Learning Internet Basics: Some useful guides and tutorials.

	These sites are some good starting points for online information about internet basics. They include information about how a browser works and how to download files, how to get connected using an ISP, how to use search engines, how to use email, information about "cookies", etc. At the bottom of this page is a link to another page that lists some useful sites for finding various kinds of information.
	Guides in English Welcome To Internet 101 A good general-purpose introductory site. LEARN THE NET: An Internet Guide and Tutorial (Click on the words "Start Learning Now" near the top of the page to get to the tutorial). The Complete Internet Guide and Web Tutorial From Microsoft. Useful particularly if you are using Windows and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. Internet Tutorials A useful set of guides from the University of Albany libraries. Includes descriptions of how to use search engines and how to find information or do research on the Internet. Bare Bones 101: A very basic web search tutorial Info about various major search engines and how to use them effectively. NETGLOS A multilingual glossary of internet terminology.
	Guías Internet en Español LEARN THE NET en Español Home Page (Aprenda la Red) The Spanish version of "Learn the Net" above. Tutorial de Internet A guide from Microsoft. NETGLOS Defines internet terminology in Spanish. Sitios en Español Another library's list of useful sites in Spanish.
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