law
and poetry. 12/11/97
-
http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/Library/Reference_and_Periodicals/General_Reference/Encyclopedias.html
Research
Paper Help
-
Citing Internet Sources in Research Papers. MLA (Modern Language Association).
When writing a research paper for a college course, you may have to give
footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographical information for Internet sources.
But what is the proper, acceptable way to cite such sources? 6/16/98
-
http://www.mla.org/set_stl.htm
-
Evaluating and Citing Internet Sources. Provides a checklist for evaluating
a website.6/18/98
-
http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/0/lib/lesson8.htm
-
Teachers provide this site to help you evaluate whether a website can be
relied on for accurate information, worthy of citing in your own research
papers. 7/1/98.
-
http://7-12educators.miningco.com/msub18.htm
-
Evaluating Web Resources. Another site that encourages you to view websites
with a critical, skeptical eye. Includes a PowerPoint presentation for
educators to help their students spot unreliable information on the Internet.
7/14/99.
-
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webeval.htm
-
SPJC Internet Research Help. If you’re
doing a research paper, and need some help in developing your topic, check
out this SPJC site. Includes link to site showing how to document information
taken from websites. 12/11/97
-
http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/0/research/home.html
Search
Engines
-
Two sites for learning how to use search
engines. 10/21/98
-
http://search.yahoo.com/search/help?
-
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/facts/index.html
-
Yahoo. Breaks up searches into categories.
12/11/97
-
http://www.yahoo.com/
-
Two special search engines for looking up medical questions. 7/18/98
-
http://medscape.com
-
http://www.healthfinder.gov/searchoptions/topicsaz.htm
-
Findspot. Offers the choice of many
different search engines at this one site. Uses charts to show how to use
each search engine. 12/11/97
-
http://www.findspot.com/
-
Dogpile. Uses many different search
engines at once to "fetch" search out the information you need. 12/11/97
-
http://www.dogpile.com/index.html
-
Goto.com. Simple to use. 1/3/99
-
http://www.goto.com/
-
Lycos.Not only a search engine, but
gives links to free e-mail, a free home page, and chat rooms. 6/14/98
-
http://www.lycos.com/
-
Mamma. Simultaneously uses different
search engines. Similar to Dogpile. 12/11/97
-
http://www.mamma.com
-
DejaNews. Can get access here to newsgroup
postings. Searching for a topic will bring up a list of messages posted
by Internet users. 12/11/97
-
http://www.dejanews.com/
-
Removing your stored newsgroup posts from DejaNews. 11/30/98
-
http://www.dejanews.com/forms/nuke.shtml
-
To have DejaNews not archive your posts, make the following the first line
of all your posts: x-no-archive:yes
-
Webcrawler. 12/11/99
-
http://www.webcrawler.com/
-
AltaVista. Another great search engine.
12/11/97
-
http://altavista.digital.com/
-
Infoseek. One of the best search engines.
2/11/97
-
http://guide.infoseek.com/
-
Ask Jeeves. Easy to use. Just type in a question like "How many sons did
Abraham Lincoln have?" and see the results.7/13/98
-
http://www.askjeeves.com
-
Encyclopedia Britannica eBlast. Searches among cites judged outstanding
by Britannica.2/12/98
-
http://www.eblast.com/
-
Hotbot. "Look for" slot at top of opening page makes it easy to restrict
search by all words, any words, exact phrase, page title, links to this
URL, Boolean phrase. Can search Usenet (Newsgroups). 6/29/98
-
http://www.hotbot.com/
-
Northern Light. A new search engine
and is especially useful for serious researchers. 12/11/97
-
http://www.northernlight.com
-
Freeality Internet Search Engine. Gives access to many search engines.
