Info To Go: Navigating the Internet

Gas Prices Search Engine

Sat, 10 May 2008 10:46:00 GMT

Updated daily with prices from 90,000 gas stations across the U.S.

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update Provides Clinicians with Better Tools to Help Smokers Quit

Sat, 10 May 2008 10:15:00 GMT

"An updated clinical practice guideline released by the U.S. Public Health Service has identified new counseling and medication treatments that are effective for helping people quit smoking. A review of more than 8,700 research articles published between 1975 and 2007 found that there are now seven medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration as smoking cessation treatments that dramatically increase the success of quitting. The review also found that counseling by itself or especially in conjunction with medication can greatly increase a person's success in quitting. In particular, quitlines were found to be effective and can reach a large number of people; 1-800-QUIT-NOW, a national quitline, is an access number that connects people to their State-based quitline. It also provides broad access to cessation counseling for diverse populations and is easy for clinicians and patients to use."

Bookswapping: Turning Over an Old Leaf

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:44:00 GMT

"Only 24 books are produced for every tree felled. But book-swapping Web sites could provide a solution for the eco-aware reader."

FOIA: Government Docs

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:15:00 GMT

"Government Docs was created to advance the values of open and accountable government. This site gives the public an unprecedented level of access to government documents by allowing users to browse, search, and review hundreds of thousands of pages acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other public disclosure, or 'sunshine,' laws."

Read The Words

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:32:00 GMT

This service reads aloud any text you enter. You can use a wide variety of text sources to enter, including .pdf, .doc, url, html, rss feeds, and more. Free with registration. (Beta.)