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See also the Military Index to the Internet for key topics grouped alphabetically

See also the AWC Military Portal for 200 key links on a single page

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Using the Internet Evaluating Internet Sources Air University & AWC web Military Schools & Colleges Military Services & DoD Government Web Pages University Search Military Bases, People, Pay Embassies & International	Search Engines, General MetaSearch (multi-engine) Invisible Web and non-Web Web Portals & Starting Points People, Companies, & Biographies Dictionaries, Encyc., Etc. Images and Multimedia Samples and Comparisons Other Stuff

Using the Internet

• Using the Internet, starting points for teachers, from the Library of Congress

Evaluating Internet Sources

• See also Using and Evaluating Primary Resources

• Internet Tutorials, by U. Albany Libraries (http://library.albany.edu/internet/)
  • Evaluating Internet Resources, by U. Albany Libraries (http://library.albany.edu/internet/evaluate.html)

• Thinking Critically about Web Resources, from UCLA Library (http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instruct/web/critical.htm)
• Evaluating Web Resources
• ICYouSee Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web, from Ithaca College Library
• FAIR's Think Tank Monitor project

Searching Air War College and Air University web pages

In search boxes which are partially filled in, you should add your keywords after the pre-filled word/phrase.
Search all Air University pages

Focus on AWC Gateway pages

Focus on AF Counterproliferation Center

Focus on AU Library pages

Focus on AU research papers

Military Schools, Colleges, & Universities

National Defense University

Naval War College

Army War College

Marine Corps University

Defense Acquisition University

• See also AWC Gateway to Military Education Online

Military Services and DoD

• CALL Military Domain Search, includes index of .mil-only sites not available to Google and other engines below. However, if you think the file you are looking for might be available to commercial search engines, then try the ones below first. This engine at CALL is very good on comprehensiveness (over 3 million .mil pages, versus 1-2 million for the engines below), but the relevancy of results can sometimes be lacking -- i.e., you may have to scroll through a lot of results to find the one you need, unless you come up with a really good set of search terms.

• Statistical Resources on the Web - Military and Defense, U. of Mich.

• SearchMil.com, over a million .mil DoD pages indexed by popularity - put phrases inside quotes
• Military.com, includes search for military units and people you served with

• Google! Uncle Sam (http://www.google.com/unclesam) searches .gov and .mil
  just .mil
  
  just OSD.mil
  
  just DefenseLink.mil
  
  just AF.mil
  
  just Army.mil
  
  just Navy.mil
  
  just USMC.mil
  

• DoD and Service Home Pages, including Guard and Reserve
• Unified Commands

Searching Government Web Pages

• FirstGov, "your first click to the U.S. Government"
• SciTechResources.gov, government science and technology resources, associated with FirstGov

• SearchGov.com, US, State, and local government pages indexed by popularity - put phrases inside quotes

• Google! Uncle Sam (http://www.google.com/unclesam) searches .gov and .mil
  just .gov
  
  just Dept of State
  

Searching Universities

• SearchEdu.com, over 20 million .edu pages indexed by popularity - put phrases inside quotes

• Google can be limited to just edu
  Google search of just .edu
  

Military Bases, Education Offices, People, Pay, etc.

• Military Pay Info
• DoD Civilian Pay Info
• DoD Travel Pay Info
• DoD Per Diem Rates Info

• Army Units/Bases
• Marine Units/Bases

• See Base and Post Education Centers List

• DoD 101 and Military Basics, including
  • DoD 101 and DoD Almanac
  • Air Force details
  • Army details
  • Navy details
  • Marine Corps details
  • Annual Space Almanac

• Military.com, includes search for military units and people you served with
• Base Links, from Globemaster.de, list of US AF bases, Army air fields, Naval and Coast Guard air stations

Embassies, Travel, & International Studies

• See also AWC Gateway to International Studies, includes military and civilian links, travel medicine, weather, nonverbal communication, etc.

• US Embassies and Consulates
• The Electronic Embassy, guide to Washington, D.C., foreign embassy community
• Foreign Government Resources on the Web, by U. of Mich.
• Library of Congress, Country Studies, all aspects, from historical to cultural to political -- built-in search engine -- recently added the countries of Central Asia, although info often is only as new as 1996

Search Engines, General

• For all search engines, you really should look at the "advanced search" options for getting more power into searches, especially when your initial search yields a gazillion hits, and none look promising.

• Internet Search Tools from the Library of Congress

• List of All Kinds of Search Engines, maintained by Carnegie Mellon University

• Search Engine Showdown comparison of engines, tips for searching, etc.
• Search Engine Watch comparison of engines, tips for searching, etc.

• Keep in mind that search engines may take several months to pick up new sites. It depends on the order in which their search "bots" tour the Internet, and also on how owners of pages advertise them and notify search engines of them. And if an engine is slow/busy, just go to another. You also should periodically try several to see if they happen to give better results for the types of things you're currently looking for.

  Some General Search Engines

• Google! (http://www.google.com/) was developed by Stanford University and has been rated by several computer magazines as having the most relevant results. It keys in on sites that "belong" to your search word or phrase -- for example, if you type in "General Motors" you get the GM home page. It especially works well with military and government sites -- especially organizations or systems known by their acronym (such as BMDO).
• 20 Great Google Secrets, PC Magazine

• Google! Uncle Sam (http://www.google.com/unclesam) searches only .gov and .mil -- not everything is copyright unencumbered, but your chances are greater of finding something you can resuse at no cost

• Teoma (http://www.teoma.com/) was developed by Rutgers (sort of an East Coast response to Google) and is owned by Ask Jeeves, Inc. - has interesting feature - on the right side of results page it lists sites which have entire collections of links related to your search term

• Ask Jeeves (http://www.askjeeves.com/) is one of the newer search services and can be a quick solution for many of your searches. Type in your question and (usually) quickly get several sources of the answer. So far it's worked for stuff from F-22 pictures, to specific recipes, to flags and rulers of countries.
• Excite (http://www.excite.com/) has recently added a Yahoo! type catalog
• AltaVista (http://www.altavista.com/) is a comprehensive search engine, but to get the most of it you really need to try out the advanced searches and tips to find those which work best for you.
• HotBot (http://www.hotbot.com/) is very similar to AltaVista, and some folks find it easier to use. It has many options for refining your search.

