Ira C. Eaker College for Professional Development (CPD)

Air War College (AWC) Gateway to Internet Resources

General Resources

• What's new about searching, linking, web design, interface design, usability, using the internet, etc., compilation of online articles gathered by epssInfoSite.com
• Usenet Info Center Launch Pad, a starting point to learn how to use Usenet to gather or dispense info
• Internet Enabling Tools, from InfoMine
• Finding Information on the Internet: a Tutorial, from the U. of Calif., Berkeley
• epss InfoSite, "for finding and sharing information, ideas and opinions about planning, designing and developing electronic performance support systems (EPSS)" -- includes samples of screen, menus, web pages, etc., along with tools and tips
• Microsoft Knowledge Base Search on all products
• Help.com, on hardware and software, from CNET
• Internet for Beginners, from About.com, includes every aspect of using the web
• Web Tutorials for Beginners, from About.com
• InvisibleWeb.com, to view stuff not generally found by search engines
• DirectSearch, to view stuff not generally found by search engines
• ProFusion, search 1,000 top search sources, including invisible data
• Courses and resources online, searchable database by eCollege.com
• tutorial find
• Web Searching, Sleuthing, and Sifting, a series of tutorials on a range of search topics, from beginner to advanced
• The Cyberlibrarians' Rest Stop, check out the page/link arrangement as an example of setting up a short course -- course is Web Searching, Sleuthing, and Sifting
• find tutorials .com, "is a Web index and search engine dedicated to bringing you the best of the Web's tutorials and online courses"
• Freeality Internet Search, online encyclopedias, reference material, search tools, etc.
• Best Buy Books, search multiple online bookstores, for new and used books
• bibliofind, search engine specializing in finding used and rare books and periodicals
• The Technology Source "The purpose of The Technology Source (ISSN 1532-0030), a peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical, is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations." -- check out the Search and Archives sections
• SearcheBooks.com
• Online Montgomery searchable database of restaurants, by area of town and type of food -- and along the edges of the page you can check the other stuff available from Online Montgomery
• Online Internet Institute (OII) "is committed to reshaping the nature of teaching and learning by helping educators and students use the Internet to improve achievement in the classroom. OII provides the tools for educators and students to learn, interact and grow in ways necessary for success in the 21st century."
  • CyberU Index, online searching, evaluating, citing, etc.
  • Four Directions for Lifelong Learning
• not a lot of overlap between search engines, in one test over 76% of hits by top 14 engines were found by three engines at most
• Search Engine Showdown "the users' guide to web searching"
  • search engine stats and comparisons
  • Search Engine Features Chart, how they search, how to focus their searches
  • Internet Search Strategies, including what is missing from search engines
• Raising Dead Links -- various methods, including slicing the URL, checking the cache file on Google, the archive file with Alexa, or using other search engines to look for the page's new home
• iCivil Engineer, civil engineering portal and search engine
• 1st Headlines, top news headlines from around the world, on a whole passel of topics, from Military - Air Force to Zimbabwe
• Librarians' Index to the Internet LII.org
• Learning on the Web "is a free Web-based course written by educators for educators" ... "designed to assist teachers, students, distance education facilitators and educational resource developers in using the Internet to its full potential " -- goes into things like pacing the material, testing the students, writing clear objectives, online human interaction, etc.
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL), good example of a site that has good info, load quickly, has an easy way to sign up for e-mail newsletter, built-in search, and several means of navigation