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Research Sites, Notable Sites, and Christian Search engines on the Internet

One thing the internet is exceptionally helpful for is research. It is truly aworldwide library. You can literally find "something about anything". This canbe it's downfall too. For the new web surfer the volume of information and seemingly lackof organization can be overwhelming.

This article will give you some basic direction on three categories of internet locations;Research sites and Notable Christian sites. It should be noted that unless otherwisestated, the author has no affiliation with the site.

First things first. Start with the librarian. Ask her for what you arelooking for. She is also known as a Search Engine. Learn a few of them and use them. Theplace to start surfing. There are about a dozen of them.

Next, ask people you know for sites that have what you might be lookingfor. This is known as a Links page. These pages are on almost every site you visit on theinternet. Links pages are simply hyperlinks to another site. If you doubleclick on thelink you will be taken there. This is an easy way to get lost on the internet (and havefun). Hot Tip: point to the link and click on it with your right mouse button. Choose'open in new window' and a new browser window will open, leaving the previous websitewindow still active on your computer. (look at the task bar)
Your computer will handle numerous browser windows open at one time.

Then, visit notable sites and enjoy them. Save sites you visit and wantto return to as a 'favorite' or a 'bookmark'.  To do this, click on your browsersfile menu at the top. Choose
either Bookmark or Favorites. Then choose Add.  Next time you surf, you can click onyour Favorites or Bookmarks icon and click on the site you want to travel to.

There. Now you can find what you want, what is useful, and not be lost incyberspace.

Search Engines:

www.christianworld.com 
www.crosswalk.com
www.christianity.net
www.apologetics.org/search.html
www.botcw.com
search.christcom.net
www.711.net
www.goshen.net
www.christian-ibd.com
www.searcholpolis.com 
www.cybergrace.com
www.servehim.com
www.gospelcom.net
www.his-net.com
Notable Sites:

www.billygraham.org
www.beckytirabassi.com     Prayer site
www.biblicalministries.org   Church planting
www.promisekeepers.org
www.cwd.com/missions     Megasite
www.ministrysearch.com     Listings of 
            ministers and church job openings.
www.townhall.com     Conservative news & info

Research Sites and Links indexes:

www.goshen.net      Megasite
www.tbn.org         Megasite
www.zondervan.com   Megasite, large publisher
www.religiontoday.com  News site
www.churches.com
www.apologetics.org
www.apologeticspress.org
metalab.unc.edu/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/intro.html Dead Sea Scrolls
metalab.unc.edu/expo/vatican.exhibit/Vatican.exhibit.html  Vatican Exhibition
staff.feldberg.brandeis.edu/~jacka/ANEP/ANEP.html  Archaeology of AncientEgypt
www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html  Guide to early churchdocuments
www.iclnet.org       Internet Christian Library
www.christianconnection.com    Megasite

www.christian-internet.com/links   (the authors links site)
www.awesomeworks.com/resources    Biblical Creation linksincluding links to large
                    Creation websites with other links pages. (author is webmaster)