- "Finding information on the Internet: an interactive tutorial from USC at Berkley:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
- Link to links of interest to seniors:
http://www.computersforseniors.org
- Ralph's business links for seniors:
Ralph's Business Links for Seniors
Search Engines
- www.google.com - One of the best.
- www.askjeeves.com - Ask your questions in plain language.
- www.goto.com
- www.altavista.com - Advanced boolean logic
- www.dogpile.com - I don't know how good it is, but the name is unforgettable.
- www.mamma.com - The mamma of all search engines.
Health
- www.healthfinder.gov - Will help you find groups concerned with specific diseases and conditions
- www.nlm.nth.gov - Provides access to PubMed, the world's largest collection of medical information.
- www.mayo.health.org - Mayo Clinic: Draws on the resources of Mayo's staff and is updated daily.
- www.oncolink.upenn.edu - The U. of PA's respected site on cancer therapies.
- www.medscape.com - An on-line medical site, includes CBSHealthwatch.com
- www.thedailyapple.com - Health care management, also provides online lab results if the tests were done at Quest.
Games
- www.yahoo.com/r/g2 - Yahoo's free game site, hundreds of games available, play solo or against other on-line players
- home.about.com/games - Not quite as extensive as Yahoo
- www.pajet.com - links to game sites
Genealogy and finding people
- www.ancestry.com
- www.peoplesearch.com
- www.411locate.com
- www.classmates.com
- www.planetalumni.com
- www.switchboard.com
- ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com - Social Security death lists
Travel - local, and Pittsburgh information
- www.paturnpike.com - weather conditions, accidents, mileage on the PA Turnpike.
- www.traffic.com - traffic conditions for several cities, including Pittsburgh.
- www.mapquest.com - local maps and tripticks
- www.MapsOnUs.com - Some say the details are better.
- www.pittsbughdiary.com Over 50 things to do in the Pittsburgh area, with an emphasis on seniors.
- pirates.mlb.com - Pittsburgh Pirates home page, schedule and ticketing info.
- www.pittsburgh.com - WPXI's site, includes weather info, tower cam, local news and much, much more.
- partners.traffic.com - Pittsburgh traffic maps, up to the minute.
Travel, distant
- www.travelocity.com - search for a book air bargains.
- www.united.com - find a specific flight, is it on time? Also book tickets
- www.usairways.com - same as above, but US airways
- www.xe.com/ucc - Currency converter - calculate money conversion at up-to-date rates from x to y currencies)
- www.streetmap.co.uk - street maps for the U.K.
News
- www. newyorktimes
- www.postgazette.com
- www.washingtonpost.com For the multi-lingual, Paris Match, Le Mond, Der Spiegel are all on line in their respective languages.
- www.yahoo com Click on news
- refdesk.com not just the news, all sorts of reference links
Weather
- www.weather.com - You can also get flight delay info on this site.
- www.wunderground.com - You can link it to your own web site.
- weather.yahoo.com
- iwin.nws.noaa.gov - National Weather Service Official Forecast
Shopping
- www.amazon.com - The famous Amazon Books -- you can look up book reviews, information about books. Easy and secure ordering, some perks.
- www.ebay.com -The famous on-line auction. You must register to bid; there is a charge to put items up on ebay. Everything imaginable offered, but watch out for the dishonest.
-Almost every national chain store has a web site. Good try would be: www.storename.com - www.autotrader.com - buy or sell used autos. Informative, easy to browse.
- www.mcginnis-sisters.com - order groceries on-line.
Stock Market
- finance.yahoo.com Yahoo's complete stock market page - news, quotes, can create your own portfolio.
Food and Recipes
- www.topica.com/tipworld Not only recipes, but daily newsletters on many topics. You must register to subscribe. The low fat recipe files are especially good.
- www.ethnicfoods.com recipes, and food items for sale
- www.orientalpantry.com ingredients and cookware for oriental cooking.
Miscellaneous
- www.acronymfinder - search out the meaning of any acronym every invented.
- American Memory - American Memory: Historical collections from the Library of Congress.
- Burma Shave slogans - Complete Burma Shave slogans 1927-1963
- www.house.gov/writerep - write your representative: identifies the US Representative from your district and provides an e-mail address that you can write to.
- HoaxBusters.ciac.org - listing of Internet Hoaxes.
- www.snopes2.com - The best collection of Urban Legends, collected by the San Fernando Valley Folklore Society.
- Personality test Find out more about your personality and how you can better relate to the world.
- www.newsoftheweird.com Complete historical archive of these documented stories of really weird happenings.
- setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu SETI - Use your computer's idle time to analyze raio-telescope data in the search for extra terrestrial intelligence.
- Totally useless information
- www.imdb.com - International Movie Data Base. Movie information - cast, director, location, plot summary.
- Astronomic image of the day
- Best Cat Care Feline Information Service.
- www.straightpoop.com All about dogs
- www.time.gov Atomic clock