This is my online reference page, which I use in those cases where someone - and I'm not naming names - is pimping me (online dictionary, pharmaceutical resources, "who sang that song?") and expects me to find the answer by the next day (or after lunch). Feel free to use it that way, too.

Want to find ANYTHING on the Net?

I'm looking for:

[Search Engines] [Medical Facts] [Software Downloads]
[People Search] [Virus Hoaxes] [Movies] [Music] [Pets] [Travel] [Weather]
[Online Dictionary] [Email Accounts] [Feeding the Hungry]
[Contacting Sola]

This is one of the coolest sites I've seen in awhile. It rates residency programs, so you can get the scoop on the places you're looking into. Go to SCUTWork.com



General Search Engines

These are the search engines I use most often (more or less in order)
NorthernLight
Dogpile
Metacrawler
SavvySearch
SNAP!.com
Infoseek
Go Hip
Lycos
WebCrawler
Excite
HotBot
GOTO.com
Google
Looksmart

More Specialized Search Engines

DejaNews Newsgroup Search
OneLook.com - Online Dictionaries
Cliniweb
Metasearches
Lotsa Search Engines



Online Dictionary

Want to know what that word means? Are you not at a Verbal Advantage(TM)? Impress the ladies and shame your friends with this online search engine!
(Powered by OneLook Dictionaries)
Enter word:
HINTS: Adding wild cards expands the search. (* = any number of characters and ? = exactly one character). For example, "tomo*ow", "tomo??ow" or "tomor*" will find "tomorrow".
Good luck, nancyboy.
RefDesk - another resource



Feeding the Hungry

Just go to The Hunger Site and click on the "Donate Free Food" button. That's all there is to it. It's free (to you), there's no registration. Just click.



Where can I look that MEDICAL fact up?

Find a DO Near You
Find an AMA member Near You
Doctor's Guide to the Internet
MedMatrix
Government Guidelines
Cliniweb
MiningCo's Diseases
Mental Health.net
Mental Health and Illness
Healthfinder
Newly Approved Therapies
Centerwatch.com - Keeping an eye on clinical trials
Clinicaltrials.gov - The Government keeping an eye on clinical trials (for patients)
Greg's Osteopathic Medicine Site
PUBMed - free Medline
Grateful Med - MORE free Medline
PharmInfo.com
National Library of Medicine
Intro to Lab Values
Opportunities AOA residency positions (like FREIDA)
FREIDA AMA residency positions
The Merck Manual Online
Medicalstudent.com Need online books?
Medical Bookstore
Medstudent.net's Mall
Enter your patient's temperature in either box, then click the other one
Temperature F: C:



Where can I find that software?

TuCows
Shareware.com
C/NET: Download.com
Stroud's
Palmgear.com



Where can I find people?

Reverse Lookup
iSleuth
Switchboard
Accumail
Four-1-1
Finding People on the Net
Internet @ddress Finder
Finger Email Lookup
Sherlock
The Stalker's Homepage
Infospace
Search.com
Yahoo! People Search
Yahoo! Investigative Services

(Now that you've found 'em, send a Postcard)



Is this virus a hoax?

SNOPES(!) Urban Legends Reference Pages
Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability
Symantec Anti Virus Research Center
Dr. Solomons Hoax Page
The Urban Legends Web Site
Datafellows Hoax Warnings
Computer Virus Myths
IBM's Hoax Page
MiningCO

You can also check the resources at:

Evaluating Internet Research Sources
Evaluation of Information Sources
Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources



Who was in that movie?

Internet Movie Database
The Kevin Bacon Game
Mr. Showbiz Movie Reviews

Want to know what's playing where you are?
Movie Showtimes
Movielink



Who sings that song? What album was it on?

All you'll ever need is CDnow



Where can I help rescue a homeless pet?

Animal Breed Zip Code




Where can I work on my travel plans?

Travelocity
American Express
TravelWeb
Microsoft Expedia
Internet Travel Network
Preview Travel
Trip.com



-- What's the Weather Doing? --
To make you feel better, here's what we've got in Rochester, MN.

Enter a City or US Zip:


Or, check YOUR city at Weather.com



Where can I get an email address?

Just click on the "Sign In" link or button on any (or each) of these pages, and you'll have a permanent, FREE email address...


--- Web-Based Email ---

These offer FREE web-based email (I've listed them in order of my success)
Postmark.net
Fast, no POP		 FSMail.net
Very fast, no POP		 MSGTO.com
No Spam. Fast.		 email.com
Part of the Snap.com system
Medmail.com

Fast		 Hotmail.com
Can be slow		 Mailcity.com
Check the others first		 www.com
Fast. yourname@www.com


--- Mail & Portal ---

These offer more than just free web-based email, they also give you a portal starting point for news and web-searching
kansascity.com
 Medscape.com
 Snap.com
 Yahoo.com
 Netscape.com
 POL



--- Mail Forwarding ---

Your email is forwarded to your home account
This way, you don't have to tell everyone to change your email address every time you change ISP's (if you're on rotations, and moving all over, for example)
These are in order of forwarding speed (and yes, I tested them)
Bigfoot.com
 Apexmail.com
 ROTFL
 Conk!
 Netforward



--- Free Email AND a free Web page ---

CONK!
 ROTFL
 The Globe
 Geocities
 Tripod
 FreeYellow



--- Stand Alone Email Clients ---

You don't even need an ISP for this one
JUNO
(No need for internet access, and it's nationwide).



--- Email Indexes ---

TONS of Free Email Choices
Even MORE Free Email (If you can't find an email address there...)




How do I get in touch with Sola?






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