Mapping Your Route on the Information Superhighway

Sister Kathleen Burns, IHM

A Sampling of Useful Links

$$ Computer $$ Employment $$ Financial $$ Fun $$ Internet $$ Medical $$ News $$ Peace & Justice $$ Reference $$ Religious $$ Shopping/Services $$ Travel $$

Note: This collection is intended to be a sampling of Internet resources and inclusion of a site on this list does not constitute an endorsement.

Internet

AOL Instant Messenger
CataList, the official catalog of LISTSERV lists
Current Internet Hoaxes - Urban Legends and Folklore
eBLAST : EncyclopÊdia Britannica's Internet Guide
Ecclesia Web Service -- web site hosting
Eudora Lite -- Free POP Mail program
HomePage -- WYSIWYG editor for web pages. Available for 30-day free demo in both PC and Macintosh platforms.
Hot Dog Pro -- HTML tag editor for PCs. Available for 30-day free demo.
Hot Mail -- free e-mail account (with access to POP accounts)
HTML Cookbook
HTML Tutorial
IconBazaar -- Collection of .gif and .jpg images for use on web pages.
The Internet TOURBUS
The List -- listing of Internet service providers
Myrmidon -- Program for translating many formats into HTML. Free demo.
NetMechanic -- Online Link Testing, HTML Validation
Netsurfer Digest Home Page -- e-newletter about interesting internet sites
Opera -- Web browser for 386 computers.
PageSpinner -- HTML tag editor for Macintosh computers. Available for 30-day free demo.
RadioTower
TalkCity -- Chatrooms, bulletin boards, etc. Corporate (for pay) services include Online Meetings which allow sharing PowerPoint presentations.
Urban Legends and Folklore - Welcome from The Mining Co.
URL-Minder -- Service which lets you register URLs and informs you by e-mail when those pages are updated.
WebChat Broadcasting System -- online chatting xx
WebWhacker -- This is a program that allows you to download web sites to your hard drive so that they can be accessed off line. You may download a 30-day trial from this site. Available in both Mac and PC versions.
Yahoo GeoCities -- free web site hosting
Yahoo Groups -- Free Listserv hosting

Medical

News

Peace & Justice

Africa Action
AfricaFocus -- Anaylsis & advocacy concerning African issues
African Center for Peace Education and Training
Coalition for Peace in Africa
Directory of Human Rights Resources
Welcome To E-The People
Globalvision Resources
Homeless Pages
The House of Representatives
Human Rights Resources Page
IdeaList -- Resources for Non-Profits
Institute for Global Communications
National Political Index
NetAction's Virtual Activist Training Course
Progressive Punch - non-partisan database of key Congressional votes
Online Activism
The Online Activist: Tools for Organizing in Cyberspace
Peace Africa
Project Hope
Project Vote Smart
ReliefWeb
The Senate
Stategic Communications Toolkit
Tools for Prophets in the Information Age

Reference

2000 Census Lookup
555-1212.com
Africa Resource -- education, arts, research materials
African Women on the Internet
The Better Business Bureau Central Web Server for U.S. and Canada
CIA World Factbook
InfoMine -- scholarly resource collections on the Internet
FEC Info -- Enter zip code and see PAC contributions
MapQuest
Maps On Us: A Map, Route and Yellow Pages Service
Supreme Court Decisions
Zip Code and Zip+4 Finder

Religious

Shopping/Services

Travel

The Africa Guide
Air Traveler's Handbook Home Page
Ghana (official site)
Ghana Web
InfoHub Specialty Travel Guide
Kenya (offical site)
KenyaWeb
Lonely Planet (guidebooks, etc.)
Magical Kenya
Mass in Transit
Nigeria Direct (official website)
The Speedtrap Exchange
Subway navigator
Tanzania (national website)
Travelocity
travelzoo.com
Uganda (official website)
US State Department - Services - (Travel Advisories)
The Virtual Tourist

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Comments to Sr. Kathleen Burns, IHM: skb@ac.marywood.edu