SCHOOL OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE
CLIS529 Links From Textbook
Chapter 1 - Coming to Terms with Cyberspace
Beyond the hype: What's really available on the Net
Health information on the Net
National Productions - The Health Show - the latest developments in medicine for people who prefer an audio format.
Visible Human Project - provides a complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representation of the human body. A prototype for the development and dissemination of a medical image library.
Education on the Net
MindEdge.com - search for accredited online courses, conferences, or seminars. You can also buy textbooks.
SmartPlanet.com and Educated.com - are also good sources for finding out about free or inexpensive courses.
Media on the Net
NewsDirectory - lists over 8,200 print publications that now maintain an active presence on the Web. This total does not include the hundreds of publications that exist only online.
Internet tools: Keys to unlock the world of information
Audio and video technologies
Seeing Ear Theater - offers readings of science fiction stories, some with synchronized illustrations, photos, and animation. Audio and video programming on the Internet is available from a number of countries around the world.
Freespeech - an audio/visual Webcasting site for activist groups whose political critiques are sometimes ignored by the mainstream media.
Focus on... 10 neat things you can do online
Read news and more news at NewsDirectory.com where they provide a list of newspapers. Or sample the latest headlines from over 1500 sources at Moreover.com.
Set up a customized news service at Crayon.
Buy stuff and more stuff at Consumer World.
Download software at C|Net's Download.com.
Feed the world at The Hunger Site.
Make a phone call. To find out more, visit PhoneFree.com or HotTelephone.
Receive a fax. Find out more at JFax.com.
Find radio stations and live broadcasts using the Real Guide.
Access some popular e-zines and find out how to publish your own at Zinebooks.com.
Search for the answers to crossword clues at OneAcross.
Also FYI
National Consumers League - If you are interested in sampling online shopping, download a copy of "Be E-Wise: How to Shop Safely Online".
The Internet Auction - provides information about online auction sites and news.
Lycos and BidXS - allow you to monitor items offered at auctions, compare prices, and receive an email report on items as they go up on the block.
Auctionbytes.com - find a discussion group about online buying and selling, and subscribe to a newsletter with auction tips
Use these products to set up an online office:
NetMeeting for desktop videoconferencing
PlaceWhere for online meetings or presentations. Allows users to communicate and share software applications.
About.com's Guide to Telecommuting provides information about working online and telecommuting jobs.Blackboard.com - provides an online learning service that allows educators quick and easy setup and delivery of courses online. Instructors can post learning materials, hold class discussions, and even issue tests online.
Yahoo!'s Personal News listing - provides information about a number of companies on the Internet that provide customized news services, tailoring the news to your interests.
To sample the online press, try these popular online magazines:
Hotwired, The Onion, Salon, SlateTopica - allows you to start your own email newsletter or discussion list. Lists can be private or public.
The Gemstar Book is an example of a portable reader for electronic books, allowing you to download books and magazines from the Internet. You can annotate the downloaded books, search for words and phrases, and look up words in the built-in dictionary. Find out more about eBooks and how to access them at Barnes & Noble.com, at the Microsoft Reader and at eBooks.com.
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