The Inside SourcesFrom the December 1996 Issue of PC World
Want the scoop on a particular subject? Check out these highly specialized sites. You can find links to these and other search sites in "Searching is my Business: A Gumshoe's Guide to the Web - Chpt. 6
Computers Computer Desktop Encyclopedia
(www.currents.net/resources/cyclo/cyclo.html) From the Algol language to ZIF sockets, everything you ever wanted to know about computers, including jargon and historical trivia.
Film Internet Movie Database
(us.imdb.com/search.html) Who said, "Just put your lips together...and blow," and Chapter 5: This in which movie? This trivia database lets you search by Database for movie title, cast, director, even crew members. Or vote on your favorite films. (Give up? It was Lauren Bacall. Go to the Movie Database to find out in which movie she said that.)
Health The Virtual Hospital
(vh.radiology.uiowa.edu/Misc/Search.html) Find
descriptions of all known ailments, possible treatments, and even an occasional X-ray image.
Education CollegeNet
(www.collegenet.com) Looking for a college you can afford in a climate you can tolerate? CollegeNet will find schools in the United States that offer your preferred major.
Law Legal Information Institute
(www.law.cornell.edu/topics/index?) Can Microsoft trademark the word bill? And is the Bill of Rights just a Web Authoring bill of goods? Find these and other topics, exhaustively cross-referenced and linked, on the Cornell Law site.
Travel Fodor's Know Before You Go
(www.fodors.com/know.html) All the info you need for your next trip, including weather conditions, State Department advisories, and many other resources.
Yellow Pages BigBook
(www.bigbook.com) Complete listings, by area, for the entire United States--including maps you can zoom into.
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