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The Online World resources handbook
PART 1: AN ONLINE WORLD
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Chapter 1:
Will going online make me rich?
There are so many sources of information and services out there, and each of them has
to be searched or used separately. Therefore, half the battle is figuring out where to
look.
Information is abundant, even overwhelming. At risk of drowning in that vast sea,
anyone navigating the online world needs to know what is available, and how to find and
use it.
Getting there takes time, but the potential rewards are interesting:
Knowledge is power.
The value of critical information is increasing, and information is now available
for everybody!
A large personal network gives you a punch.
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You will also discover that using the online resource can be quite fun and entertaining.
After all, there is more to life than business and work.
Knowledge is Power
My wife has a rare and dangerous kidney disease. One day her doctor joined us on an
online research session to look for experiences and advice in other countries. We sat
down in my office in Norway. I turned on my personal computer and started a
communications program.
After some keystrokes, we could hear the attached modem dial the number of
CompuServe, a North American information utility. (A modem is a piece of equipment
that converts computer signals to and from sound codes, so data can be sent by phone.)
It took just a few seconds to make the connection. A greeting scrolled over our
screen, followed by a menu of available choices.
For an introduction to practical telecommunications, check out appendix 2
and 3. in this book.
We selected "Health," and "Database for Rare diseases" from a new menu. Here, we
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