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Akron Beacon Journal Obituary Index [3] (1841-2007)
Alliance Index [4]
Search for obituaries, marriage notices, and news articles listed in the Alliance Review and its predecessors.
Ancestry Library Edition [5]
One of the most comprehensive genealogy databases available. This database is NOT available for home access. Please come to the Main Library or Branch for access.
Elephind [8]
Family Search [9] (Ohio Death Certificates 1908-1953)
Find A Grave [10]
HeritageQuest Online [11]
This database offers access to Census images, Revolutionary War records, genealogy books, and more. Rodman Library card required for home access.
Index To Notices In The Ohio (Canton) Repository [12]
(and other Stark County Online Indexes available through Stark County District Library).
Map of Cemetery Locations in Stark County, Ohio [13]
M [14]assillon [14] Independent Obituary Index [14]
Military Rosters [15]
Ohio Death Certificate Index (1913-1944) [16]
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [17]
St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery Burials [18]
Search for individuals of the Catholic faith who were buried in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Alliance, Ohio from 1900 to present. The database is supplied by Jim Gazia. Please contact St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 427 E. Broadway St., Alliance, OH 44601 (330-821-5760) if you have questions about this database.
ALLDATA Pro [20]
Comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information. Available only from Rodman Public Library Internet computers. Please come to the Main Library or Branch for access.
Chilton Online Auto Repair Manual [21]
ChiltonLibrary provides exclusive photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks in one easy-to-use web site.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center [22] 
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Information and diagnostics on how to repair small engines including snowmobiles, lawn mowers, ATVs, motorcycles, tractors, and more.
About Books [24]
Search for authors, titles, subjects... anything about books. Use it to find books and to get background information about books and authors.
American English & Literature [25]
Electronic books of American and English literature - poetry, drama, fiction, and the Bible.
Children's Core Collection (H.W. Wilson) [26]
This rich resource covers fiction and nonfiction works, story collections, picture books and magazines recommended for readers in preschool through sixth grade. Professional literature for the children's librarian—both periodicals and books—is also covered. Selected and recommended by collection development specialists, books within Children’s Core Collection encompass a wide variety of topics, including social sciences, science, math and reading.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) [27]
Search and view the full text of eBooks.
Gale Virtual Reference Library [28]
Thousands of trusted, authoritative reference eBooks on virtually any subject are available 24/7.
Middle and Junior High Core Collection (H.W. Wilson) [29]
This Collection is a selective list of fiction and non-fiction books recommended for children and young adolescents (grades 5 through 9), along with review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists. Selected and recommended by collection development specialists in library service to young people, listed books encompass a wide variety of topics for youth.
NoveList Plus [30] [31]
Tired of reading the same authors? Looking for something similar to your favorite author or something new in your favorite genre? Try NoveList Plus and find something new to read.
NoveList K-8 Plus [32]
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Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction (H.W. Wilson) [34]
Public Library Core Collection: Non-Fiction recommends reference and nonfiction books for the general adult audience. Acquisitions librarians, reference librarians and catalogers can all use this reliable guide to building and maintaining a well-rounded collection of the most highly recommended reference and non-fiction books for adults.
Senior High Core Collection (H.W. Wilson) [35]
Wilson's Senior High Core Collection is selective list of books recommended for young people in grades 9 through 12 is invaluable for collection development and maintenance, reader's advisory and curriculum support in the high school library. Senior High School Core Collection lists review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists.
Business Source Premier [36]
Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Computer Source [38]
Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.
Gale Legal Forms [39]
Thousands of legal forms available with more forms being added daily. Official, State Specific, Federal, Business, Personal, Real Estate and General forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.
Gale Virtual Reference Library [28]
Thousands of trusted, authoritative reference eBooks on virtually any subject are available 24/7.
LawDepot [40]
Unlimited access to thousands of legal forms across all categories, including Real Estate, Business, Human Resources, Family, and more.
