Patricia Rocha's classes' web pages

General Information About Computers
About Everything	How Stuff Works
Usenet FAQ	Web Browser FAQ
Computer User	Tech Tutorials
Brain Pop Technology	Computer Tutorial
Computer Dictionaries
PC Hardware Dictionary	Free Online Dictionary of Computing
What Is?	Webopedia
Internet Tutorials
Learn the Internet	Finding Info on the Web
Learn the Net	Encyclopedia of the Internet
Guide to Critical Thinking	What is the Internet
A Basic Guide to the Internet	Understanding the World Wide Web
Internet FAQs	HoaxBusters
Internet Hoaxes--Snopes	Debunking Hoaxes Links
Research Guides
Checklist of Internet Research Tips	A collection of tips in a cogent format, with an emphasis on the use of subject directories and search engines
Conducting Research on the Internet	Advice on using e-mail discussion groups, Usenet news, and basic recommendations on the use of subject directories and search engines with tips on conducting searches
Evaluating Internet Resources	Strategies for evaluating resources found on the Internet
Getting Started: Selecting a Tool for Your Search	A chart listing general query types and the kinds of search tools that support them
Boolean Searching on the Internet	The principles of search logic and the different manifestations of this logic on Web search engines
The Deep Web	A tutorial describing this newsworthy phenomenon: what it is, what to call it, tips for dealing with it, and how to locate its content
How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory	A chart listing numerous features and the search engines & directories that support them
Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites and Search Techniques	An extensive tutorial on the use of subject directories, search engine services, and the "deep" Web. This tutorial covers Yahoo, BUBL Link, Brainboost, Don Busca and Google
Second Generation Searching on the Web	Tips on precision searching using features available on second generation search services. This tutorial covers Ask.com, Vivisimo, Ixquick, SurfWax and TracerLock

Browsers - Internet Explorer
Using Internet Explorer 6	A guide to the major features of the Microsoft browser
How to Copy and Paste from a Web Page to Windows WordPad	How to save portions of a Web page to a text editor with most browsers
Browsers - FireFox
Fire Fox Tutorial	A guide to using Firefox
Using FireFox	Using Modzilla Firefox
Browsers - Opera
Opera Tutorial - A guide to how Opera works and how to make use of Opera's many great features and functions	Opera Tutorial
Opera
Software Training
How to Capture a Graphic on the Web to a Diskette - A quick guide on saving Web graphics for your own use	All About MS Office - free basic tutorials for all MS Office software from University of Colorado
How to Use WS_FTP - Tips for using this Windows-based software that transfers files between a local and a remote computer	Office Tutorial - MS Office tutorial for teachers from Pitt University

File Management
File Management	File Management Topics
Windows Explorer	File Management Tricks
Email
Email Etiquette	Email Etiquette Links
Yale Library	Beginner's Guide to Effective Email
Business Person Etiquette	Writers Write Journal
Help Web
Hardware
Computer Hardware Components	My Computer and What's Inside
Online Tutorial	Hardware Central
Software
Computer Information Center	ZDNet Home Page
Microsoft Home Page	About Tutorials
Online Software Tutorials	Technology Tutorials
Word
Word Home Page	Word Tutorial Course Technology Text
FindTutorials.com	Word Tutorial from Florida Gulf College
Tutorials	Word Tutorials
Standard Business Formats
Business Letters	Standard Format
Secrets of Writing Business Letters	Online Writing Lab
Memo Writing	Memo Format
How to Write a Memo	Letter Format
PowerPoint
PowerPoint FAQ List	PowerPoint Tutorial
Other References of Interest
Virtual Reference Shelf	Virtual Libraries
Quad-Link	Information Please
Britannica Online	Encarta
Martindale's Reference Desk	Encyclopedia
Free Internet Encyclopedia	Encyclopedia.com
Reference Desk	Acronyms and Abbreviations
Research It!	Merriman-Webster Online
Area Code Look-Up	Creating a Bibliography
Zip Code Look-Up	Noodle Tools—creating a bibliography
Door to Door Directions	Easy Bib—Free Online bibliographic tool
Google Maps	US Government
Mapquest	State of California
Financial Sites
Quote.com	Big Charts
NASDAQ	New York Stock Exchange
Colleges
University of California	CSU Campuses
Other Universities	US Colleges
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