Chuck Oates
Some Interesting Websites
Looking
for Someone?
If you’re trying
to find an old friend from school or your second cousin three times removed whom
you met at a family reunion ages ago, here are some Web addresses that may help
in your search.
http://switchboard.intelius.com/
http://www.usa-people-search.com/
http://web.public-records-now.com/(S(ovenrp55oudi5555u1o1qq55))/default.aspx
http://www.free411.com/index.php?searchtype=1
http://peoplesearch.public-records-now.com
http://www.ussearch.com/consumer/index.jsp
To find those who are somewhat farther in the past, these may help.
http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
http://www.censusfinder.com/1930-federal-census-search.htm
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/final-rolls.html
Need
Some General Information on the ‘Net?
Internet search engines
can unearth a broad range of information.
Each has its own specialties and quirks, so you’ll often get very
different results from each one. This list of search engines are taken from an OCCC Study
Skills class handout.
www.northernlight.com and www.nlsearch.com/home.php
yahooligans.yahoo.com (Yahoo for Kids)
Have
a Reference Question?
Reference sites
can help find information that’s a bit too deeply imbedded (in databases and the
like) for the general search engines to find.. These reference sites are also taken from an
OCCC Study Skills list.
Acronym and
Abbreviation Server
AT&T AnyWho Directory
Basic Dictionary
of American Sign Language Terms
www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html
Biographical
Dictionary
CAST Bobby
(Website Accessibility Issues)
Information Please
Almanac
Library of
Congress
Map Quest (Maps,
Directions to Businesses, Etc.)
National Address
Server (Maps Addresses, Gives Zip+4 and Barcode)
www.cedar.buffalo.edu/adserv.html
OneLook
Dictionaries
On-Line English
Grammar
www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfm
Semantic
Rhyming Dictionary (Rhymes, Frequency of US Surnames, Etc.)
“What-is”
Information Technology (IT) Encyclopedia
Need
an Interesting Podcast?
Here’s a list of
podcast sites from John Blinke’s “Supplementally”
department in the June 2008 Mensa
Bulletin. All the .mp3s you can
handle. Yeah, they’re geeky, but they’re
good!
Science and the
City from the
http://www.nyas.org/snc/podcasts.asp
The Naked Scientists Radio Show
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/
National Public
Radio: Science Friday
http://www.sciencefriday.com/feeds/radio/
Astronomy Cast
Astronomy Magazine
Scinece @ NASA Feature Stories
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/21mar_podcast.htm
Nature Podcast
The History of
http://thehistoryofrome.blogspot.com
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/podcast.html
60-Second
Science (Scientific American Mag.)
Archaeology Channel
http://www.archaeologychannel.org
Brainstuff:
the Howstuffworks Podcast
http://www.digg.com/podcasts/BrainStuff_The_HowStuffWorks_Podcast
Discovery Channel
Features
http://www.discovery.com/radio/podcasts.html
The Discovery Files
from National Science Foundation
http://www.radiospace.com/nsf047.htm
Hidden Universe
HD: NASA’s Spitzer [Infrared] Space Telescope
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/podcasts/index.shtml
Internet Advisor
Podcast
http://www.internetadvisor.net
Lab Rats (Video)
Mayo Clinic –
Medical Edge Radio
http://www.mayoclinic.org/podcasts
NASAcast Audio
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting
National
Geographic Atmosphere (Video)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
National Public
Radio Podcasts
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
QuackCast (Skeptical Evaluations of Alternative
Medicine)
Scince Channel Features
http://www.podcastpickle.com/cast/22923
Science Magazine
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(more to come)