Morningstar Investment Research Center [41]
Morningstar Investment Research Center is an online investment resource with information on more than 30,000 stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-trade funds. Designed specifically for libraries and other academic research institutions, it provides independent analysis, industry information, stock charts, portfolio building tools, and the Morningstar Investing Classroom(SM) series of web-based educational tutorials.
ReferenceUSA [42] [43]
ReferenceUSA provides quality information to help you: Search for jobs, location, and industry, find new business opportunities, research executives and companies worldwide, track down addresses and phone numbers, find news articles for research, locate out-of-town companies, or profile a neighborhood, city or state.
Regional Business News [44]
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Vocational and Career Collection [45]
Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals.
Job Hunt Ohio [47]
Occupational Outlook Handbook [49]
Ohio Means Jobs [50]
ReferenceUSA [42] [43]
ReferenceUSA provides quality information to help you: Search for jobs, location, and industry, find new business opportunities, research executives and companies worldwide, track down addresses and phone numbers, find news articles for research, locate out-of-town companies, or profile a neighborhood, city or state.Stark County Employment Source.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia [53]
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale Virtual Reference Library [28]
Thousands of trusted, authoritative reference eBooks on virtually any subject are available 24/7.
World Book Early World of Learning [54]
World Book Hispanica [55]
World Book Kids [56]
World Book Online [57]
World Book Spanish [58]
City of Alliance [59]
Columbiana County [60]
Mahoning County [62]
My Ohio Vote [63]
Easily check on your voter registration information with this tool.
Ohio Inmate Search [65] (Dept. of Corrections)
Stark County [66]
Alt HealthWatch [68]
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990.
AHFS Consumer Medication Information [69]
AHFS Consumer Medication Information is a trusted source and recognized standard for patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. Published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, AHFS includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers and has been a Top Ten Award Winner in the Department of Health and Human Services National Consumer Education Materials Contest. This content is updated monthly.
CDC, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Environmental Heath [70]
Gale Virtual Reference Library [28]
Thousands of trusted, authoritative reference eBooks on virtually any subject are available 24/7.
HealthCare [71]
Health-insurance coverage information, explains the options and compares providers.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition [72]
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
Salem Health : Magill's Medical Guide & Cancer [73] [74]
A perfect mix of accessibility and depth, providing general readers with an authoritative reference source that helps bridge the gap between medical encyclopedias for professionals and popular self-help guides. Search both Salem Health titles from this link or specify Magill's Medical Guide or the Cancer guide from the home page of the site.
Medicare [75]
MEDLINE [76]
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.
MedlinePlus [77]
Trusted health information as a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health.
National Council on Disability [78]
NetWellness [79]
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center- Patient Education [80]
African American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920 [81]
Alliance Index [4]
Search the Alliance Index for obituary, marriage, and newspaper article citations.
Alliance Memory [82]
Featuring sights, sounds, and recollections of the Alliance community, Alliance Memory offers over 2,800 images, interviews, and documents
Biography Reference Bank [83]
H. W. Wilson's collection of 95,000+ biographies from over 50 reference titles, thousands of biographical magazine articles, and over 20,000 printable images. Search by name, profession, ethnic background, place of birth, and more.
Explore Ohio | OPLIN [85]
A collection of over 12,000 websites about all things Ohio.
Famous Ohioans [86]
The Forties in America & The Sixties in America (Salem History) [87] [88]
Search for events, places, and people who were prominent during the decades of the 1940s and 1960s.
Gale U.S. History in Context [89]
U.S. History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results from the most extensive online collection of historical information available today.
Ohio Historical Society Searchable Databases [90]
Ohio History Central || Online Encyclopedia [91]
Ohio Memory [92]
OHS - Fight for the Colors: The Ohio Battle Flag Collection [93]
An online exhibit of the Ohio Historical Society's battle flag collection.
Alliance Index [4]
Search the Alliance Index for obituary, marriage, and newspaper article citations.
