Chapter 25 : Making Use of the Web

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Chapter 25 Making Use of the Webs Resources
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Contents

• Whats so Special About the Web?
• Working with Web Sites
• Portals to the Web
• News and Weather
• Sports
• Personal Finance and Investing
• Entertainment
• Shopping

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Whats so Special About the Web?

• Unlimited space
• The webs contains other media
• The webs encourages diversity
• The webs allows quick and comprehensive searches

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Working with Web Sites

• Relationship(servers and clients)
• ?????? ???? ??? ?? ??
• Billboards
• Interests? ???? ?? ????? ???? ??
• Account
• ???? ??? ????? ??
• Books or airline tickets
• ???? ??? ??
• Credit card

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Portals to the Web

• Web-browsing ? ?? ???? page
• Internet explorer Microsofts MSN
• Navigator NetCenter
• ?? ??? ??? Web sites
• Portal Web Sites
• Yahoo! http//www.yahoo.com
• Lycos http//www.lycos.com
• NetCenter http//www.home.netscape.com
• Excite http//www.excite.com
• MSN www.msn.com

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What Services Does a Portal Provide?(1)

• Web directory Investment tools
• Search engine Road maps
• News services Shopping tools
• E-mail Buddy lists
• Home page A personalized
• Chat rooms start page
• Message boards Clubs
• Game rooms

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What Services Does a Portal Provide?(2)

• Message boards
• Organized topic categories
• Online club
• ???, ?? ??? ??
• Registering with a Portal
• Creating a Customized Start Page

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Creating a Customized Start Page (1)
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Creating a Customized Start Page (2)
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Creating a Customized Start Page (3)
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News and Weather (1)

• Headlines and Breaking News
• Customized news
• CNN Custom News http//customnews.cnn.com
• CRAYON http//www.crayon.net
• (CreAte Your Own Newspaer)
• NewsPage http//newspage.com

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News and Weather (2)

• National Newspapers and Networks
• Reading Your(or Anybodys) Local Newspaper Online
• USA Today http//usatoday.com
• CNN http//cnn.com
• ABC News http//abcnews.com
• News in Depth

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News and Weather (3)

• Listening to the News Online
• Policy.com http//www.policy.com
• Voice of America http//www.voa.gov
• C-Span Radio 90
• http//c-span.org/watch/radio90
• Watching the News Online
• C-SPAN http//c-span.org
• NBC VideoSeeker http//www.videoseeker.com
• Daily Briefing http//www/dailybriefing.com

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Watching the News Online
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News and Weather (4)

• Weather Reports
• Local Weather
• National Weather Service http//www.nws.noss.gov
  
• The Weather Channel http//www.weather.com
• WeatherLabs http//www.weatherlabs.com
• National and Global Weather

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Sports(1)

• Full-Coverage Sports Web Sites
• CNN/SI http//http//cnnsi.com
• Sporting News http//www.tsn.com
• CBS SportsLine http//cbs.sportsline.com
• Scores and Schedules
• Standings, Statistics, and Records
• Leagues, Teams, and Players
• National Basketball Association http//nba.com

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Sports(2)

• Live Game Coverage
• Audio Broadcasts
• Broadcast.com http//www.broadcast.com/sports
• NFL Gameday Live http//www.nfl.com
• Gamecasts
• Combination of text and graphics is used to
  communicate a great deal of information about the
  current state of the game

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Personal Finance and Investing(1)

• Keeping Up with the market and the Economy
• ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? ?? ??? ???? Web Sites
• CBS MarketWatch http//cbs.marketwatch.com
• Quicken Financial Network http//www.quicken.com
  
• CNNfn http//www.cnnfn.com
• Audio and Video Market Updates
• http//www.real.com/realguide
• http//broadcast.com
• http//www.viseoseeker.com

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Personal Finance and Investing(2)

• Quotes(??)
• REAL-TIME QUOTES AND DELAYED QUOTES
• Real-time quotes current bid and ask prices
• Delayed quotes trades 20 minutes ago
• QUOTES FOR OPTIONS, COMMODITIES, AND MUTUAL FUNDS
• Keeping Track of a Stock Portfolio

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Quotes
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Personal Finance and Investing(3)

• Researching a Stock Online
• Company profiles and fundamental data
• Company news
• Charts
• Analysis estimates and recommendations
• Stock screens
• Investment message boards
• Http//www.siliconinvestor.com

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Personal Finance and Investing(3)

• Online Brokers
• ETrade http//www.etrade.com
• Discover http//http//dicsoverbroker.com
• Charles Schwab //http//www.schwab.com
• Choosing an Online Broker
• Open an Account
• Placing a Trade Online
• Learning About Investing
• AAII http//www.aaii.com
• NAIC /http//www.better-investing.org

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Personal Finance and Investing(4)

• Online banking
• Sites for Learning About Banking Online
• Citibank Test Drive http//home.da-us.citibank.c
  om/da
• Bank of America Test Drive http//www.bankameric
  a.com/online.testdrive
• Online Calculators for Personal Finance
• Financial Calculating Tools
• Savings Bond Wizard http//publicdebt.treas.gov/
  sav/savwizar
• Financenter.com

