Resources

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General Resources

Glossary Terms:
http://www.webopedia.com/

Reference tools:
http://dictionary.reference.com/

Send free faxes:
http://freefax.com/

Information on the World Wide Web:
http://www.w3.org/

The Internet Content Rating Association is an organization that manages a self-rating system designed to allow Internet users the option of avoiding sites they find harmful:
http://www.icra.org/

Protecting Children Online
http://www.safekids.com/
http://www.safekids.com/safeteens/
http://www.getnetwise.org/
http://www.childrenspartnership.org/pub/pbpg98/pguide98.html
http://www.cyberangels.org/
http://www.smartparent.com/

Parental Control Software for filtering online content:
http://www.neosoft.com/parental-control/
http://www.cyberpatrol.com/
http://www.safetysurf.com/
http://www.contentpurity.com/
http://www.software4parents.com/

Chapter Four Resources

Regular search engines:
http://www.google.com/
http://www.altavista.com/
http://www.lycos.com/
http://www.alltheweb.com
http://search.msn.com
http://search.aol.com/

FTP search:
http://www.ftpfind.com/

Subject directories:
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
http://www.yahoo.com/
http://www.looksmart.com
http://www.lii.org/
http://www.about.com/
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/

Deep Web search sites:
http://www.invisible-web.net/
http://www.completeplanet.com/
http://turbo10.com/

Listservs search:
http://tile.net
http://www.lsoft.com/catalist.html

Newsgroups search:
http://groups.google.com
http://www.ibiblio.org/usenet-i/

Meta-search engines:
http://www.mamma.com/
http://www.metacrawler.com/
http://www.dogpile.com/
http://vivisimo.com/
http://www.surfwax.com/
http://www.debriefing.com/

Natural language search engine:
http://www.askjeeves.com

Kid-safe search tools:
http://www.ajkids.com/
http://www.kidsclick.org/
http://www.yahooligans.com/
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
http://www.dibdabdoo.com/
http://www.education-world.com/
http://www.factmonster.com/
http://www.family-source.com/

Other links to search information:
http://searchenginewatch.com/links/index.php

Investigate sites linked to a site
http://www.alltheweb.com/help/faqs/url_investigator

Finding people on the Internet
http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/ressubj/subject/intrnt/people.htm

Chapter Five Resources

Chapter Six Resources

Free e-mail clients:
http://www.eudora.com/
http://www.pmail.com/
http://www.incredimail.com/english/index.html
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194179.html

Free Web-based email:
http://www.mail.com/
http://mail.yahoo.com/
http://www.emailaddresses.com/

Free image viewers
http://www.irfanview.com/

Anti-virus tools
http://www.symantec.com/
http://us.mcafee.com/default.asp

Determine is an e-mail message is a hoax:
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
http://www.vmyths.com/
http://www.truthorfiction.com/
http://vil.nai.com/VIL/hoaxes.asp
http://www.snopes.com/

Free e-mail security certificate
http://www.comodogroup.com/products/certificate_services/free_email.html

Chapter Seven Resources

Keeping safe in chat rooms:
http://www.chatdanger.com/

The FBI guide to on-line safety:
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguide.htm

Instant Messaging (IM) tools:
http://messenger.msn.com/
http://messenger.yahoo.com/
http://web.icq.com/
http://www.aim.com/

Make long distance phone calls with your computer and Internet connection:
http://www.refdesk.com/freeld.html

Online collaboration tools:
http://www.kolabora.com/tools.htm
http://www.freeconferenceservice.com/

Chapter Eight Resources

Online Auctions:
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.ubid.com/
http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Information on secure sites:
http://www.verisign.com/
http://www.thawte.com/
http://www.digicert.com/

Fair Use provision of the Copyright Act:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

National Fraud Information Center:
http://www.fraud.org/

Federal Trade Commission Online:
http://www.ftc.gov/

Better Business Bureau Online
http://www.bbbonline.org/

Online Payment Services:
http://www.paypal.com/

Safe Shopping Network
http://www.thesafetysearch.com/

Federal Trade Commission Online - ID theft
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/idtheft.htm
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/affidavit.pdf

Privacy Policies
http://www.truste.com/

Surf Anonymously
http://www.anonymization.net/
http://www.the-cloak.com/
http://www.anonymizer.com/

Credit Bureaus:
http://www.equifax.com
http://www.experian.com/
http://www.transunion.com/

Chapter Nine Resources

Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

Freeware or shareware:
http://www.downloads.com
http://www.shareware.com/
http://www.tucows.com/

Zip Utilities
http://www.winzip.com/
http://nct.digitalriver.com/fulfill/0018.22
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6329

Video and Sound Players:
http://www.real.com/
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Adobe® Reader:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Shockwave and Flash available from Macromedia®, Inc.
http://www.macromedia.com/

File sharing:
http://www.napster.com/
http://bearshare.com/
http://www.kazaa.com/us/index.htm
http://www.zeropaid.com/

Chapter Ten Resources

Online education for credit or fun:
http://www.elearners.com/index.asp
http://www.gradschools.com/
http://www.petersons.com/
http://www.directoryofschools.com/school-guide.htm
http://www.barnesandnobleuniversity.com/
http://www.onlinedegrees.com/
http://www.thirdage.com/learning/

US Department of Education:
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

Council for Higher Education Accreditation
http://www.chea.org/

Jobs Online:
http://www.ajb.org/
http://www.monster.com/
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/
http://www.jobfind.com/
http://www.dice.com/
http://www.job-search-engine.com/

Chapter Eleven Resources

Family advocacy information ACS:
http://www.armycommunityservice.org

DTTP project NGB:
http://www.dttp.ngb.army.mil/

Family support - Army Reserve:
http://www4.army.mil/USAR/families/index.php