We can also find collections of essays on line that provide breaking edge perspectives unlikely to survive the newsfeeds and wire services or the local editors of small town papers. We have come to count upon sites like Amazon and CD-Now to provide the latest breaking news in books, music and other entertainment media. The Net is also a wonderful place to learn about products, whether we start at Yahoo or Excite . We can read product reviews, compare prices and hunt for bargains in ways never possible before. We may even find our next car on the Web and save ourselves both money and stress.
Resources abound to help guide decision-making.
We can find savings in airfare, check the location of hotels, explore entertainment in foreign cities, read reviews of restaurants and ease the journey in many ways thanks to Web sites like Travelocity , Fodor 's and many others. We may also gain useful tips from amateur travelogues. Give MapQuest a try. This strength of the Net is also a weakness when students try to learn about foreign nations and cities, as the information is so heavily shaped by tourism. Materials published in From Now On may be duplicated in hard copy format if unchanged in format and content for educational, nonprofit school district and university use only and may also be sent from person to person by e-mail.