Elephind [8]
MasterFILE Premier [94]
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Middle Search Plus [95]
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.
Newspaper Source | (EBSCOhost) [96]
Primary Search [97]
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
Academic Search Premier [98]
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
ERIC [99]
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.
Gale Virtual Reference Library [28]
Thousands of trusted, authoritative reference eBooks on virtually any subject are available 24/7.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition [72]
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
Issues & Controversies [100] [101]
Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.
Mango Languages [102]
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more.
Professional Development Collection [103]
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection [104]
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.
Religion and Philosophy Collection [105]
Religion & Philosophy Collection™ provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. With more more than 300 full text journals, the Religion & Philosophy Collection is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
ReferenceUSA [42] [43]
ReferenceUSA provides quality information to help you: Search for jobs, location, and industry, find new business opportunities, research executives and companies worldwide, track down addresses and phone numbers, find news articles for research, locate out-of-town companies, or profile a neighborhood, city or state.
Sociological Collection [106]
This database provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
TOPICsearch [107]
TOPICsearch contains full text for over 150,961 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
Vocational and Career Collection [45]
Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals.
World Book Online [57]
GreenFILE [108]
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
Ohioline [109]
The Ohio State University College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences.
Science Online [110]
Scirus [111]
"In addition to searching more than 167 million science-specific web pages, Scirus covers 18 million full-text articles and abstracts from journal sources that include Medline, ScienceDirect, BioMed central, and preprint archives." Library Journal
TOPICsearch [107]
TOPICsearch contains full text for over 150,961 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
Alliance City Schools [112]
Biography Reference Bank [83]
H. W. Wilson's collection of 95,000+ biographies from over 50 reference titles, thousands of biographical magazine articles, and over 20,000 printable images. Search by name, profession, ethnic background, place of birth, and more.
CIA World Factbook [113]
Explore Ohio | OPLIN [85]
A collection of over 12,000 websites about all things Ohio.
Gale U.S. History in Context [89]
U.S. History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results from the most extensive online collection of historical information available today.
Gale Virtual Reference Library [28]
Thousands of trusted, authoritative reference eBooks on virtually any subject are available 24/7.
Issues & Controversies [100] [101]
Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.
Kids Search [114] (K-8)
Know-it-Now 24/7 [115]
Welcome to KnowItNow24x7, the place on the Web where Ohioans can get live help from a librarian for finding resources for homework or research on any topic, suggestions for good books to read, or answers to satisfy their general curiosity.
LearningExpress Library [48]
Each Learning Center offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want.
Mango Languages [102]
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more.
Marlington Local Schools [116]
MAS Ultra - School Edition [117]
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.
Middle Search Plus [29]
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.
Ohio History Central || Online Encyclopedia [91]
Ohio Historical Society Searchable Databases [90]
Primary Search [97]
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
Searchasaurus [118] (K-5)
Science Online [110]
Student Research Center [119] (6-12)
TOPICsearch [107]
TOPICsearch contains full text for over 150,961 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
Vocational and Career Collection [45]
Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals.
West Branch Local Schools [120]
What Tree is it? Ohio Tree Identification [121]
What’s that Snake? Ohio Snake Identification [122]
What’s the Point? Ohio Arrowhead Identification [123]
World Book Early World of Learning [54]
World Book Hispanica [55]
World Book Kids [56]
World Book Online [57]
World Book Spanish [58]
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Below, you will find a listing of the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) of new computer users. Click on the question that you have and you will be taken to the answer. Click on the Back to Top link after the question to come back to the Table of Contents
The processor is used to power the computer. The speed of the processor is measured in GigaHertz (GHz). Manufacturers of processors for Windows computers include Intel and AMD.
RAM stands for Random Access Memory and is the primary area where the computer stores information as it is processed.
The hard disk is an internal storage device which holds programs and data used by your computer. It consists of magnetic platters with read/write heads that float above the platters to record and play back data.
