References

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Encyclopedias

• The Wikipedia
• The Public Library of Science

University of Auckland

• Auckland Uni home page
• Data Storage Options
• Wahapū
• Applications and Admissions
• Auckland Uni wayfinding map
• My Timetable
• Teaching resources (TeachWell)
• Supervision Hub
• Better(?) search engine for Auckland Uni web pages.
• Class search
• Student Services Online.
• Make a room booking
• Canvas
  
• Room and Event Viewer
• Next Week on-line
• CPD
• LEARN home page
• List of software on the undergraduate teaching lab computers.
• UoA Web dropoff box (beta) instructions.
• UoA File Sender "a secure way to share large files with anyone."
• Safari Tech Books Online (currently being tested by the University?)
• Signature Travel
• Style guide for web pages (old version?).
• Style guide for PDF documents with stuff like University crest and how to write a web page or presentation.
• Journal Citation Reports for measuring journal impact factors, etc ...
• Faculty of Science IT Committee page with meeting agendas and minutes.
• The Diagnostic English Language Needs Assessment (DELNA) web site.
• A list of research funding opportunities in New Zealand.
• The ITSS home page.
• Science Faculty Information Technology Committees (timetables, agendas, policies, ...).

Bookshops

• Amazon
• UBS
• Dymocks
• Whitcoulls

Internet

• Web Authoring FAQ.
• HTML 4.0 reference.
• How to ask questions on IT mailing lists.
• The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability. Information about security of computers, esp. those connected to the internet.
• The Automation Access site: "Information Technology for Small & Medium Business". Not limited to internet stuff, but it does have a cool review of IT trends.

Dictionaries

• Dictionary.com
• Paul Brians' Common Errors in English.
• Webopedia for explanations of technical terms.
• Another site for definitions of IT terms.
• A site that has conversion between all sorts of languages.
• Another translator.
• Alta Vista's Babelfish Translation.
• English to Maori to English dictionary.

Directories

• Yellow Pages.
• White Pages.

Monetary

• Currency converter.
• The Pacific Exchange Rate Service page for plotting daily exchange rates (amongst other things).

Astronomy

• Latitude-Longitude of World Cities.
• Monthly Calendar & Julian Date Calculator.
• Eclipses During 2001.

Miscellaneous

• International paper sizes
• The World Clock (international time zones)
• Clark Mills' tips on printing on stat1.
• On-line calendars.