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Entertainment(1)

• Local TV and Movie Listings
• TV Guide Entertainment Network
• http//www.tvgen.com
• http//ultimatetv.com
• Other Local Entertainment
• Local Entertainment Guides for Major Cities
• Digital cities /http//home.digitalcity.com
• Sidewalk http//www.sidewalk.com

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Entertainment(2)

• Entertainment News
• Where to Find the Latest News About TV, Movies,
  or Popular Music
• TV Guide Entertainment Network
  http//www.tvgen.com
• Ultimate Movies http//www.UltimateMovies.com

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Entertainment(3)

• Radio, TV, and Music on Demand
• Streaming Media
• Broadcast.com http//www.broadcast.com
• RealNetworks TealGuide http//www.real.com/realg
  uide
• Rolling Stone Radio http//www.rsrsdio.com
• Downloaded Audio and Video
• WinAmp player http//www.winamp.com
• MP3 http//www.mp3.com
• Erotica Online

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Entertainment(4)

• Computer Games
• Games Domain http//www.gamesdomain.co.uk
• GameSpot http//gamespot.com
• IDC Games Network http//www.games.net
• Magazines Online
• http//www.ipl.org

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Shopping(1)

• SSL protocol ??? ??
• Advantages
• Catalog searches
• Bargain searches
• E-mail alerts
• Increased selection
• Good prices
• Availability
• How to shop Online
• Searching for a book at amazon.com

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Searching for a book at amazon.com
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Shopping (2)

• What you Can Buy Online
• Computer Hardware and Software
• Dell(http//dell.com), Price Watch(http//www.pric
  ewatch.com)
• Buying Books, CDs, and Videos Online
• Amazone.com(http//amazon.com)
• Cars
• CarPoint(http//carpoint.msn.com),AutoWeb(http//w
  ww.autoweb.com)
• Finding a Place to Live
• HomeScount(http//www.homescout.com),
  Apartments.com(http//apartments.com)

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Shopping (3)

• Searching for Bargains Automatically
• ??? ???? ?? web site?? ??, ?? ??
• bargain search? ????? ???? ?? ??? CD?? ????? ????
• Excite Jango(http//jango.excite.com), Lycos
  Virtual Outlet(http//virtualoutlet.lycos.com)
• Online Auctions
• ??? Web site? ??? ???? ??
• online flea market? ??? ??
• Yahoo Auctions, eBay

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Shopping (4)

• Researching a Product or a Merchant
• product review, advice, comparison of features
• Compare.net(http//www.compare.net), Consumer
  World(http//www.consumerworld.org)
• Online Coupons
• coupon? online ???? ??? print?? ??
• zip code? ???? ??? ? ???? ??? ? ?? ??? ??
• Yahoo!?? Business and Economy Companies
  Marketing and Advertising Advertising Coupons

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Computers and Internet

• Computer and Internet News
• cnet(http//cnet.com), Silicon investor(http//www
  .siliconinvestor.com)
• Downloading Shareware and Freeware
• freeware vs. shareware
• TUCOWS(http//www.tucows.com)
• Online Hardware and Software Support
• ???? FAQ, patches for problems
• Usenet newsgroup? ???? ?? ? ??? ???? ?? ??
• Looking for an Internet Service Provider
• ISP?? ??? area code? country ?? ??
• The List(http//thelist.internet.com)

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Travel (1)

• Travel by Car
• Maps and Directions
• ?? ?? ??? ??? ????? ?? ??
• Road Conditions and Traffic Reports
• road Condition, weather Rand-McNally(http//www.
  randmcnally.com)
• traffic http//www.smartraveler.com
• Destinations
• online destination guides
• link to the Web sites of tourist attractions,
  museums. Public transportation systems, local
  sports team, and events calendars
• Lonely Planet Guides(http//www.lonelyplanet.com)

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Travel (2)

• Reservation for Flights, Lodging, and Rental Cars
• Online Travel Services
• Web site?? ?? ??? ??? ? ??
• ? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? travel agen? airline?? hotel
  web site? ??
• ??? ??? ? ?? ??
• ticket? ?? agent?? ????? ?? ? ? ??
• The trip(http//www.thetrip.com),
  Travelocity(http//www.travelocity.com)
• Other Travel Resources
• Amtrak(http//www.amtrak.com), British
  Rail(http//www.britrail.co.uk)

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Kids, Teens, Parents, and Communities(1)

• Guides to the Best Web Sites For Kids
• Kids Web and Kids World 2000 are places to start
  looking for kid-friendly Web sites on any
  particular topic.
• Web directories for kids
• Yahooligans(http//www.yahooligans.com), Disney
  Internet Guide(http//www.dig.com)
• Education and Homework Help
• Science and mathematics Education
• ???? ??? ?? ??, ??? ? ? ? ??? ?? ?? ?
• ???? ???? ?? ?? ??? ? ? ?? ?
• http//www.ipl.org? ?? site?? link?? ??