Solid-state drives are starting to become more affordable. They have no moving parts making them extremely reliable. SSDs will eventually replace hard disks.
Unlike a cassette tape, a computer writes information to the hard disk in a sequential manner. One file’s data may be scattered around the disk. As files are deleted or edited, blank spaces may appear around the disk.
The standard microcomputer keyboard consists of 104 keys arranged in the standard typewriter or QWERTY layout. A separate numeric keypad is at the right side of the keyboard and can be toggled on or off by pressing the "Num Lock" key. When on, the keys act like the keys of an adding machine or calculator; when off, the keys act like the arrow keys for moving the cursor around the screen. Special ergonomic keyboards are available (sometimes referred to as "Natural" keyboards) where the keyboard is split in the middle and the keys are rotated outward to reduce the risk of repetitive stress injury caused by prolonged keyboarding. Some keyboards include touchpads to remove the need of a separate mouse. If you do not like wires, try purchasing a wireless keyboard.
A mouse is a handheld device for moving the pointer around the screen. If you do not like wires, try purchasing a wireless mouse.
The standard PC mouse consists of two buttons, each of which functions differently in Windows. A single click of the left button on an icon selects the item, a double click (clicking twice in rapid succession) will open the file or program, and a single click of the right button will open a pop-up menu offering choices relative to the item clicked. Some mice include a roller between the two buttons for easy scrolling of windows. Instead of having to move the pointer to the down scroll arrow on the screen, one can roll the roller on the mouse. This is especially helpful when looking at web sites. In addition to the traditional mouse, there are touchpads, large and small trackballs, and graphics tablets. Touchpads are most often found on notebook computers and are a good replacement for desktop computer users with small hands who do a lot of mouse work.
Not always. Almost all functions that you can do with a mouse can be replaced with keyboard commands. If you have problems using a mouse or tend to type on the keyboard a lot, keyboard commands will save you time. To learn the keyboard equivalents, observe the menus when you click on them (they can also be opened by pressing "alt" with the underlined letter of the menu name at the same time). If there is a keyboard equivalent, it will be notated to the right of the menu item. For example, the copy command is usually ctrl-c and paste is usually ctrl-v.
One of the best things that you can do for your computer is to purchase a surge protector. This is different than a power strip. While both may offer a single on-off switch and multiple electrical outlets, only the surge protector will help protect your computer from lightning or fluctuations in the electrical current in your home. A power strip will only shut off if the circuit is overloaded. For a little extra money, you can purchase a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) which will keep your computer running long enough in case of a power outage so that you can save data and properly shut down the computer.
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A COM Port stands for communications port and is also referred to as a Serial Port. Most computers have at least four COM ports internally which modems or other internal peripherals use. Every computer has at least one and usually two external COM ports for physically attaching external peripheral devices, such as external modems, scanners, and digital cameras. The COM port has nine pins.
(See letter "G" in the diagram above.)
A parallel port is also referred to as the printer port since that is usually the device that plugs into it. While plugging these devices into the parallel port makes them extremely easy to set up, the speed is not as fast as when used with an USB port. The parallel port is easily identified by its 25 holes. Parallel ports are being replaced by USB ports.
(See letter "C" in the diagram above.)
USB stands for Universal Serial Bus and is a common component on new computers. The port looks like a flat slot. Up to 127 devices can be chained together and attached to the computer. Many new computer peripherals (printers, digital cameras, scanners, speakers) come with USB adapters that allow the user to plug the unit into the computer and use it immediately without having to install expansion cards inside the computer and make manual adjustments to the computer settings.
(See letters "B" & "F" in the diagram above.)
Internal components are devices that are either built-in to the motherboard of the computer, added in on an expansion card, or a device attached to the motherboard by way of ribbon cables. External devices are added to the computer system by plugging them into one of the ports on the back of the computer.
The motherboard is the main circuit board of the computer and as such acts as the "circulation system" of the computer. All signals used by the computer are processed by the motherboard. Memory chips, the central processor, expansion boards and cables to disk drives all attach to the motherboard.
