PERSONAL HELP FINDING INFORMATION THE WEB:

• Help yourself--Learn the Principles of Web Searching with the help of this great tutorial. If you can't find it anywhere else, it may be on Gary Price's List of Lists.
• Do not overlook free chat reference at your library!

• A really fine site involving correspondence with individual specialists--in this case on a very wide variety of fields--is Allexperts. AllExperts is now partnered with another top-notch resource, About.com.

• Find an expert by subject area at AskA+ Locator: By Subject.

• Here's a fun site that is a recent discovery of your favorite DAWG: MAD Scientist Network! Last modified on "February 30, 1906," this site answers lots of science questions--not just about web resources--with a sense of humor that is most welcome.

• By far the most popular place to get your questions answered is Ask Jeeves. This search engine allows you to input questions in plain, ordinary language. The following directions are taken directly from the Ask Jeeves website:

  "Enter your question, in plain English, in the text box on the Ask Jeeves homepage (the first page you'll come to) and click on the "ASK" button (you may also press the "enter" key on your keyboard, depending on which browser you're using). Jeeves will respond by presenting you with one or more questions to which Jeeves knows the answer. (If the questions Jeeves responds with aren't close to the question you're asking, you may want to go to the Search Tips page for tips on phrasing your questions.) Certain Jeeves questions contain lists from which you can select an item by clicking on the text box that is part of the question. To answer some questions, Jeeves will ask you a follow-up question; you can think of this as "clarification" needed by Jeeves to give you the best possible answer. Once you've chosen the Jeeves question that best fits the question you entered, click on the "GO TO" button and Jeeves will take you to an Internet site that answers your question." ("Ask Jeeves is a trademark of Ask Jeeves, Inc., Copyright 1998 Ask Jeeves, Inc.")

• Looking for manuals, tutorials or other information connected with your system? Try Help-Site Computer Manuals. There's a wealth of information waiting for you here!

• Modem problems can be resolved at Modemsite.com

• Drivers and DLLs for your various hardware components are available at WinDrivers.

• Excellent help with statistical databases such as SAS and SPSS has been posted by the Cornell Institute for Economic and Social Research at http://www.ciser.cornell.edu/computing/online.shtml.

• Additional software tutorials are indexed by the Stone Computing Center at Cornell University (click the active links on the left, ignore the colorful dots), http://www.sitepoint.com/ (search for the word "tutorial" to produce a list) and the BayCon Group. Titles covered at this site include Photoshop, Fireworks and Paint Shop Pro among many others.

  

   

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