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See what you can do on the web

The web is immense, made up of information held on computers across the world. You can find information about any subject or topic you care to name, however obscure it might be.

Here are just a few of the myriad of sites you can try.

• The BBC WebWise site offers an internet beginner's course with quizzes to help you learn; AskBruce! which provides answers to internet questions; brief interviews with celebrities who use the web; and Net Comment articles by a net novice about current developments.
• Find out about where you’re going and how to get there with Google maps . There’s a version to use with your mobile’s web browser at http://www.google.com/gmm
• Explore the resources of the BBC from news and health to art and science, languages and learning to society and sport, with lots more in between.
• Google Translate will translate electronic text into different languages – just copy and paste in the text or the URL. 
• Find out how stuff works !
• Dictionaries , thesauri, maps and reference material for higher education.
• Browse the items offered for auction on Ebay .
• Buy books online through Amazon . When you visit Amazon through this route the OU receives a contribution for every transaction, at no extra cost to you.
• See satellite images and maps of the world – zoom in to your own house or look at other countries, or even search the stars.  Free download from Google Earth .
• Try using a browser spellchecker to check your online spelling, some examples are ieSpell for Internet Explorer and the Google Toolbar for Firefox .

If you want tips on finding what you want, see our searching page.

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