A sound card is an expansion card that is required in order to hear sounds from a CD-ROM or any audio file. Sound cards offer outlets for plugging in headphones or microphones.
First, press the power button. The computer will make some beeps while it goes through a self-check of the system components.
To properly shut down your computer, click on the Start button and select "Shut Down." This will give you the option to restart or shut down your computer. The computer will close any open programs that you are using and ask you to save any unsaved data before it shuts down. If you computer stops responding and a warm boot does not work, you may have to press and hold the power button for several seconds until it shuts down.
You perform a cold boot every time you press the power button on your computer. To "boot" the computer means to start it up and reset the memory and BIOS. Pressing the Ctrl-Alt-Delete keys simultaneously while the computer is running performs a warm boot. You may need to do this if the computer stops responding. If the warm boot fails to restart the computer, you will need to resort to a cold boot by pressing the power button for five seconds, waiting ten seconds and then turning it back on.
Windows is a Microsoft operating system that uses a graphical user interface (GUI) so the user can interact with their computer.
Directories or folders work like a filing cabinet in your computer. They help keep your hard disk organized by keeping system files together or program files together and separate from data files. Some types of files include executable or program files (file names end in .exe), dynamic link libraries (.dll) which are called upon by programs to do routines, and initialization files (.ini) which are used by certain programs to store startup settings.
Most software programs are complex and large in size. The programs are compacted when packaged for sale or downloading and therefore need to be installed onto the computer's hard drive before they can be used. Some CD-ROM programs do work directly off the disc and do not need to be installed. Software installation extracts the executable portion of the program (.exe files) and places these and other necessary files in various directories on the computer so they can be used directly from the hard drive.
As mentioned previously, program files and data are stored on the computer’s hard disk. The hard disk is a mechanical device that is susceptible to physical damage from jarring or strong magnetic forces. Viruses may infect your computer and wipe out important data. Your computer should have backup software that allows you yo make copies of important data.
A computer virus is a malicious computer program that infects the computer memory or hard disk. Some are comical and will simply change the display on your monitor while most are designed to do damage to the data on the computer. Boot sector viruses are especially damaging since they rewrite the information needed to start up and access your computer’s hard disk. Trojan horses are destructive programs disguised as something harmless like a game. Worms are programs written to replicate themselves until the computer’s memory or hard drive is completely used up at which time the computer crashes and becomes inoperable. A good place to learn more about computer viruses is CERT’s web site (http://www.cert.org/ [152])
Make sure you computer has current anti-virus software. Scan files before sharing. There are plenty of good paid and or free anti-virus products.
The Blue Screen of Death signals a major problem with the computer. Make a note of the message that you see on the screen. This is often useful when trying to solve the problem. Save your data frequently. Rebooting your computer will usually solve the problem temporarily. If it happens often, investigate the problem.
Downloading files from the Internet is similar to copying files from your hard disk. Clicking on the file link for a program will start the process. When you are prompted, you will select the folder where the file will be saved after it is downloaded.
Some programs need to be installed to the hard disk before they can be used. From My Computer or Windows Explorer locate the file named "install.exe" or "setup.exe." Double click on the file and follow the prompts to complete the installation of the software.
A computer bug is a problem in the programming that is unknown at the time of release of the program. As users use various aspects of the program and put it through its paces, problems in the program come to the fore and are referred to as bugs. These bugs are then solved and program patches or upgrades are released to registered users to repair the problem.
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Alliance Community Guide [156] - Information on education, elected officials, churches, service organizations, and clubs in our community and much more
City of Alliance [59] - Official site of the City's government
Alliance Area Chamber of Commerce [157] - Information about the programs and business members of the Chamber
Alliance Area Development Foundation [158] - Information for businesses about the commercial aspects of our community
Alliance Community Hospital [159]
The Alliance Review [160]
Alliance City Schools [112]
Community Organizations [161]
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