MetaSearch, Using Multiple Search Engines Simultaneously

• Internet Search Tools from the Library of Congress

• Dogpile, search multiple search engines -- also has categories of searches already done, and can search Usenet news and FTP
• Monster Crawler, metasearch of multiple search engines, web sites, news sites, and ftp
• MetaCrawler, search the search engines -- also has categories of searches already done, and can search Usenet newsgroups

Searching the Invisible Web and non-Web Internet Resources

• Internet Search Tools from the Library of Congress

• Databases, structured files, pages created on-the-fly, and other internet resources may not be indexed by general search engines.

• Profusion.com, from Intelliseek, with info and info sources which search engines often miss

• Deja.com aka Google Groups, search Usenet newsgroups and other forums
• Dogpile, search multiple search engines -- also has categories of searches already done, and can search Usenet news and FTP

Portals and Starting Points

• Air War College Gateway to Internet (http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awcgate.htm)
  -- including Doctrine and Military Theory
• ANG Conflict 21 site

• Air Force Portal -- you need an account
• Army Knowledge Online, the Army Portal -- you need an account
• Navy Knowledge Portal -- you need an account
• National Guard Knowledge Online -- you need an account

• Internet Search Tools from the Library of Congress

• Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com/), the grandaddy of portals
• Google Web Directory
• Open Directory Project, a portal competing with Yahoo!

• My Virtual Reference Desk organizes everything on the internet (news, encyclopedias, weather, history, etc.) in a familiar way, organized into sections that resemble encyclopedias, almanacs, etc. Especially check out First Things First at http://www.refdesk.com/first.html

• Searching the Internet, National Defense University Library ( Local Copy)
  • Evaluating Web Resources, NDU Library ( Local Copy)
  • Reference Websites, NDU Library ( Local Copy)
  • Tutorials, Tools, & Training re: searching the Internet, NDU Library ( Local Copy)
  • List of Search Engines and Internet Catalogs, NDU Library ( Local Copy)
  • Sample Searches on a Variety of Search Engines, NDU Library ( Local Copy)

• AU Research Web
• Web 101, Search Engines Explained, from HotWired (http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/guides/web/index.html)
• WWW URLs for Researchers, by AFIT/LA, incl Freeware sites (http://www.au.af.mil/au/afit/irw/eururl97.htm)
• Internet Research Workbench, from AFIT (http://www.au.af.mil/au/afit/irw/)
• Military Research on the Internet, by Bird, from Army History magazine -- dated, but still may give you some ideas for searching, especially the non-Web portions of the Net (http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/reference/bird.htm)
• Bibliographies Compiled by AU Library (http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/bib97.htm)

Finding People and Companies and Biographies

• Air Force White Pages - only available thru AF Portal

• Contact Congress and Other Policymakers, info courtesy EFF

• For both of following you have to put your data in to view others from your unit who may be registered. Read registration info and privacy policies carefully. Only put in what you're comfortable with. But they do offer you a chance to maybe track down a former comrade in arms.
  • Roll Call, from Classmates.com, of people who served with you on a ship, at a base, overseas, etc.
  • Military.com, includes search for military units and people you served with (see People and Community section)

• Yahoo! People Search, e-mail search, phone search, and search of online databases such as court records, licenses, etc.
• Yahoo! Yellow Pages

• Yellow Pages online
• International Yellow Pages

  Biographies

• Air Force Leader Biographies, both active and retired
• Google, just type in the name (ex. Michael Ryan ) of the active AF general officer, sometimes need to put general in front of name, usually pretty cotton pickin' fast
• Other Biography sources, on the AWC Gateway reference page

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Style, Grammar, Etc.

• Britannica.com, online encyclopedia
• Merriam-Webster OnLine, dictionary and thesaurus
• Acronym Finder - & spells 'em out
• Internet Public Library

• Air University Style Guide for Writers and Editors
• Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr.
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Writer's Handbook: APA Documentation Style, Univ. of Wisconsin

• AWC Gateway to References, Online and Off, including service pubs, magazines, style guides, speeches, etc.
• AWC Gateway to Communications, including speaking and writing tools

Images and Multimedia

• Google's Image Search Engine

• Movie Info and Reviews
  • Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
  • Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews and Previews
  • Kids-in-Mind

• See also Image Sources Online and Multimedia Resources (maps, clip-art, etc.)

Samples and Comparisons

• Google - most relevant results
• CALL .. vs .. Google
• Google Image Search
• UncleSam - just GOV and MIL
• Teoma - extra feature is the list of collections of links on the topic
• Tip to Narrow Search

Other Stuff

• Internet Search Tools from the Library of Congress

• Bibliographies Compiled by AU Library (http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/bib97.htm)

• Internet Public Library

• SearcheBooks.com, search for electronic texts online
• Free eBook Library, for Microsoft Reader and Palm, from U. of Va. Library

• City and Zip Lookup, put in zip code and get city ... or put in city and get zips

• Narrowing your search
  In Google you can type terrorism site:osd.mil to search for terrorism on all sites ending with osd.mil . Most search engines have a similar feature for searching a site where you just know the document is there, but you can't find it listed or by using the site's built-in search engine.

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