A Beginner's Guide to HTML
A primer on Web markup language.

A tutorial on Web searching: strategy and syntax
A tutorial from Power Reporting. What's the best search engine? The one you learn to use well. Search engines can help you find information on the World Wide Web, but you'll get more chaff than wheat unless you learn general search strategies and the particular search syntax for your favorite search engine.

Al's Morning Meeting
A daily tipsheet of story suggestions and ideas that can be done in your community. Written every morning by Al Tompkins of the Poynter Institute.

All HTML Tags
A quick reference on Web markup language.

Ask the SQL Server Pro
FAQs on use of Structure Query Language.

Bookshelf on Computer-Assisted Reporting
An annotated bookshelf on computer-assisted reporting, from Power Reporting. Includes online research, public records, numeracy, and statistics.

Boolean searching should be avoided
Until users get the hang of it, that is. A provocative article from Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox. He concludes, "Elementary schools should start teaching search skills."

CAR Skills Checklist
An excellent list from Jeff South of Virginia Commonwealth University. Great for figuring out what to learn next.

CAR software tutorials
A collection of links to tutorials online. By Jeff South of Virginia Commonwealth U.

College syllabi on CAR and News Research
See the variety of CAR skills and methods in college syllabi. From Power Reporting.

Computer-Assisted Journalism, An Overview
A narrative by Barbara Semonche, from "News Media Libraries: A Management Handbook," 1993

Evaluating Web Sites (Lake Forest)
Straightforward advice on evaluating sites, with examples. From Lake Forest College in Illinois.

Evaluating Web Sites (Maryland)
Good advice from the University of Maryland library on assessing information on the Web. Pay attention to authority and accuracy, purpose and content, currency, design, organization and ease of use. Also links to a quick checklist for evaluating Web sites. This is a good checklist for student use.

Finding Data on the Internet; a journalist's guide
Search for data in categories ranging from crime to health to politics. The site, by Robert Niles, also links to a brush-up math lesson on the Net.

Guide to meta-search engines
A quick overview of meta-search tools, from Jian Liu of Indiana University Libraries.

Help.com
CNET's launch pad for computer help: hardware, consumer electronics, Internet, games, Web building.

How to help someone use a computer
Good advice from UCLA. How to help others without confusing them or talking down to them.

How to search listserve archives
A guide to searching lists kept by listserv, a popular software for managing lists.

How to use an import export spec in Access
Microsoft's tipsheet on savings specifications from one database to use with another in Microsoft Access.

Internet Newsroom
A hard-copy newsletter of Internet tips for journalists. Monthly, $99 for 12 issues. From Editors' Service, publisher of Hints for the City Desk. Now owned by Bergman Publications of Richmond, Va. Request a free sample issue.

Introduction to Relational Database Design
For intermediate computer users.

Introduction to SQL
The basics of Structured Query Language. Readable. Useful for anyone starting to learn Microsoft Access or FoxPro, et al.

Investigators' Guide to Sources of Information
Guide for investigators. From the Office of Special Investigations.

IRE Conference Handouts
Searchable index of tipsheets and audiotapes from IRE conferences on investigative reporting and computer-assisted reporting. From Investigative Reporters and Editors.

J-Files
Jeff South's terrific collection of CAR links and tutorials. Plenty to read here.

JournoList
"The JournoList is an annotated list of sites chosen to help reporters, writers and editors make good use of the Internet." Also good tutorials on Web searching. From John Morrish, an editor and reporter in the U.K.

Keyboard shortcuts for Mac OS 8.5, 8.6, 9.0
Timesavers.

Keyboard shortcuts for Mac OS X

Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timesavers.

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows 95 and 98
Timesavers.

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows XP
Timesavers.

Managing Computer-Assisted Reporting
A 10-step generic plan for a newsroom, from Power Reporting.

Math Problem of the Week
Annotated links to sites with math problems, at several levels of difficulty. (No speculation here on which level most journalists are at.)

Mathematics Competency Test for Journalists
Phil Meyer's math quiz. Some form of it is coming to a city desk near you.

National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
Boot camps in computer-assisted reporting, from Investigative Reporters and Editors and its National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. Excellent publications and links.

Newsroom guidelines on Internet use
Sample guidelines for a newsroom, from Power Reporting.

No Train No Gain
Newspaper training editors present their favorite exercises and ideas to improve and expand newsroom training. Newscoach-L, the newsroom trainers mailing list, hosted by the Freedom Forum, connects more than 200 newsroom training coordinators.

NYU Livewire
NYU Livewire is a free, biweekly service supplying newspapers and magazines with feature stories about and for the readers they're looking to reach: young people in college and their twenties. A good barter system: Students get clips -- newspapers get stories.

Poynter bibliography, computer-assisted reporting
Articles and books on computer-assisted reporting, and training.

Poynter Institute CAR links
Several useful tipsheets from the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Publishing Databases on the Web With Access
How to put your data on the Web. Uses Microsoft Access 97. Seee other links at the bottom of the tutorial.

Repetitive Strain Injury
Information on symptoms and treatments of computer-related RSI, and correct typing posture.

Search IQ
Reviews of major search engines, and a directory of specialized search engines. Also daily tips and tutorials.

SPSS Regression Output
An academic page helping walk you through the output of a regression analysis in SPSS.

SQL FAQ
Frequently asked questions (and answers) on Structured Query Language, the standard database language.

Statistical Assessment Service
Journalists doing statistics? These folks are watching us. The Statistical Assessment Service (STATS) is a non-partisan, non-profit research organization in Washington, D.C. It receives more funding from conservative groups than liberal ones, but says it strives to hew to the accurate use of scientific and social research in public policy debate. "STATS serves as a resource for journalists by providing timely and well-researched analysis of current statistical and scientific disputes. Since STATS seeks to weed out bad data and research before it enters the media stream, we field queries from journalists on a regular basis."

Statistics Every Writer Should Know
A math tutorial for journalists on mean, median, percentages, rates, sample sizes, etc. By Robert Niles of The Rocky Mountain News.

The CAR/CARR Links Page
Dean Tudor's extensive list of links in computer-assisted reporting and research. From Ryerson Polytechnic.

Uplink
Newslettter on computer-assisted reporting from Investigative Reporters and Editors.

Web treasure hunt and newsroom literacy test
Who can surf the Web? All of us. But are we literate? And what defines literacy? While every newsroom has people who are advanced researchers, many of us are struggling somewhere beyond Yahoo. Any test of literacy is subjective. But these 10 questions are the kind that come up in newsrooms every day.