• AltaVista Query - One of the top three search engines! 
• AltaVista Network Multilingual Search Engine - Select the language of your choice 

and bookmark it!
• or use the AltaVista Country Code address list
• Babelfish - The AltaVista Systran Translation Service

No substitute for knowing other languages but a step in the right direction. The service "machine-translates" Web pages when you type in the URL. It also supports the "cut and paste" function, "machine-translating" word-processed documents.
 
 
• HotBot - Multi-Search Engine - One of the top three search engines. 
• Yahoo Search - The most popular directory! 

Note simple, advanced and refined search options plus excellent tips and help.
• Yahoo Image surfer (by category)
• Columbia University Libraries: MAJOR ONLINE TEXT COLLECTIONS - by language. 
• US STATE DEPARTMENT FY 1998 Country Commercial Guides 

Country Commercial Guides (CCG's) are prepared annually by U.S. embassies with the assistance of several U.S. government agencies. These reports present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis. Be prepared if you try to print; these reports run about 80 pages for each country!
• Déja News - Usenet Search Service 

The original and foremost service for Internet Discussion Groups.
• MIT's Usenet Address Database (4 million+)
• Editor & Publisher's Database Directory of the World's Online Newspapers 
• eDirectory (Search Engines / Flag / Info / Map for 40+ countries)
• MAPQUEST - Interactive World Atlas / TripQuest / TravelPlans USA

 
• Canadian Education Web Search

 
• Education World

 
• Excite - Search Engine and Directory

See also "Global Excite" search for Australia, France,Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, and U.K.
• Infoseek Guide

Search Engine and Directory - good search tips.
 
• Infoseek Ultra - Search the Web, News, Companies, Usenet

 
• WorldWide Infoseek

Infoseek International Search. Choose from: Brasil, Danmark, Deutschland, en español, France, Italia, Japan, Nederland, Sverige, United Kingdom.
 
 
• Lycos Search Engine

and "Your Personal Internet Guide."
• Magellan: Internet Directory 

with highly regarded Web Reviews.
• MetaCrawler - Meta-search engine 

MetaCrawler sends your queries to several Web search engines, including Lycos, Infoseek, WebCrawler, Excite, AltaVista, and Yahoo. MetaCrawler queries the other search engines, organizes the results into a uniform format, ranks them by relevance, and returns them to the user...MetaCrawler is slightly slower than other engines, but is more likely to obtain accurate results for your query.
• OpenText Index Web Search Engine 

with Simple Search, Power Search (for more boolean search options), Current Events, Newsgroups, ...Other Languages ---and good search tips and help.
• SavySearch 

Nice "keyword query" search engine from Colorado State. Note choice of categories for defining the search and links for multilingual search options.
• WebCrawler - Search Engine + Directory

yellow pages, newsgroups, people finder, maps, horoscopes, classifieds, stock quotes, weather, your own personalized WebCrawler Channel (+ Global Excite for International Searches).
• GOTO.Com (the former WWW Worm)

Search Engine and Directory.
• Yellow Web for Europe (Search Engine + Directory) 

The European Web source. Choose your language: Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Russian (Winl251). Simple and Advanced Searches.
• CJFA - A Virtual Art Museum (UNC mirror) 

Click on Search CGFA to search this site in which Carol Jackson has scanned and made available over 4500 separate scans of the world's finest paintings. Her collection may be searched by an Alphabetical Index, by a Nationality/Time Index and by Featured Artists. This is a definitive artistic resource.
 
 
• Columbia University's WEBSEEK 

A Content-Based Image and Video Search and Catalog Tool for the Web.
• Don't forget to check out the UR Library Search Resources
• Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk
• World Wide Web Research Tools (Robert Harris - SCC) 

Helpful list of WWW Search Tools, clearly categorized and described.
 
