General search:
Note: most search engines will do both subject and key word searches, but most are better at some things than others. Try several different ones for best results. Google is consistently among the best.
Alta Vista , one of the most comprehensive indices on the WWW, but not the easiest to use. Use the Advanced Search Settings feature to refine your search: www.altavista.com
Ask Jeeves , a search engine oriented toward answering questions: www.ask.comDogpile , a search engine that automatically searches a number of other engines, often with good results: www.dogpile.com
** Google , a search engine that lists first those pages that are referenced by many other pages. There is an easy-to-use advanced search, and the results are usually useful: www.google.com
** Hotsheet.com , a unique combination of links to useful resources, subject indices, and a list of search engines: www.hotsheet.com
Yahoo , general search and lots of links to electronic commerce resources; also includes search for web sites that ask or answer questions: www.yahoo.com (note: Yahoo originally had searches based on subject rather than key word, but that is mostly gone now except for EC subjects)
SFA Library search, especially with Subject Guides, which are the best way to find magazine and journal articles: http://library.sfasu.edu/ . See search tips and advanced search from within a search program for help. Note: only available through SFA. If you are not using SFA as your Internet Service Provider, you must either set up a "Proxy" (see Help from the main Library page) or access the Library through the link in myCourses on mySFA. Also note: if you attempt to access the subject guides through mySFA and it doesn't work (nothing happens when you click on them), you may have to add mySFA to your list of "trusted sites." To do so, start Microsoft Internet Explorer, then click Tools, Options, Security, Trusted Sites, Sites. Add the address: http://luminis.sfasu.edu and uncheck the box "Require https..."
Encyclopedia: Encyclopaedia Britannica : www.britannica.comFraud Victim Support Sites:
Better Business Bureau: www.bbb.orgIdentity Theft Information:
Federal Trade Commission: www.ftc.gov
Scambusters: www.scambusters.org
Maps:
Google
Earth: satellite view of the earth's surface with
ability to
add roads, restaurants, much more. Awesome zooming
ability.
Get free download from earth.google.com
Rand McNally: www.randmcnally.com
University of Texas Map Library: www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.htmlNews and computer magazines:
CNN Interactive: www.cnn.com
PC Magazine: www.pcmag.com
USA Today: www.usatoday.com
ZDNet (miscellaneous computer news): www.zdnet.comPrivacy and Other Consumer Information:
Consumer Network: consumer.netSoftware Sources:
Epinions (consumer reviews): http://www.epinions.com/
Kudzu (help finding reliable contractors and other services): http://www.kudzu.com/
National Do Not Call Registry: www.donotcall.gov
Consumer's Guide to the Do Not Call Registry. Includes links with information about fighting spam, junk faxes, unsolicited text messages, etc.
Texas Do Not Call Registry: www.texasnocall.com
Yelp (consumer reviews): http://www.yelp.com/
Anti-virus:Weather: www.weather.com or www.intellicast.com or www.nws.noaa.gov
Malwarebytes (free and pay versions): http://www.malwarebytes.org/Browser: (alternative to MSIE)
McAfee anti-virus software, with free trial download: http://www.mcafee.com/us/
Note: SFA students and staff can get Symantec Anti-virus free through mySFA.
Firefox (free): http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Stick to version 3.6 (available from http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all-older.html ) for maximum compatibility, especially with Blackboard.Spyware Prevention and Removal:AdAware (free and pay versions): www.lavasoftusa.comMiscellaneous:Spybot (free): http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
Darik's Boot and Nuke: free program to "sanitize" your hard drive before getting rid of it (may not work on some newer hard drives): http://www.dban.org/
Scooter Software, the source for Beyond Compare (for synchronizing files on your hard drive and backup media): www.scootersoftware.com
Tucows : www.tucows.comZD-Net : downloads.zdnet.com
Web Page Authoring Resources:
**W3Schools: outstanding resource including plain-language tutorials on HTML and related subjects: http://www.w3schools.com/
Web Pages That Suck (and how to avoid creating them): www.webpagesthatsuck.com
Webreference: www.webreference.comWhite Pages (like a phone book but also finds addresses and e-mail addresses):
Internet Address Finder: www.iaf.net (free and non-free services)
555-1212.com (very good but not free): www.555-1212.com
Yahoo People Search: people.yahoo.com (free and non-free services)Yellow Pages (lists of businesses):
Superpages.com: www.superpages.com
YellowPages.Com: www.yellowpages.comMiscellaneous Resources:
Links useful to business students (especially marketing and international business): wtfaculty.wtamu.edu/~sanwar.bus/otherlinks.htm
McAfee Secure: services to make sure your web site is safe from hackers. Can also be used by consumers to check to see if the e-commerce sites you are using are safe from hackers: http://www.mcafeesecure.com/us/