**World Wide Words**
Turns of Phrases
**The
Straight Dope**
- Glossary
of Internet Terms from Internet Literacy Consultants
- Net
Lingo - browse terms common to the Internet
- TechEncyclopedia
- extensive dictionary of terms and concepts from TechWeb
- Webopedia -
extensive, highly useful site containing definitions with links to Internet
sites for in-depth coverage of PC and Internet concepts
- Whatis.com -
cross-referenced Internet dictionary
- More Words -
words for word games
General Interest
- An
Atlas of Cyberspaces - visual representations of the infrastructure and
traffic of the Internet
- Explore
the Internet - meta index from the Library of Congress
- Internet 2 Project
- advanced Internet network for institutions of higher education
- Internet Archive
- project to gather, store, and provide access to an archive of the Internet
through the Wayback Machine
- Internet
Country Codes - complete list of two-letter ISO 3166 codes for
specifying a country in an Internet address
- Net
Projects - links to innovative projects to catalog, locate, view, and
cite resources on the Web
- The Net:
User Guidelines and Netiquette by Arlene H. Rinaldi
- Project
Aristotle - collection of projects on automated categorization of Web
resources maintained by Gerry McKiernan of Iowa State University; see also Beyond
Bookmarks: Schemes for Organizing the Web, McKiernan's collection of
links to different types of Web resource organization schemes
- Resource Center
for Cyberculture Studies - a not-for-profit organization directed by
David Silver of the American Studies Program at the University of Maryland,
featuring course syllabi, interviews, a conference schedule, an annotated
bibliography and more
Current Conditions
Virus Hoaxes
- Vmyths.com -
extensive site relating to hoaxes past and present
- HOAXBUSTERS
- identifies virus warnings that are hoaxes
- Internet
Search Engines - list of Internet search engines from the University at
Albany
- ResearchBuzz
- current news about search engines and research sites maintained by Tara
Calishain
- Search Engine
Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching - compilation of search
tips, tutorials, news, search engine information and published articles by
Greg Notess
- Search
Engine Watch - premier site about search engines with news, information,
and tutorials for both Webmasters and searchers
- SearchEngines.com
- geared for Web site creators with information on how to optimize your site
for search engines and how to submit and promote your site; also includes
listings of search services and search advice
- Traffick
- The Guide to Portals - collection of articles and features and search
engine and portal sites, with daily news updates sponsored by Traffick.com
- 15 Minute
Series - Internet training lessons from the InterNIC and the Library and
Information Technology Association
- Beginners'
Central - well-explained lessons on the Internet, Web browsers, using
your browser for e-mail and Usenet news, FTP, Telnet, and downloading files
- Common
Internet File Formats - what they are and how to view them compiled by
Eric Perlman and Ian Kallen
- Finding
Information on the Internet: A Tutorial - from the University of
California Berkeley Library
- Internet
Detective - interactive tutorial for teaching how to evaluate materials
on the Internet from the DESIRE Consortium (Development of a European
Service for Information on Research and Education); requires free
registration
- Internet
Fundamentals - meta page with instructional materials including
beginners' tutorials, glossaries, research strategies, privacy and security,
and choosing an Internet Search Provider, from the site ResultsAbout
- Internet
Tutorials - from the University at Albany Libraries
- Internet
Web Text Index - collection of learning resources about the Internet,
including basic guides, usage tutorials, lists of search tools and
directories and more from John December
- Learn
the Net from Paradesa Media
- LivingInternet.com
- history and usage instructions on the topics of the Internet, Web, Usenet,
Email, Mailing Lists, IRC, and Multi-User Dimensions (MUDs) maintained by
William Stewart
- NetLearn:
Directory of Internet Learning Resources - collection of rated
instructional resources maintained by The Robert Gordon University in
Aberdeen, Scotland
- PC Webopedia
- extensive, highly useful site containing definitions with links to
Internet sites for in-depth coverage of PC and Internet concepts
- RDN Virtual
Training Suite - set of tutorials for information finding in academic
disciplines for students, instructors and researchers from the United
Kingdom's Resource Discovery Network
- Search
Engine Tutorials - collection of free tutorials collected by Search
Engine Watch