8/13/98
-
http://www.freeality.com/
-
AOL Net Find. This is AOL's homepage. Includes links to search engine Net
Find on left side of page.7/17/98
-
http://www.aol.com/
-
Senior Search. Search for information (travel, hobbies, health) of special
interest to senior citizens. 10/25/98
-
http://www.seniorssearch.com/
-
PC Computing Magazine explains advanced
techniques for digging up information on the Internet. 12/18/98
-
http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/features/excl1198/netsecrets/find-intro.html
-
The Electric Library. Easy to use because all you have to do is type in
a question. Claims to be geared for families including children because
it only accesses the kinds of sources you might expect to find in your
own library. This search engine is NOT free. 7/21/98
-
http://www.elibrary.com/
-
Search engines for clipart -- pictures
you can copy to your own computer and use in your own documents. 6/3/99
-
http://www.webplaces.com/search/
-
PC Computing Magazine offers links to more than 25 search engines. 7/15/99
-
http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/getnow/9907.html#f2
-
FastSearch. Separate search engines for medicine, law, finances, and realestate
-- all available on this one site. 8/24/99
-
http://www.fastsearch.com/
-
Best sites picked by Yahoo.
-
Weekly best. 12/11/97
-
http://www.yahoo.com/picks
-
Daily best 12/11/97
-
http://www.yahoo.com/new/
Shopping
& Selling
-
AutoSite. New car information as well
as help in estimated the value of your used car. 12/11/97
-
http://www.autosite.com
-
AutoWeb. Another auto buying site where price and quality are top concerns.
12/1/98
-
http://www.autoweb.com
-
Price-Scan. Find the best prices for computers, videos and books (more
categories to come). 12/8/98
-
http://www.pricescan.com/
-
Amazon.com. Internet’s biggest on-line
bookstore.
-
http://www.amazon.com
-
Bottom Dollar. Tracks down the best price for a selected item. 12/1/98
-
http://www.bottomdollar.com
-
Computer shopping. PC World Magazine helps you evaluate and select the
best computer for you. Has Interactive Buyers Guide
allowing you to state your needs and then comes up with suggested computers
meeting those needs.7/5/98
-
http://www.pcworld.com/hardware/
-
CNET Computer shopping -- great
site for information on buying a cheap new computer. 11/18/98
-
http://www.computers.com/reviews/comparative/recommends/0,25,0-1090-257743,00.html
-
Newbie's Guide to Buying a New Computer. 11/18/98
-
http://notbob.com/lair/newbie.htm
-
Cyberian Outpost. Purchase anything related to computers. 11/30/98
-
http://www.outpost.com
-
The Gap. Jeans, sweaters, etc. 11/30/98
-
http://www.gap.com
-
Wal-Mart. 11/30/98
-
http://www.wal-mart.com/
-
E-Toys. Find gifts here for your children and grandchildren. 12/1/98
-
http://www.etoys.com/html/et_home.shtml
-
E-Bay. On-line auction where just about anybody can buy and sell just about
anything. 2/9/99
-
http://www.ebay.com/
-
Webmarket. Lists the best places to buy electronics, books, clothing, and
more. 11/30/98
-
http://www.webmarket.com
-
U.S. News & World Report Magazine. Special issue on Shopping
on the Web. Includes link to the "slickest" buying sites (top right
hand corner). 12/1/98
-
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/981207/7ecom.htm
-
Consumer Complaint Center. If you've
purchased a defective product and can't get results from complainer to
the manufacturer, list your complaint with this site and it would be forwarded
to consumer agency responsible for handling such complaints. 3/27/99
-
http://www.alexanderlaw.com/nccc/cb-intro.html
-
ViaMall. Allows you to sell merchandise
from your business on your own web page without having to learn html. Minimum
cost is $100 per month.
-
http://www.viamall.com/
Sports
-
Yahoo! Scoreboard. Latest scores and
standings for all kinds of sports. 12/11/97
-
http://sports.yahoo.com
-
ESPN Sportszone. Up-to-date news on
every thing connected to sports. 10/22/98
-
http://espn.sportszone.com
-
Boxing Online. 12/11/97
-
http://www.boxingonline.com
-
Devil Rays. Official home page of our own Tampa Bay Devil Rays. 6/6/98
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http://www.devilray.com/home.html
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National Hockey League. 12/11/97
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http://www.nhl.com
Tourist
Attractions
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Go Tampa Bay. This site will help you
find lots of fun places to visit in the Tampa Bay area.6/6/98
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http://www.gotampabay.com/
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Palm Harbor, FL Chamber of Commerce. Includes links to tourist attractions.