 

EMAIL RESEARCH GUIDES & SEARCH ENGINES:

• How to find and use a Mailing List
• Infospace

(email addresses for individuals and businesses, toll-free and fax numbers, etc.)
• Liszt Directory of Email Conferences

(listserv, listproc, majordomo, etc.)
 
 

For language-specific search tools click on the specific MMLL language buttons at the bottom of this page. For additional data bases and language-related resource collections, see the Language Research Guides and Tools section of the MMLL Language and Technology Center.

FRENCH SEARCH ENGINE LINK PAGE

GERMAN SEARCH ENGINES:

• YAHOO Deutschland
• LYCOS - Suche
• DINO - Online - Deutschlang - Suche
• ALADIN - deutschsprachiger Suchindex
• AltaVista: Einfache Suche
• INTERNET -RECHERCHE -AGENT
• WEB.DE Das deutsche Internet Verzeichnis

 

RUSSIAN SEARCH ENGINES:

• Yellow Web for Europe Russian (Win1251) Search Engine and Directory
• The WeblistRU Search Engine - Search of Russian Web Servers 
• AltaVista RUSSIAN Search Engine 

 

WEB RESEARCH GUIDES and GUIDELINES:

• MMLL NET INFOSEARCH GUIDE

Downloadable PowerPoint presentation with tools and strategies for optimizing Web Research projects.
 
 
• Citing Electronic Sources: MLA and APA Styles (UWisconsin-Madison)
• Search Engines and Searches

a good search guide for beginners from Multimedia Materials Development for International Communication (Jean LeLoup & Bob Ponterio, SUNY Cortland)
 
 
• Internet Search Tips and Strategies (Robert Harris - SCC)
• Evaluating Internet Research Sources (Robert Harris - SCC)

MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING / WEB PAGE CREATION TOOLS:

• Multimedia Materials Development for International Communication  

(CAP529, FRE529, ICC529, SPA529 - a SUNY Cortland 500 level course for undergraduate and graduate language students) - This definitive "Introduction to Multimedia Authoring" course pilot is another super contribution to the profession by the FLTEACH moderators Jean LeLoup and Bob Ponterio, SUNY Cortand, fall, 1997. Note these helpful handouts for hands-on experiences:
• HyperStudio Basics
• Character sets
• Netscape Basics
• Search Engines and Searches
• Copyright Issues
• Scanning images
• Flowcharts and Storyboards
• Connectix QuickCam
• Digital Sound Recording (Using Windows MM built-in sound recording and Cool Edit 95
• Image Editing (with Photoshop)
• PowerPoint
• Creating Clip Art / Saving Clip-art as a transparent GIF
• Digital sound Capture and Editing (Using Cool Edit 95)
• Saying it with Style
• Video Capture / Capturing Video in Premiere
• Video Cameras and Filming
• Creating your first WWW page (with Netscape Communicator)
• Placing your WWW pages on the WWW (using WS-FTP Limited Edition)
• Digitizing a Video (Using RealNetworks Video Encoder)
• A Communications Technology Module for the FL Methods Course - Jean LeLoup,  

designed to facilitate the integration of technology education in the Foreign Language Methods curriculum ...(and) supported by a grant from the State University of New York Office of Educational Technology.
The four objectives of this FL Methods language and technology instructional module are built into these four units: Getting acquainted with the tools, Learning the basics, Targeting pedagogy, and Designing lesson plans (still under construction).
Basic training is provided in the use and instructional implementation of:
 
• Electronic mail 1, 2, and 4;
• Electronic Discussion Groups 1, 2, and 4;
• Usenet 1,2 and 4;
• Gopher 1 and 2;
• FTP and Telnet 1 and 2
• World Wide Web 1 and 2;
• Internet Relay Chat 1, 2; and 2;
• CUSeeMe 1 and 2; and
• MOOs 1, 2 and 4.
This exemplary site underscores the pedagogical functions of communications technologies in the FL classroom; and offers assistance in the creation of sample lesson plans integrating FL communications technologies in the FL curricula.
 
