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Software

• Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
•   Winzip

Search Engines

• Yahoo
• Webcrawler
• Alta Vista
• Lycos at Carnegie Mellon University
• C|Net Search
• Infoseek Guide
• All-in-One Search page
• Webtaxi
• Onekey
• Cybersense

Phone Books on the Web - Yellow and White pages - Includes Fax and Toll Free Directories

Business helps

• Small Business Administration - an index of business sources on the web.
• Electricsmarts.com
• Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet - Congressional documents and records.
• National Safety Council
• The Information Super Library
• Switchboard, a nationwide phone directory.
• United Parcel Service
• Federal Express
• New Rider's Yellow Pages
• Business Listings with Integrated Web Links
• The World Lecture Hall - Contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the web to deliver class materials. For example, you will find course syllabi, lecture notes, multimedia textbooks, etc.
• Madalyn - A Business Research Tool from the University of Delaware MBA Program.
• The Argus Clearinghouse - Business Research Library
• Computer Training
• Mapquest
• USAData - Marketing Data
• Security APL Quoteserver
• U.S.Postal Service
• Fedworld
• National Technical Information Server
• Business
• Security and Exchange Commission
• The Contractor Network
• Tools of the Trade - tool reviews and advice.
• The Blue Book of Building and Construction

Government links

• Write your Congressman an email message:  http://www.house.gov/writerep
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. Government Resources
• U.S. Department of Labor
• Justice, Law, and Treasury
• OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Library of Congress

Find the News

• News and newspapers online: http://library.uncg.edu/news
• The Wire, breaking news from AP: http://www.wire.ap.org
• The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com
• The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com
• The Miami Herald Online: http://www.herald.com
• Broadcast.com, radio stations around the world: http://www.broadcast.com
• National Public Radio:  http://www.npr.org
• CNN:  http://www.cnn.com
• CSPAN: http://www.c-span.org

Find a Place

• Mapblast: http://www.mapblast.com
• Map Creation:  http://www.mapsonus.com
• Map Quest: http://www.mapquest.com
• Expedia Maps:  http://www.maps.expedia.com/Overview.asp
• CitySearch: http://www.citysearch.com

Find a Business

• Thomas Register: http://www.thomasregister.com
• Zip2, database of US businesses: http://www.zip2.com

HOAXES on the Web

To verify a virus alert as a hoax, and learn more about computer viruses, there are several URLs which identify them and some are listed below.  I feel it is better to check them out before passing bad information on and rewarding  the perpetrator of the hoax.

• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
• http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm
• http://kumite.com/myths/
• http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7933/virus-98.html
• http://www.orn.usace.army.mil/WebRes/virus.html
• http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm
• http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/HypeAlert/