3/23/99
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http://www.palmharborcc.org/
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Busch Gardens. 12/11/97
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http://www.4adventure.com
Travel
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GORP (Great Outdoor Recreation Pages).
Information, maps, photos of U.S. national parks. Find out which allow
overnight camping. 11/21/97
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http://www.gorp.com
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National Park Service WWW Server — for
details about national monuments, parks, historic sites. 11/21/97
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http://www.nps.gov/
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Travel Channel Online Network — for
chat, bulletin boards, and photographs all related to travel. 11/21/97
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http://www.travelchannel.com/
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Travelocity — this is the spot to make
reservations and obtain travel tickets. 11/21/97
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http://www.travelocity.com
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Wanderlust — an on-line literary travel
magazine. 11/21/97
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http://www.salonmagazine.com
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Conde Nast’s Epicurious. Can sign up
here for several e-mail lists at once. Airlines you sign up for will e-mail
you special rates for the destinations you request. 11/21/97
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http://travel.epicurious.com/travel/c_planning/02_airfares/intro.html
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For consolidated list of weekly air,
hotel, and car rental bargains, check out these sites. 11/21/97
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Best Fares’ Newsdesk
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http://www.bestfares.com
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Web Flyer
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http://www.webflyer.com/@deal/@deal.htm
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1travel.com’s Last Minute Deals
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http://www.1travel.com
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Visitor Bureaus. Often the best way
to find out what’s going on in a town you’re planning to visit is to check
out the local visitor’s bureau. 11/21/97
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Yahoo’s Directory. Will link you to
visitors’ information centers in cities around the world.
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http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Travel/Convention_and_Visitors_Bureaus
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Microsoft Expedia. Get an overview here
of attractions, hotels, restaurants, and events in cities you might visit.
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http://www.expedia.com
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Fodor’s. An all purpose site similar
to Expedia’s. Let’s you customize your own guide for 87 cities.
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http://www.fodors.com
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Excite. Provides the basics on more
than 5,000 destinations
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http://www.city.net
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Sidewalk. A Microsoft website that gives
big city residents a close up look at their own hometown attractions. 11/21/97
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http://www.sidewalk.com
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CitySearch. Similar to Sidewalk, but
gives more specifics on restaurants, events and entertainment. 11/21/97
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http://www.citysearch.com
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The Mining Company. Local guides review
Web sites for a specific region, city or neighborhood. Check out Tampa
Bay. 11/21/97
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http://www.miningco.com
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Playbill Online. If you plan to visit
a city and would love to go to the local theaters, see this website for
theater listings in more than 100 cities in North America and Great Britain.
Includes reader reviews and seating charts for most New York theaters.
11/21/97
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http://www.playbill.com
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Elderhostel Home Page. Senior citizens
can learn about Elderhostel sites and courses. 12/11/97
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http://www.elderhostel.org
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Maps-On-Us and MapQuest. Create detailed
driving directions from your house to anywhere in the US. 1/19/99
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http://www.mapsonus.com/
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http://www.mapquest.com/
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Click-It! Weekends. If you’re ready
to take off on a short vacation at the spur of the minute, check out this
site. Can find hotel rates and availability. Even reserve your room with
your credit card, and receive e-mail confirmation. 12/11/97
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http://www.travelweb.com/TravelWeb/clickit.html
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Absolutely Florida. Travel site just
devoted to Florida vacations, leisure and recreation.
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http://www.funandsun.com/
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Amtrak's Rail Sale. If you enjoy traveling
by train, discover the discount fares Amtrak offers.1/9/99
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http://reservations.amtrak.com
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Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets. With threats of terrorism
rampant, take the trouble to check out the safety of your overseas destination.
