Research Sites:
Research:
My Newspaper Article on How to Find What You're Looking For on the Net
Ask Jeeves--ask questions and get answers!
Ask Us is a free reference service where professionals will answer the first hundred questions every day
Awesome Lists -- Lists "Truly Awesome" and "Awesome" sites on the Net
Beyond the Black Stump -- a fantastic listing of over 10,000 reference sites!
Curt's Corner in Cyberspace -- wonderful resources!
Desktop Reference Tools (general reference and subject resources)
Electric Library (can subscribe to free trial offer)
Encyberpedia is the living encyclopedia from cyberspace.
Funk & Wagnalls-- complete unabridged text of America's most popular encyclopedia, Funk & Wagnalls.
General Interest MultiLink Site -- sites for EVERYTHING. Great resource.
History Buff's Home Page is devoted to newspaper printing and publishing history and American history in general.
Hot Sheetcontains search engines, reference guides, and information about health, food, family, kids, and more.
InfoJunkies Virtual Library--contains links to writers' sites and much more.
Information Please--one-stop fact finding, research information, current news.
The Info Service -- HUGE reference desk -- fantastic
Internet Encyclopedia -- wonderful resource!
Internet Research for Writers outlines how you can find information on the Internet--and how you can find it faster.
The Journalist Resource Site (research info for reporters, writers, etc.)
Learning@Web.Sites (David Levin's wonderful site--loaded with information)
LibrarySpot-- for online research
List of Lists (science, government, research, web, publication, education, and more)
Local Eyes(find websites near your locale)
John McDonnell's Researcher's Toolkit is an excellent starting point for your Net research.
Measure 4 Measure is a collection of sites that estimate, calculate, evaluate, and translate.
Needle in a CyberStack--informational/search/research tool
The Noble Internet Directories offers access to a database of thousands of listings which contain information about experts, spokespersons, and consultants in all fields. Need an expert on something? Check out this site.
Pitsco's Ask An Expert site contains over 200 web sites and email addresses where you can find experts to answer your questions.
Ready Reference Using the Internet--research tool--fantastic!
Reference Desk (Wow! Medical/health centers, airlines, college info., entertainment, YOU NAME IT!)
Reference Sites that Demand a Closer Look -- My article published in InfoAlert.
Research It (your one-stop reference desk--fabulous)
ResearchPaper.Com--study aid/research tool
Scout Toolkit Homepage -- resources for research and education and information on search engines
Study Web--over 15,000 research-quality links, categorized and reviewed
Stumpers -- list of research librarians who can find *anything* on the Internet!
My Virtual Reference Desk (encyclopedias, newspapers, search engines, facts, etc.)
The Virtual Reference Desk from the Libraries of Purdue University.
Virtual Reference Sites (over 2500 information references and tools--such as calculators, calendars, directories, and facts)
Wired Source--research tool for writers
Writers Free References are reference sites that are useful to writers.
Yahooligans Homework References (wonderful reference materials)
Search Engines and Directories:
The Angle--displays Web sites based on your preferences
Awesome List of Search Engines and Online Directories
Basehit -- Multi-purpose and specialized search engines.
Dr. Webster's Big Page of Search Engines -- contains several categories for you to search under
Dog Pile, a search engine
Exhaustive Search Engine Page -- 800 search engines in 45 categories
EXTReMe Search Companion -- over 120 engines
FastSearch.com, a special interest search engine
Forum One(search engine for online discussion forums)
Freelance Writers at the Mining Company
Global Community List of Search Engines
Inference Find, the intelligent and fast parallel web search engine
Info Service has 14,226 direct links, 233 subjects, 249 pages, and averages over 200 new links every week. Whoa!
Internet Rail--choose a train on a certain topic, and take a tour of rotating sites pertaining to that subject
Internet Searching -- Wonderful search engine resource.
Internet Sleuth, a search engine with over 1500 searchable databases
Internet Sleuth's Information Research Forum -- forum devoted to finding resources on the Net!
i-Search, a service of the Student Affairs Virtual Compass
LinkAway2 lists many categories for searching the Web
Mamma--The mother of all search engines
Meta Links--resource lists, subject trees, and virtual libraries
Meta Plus--excellent starting place on the Web with an index of directories and links to Websites in numerous categories. This listing is *huge* and very comprehensive
Ready Reference page is an excellent guide to searching the Internet.
Reference.com(search newsgroups, mailing lists, and forums)
The Re:Search Centre--search engine that looks you decide what you're looking for, whether it's web pages, pictures, sounds, etc.
One of the largest search engine indices on the Net. Search
engines for software, news, science, law, press, image, TV/film/music, and more.
Search Beat-- Search by categories
Search Broker -- Search by topic.
Search Engine Watch -- Learn how search engines work and fine points about each.
The Search Page--search for books, magazines, people, newspapers, news, etc.
Specialized Search Engines -- My article published in InfoAlert.
Tips for Better Searching -- My article published in InfoAlert.
Ultimate Search Page (wonderful resource)
Understanding and Comparing Search Engines
Virtual Sites is "a Web Surfer's Guide of over 250 helpful pages pointing towards 6,000 Selected sites.
W3 Search Engines (a collection).
Web 500 (categories such as education, government, finance, literature, magazines, etc.)
Webgator ... Investigative Resources on the Web
Websitz -- If you can only remember part of a website address, this search engine can help.
Compiled by Robin Nobles.