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Read these excellent sources of advice about
Evaluating Information you find on the Internet:
The Art of Getting Help
(i.e. information)--good advice about how to ask for information or
similar help, both on the Internet and off. |
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Movie
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On-Line Newspapers: Jump down on this page to:
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| INTERNET_RESOURCES--Logan
Library's links grouped by classes ONLINE_RESOURCES--Logan Library's contracted services, including Britannica Online, Contemporary Authors, EBSCOHost, First Search, IDEAL Library, SIRS, etc. |
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On-Line
Tickets--
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Search
Engines-- News, Tips and More About
Search Engines also try BARE BONES 101 A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial find search engines at Search Links: Search Engines Worldwide
Google -- Excellent Search Engine (large database--recently passed AltaVista in this regard) becoming very popular, and does a good job of ranking most sites. May not allow quite the control that Altavista does--I'm still studying this angle... Vivisimo: Clustering - automatic categorization and meta-search software
AltaVista --
Excellent Search Engine (large database, good control) MetaCrawler--Multi-threaded Search ("meta-search")--uses several good search engines all at once . Search engines are best at finding unique keywords, phrases, quotes, and information buried in the full-text of web pages. Because they index word by word, search engines are also useful in retrieving tons of documents. If you want a wide range of responses to specific queries, use a search engine. An unsorted group of search engines:: Meta-search engines are useful in obtaining a quick overview on a subject and/or unique term. Use meta-searchers when you are conducting a relatively simple search and also when you are not having any luck pulling up documents in your search. Unsorted meta-search tools:
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"Libraries"
Internet Public Library |
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Subject
Directories and other selected lists Subject directories are good sources for information on popular topics, organizations, commercial sites and products. To find material in a particular field or area of interest, go to a directory and browse through the subject categories. Excite Hieros Gamos--"The Comprehensive Law
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On-Line References
(Dictionaries, Encyclopedia, etc.) Internet Translation Services--on-line translation between languages On-line Reference Works--lots of links ARTFL Webster Search Welcome to Merriam-Webster Hypertext Webster Gateway at UCSD WWWebster Dictionary - Search screen Encyclopædia Britannica Online Britannica Semantic Rhyming Dictionary On-Line English Grammar Elements of Style Writer's General Reference web-based spelling checker The Quotations Page--several collections of quotations, searchable Computing Glossary of terms |
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Hymnals, Bibles, etc.
Oremus Hymnal |
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On-Line Periodicals Nature-International Weekly Journal of Science (some features are immediately available, some require free registration, others require subscription to Nature) JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association Science News Online - The Weekly Newsmagazine of Science Science Magazine ScienceNOW Scientific American Sky and Telescope Magazine -- Home Page PBS Online--partly periodical, partly special links and pages
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Direct Data On-Line United States Code--current U.S. laws WorldPages.com Home--to look up addresses, etc. World Population Now and Then UNC USPS ZIP+4 Code Lookup Write Your Representative - Lookup Rep Road Reports by Condition - TxDOT On-line Hydrologic Data bases Forms And Publications - IRS
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Maps
On-Line Perry-Casteneda Library Map Collection-at Univ. of Texas & FAQs Maps on Other Web Sites--PCL collection Tiger Map Server Browser MapQuest Find-a-Map Xerox PARC Map Viewer world TerraServer Homepage Maps On Us: A Map Route and Yellow Pages Service Excite Maps Map Display MapBlast Home Introduction to the Interactive Map Browser - National Atlas of the United States Map Machine @ nationalgeographic.com |
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Colleges, Universities,
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| FINDING COLLEGES AND COLLEGE INFORMATION-- | |
| Peterson's--"the education supersite"--colleges and universities, study abroad, graduate studies, distance learning, etc. | |
| Find your college USNews - edu | |
| .edu Home Page of USNews | |
| LAW SCHOOLS, etc-- | |
| Law Schools - North America | |
| AALS Member Schools--Association of American Law Schools--list of member schools, links to each school's website, etc. | |
| WWW Virtual Law Library Law Schools-Libraries Links | |
| FindLaw - LawCrawler--Search Engine for Legal Information | |
| WWW Virtual Law Library Table of Contents--lots of resources, including lots of links | |
| Welcome to the American Bar Association | |
| LSAT The official Law School Admission Council LSAT Web site. | |
| SOME TEXAS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES-- | |
[here are some lists
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| Angelo State University | |
| Austin College in Sherman Texas | |
| Baylor University | |
| HSU - Hardin Simmons University, Abilene, TX | |
| Rice University, Houston, Texas | |
| Southwest Texas State University | |
| Southwestern University | |
| St. Mary's University - Welcome! | |
| Sul Ross State University Homepage | |
| Texas A&M University | |
| Welcome to Texas Tech University | |
| Trinity University Home Page | |
| The University of Texas at Austin | |
| Welcome to the University of the Incarnate Word | |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Belton, Texas 76513 | |
| University of North Texas Homepage | |
| SOME TOP NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES-- | |
| California Institute of Technology | |
| Harvard College Online | |
| MIT Admissions Office Homepage | |
| Yale | |
| Princeton University | |
| Stanford Home Page Welcome to Stanford University | |
| JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ... America's first research university. | |
| Duke University | |
| Welcome to the University of Pennsylvania | |
| Duke University Law Library | |
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On_Line
"How-To" Re Internet and Applications LJDigital Technical Support on the Web--a big list, with comments, of links to On-Line learning about using the Internet, etc. webTeacher Tutorial Internet 101 The ALN Workshop on Internet Basics |
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On-Line Shopping Sites --
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