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• Search Engines & Directories
• Meta-indexes
• Búsqueda Red en Español
• How to use a Computer
• How to use the Internet

Search Engines & Directories

	directory of the best web sites chosen by library staff.
	comprehensive searching of the web with relevant results. Features include cached pages that display the page as it looked when it was indexed, and the ability to restrict searches to a specific site or file type.
	the web index behind Yahoo, with a cleaner interface.
	the webs oldest directory of links gathered by human editors.
	web index from Microsoft includes results from Encarta encyclopedia.
	independent index with links to narrow or expand your search. Former home of Jeeves, retired.
	Open Directory Project, the largest web directory maintained by human editors and hosted by Netscape.
	uses the Microsoft Windows Live search combined with site information, book searches, yellow pages, and maps from Amazon
	uses AllTheWeb search engine but adds features including "fast forward" which displays results on left and actual pages on the right, and categories from the Lycos Open Directory
	the web's original search engine is still strong in multi-lingual support and news and image searching. Home of Babel Fish translation.
	directory of web resources via subject categories.

Meta-Indexes

	provides a single interface to search MSN, Google, Ask.com, but doesn't combine results.
	searches search engines and directories and combines the results.
	single point of access to over 200 search engines, subject guides and specialty Internet guides.
	searches fourteen of the bigger search engine databases and several Usenet newsgroup databases.
	search OpenDirectory, MSN, Google, and various product listings.
	combines results from 13 different search engines.

Búsqueda Red en Español

	comprehensive searching of the web with relevant results. Features include cached pages that display the page as it looked when it was indexed, and the ability to restrict searches to a specific site or file type.
	Yahoo Telemundo - un portal dedicado a los más de 400 millones de hispanoparlantes en los EEUU y en America Latina.
	the web's original search engine is still strong in multi-lingual support and news and image searching. Home of Babel Fish translation.
	independent index with links to narrow or expand your search. Former home of Jeeves, retired.
	uses AllTheWeb search engine but adds features including "fast forward" which displays results on left and actual pages on the right, and categories from the Lycos Open Directory
	Open Directory Project, the largest web directory maintained by human editors and hosted by Netscape.

How to use a Computer

• Computer Literacy 101 two good tutorials, one for basic computer skills and one for learning Windows. They are also available in Spanish and French.
• Mouserobics self-paced tutorial for beginning mouse users.
• Mousing Around interactive tutorial designed to help people who have never used a mouse before. Spanish-language version also available.

How to Use the Internet

• Bare Bones 101: A very basic web search tutorial by Ellen Chamberlain, head librarian at the University of South Carolina Beaufort campus.
• Internet Tutorials basic explanations of the components that make up the Internet, and advice on searching, conducting research and evaluating resources. Created by the University of Albany Libraries.
• Search Engine Watch reviews search engines, gives tips on searching the Internet and more.
• W3 Schools is a resource page for web developers, created and maintained by Refsnes Data, a Norwegian software development and consulting company. Includes free web-building tutorials, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, XSL, multimedia and WAP.