Internet Information
- Bare Bones 101 - a basic tutorial on searching the web
- Basic Web Lessons - introductory topic will teach you everything you need to know about surfing the
web - presented by AARP
- Consumer Reports' Web Watch - evaluates the credibility of Web sites, investigates and researches Web sites
on behalf of consumers, and advocates for consumer-focused Internet policy and
governance.
- Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages - from Cornell University Library
- Internet Public Library - first public library of and for the Internet community
- Learn the Net - a website dedicated
to helping you master this "amazing medium"
- Learn to Search the World Wide Web - free, self-paced tutorial that contains, in four lessons, information about the
Web, explanations about how information is collected and organized and tips for
how to find things on the Internet.
- Librarians' Internet Index - websites you can trust
- The List - directory of Internet Service Providers ("ISPs")...intended as a resource for people looking for an Internet service provider
- Wayback Machine: Internet Archive - See how web sites evolved by typing the URL (address) into the text box and
clicking on the dates given. Shows web pages how they looked on certain dates.
Fun and informative
Email Resources
- About.com: Email - wealth of topics including "How to Get Started with Email" and the "Top 14 Free Email Services"
- Beginner's Guide to Effective Email - Good, comprehensive guide to email etiquette. Discusses formatting, layout,
emoticons. Also includes information about acronyms and domain names
- E-Mail Acronyms and Emoticons - list of some of the more common acronyms and emoticons that you may see in
E-Mail/Newsgroup/Internet Chat messages
- Email Privacy.info - investigates the risks of compromising your email privacy and security and
offers you the ways of reducing these risks to a minimum
- Free Email Directory - from Yahoo Directory. List can be sorted by popularity or alphabetically.
- Free Email Providers Guide - web's most detailed resource for free email
- SPAM - Information from the Federal Trade Commission about federal regulations and how you can reduce the spam in your inbox.
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