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Food for Thought - June 2001

  Notes from Judy
  Windows Keystroke and Tips
  Did You Know?
  Recommendations
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     References: General

NOTES FROM JUDY

Correction: in the last issue, regarding "former" and "latter," I said, "2. June, July, and August are good vacation months, but the last is more popular." Profuse apologies. I meant to say "...the last is the most popular." Thanks to an eagle-eyed subscriber.
The free dictionary continues in its popularity. May's winner lives in Nigeria, and the dictionary is on its way. I'm still waiting for permission to print the winner's name, city, or whatever s/he feels is appropriate.
Our April winner, who lives in Vietnam, sent the following message:
Thank you very much for the dictionary. It is very nice and I haven't opened it yet. I just want to introduce it to everybody first. I have also introduced your website to many teachers and students of English who, as I think, will find it useful and interesting.
As you've probably known, getting access to the Internet in this country is still a luxury. I have used the Internet since March, for about two hours a week. Many American businessmen have confirmed that Internet services in this country is the most expensive in the world.
My hope is that we are able to do what people in other parts of the world normally do - that is, paying a fixed amount of money each month and getting a fast, good access to the net.

Have you ever found a page you really wanted to pass along to others (by providing the URL), only to discover it was created in frames and only the home page URL shows in the address window? Here's a tip for copying it:

Right click your mouse on the page (not on a graphic). This brings a drop-down box.
Go to the last item, Properties.
Left click once on Properties.
You will see a gray box with page data in it. One of the items is the URL.
Go to that URL and click once, hold your left mouse down, and "select" the entire URL by moving to the right until the entire URL is selected (highlighted).
Stay on the last character, lightly lift up your left mouse finger and right-click once. A drop-down box appears.
Choose "Copy" by left clicking on the word "Copy" once.
Now you have the pesky URL on the Windows clipboard, and can paste it into your e-mail or any file you choose.

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DID YOU KNOW?

NATIONALITIES & RACES (CAPITALIZATION GUIDELINES)
Here's the latest from the 2000 Associated Press Stylebook: Capitalize the proper names of nationalities, peoples, races, tribes, etc. Examples: Arab, African, American, Caucasian, Chinese, Eskimo, Nordic, Sioux, and Swede.

DO NOT capitalize black (as a noun or adjective), white, mulatto, red, etc. Lowercase derogatory terms and use only in direct quotes when essential to the article. Always flag derogatory comments for the editor, publisher, etc.

RECOMMENDATIONS

ARTS

VISUAL NET, THE INTERNATIONAL VIDEO, TV, AND AD INDUSTRY SITE
http://www.visualnet.com/

GRAMMAR

AMERICANISMS AND BRITICISMS, WITH OTHER ESSAYS ON OTHER "ISMS"
http://www.webincunabula.com/html/english/books/a/am/american.htm

DAILY GRAMMAR A great way to check your grammar knowledge. Use the archives or sign up twice a year for daily e-mail lessons. Quizzes take four minutes, and are easy and fun.
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.html

PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR SITE
An outstanding site to use as a quick reference for your grammar questions.
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

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REFERENCES: GENERAL

AMERISTAT
AmeriStat gives instant summaries — in graphics and text — of the following demographic characteristics of the U.S. population: Children; Education; Fertility; Foreign-Born; Population; Income and Poverty; Labor Force and Employment; Marriage and Family; Migration; Mortality; Older Population; Political Arithmetic; Population Estimates and Projections; and Race and Ethnicity.
http://www.ameristat.org/

FINDSOUNDS - Search engine for finding sound effects on the Web.
http://www.findsounds.com

GREAT BOOKS - TEXTS AND FULLY SEARCHABLE CONCORDANCES
Search author, publication, or name or word in title.
http://www.concordance.com

GIANT GLOSSARY
References, calculators, and information to help people communicate in a global community
http://www.mikesart.net/giantglossarycom/

GLOBAL INTERNET STATISTICS
Latest estimated figures of the number of people online in each language zone (native speakers). Classified by languages instead of by countries.
http://www.glreach.com/globstats/index.php3

THE INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY PATHFINDERS
Designed to help researchers get started on a particular topic, both online and at your local library.
http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/PF/

KATSUEY'S LEGAL GATEWAY
Considered to have some of the best legal research resources on the Internet. For attorneys, legal professionals and consumers.
http://www.katsuey.com

KNOW THIS
A resource and reference site for those involved in marketing, advertising, selling, promotion, market research and e-commerce, offering extensive resources. Valuable tools for academics, business professionals, and students of marketing and related fields.
http://www.knowthis.com/site.htm

NHTSA VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT INFORMATION
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle and Equipment Information website has car safety related data for issues including: Safety Problems & Issues; Testing Results; Regulations & Standards; and Research & Development.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/

ONLINE LITERARY CRITICISM COLLECTION
The Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism collection contains 4492 critical and biographical Web sites about authors and their works. Browse by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/

RESEARCHVILLE
This hybrid search site helps those searching for information from a U.S. daily newspaper. You can get results from more than 650 sites, and more than 550 newspapers. Great for finding targeted Health and Medicine; Education; Government; Reference sites; Opinions; and Multimedia sites.
http://www.researchville.com/

SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
International Association of School Librarianship (IASL)
http://www.iasl-slo.org/linksiasl.html

STUMPERS LIST
Sponsored by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University, Stumpers-L was founded as an email-based resource where reference librarians can help each other find the answers to difficult questions. Anyone can join. It's the ultimate informal research group. If you join, sign up for the daily digest.
http://www.cuis.edu/~stumpers/

Judy's Sites or Site Affiliation:

Moderator for Adventive's I-CRM List
http://www.adventive.com/lists/icrm/summary.html

Basic Business Grammar: wz.com
http://wz.com/business/BasicBusinessGrammar.html

Hawaiian Food and Cuisine:wz.com
http://wz.com/food/HawaiianFoodCuisine.html

Judy Vorfeld's Office Support Services
http://www.ossweb.com

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