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Kids, Teens, Parents, and Communities(2)

• The math forum, supplements to science TV shows,
  mad scientist network, astronomy, links to other
  science sites
• Museum Web Sites
• Kids World(http//now2000.com/kids)? museum
  site?? ? ???? ??
• San Francisco Exploratorium(http//www.exploratori
  um.edu)
• Tech Museum of Innovation(http//www.thethch.org)
• Other Sites for Kids
• The Yuckiest Site on the Internet(http//www.yucky
  .com)
• Knowledge Adventure encyclopedia(http//www.letsfi
  ndout.com)

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Kids, Teens, Parents, and Communities(3)

• Teen Web Sites
• Internet Public Library(http//www.ipl.org) is a
  good place to start looking for Web sites for
  teens.
• ADOL(http//education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.ht
  ml)
• ???? ??? ? ?? ???? ?? site
• Matts College Admissions Reference(http//members
  .tripod.com/BenoitC)
• Parenting Support and Advice
• Parent Soup(http//www.parentsoup.com)
• ??? ? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??, ????? chatting,
  ???? ????? ?? ???

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Kids, Teens, Parents, and Communities(4)

• Web Sites for Seniors
• AARP(http//www.aarp.org)
• web sites, mailing list, newsgroup, and
  electronic magazines
• SeniorNet(http//www.seniornet.org)
• ?? ?????? ???? ???? ?? ??
• Online Communities and Home Pages
• virtual community? ??? ?? ???? ????
• message boards, chats, articles, and free e-mail
  accounts and home pages for people ?? ??
• Ivillage(http//www.ivillage.com),
  GeoCities(http//www.geocities.com)

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Health and Medicine

• Free access to a level of medical information
  detailed medical news, abstracts of current
  medical journal articles, dictionaries of medical
  terms ?
• medical journal Yahoo?? Health Medicine
  journals
• Medscape(http//www.medscape.com)
• outstanding rage of medical news coverage
• medical journal article?? ?? ?? search engine
• basic medical references
• Healthfinder(http//www.healthfinder.gov)

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Religion and Spirituality

• Learning About Religions
• Descriptions of Religious Beliefs and Practices
• Mining Company(http//miningco.com)
• Kaleidoreligion(http//www.intersatx.net/people/cu
  rry/gkaleid.htm)
• excellent collection of religious art from around
  the world
• Online Religious Texts and Scriptures
• Finding a Nearby Church, Temple, or Synagogue
• denominations web page, web directory
• Online Spiritual Community
• newsgroups, mailing lists, chat rooms, message
  boards, or clubs

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The Web as Library (1)

• Library of Congress(http//www.loc.gov)
• great set of links to other library web sites
• Internet Public Library(http//www.ipl.org)
• ?? site? ?? ??? ?? ??
• Standard Reference
• Dictionaries and Thesauri
• ?? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? ? ??.
• ???? ??? ?? ??? ??? ??? link? ???? ??? ???? ? ?
  ??.
• Merriam-Webster(http//www.m-w.com)

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The Web as Library (2)

• Encyclopedias
• Encyclopedia Britannica(http//www.eb.com)
• Columbia Encyclopedia(http//www.infoplease.com)
• specialize encyclopedia Yahoo?? Reference
  Encyclopedia
• Telephone and E-mail Directories
• portal site?? ????? e-mail ??? ?? ??
  people-finder utility ??
• Other Online References
• ?? ??? ??? ??? ?? ??? ?? ??? ?? ??? ???? ??
  ??(Information Please Almanac)
• Biography.com(http//www.biography.com)

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The Web as Library (3)

• Complete Texts of Classic Books
• ???? ??? ?? ??, ??, ??? web site?? download ??
• electronic text? ?? link? ???? ?? library?? ?? ?
  ??
• Searching Library Collections
• ? site?? ?? library? ?? ??? ? ? ??
• Library of Congress(http//www.loc.gov)
• Information About the U.S. Government
• Almanac of Politics and Government
  (http//www.polysci.com)? ?? ??? ?? ??? ?? ? ??
  ?? ???

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The Web as Library (4)

• Information from the U.S. Government
• FedWorld(http//www.fedworld.gov) central U.S.
  government Web Site
• Tax Forms
• IRS(Internal Revenue Service)? tax form? ?? ?? ??
• FedWorld?? ?? ? ??
• Government Statistics
• Internet Public Library(http//www.ipl.org)??
  Reference Business and Economics Statistics
  ??

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Too Cool to Miss (1)

• TeraServer(http//www.terraserver.com)
• ? ?? ?? ??? satellite images ??
• ?????? ???? ??? ?? ??? ?? ? ?? ??? ? ??
• Hubble Fantasy Worlds(http//www.enconnect.net/jd
  eline)
• Hubble space telescope?? ?? ???? ??? ???? ??? ???
  ??
• The Fractal Microscope(http//www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Ed
  u/Fractal)
• fractal image?? ???? ??, ?? ? ???.

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Too Cool to Miss (2)

• Mind-It(http//www.mindit.netmind.com)
• ?? web page? ????? ? e-mail? ???? ?? ?? site
• Web Cams
• video camera? ???? ????? web site? ??? upload
• Around the World in 80 Clicks(http//www.steveweb.
  com/80clicks)

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