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cupolaBlog and Podcast Basics
  Created by WKU Librarian Haiwang Yuan, this brief tutorial teaches you the very basics of blogging and podcasting.
Get Your E-mail Account at TORI
  TORI, the Total Online Resource Interface, is a group of programs written to assist Western Kentucky University students with their electronic communication needs. Here you can create an account, change passwords, check quota and access webmails.
WKU Academic Technology
  WKU faculty and staff, if you have any web development needs concerning your teaching, don't forget this helpful office.
WKU Bookstore Computer Sales Department
  The bookstore sells academically priced software and currently holds computer hardware contracts with Apple, NEC, Twinhead, and Silicon Graphics -- all compatible with the WKURESNET.
WKU Computer Training
  Available on this site are training on demand, monthly calendar, registration and cancellation for classes, and handouts.
WKU Student Computing
  What to know the up-to-date student computer lab hours? This site provides lab locations, policies, and information on the availability of software installed on the computers in the labs. Check to see what software the student labs have.
WKU Webmaster's Corner
  Here you will find out about the policies that govern WKU web use, how to create an account, and how to use the various utilities such as form mailer and counters made available by the WKU webmaster to help you make full use of WWW services here at WKU.
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eagleBlogging Basics
  This is a Q&A that answers all the questions of those who are new to blogging.
Clip Art and Media
  Free clip arts and media from Microsoft.
Atomz.com
  If your site has less than 500 pages, you can add this search engine to your site free. Read a review of the service at ALA's Library Instruction Round Table News.
Computer Chronicles
  The online guide to the acclaimed TV series.
Computer Virus
  This site features virus alerts, anti-virus programs, general information, virus hoax and frequently asked questions. An alternate resource is the federal funded CERT Coordination Center that publishes computer security alerts.
Cut and Paste JavaScript
  You don't have to reinvent the wheel. The JavaScript Source has it all.
Blog Applications at a Small Academic Library
  eLab is a corporate sponsored research center at the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University to study the marketing implications of commercializing the World Wide Web.
eagleFlickr
  The best to store, search and share your photos. It is also known as "photo blogging."
HotWired: Webmonkey
  If you want to follow the trends of web technology and learn new trips, you'll love this monkey.
ealgeHow to Create Your Podcast: A Step-by-step Tutorial
  This is a tutorial from About.com.
HTML Tutorials
  Tons of tutorials on web authoring with detailed explanations and examples.
Indiana University Knowledge Base
  You can check Indiana University Knowledge Base if you have questions related to the use of computers.
Internet.com
  A provider of "global real-time news and information resources for Internet industry and Internet technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users." To keep up with the Internet technology, visit this site for seminar information.
Internet Trainers' Stop & Swap
  This section of The Virtual Chase offers presentation software reviews, articles about presentation styles and experiences, tips, presentation outlines, and just about anything related to Internet training.
Macromedia
  Take a look at this big web development tools producer. Eventually you will find the stuff Macromedia offers is indispensable.
Alternatives to Macromedia's Dreamweaver are Microsoft's FrontPage and Adobe's GoLive.
eagleMediaWiki
  MediaWiki is a free software package originally written for Wikipedia but is now run on other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and many other wikis..
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Second Life (SL) is an Internet-based virtual world that Users can visit as if it were a real place. "They explore, meet other residents, socialize, participate in individual and group activities, and buy items (virtual property) and services from one another. As they spend more time in the world, they learn new skills and mature socially, learning the culture and manners of a virtual environment."

eagleSocial Software
 

OK, here's a new development around social network software: Congress wants to target them.

TechWeb
  This site features top news of the day, technology advice, and community of the computing and web world.
Topdownloads
  Topdownloads offers a huge range of submitted freeware, shareware and trial software for you to download,ranging from browsers and communication programs to screensavers and wallpapers.
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Web Developer's Virtual Library
  Among all the information on web development, its tutorials cover HTML, Dynamic HTML, XML, Cascading Style Sheets, web programming and scripting, and graphics.
Web Geography and Statistics
  "Cyber Geography is the study of the spatial nature of computer communications networks, particularly the internet, the World-Wide Web and other electronic "places" that exist behind our computer screens, popularly referred to as cyberspace. Cyber geography encompasses a wide range of geographical phenomena from the study of the physical infrastructure, traffic flows, the demographics of the new cyberspace communities, to the perception and visualisation of these new digital spaces. In addition, the potential geographical impacts of Cyberspace technologies on real-space needs to be examined."
Webopedia
  An online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology.
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EagleWordTracker
  A resource for promoting Web visibility with "Top Searched Words Today" featured on top of the page.
YouTube
  Broadcast yourself with your videos.
ZDNet Reviews
  If you do not want to pay for the subscription to the online Consumer Report, you may find this site an alternative for free information about computers. The Computer Review from About.com provides additional computer reviews.
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