About EMIT.org

• This website was started in 1996 by a teacher, as an experiment to learn html, using simple text files and pictures. Over time it has been expanded to include original 2D and 3D graphics and animation. The range of subjects is eclectic, including art, science, politics, and educational materials. The links above indicate the main subjects.

  Recently I have created many materials for teaching basic math and algebra.

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• EMIT search engine

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Search Engines

• Google Highly relevant results, based on "popularity"
  Automatic AND, "words in a phrase," -exclude
  Search for "http" to get an unbiased list of the top page-ranked sites
  Special search: link:www._____.com shows all pages pointing to the given page
  Format example: intitle:it's.the.*.stupid -economy
  • Fine-tuning tips inurl: intitle: site: define: etc.
  • Sets Experimental--expands keywords into a range of related subjects
  • Zeitgeist "Top Ten" requests
• Ask
• AlltheWeb
• MSN Search

Directories (selected and categorized by humans)

• Yahoo Uses humans to review and categorize sites.
• Mahalo Human-selected
• Open Directory Project The largest human-edited directory of the Web
• Open Directory Project guide to directories Suggestion: Try Yahoo first, then look here for some other useful lists
• John C. Dvorak Popular computer columnist's selections
• Virtual Desk Reference Text version of much-lauded fact finder
• The Librarians' Index to the Internet (U.C. Berkely) Very selective, high -quality. Great for serendipity
• University of California Library Index Designed for teachers and students
• Internet Public Library Started by the University of Michigan

Encyclopedias

• Wikipedia
• Columbia Encyclopedia

News

• Google News Articles selected and arranged by computer
• The New York Times on the Web Archives; 50,000 book reviews; CyberTimes
• Wall Street Journal Online
• L.A. Times
• L.A. Times Print Edition
• BBC Online News British Broadcasting Corporation
• CNN
• Yahoo! News
• Newslinx High tech news
• Wired News
• Yahoo Finance Company info; excellent stock charts
• Drudge: list of editorials
• Slashdot "News for Nerds"
• Rough & Tumble Daily survey of California political news reports
• popurls Extensive lists of today's most popular sites
• New Yorker magazine

Meta-Search Engines (combine results from several search engines)

• Langenberg Javascript links
• MetaCrawler 11 major search engines

Special Search Engines

• Looksmart 24,000 categories
• LibrarySpot Good starting point: many "Top 100" lists

Pictures

• Google picture finder
• AltaVista Photo Finder Displays thumbnails and info
• Imagebank
• Ditto.com
• Flickr

Maps

• TopoZone Interactive USGS topographic map of the entire United States (Requires Navigator 4.0.8)
• MapQuest Also has satellite images
• Yahoo Maps For current, local street maps (type in address)
• Yahoo Maps Cartography
• mapsonus Gives fastest, shortest, major-highway routes, odometer info
• Cyber Router Maps, directions
• AutoPilot Maps, directions
• National Geographic's Map Machine
• Terraserver Satellite pictures
• Topo Maps + 3D
• Wunderground Zooming visible USA satellite (daytime)
• USA maps U.S. Geological Survey (Shockwave + frames + 4.0 + 800)
• 3-D pictures from NASA satellite data
• U.S. Geological Survey
• USGS Spectroscopy Lab
• Earth mapping from Space Shuttle
• Earth mapping from Space Shuttle 2-17-00
• Atlas of Cyberspaces
• Night sky sky map
• Yahoo: geographic name servers Information about anywhere

People

• Bigfoot Phone number, address, e-mail address
• four11 "Internet White Pages," Phone number, address, e-mail address
• infospace Phone number, address, e-mail address, products, TV guide,"public records" (commercial snooping)
• WhoWhere Search for a person
• Yahoo! People Very effective e-mail address search
• Switchboard 106M residential listings, 11M business listings
• AnyWho AT&T's white pages; provides address map if asked

News Groups and Mailing Lists

• Usenet Help Good place to start
• FAQS.org Internet and Usenet FAQs
• Google groups Formerly Usenet
• Yahoo Usenet links
• NewsHub Searches news sources; updates every 15 minutes

Miscellaneous

• Computer-related dictionary Terms, acronyms

• Better Whois searches all the new Domain name registrars
• InterNIC Domain names: Identify who owns -.com, -.org
• Register.com Easy way to register domain name
• TV listings/schedules ZIP code required
• U.S. Postal Service ZIP Code Lookup

• California Legislature
• FindLaw Directory of legal web sites
• LawCrawler Uses AltaVista to search law-related sites

• Open Directory Project guide to search engines
• U.C. Berkeley Search Guide Effective and efficient ways to find information
• Top 100 English-language sites According to Alexa.com
• Wayback Machine 10 billion webpages archived from 1996

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