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Annotation Guidelines
Use this handout to make notes about your library's collection of Web sites available for patron use. This document can be used in conjunction with Gates Web Guides or separately.
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Basic Computer Literacy Guide
This is a guide to teach people how to navigate the web. The guide is designed for people who have little computer/Internet skills.
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Copying Favorites and Bookmarks to Another Computer
This brief handout gives detailed instructions for transferring your bookmarked links from one computer to another and is applicable to both Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers.
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Finding Quality Web Sites
Gates-granted computers have several options for finding excellent Web sites before even going to a search engine. This handout provides an overview.
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History of the Internet
The Internet is now a part of everyday life. But how and where did it all begin? Get the answers here.
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Iconos de Internet
Use this Spanish language handout to help teach patrons about the icons they will encounter in Internet Explorer. The handout was created by 'BiblioRedes: Abre tu Mundo,' a program of the Chilean Public Libraries.
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Internet Tips for New Users
This is a quick and easy guide to working with the Internet for first-time users. Adapted from "Top Eight Internet Tips" from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2004.
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Internet Training Resources for Trainers
This comprehensive list of resources are a useful compilation of Internet training Web sites.
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Silver Surfing the Sunset Years: electronic literacy classes for seniors
Describes the metamorphosis of the Silver Surfers classes that Fort Collins Regional Library District developed for seniors, with details about the Internet class.
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The Internet-True or False
This brief 'True or False' handout helps you test your Internet knowledge and quiz your peers.
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URLs Explained
This brief but comprehensive article gives you all the information you need to decipher all the parts of a Web address.
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Web Resources
This comprehensive list of Web sites will give your patrons all the background they need to understand basic Internet functions, search engines, email, servers, Web site design, and much more.
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Web Site Evaluation
How can you tell whether or not a Web site is legit? This handout gives you some quick tools you can use to make judgments about the Web sites your patrons encounter.
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