Resources

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HTML & Website Resources

Element K Training:
Web-based computer skills tutorials are now provided free to Virginia Tech students, staff and faculty by Educational Technologies. Topics include Oracle, Linux, Visual Basic, and Windows system administration, Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint, Web design (Dreamweaver, Flash), graphics (Adobe Photoshop, Freehand), and multimedia development (Authorware, Director).

You will need an ElementK username to access the tutorials. A username can be obtained by signing up through https://gateway.edtech.vt.edu/

 

Dreamweaver

• Dreamweaver Site

Glossaries, Guides, and Tutorials

• Simple Tutorial to create a page
• Tour of HTML 4.0
• The Internet Society's Conduct Page

 

Web Design Gurus

• Jakob Nielsen's website, what makes a page usable, includes top-ten list of web design mistakes
• "Creating Killer Web Sites"
• Kieth Instone's site, with many useful links
• Miko O'Sullivan's site. Mike is a local HTML guru and author, with a rich site (tutorials, explanation)

WYSIWYG Editors

• Dreamweaver from Macromedia (PC and Mac)
• Netscape Composer (PC and Mac) is bundled with Netscape Communicator - Click on "Composer" from the "Communicator" menu.
• Microsoft's FrontPage

 

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Useful WWW sites for Biologists
(from Margaret Merrill, Lab #1)

• University Library
• College of Agriculture
• Va Agricultural Exp. Stations:
• USDA/National Agricultural Library:
• AgNIC
• USDA/Nat. Ag. Statistics Service
• USDA/CRIS
• USDA Economic Research Service
• FAO
• AgCanada
• USDA statistics
• US Government statistics
• Energy Information Administration
• CRS Reports on agriculture, environment, & natural resources
• U.S. Geological Survey
• U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Agricultural and Environmental Resources
• Energy Science News (newsletter)