With so much information clogging the Internet, it can be hard to find all of your favorite sites in the one place. So after popular demand we have brought back the links found on the old UQconnect home page and listed them here for your convenience:
- White Pages - The most effective way to find any phone number in Australia.
- Yellow Pages - As they say "let your fingers do the walking".
- Australian Postcodes - The fastest place to find a postcode or zipcode for Australian towns and cities.
- Google Maps - Find detailed road maps of every locations, anyway in the world. You can zoom in to find that hidden street, or zoom out to help plan your next interstate journey. You can even access, street views!
- Dictionary.com - Find word definitions and pronunciations.
- Thesaurus.com - A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms.
- Wikipedia - The free encyclopedia. - The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
- Whatis.com - An IT encyclopedia in case you don't understand an IT term.
- AARNet Mirror - One of the fastest websites in Australia for downloading files. Find everything you need for Macintosh, Windows and Linux systems. UQ students have unlimited downloads from most links on this site for their free Internet account. However, if the URL doesn't contain ‘aarnet.edu.au' it will count against your quota.
- Cybersmart Kids Online - This site can help you protect your children from the nasty side of the Internet.
Search Engines
- Google - Have a search query? Why not "Google it"?
- Vivisimo - A fantastic search engine for academic and research related queries. Recommended site for UQ staff and students.
- Yahoo Search
- ixquick - The world's most private search engine.
- Ask.com - Offers search for web sites, images, news, blogs, video, maps and directions, local search and shopping.
For further information, contact UQconnect.
Page revised 18-04-2012