8/28/98
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http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
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CDC -- Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Find out what innoculations,
vaccinations you need and other health precautions when traveling to Russia,
China, India and other countries. 10/10/98
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http://www.cdc.gov/travel/index.htm
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Hotel Reservations. Book a hotel room in more than 25 major cities. 3/16/99
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http://www.180096hotel.com/
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Palm Harbor area hotel reservations.
Great site if you want to find a hotel room nearby for out-of-town visitors.
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http://www.travelweb.com/HRN/init.html
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I-95 Travel Guide. Driving up North from Florida along I-95? Then see this
site offering I-95 information on gas price updates, mileage calculator,
restaurants, traffic conditions, tourist sites, and more.6/28/98
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http://www.usastar.com/i95/homepage.htm
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Arthur Frommer’s Outspoken Encyclopedia
of Travel. Advertises itself as "6,000 pages of bargain priced tickets
and trips."
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http://www.frommers.com/
Web
Pages — Creating Your Own
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Geocities. Advertises that it allows
creation and storage of free web page. Also free e-mail account. 12/13/97
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http://www.geocities.com/join/freehp.html
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Xoom.com. Another site offering free web page storage and program to make
web-page creation easy. 3/28/99
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http://xoom.com/webspace/
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Xoom tutorial on HTML. 4/25/99
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http://xoom.com/helpcenter/essential/essential
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Third Age. Easy way to create and store a webpage. Third Age is for older
adults -- probably 40+.
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http://home.thirdage.com/index.html?basket
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Angelfire. Allows creation of free website. No need to know html here.
Easy insertion of a counter that shows you the number of times people have
accessed your website.8/15/98
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http://www.angelfire.com
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FreeGraphics for your webpage. Add clipart to your site. 3/16/99
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http://www.freegraphics.com
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Add Me. Free service to get your webpage registered with search engines.
4/29/99
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http://www.addme.com/
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Homestead. Another site that allows you to create your own free homepage
on the internet. Again, without knowing html. Advantage over Angelfire
(above), Homestead will not put a pop-up advertisement on your site. 8/14/98
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http://www.homestead.com
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Additional free website storage sites along with easy-to-use software to
create your own webpage. 11/18/98
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http://www.tripod.com/build/
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http://www.theglobe.com
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http://www.familyshoebox.com
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http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgimenu.dll?LNK=1:47&FUNC=FREESTUFF&MEM=1
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Creating a Successful Website. Links
to tutorials that teach you webpage design and html. 12/14/97
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http://www.hooked.net/~larrylin/web.htm
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HTML: An Interactive Tutorial for Beginners
on how to create a webpage. 12/14/97
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http://davesite.com/webstation/html/
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Register-It. To increase the probability that your site will be found by
search engines, register your URL with the top 16 search engines for free.
7/12/98
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http://www.registerit.com
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How web servers and the Internet Work? 4/25/99
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-server.htm
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How do you get your own website-domain on the Internet? 4/24/99
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http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Howto/Domain/
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HTML Validation. This site will check out a website that you create to
point out errors in your HTML code. 9/10/98
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http://validator.w3.org/
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Netscape Tutorial on Web Page Creation. Use Netscape Composer, one of the
programs in the Netscape Communicator package, to help you create your
own webpage without knowing HTML.
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http://home.netscape.com/home/how-to-create-web-services.html
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NYSUT (teachers' union) gives advice on creating webpages. 12/5/98
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http://www.nysut.org/web/how.htm
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FortuneCity.Com. Gives 20 megs of free storage space without charge, but
will run a large ad at the top of your webpage. Also provides on-line easy
to use software for creating your own site. 10/24/99
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http://www.fortunecity.com
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Your instructor Richard Gordon has created
a webpage -- based on a fictional character called Ricardo Fictionale --
as an instructional tool in any HTML courses he teaches.
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AOL Press. At this site, you can get a free download of a program that
works just like a wordprocessor to create a webpage.
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http://www.aolpress.com/index.html
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