 
• UR Web Information, Guides, Tutorials
• Thursday Technology Topics:
• Create a Web Syllabus in 15 Minutes
• UR Faculty Home Page Maker
• UR Course Home Page Maker
• UR Do Your Grading with Microsoft Excel
• Getting the Most from Eudora
• Windows 95 Tips

 

• Web-Based Activities for Foreign Languages 

Patricia Pecoy's Tutorial with examples (Furman University)
• Integrating Technology into Foreign Language Education.  

This excellent summer '97 course offered by Patricia Pecoy (Furman University) contains a goldmine of Web page creation resources, tools and tutorials, for example:
• Teaching with the Internet
• Useful Software
• How to Scan an Image
• How to Insert an Image into a MSWord Document
• How to Prepare a Color Transparency
• Basic HTML
• Put Some Pzazz in Your Web Pages: Color, Graphics, Images and Sound
• How to Make an HTML Table
• How to do Interactive Web Forms
• GRAPHICS / ANIMATED GIFS / IMAGE LIBRARY:
• MEDIABUILDER Graphics Image Library (Free)
• WEARE3D - Free 3D Flags (animated) 
• The Great Globe Gallery on the World Wide Web 
• World Flying Flags (animated flags)
• Randy's Icon Bazaar:

Animated Gifs, Backgrounds, Banners and Bars, Internet Graphics Search, etc.
• Jelane's Free Web Graphics - BACKGROUNDS
• UR locally available icons
• Hype's Color Specifier for Netscape v3 or later.
• Animated Gif Library
• WWW Intro - Assorted Clip Art
• International Clipart
• Barry's Clip Art Server 
• The ClipArt Connection

Background Images, Horizontal Rules, Decorative Lettering, and more!
• Free Clip Art
• Badger's Animated Gif Gallery
• ADVANCED MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT TOOLS:
 
• Godwin-Jones, Bob. (1998) EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES - Dynamic Web Page Creation  

Language Learning & Technology Journal, Vol 1, Num 2, Jan 1998, pp. 7-13
• Godwin-Jones, Bob. (1998) LANGUAGE INTERACTIVE - A Trailguide to Creating Dynamic Web Pages.   An excellent guide including:
• Linked Programs and Plug-Ins
• JavaScript: Local Interactivity
• If the site is busy, try this Language Interactive MIRROR
• Here's a great JavaScript free TUTORIAL: JavaScript for the Total Non-Programmer  
• And here's the HUGE official Netscape Developer's JavaScript Guide
• And the Netscape Developer's Dynamic HTML Guide
• Help with Cascading Style Sheets
• COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:
• Publisher's Permissions for digitizing their materials. An excellent compilation of information from the manual Curtis L. Broderick (College of the Holy Cross) created for the FLEATIII conference, August 1997. Don't digitize publisher's audio cassettes until you read this!
• Intellectual Property and the Arts:Copyright information and a Sampling of Internet Intellectual Property Rights Resources.
• NETLAW,

the first transatlantic legal web-based service.

GENERAL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

• Alki Microsoft Multilingual Language Proofing Software Home Page
• MMLLab Accents in Windows95 Page

 
• In and Out of the Classroom with Microsoft Office
• Creating a Test
• Creating a Grade Book
• Creating a Presentation (PTT)
• Microsoft Office 97 Resource Kit


MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD SITES:

• Download Netscape Communicator or Navigator Software
• REAL Networks, The Home of RealPlayer (RealAudio & RealVideo) and RealFlash
• RealSystem 5.0: The Complete Streaming Media System
• Download Apple QuickTime 3.0
• Download Macromedia's FLASH demo
• ANTI-VIRUS INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE SITES:
• Microsoft Word Macro Virus Protection Info
• NCSA - International Computer Security Association List of Certified Anti-Virus Products
• SYMANTEC Trialware (Norton AntiVirus, etc.)
• MCAFEE Virus Info Library
• Command Software's F-PROT Professional