Title: Chapter 25 : Making Use of the Web
1Chapter 25 Making Use of the Webs Resources
2Contents
- Whats so Special About the Web?
- Working with Web Sites
- Portals to the Web
- News and Weather
- Sports
- Personal Finance and Investing
- Entertainment
- Shopping
3Whats so Special About the Web?
- Unlimited space
- The webs contains other media
- The webs encourages diversity
- The webs allows quick and comprehensive searches
4Working with Web Sites
- Relationship(servers and clients)
- ?????? ???? ??? ?? ??
- Billboards
- Interests? ???? ?? ????? ???? ??
- Account
- ???? ??? ????? ??
- Books or airline tickets
- ???? ??? ??
- Credit card
5Portals 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
6What 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
7What Services Does a Portal Provide?(2)
- Message boards
- Organized topic categories
- Online club
- ???, ?? ??? ??
- Registering with a Portal
- Creating a Customized Start Page
8Creating a Customized Start Page (1)
9Creating a Customized Start Page (2)
10Creating a Customized Start Page (3)
11News 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
12News 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
13News 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
14Watching the News Online
15News 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
16Sports(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
17Sports(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
18Personal 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
19Personal 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
20Quotes
21Personal 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
22Personal 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
23Personal 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
24Entertainment(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
25Entertainment(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
26Entertainment(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
27Entertainment(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
28Shopping(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
29Searching for a book at amazon.com
30Shopping (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)
31Shopping (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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33Shopping (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
34Computers 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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36Travel (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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38Travel (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)
39Kids, 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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41Kids, 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)
42Kids, 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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44Kids, 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)
45Health 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)
46Religion 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
47The 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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49The 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)
50The 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)? ?? ??? ?? ??? ?? ? ??
?? ???
51The 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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53Too 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?? ???? ??, ?? ? ???.
54Too 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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