Computers & Online Resources
Advocacy
| Dictionaries, terms, other languages | Diversity
| E-mail
& listserv | Graphics | HTML & Web development | Internet
Resources | Quality of
Genetic Internet Information | Search Engines | Spam
| Viruses, Hoaxes & Spoofs |
Other
(genealogy, Voice Recognition software, single handed
keyboards, translator)
Search
engines
HTML and
Web Development
- Beginners
Guide to HTML, NCSA
- Doctor
html - check your web page for errors
- Creating
Killer Web Sites,
tricks, tips, etc.
- FrontPage Tutorial, Dykes Library,
University of Kansas Medical Center
- HONcode
Principles: Health On the Net Foundation Code of Conduct, medical/health sites
- HTML
style manual, 1998
- Idiot's
Guide to Authoring, guide to creating web pages in the
format of an online book
- Introduction
to HTML, Dykes Library, University of Kansas Medical Center
- Metatags,
searchenginewatch.com
- Netscape
Page Wizard
- Sorted
Webmaster Tools, Free
, University of
Würzburg
- Small
Collection of HTML Writing Aids and Examples, Webwork
- Special
characters and entities codes for HTML documents
- Style
Guide for online hypertext, CERN (W3C)
- Tutorials: Case
Western Reserve, Web
Monkey, Others
- WAI
Quick Tips Reference Card, web accessibility, W3C
- WebMonkey
- Web
Publishing Software suggestions, Dykes Library, Univ.
Kansas Medical Center
- Web
Site Test Tools and Site Management Tools, Netscape
- Web
Style Manual - PJ Lynch, Yale. Creating web pages, HTML, etc.
- Web
Workshop 1999, P. Murphy
- World
Wide Web Consortium - variety of manuals, guides, standards, history
Color
- Browser
Safe Palette (BSP)
- Browser
Safe Color,
ECastro
- Colormix,
automatically mix the 216 industry-standard color palette viewable across
all monitors and platforms
- Color
Design Tips, Web Tips, links to many other sites
- Palette
of
- Web
Safe Colors
- Tips
and Tools: Browser Safe Color
- 216
Color Webmaster's Palette,
Visibone
Accessibility
- Designing
a Usable World, Trace, University of Wisconsin
- Make
Your Web Pages Accessible,Center for Information Technology
Accommodation
- WebAble
Dictionaries
and terms
Glossary
of Internet Terms, 1999, MEnzer, Internet Literacy Consultants(tm)
Computer
dictionary, searchable, free on-line dictionary of computing.
Glossary
of computer terms, Genetic Education Center handout
Networking and
Computer Dictionary, Case Western Reserve University
Basic
Computing Techniques and Glossary, Economics and Social Science Univ. of the West of England
Glossary,
CNET
Dictionary of PC Hardware
and Data Communications Terms, O'Reilly
Information on Internet
Tools
Jargon
File, from The New Hacker's Dictionary
Human Languages Page- dictionaries, translation programs, cultural resources for Spanish,
German, French, Russian, Vietnamese, sign language, other
yourDictionary,
multilingual dictionaries, specialized English dictionaries,
thesauri, vocabulary aids, language identifiers and guessers, grammars
E-mail
and Listserv
Find
e-mail addresses
Yahoo
People Search, find an individual's e-mail address
or web page URL
L-Soft International, CataList, the official catalog of LISTSERV lists
KUMC
Web-based email
KUMC
Virtual Training Center Computer Resources
E-Mail
Abuse, Internet Chain Letters, Hoaxes, and Spam
Internet
Resources
Beginners
Guide to the Internet, PBS
Firefox
- download
Internet Explorer - Microsoft, download
Web-Based Courses, KUMC, register for in-class courses
Digital Millennium
Copyright Act , December 1998 (pdf file) 
Intellectual
Property Online: Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Electronic
Frontier Foundation (EFF) Archive, including
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
10
Big Myths about copyright explained: An attempt to answer
common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright
and USENET/Internet publication, BTempleton
Viruses,
Internet Hoaxes, and Spoofs
- Anti-Virus,
Hoax, Myth, Fraud, Chain Letter and Anti-Spam Sites,
Internet 101.com
- A.V.E.R.T.
(Anti-Virus Emergency
Response Team), NAI Labs
- Chain
Letters,
Break the Chain, evaluations of e-mail chain letters
- Chain
Letter Challenge,
J Vorfeld
- Chain
Letters Central,
includes hoaxes
- Curse
of a Thousand Chain Letters
- Email
Spoofing,
TechTV
- E-mail
Spoofing,
SearchSecurity.com
- E-hoax,
identify message as hoax or not, Ziff-Davis lab
- FAQ
Guinness Book of Records
- Health
Related Hoaxes and Rumors:
False Reports , Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Hoax
Busters, Virus and Internet Hoaxes Information, Computer
Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC), Department of Energy,
includes Other
Hoax Pages
- Hoax
du Jour
- Hoax Virus
List, viruses which do not exist, Symantec
- Skeptics
Dictionary:
Critical Survey of Questionable Therapies, Eccentric Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions
and Dangerous Delusions, searchable
- Spoofed
/ Forged Email, CERT Coordination Center
- TruthOrFiction
(rumors, inspirational
stories, virus warnings, humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer
requests, calls to action)
- United States Federal Trade Commission, Chain
Emails, "Nigerian"
Scam, How
to Deal with Spam Email, Spam
Information for All Email
Users, Other Consumer
Protection Information, banner
ads
- United States Secret Service, Public
Awareness Advisory Regarding "4-1-9" or "Advance Fee Fraud"
Schemes
- Urban
Legends, Snopes.com, searchable
- Urban Legends
and Folklore: Viruses,
Hoaxes
& Misconceptions, About.com
- Virus
Information Center, McAfee - information about new viruses, hoaxes
- Vmyths.com
(computer virus myths, hoaxes,
urban legends, hysteria)
Spam
Graphics,
forms, images, frames
Computer
instruction, programs, companies
Gateway computers
Dell
computers
Other Resources
- Congress,
find senators, representatives, issues, send message
- Cyndi's
Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit and Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
on the Internet (Cousins & Kinship)
- Guidelines for
the Clinical Use of Electronic Mail with Patients, Kane
B and Sands DZ for the AMIA Internet Working Group, Task Force on Guidelines
for the Use of Clinic - Patient Electronic Mail. J Am Med Informatics As 5(1):104-111,
1998
- How
far is it? - maps & distances between cities calculated with map
- MapQuest
- News: CNN,
MSN, PBS,
NPR
- PaperDirect
- Referencing
Internet materials, APA Style (American Psycological Association)
- Salary
calculator
- Weather
- Weather.com
Keyboard for single-handed
typists - Dvorak keyboard, PC and Mac computers
Configure Win95
[Control Panel, then Keyboard, then Languages, then Properties]
Mac
software free
Dvorak
keyboard (vs.
QWERTY)
Voice Recognition
Software Programs - allow computer to recognize & transcribe spoken words
Translation Programs
- Free Translation (English,
French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish), text or web page
- Translation
service, AltaVista, Babelfish
(Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, English)
- Babylon
translation program, free (English to Spanish, German,
Portuguese, French, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Hebrew, Chinese)
- iLoveLanguages,
formerly, Human Languages Page
- dictionaries, translation programs, cultural
resources (Spanish, German, French, Russian, Vietnamese, sign language, other).
Old location
- Language
& Translation Center, Martindale, English to Other
Languages & Vice Versa
Quality
of Genetic Internet Information
Clinical
Genetics Computer Resources
Revised
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