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Who, What, When, Where: How to Find Anything
By Jean Danielson
Director, Educational Research Fastweb
Palau. Where is it? What is it? A sauce that came with dinner last night? No. But I can tell you where to find out. The CIA World Factbook, www.cia.gov, details our world's countries in various snapshots: geography, people, government, economy, military, and communications. You'll find a wealth of resources about our world.
Do you have a nagging question about famous Hong Kong filmmakers? Do you want to learn about the 2001 Italian Grand Prix? How about the works of Robert A. Heinlein? Wikipedia is the answer to your troubles. Wikipedia, found at www.wikipedia.org, is a free encyclopedia site that also features current news and lets you browse by category.
Can't think of all the movies Kevin Bacon was in? Check out the Internet Movie Data Base, conveniently called www.imdb.com. It details coming attractions, tells you what's out on DVD and has a great independent film section. If you want to know about the infamous six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon, visit http://oracleofbacon.org/oracle/. It'll lead you down a hallway of algorithmic wonders.
Want to know about Tuscaloosa, Alabama? How about Argyle, Minnesota? Go to ePodunk at www.epodunk.com. This is a well-designed site gives you information about communities around the nation, including museums, newspapers, historic sites, and colleges. Looking for a newspaper article from Fairbanks, Alaska? Go to ePodunk. It'll connect you to the Fairbanks News-Miner.
What's your Word IQ? Easy. Go to www.wordiq.com. The clean interface provides an immediate definition, searches the web, spelunking for literary references, articles and what it really means if you dream about it.
Happy hunting, and if you would like to share a favorite website
for finding facts, you can email it to:
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