Resource has moved??
January 17, 2009 by mlower
Have you ever clicked on a web link or tried to return to a page that you had bookmarked and it is no longer there? That’s especially frustrating if it contains an article or information that you need or want to revisit. When that happens, you might want to visit the Wayback Machine and see if it is included in their archives. According to their website, the Wayback Machine is:
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is a service that allows people to visit archived versions of Web sites. Visitors to the Wayback Machine can type in a URL, select a date range, and then begin surfing on an archived version of the Web. Imagine surfing circa 1999 and looking at all the Y2K hype, or revisiting an older version of your favorite Web site. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine can make all of this possible.
I have had to use it a few times and except for one instance, it has retrieved my missing page. They claim to have archived more material than what is held in the Library of Congress. For a handy tool that might help you when the information you want again has moved, bookmark this website.
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I used to print out pages upon pages of information from websites for fear that I may someday type in the URL address and receive a message that says the site no longer exists (or something dreadful like that). Now that I know about Wayback Machine, I will be more secure in knowing that the material I seek is still out there somewhere (and no more wasting paper)! Thanks for the suggestion to bookmark it!
–Jenn Hund
Broken links drive me crazy! This is such an invaluable site for me. Since the school district I work in does not purchase textbooks for the computer department, we are responsible for creating our own materials. It is so frustrating to create activities and assigments that send students to a site only to find out that it no longer exists! I have certainly bookmarked this one! Thanks so much.
I love wayback machine. It just dawned on my to use it at the end of the year when teaching kids about the late 90’s and later using websites. Thanks Jenn for the suggestion to look at the Y2K hype!
What a great tool you have given me with the “Wayback Machine.” I have always bookmarked important websites for my students to use during research. Now I have a way to find some of my favorites from the past that have since become dead end links.