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Basic References
These are pointers to canonical reference sites, and to various other reference
sites available on-line. Pointers to local (Chapel Hill) physical libraries
are also here.
Local Sources
Good Starting Points
General Reference Works
Etexts
Some sites specializing in electronic texts.
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Project Gutenberg is a project out of
Illinois Benedictine College to distribute lots of public-domain books
(e.g., the King James Bible, the Constitution) in ASCII.
Other references not to be without:
Search Engines
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Google. Uses a complicated mathematical
analysis, calculated on more than a billion hyperlinks on the web, to return
high-quality search results so you don't have to sift through much junk.
My personal favorite.
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Info about the Internet and Web
Internet and Web Statistics
The Internet and the Web: Basic Guides, Tutorials, Information
Web Publishing References
References to various aspects of Web publishing.
- HTML:
- Publishing:
- Style Guides:
- Other nifty Resources to spruce up your web pages:
- Texture
Land! Nearly 200 textures that you can use in web pages, free for individual
use.
- Icon Bazaar! Lots of icons that
you can use in web pages, free for individual use.
- BigNoseBird. More
graphics for your Web pages.
- Yahoo
graphics. More graphics and clip art from the folks at yahoo.com.
- Clip Art ready for download.
- Phil Bradley's WEBSITE of HOW-TOs.
Information on search engines, searching the internet, keeping up
to date on internet events, free articles on internet searching and web
page and web site design.
Selecting an ISP
Some "BEST of the WEB"-type sites
Some info about Usenet Newsgroups
Journal of Electronic Publishing
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Marketplace, and General Computer Resources
and Info
- C/net Central. LOTS of information, from
product reviews to social issues. A great resource.
- Computers.com.
A computer marketplace, brought to you by the folks at C/net Central.
- NEW: Walsh's Helpful Hints. Things I find helpful:
shortcuts, typical errors, you name it.
- Bookpool. A place for geeks to get
really inexpensive computer books. A must to visit.
Main ATN Resource
History of Computers and the Internet
Helpful Productivity Links
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Microsoft Office 2000 Help.
Helpful hints, training courses, patches, and other downloads for the Office 2000 suite of
applications.
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Surviving
PC Disasters.
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Ask Dr. Tech. For about $90 a year,
you can purchase 24-hour unlimited telephone tech support for Windows,
Office, and Linux. BEST OF ALL, the hold times are guaranteed to be under
10 minutes.
Shareware and Software
Some Computer Magazines
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News and Weather Pointers
This page contains news, weather, and other media sites. Magazines dealing
mainly with computers and society issues can be found on my computers-and-society
topics page.
Current Events and General News
Weather
Other Media Sites
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Libraries and Subject Directories
Phone and Net Directories
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Miscellaneous References
Government and Legal Resources
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Thomas: legislative
info from the Library of Congress
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Law.com, a comprehensive destination
for legal information and e-law services.
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FedWorld,
another comprehensive list of Federal information.
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U.S. Founding
Documents: US Constitution, US Declaration of Independence
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Virtual
library law page at the University of Indiana.
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State
of North Carolina home page: pointers to the state legislature's gopher
and information on the North Carolina Information Highway. Also a pretty
good page of starting pointers for new Web users.
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NCINFO, from
UNC's Institute of Government, has pointers to a tremendous amount of stuff.
Particularly good for state and local resources, although they're strong
on the Federal stuff as well.
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UNC's IBIBLIO:
The Public's Library: pointers to lots of things, but note particularly
the U.S. Government hypertext documents.
Organizations
See also organizations
dealing with Computers and Society topics.
Medical Info
How Tos
COMMERCE ON THE NET
Online Banking
General Consumer Info
Helpful Info for Travelers
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Fun Pointers
Games
Silly but fun
Food and Drink
Music and "Art"
Other nifty sites
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last updated
Fall 2005
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