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Adobe Reader
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html - It is common to find that files accessible through web pages are created in PDF (portable document reader) files. Their advantage is that they can be opened and read in any word processing program.
- If your computer does not have a copy of Adobe Reader, or if your copy is outdated, you can download the latest version at the above site.
Backflip
http://www.backflip.com
- Backflip is a free service to bookmark and organize Web sites you would like to visit again. It allows you to access sites you have bookmarked from anywhere. If you use more than one web browser or more than one computer, you may want to check this out.
Internet Search Tools Quick Reference Guide
http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/conferences/pres/srchtool.html
Google is great but it isn’t always the best search engine.
Google 101 Google is NOT case sensitive Google looks for phrases, then adjacencies, then weights The order of your keywords matters Google’s Boolean default is AND
A search for disney, pirates, and adventureland is automatically treated as a search for disney AND pirates AND adventureland To search for phrases, just put your phrase in quotes.
For example, “pirates of the caribbean”
OR, just type OR between keywords
disney OR fantasyland OR “pirates of the caribbean”
OR must be in caps - Patrick Crispen's presentation on Google 101 is also particularly helpful:
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