College Student's Resources For Research and Study

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A GUIDE TO INTERNET RESEARCH
For High School and College Students

SEARCH ENGINES, INDICES, AND LIBRARIES

How To Look for a Certain Subject on the Internet

How To Choose The Correct Search Engine

All-In-One Search Page - Links to search engines

Dog Pile - Strange name for a search engine, but one of my favorites. Searches: The Web: Yahoo!, Lycos' A2Z, Excite Guide, World Wide Web Worm, WWW Yellow Pages , What U Seek, Lycos, WebCrawler, InfoSeek, OpenText, AltaVista, Excite & HotBot. Usenet: Hotbot News, Reference.com, Dejanews, Excite News, Infoseek News, Altavista and Dejanews. FTP: Filez, FTP Search and Snoopie!

Morton Grove Public Library: Online Ready Reference System - Subject-oriented list of the best Web sites

Searching the Internet - Find the top 9 search engines on one page

Matilda Search Engine - International Search Engine

* 100 Specialized Search Engines - Great site for finding search engines: books online, jobs, education, law, newsgroups, health, music, and much more. Be sure you look at this site

Virtual Reference Sites contain Over 1,000 of the most popular information reference locations and tools on the Web

Find it Fast Page - Links to all-in-one cool sites page, Internet news, Reference desk, Commercial sites, Libraries, Computer Libraries

Resources for Research - Links to: Beginner's Guide to Searching the Net, Resources for Internet Novices, directories, yellow pages, newspapers, journals, ezines, and libraries

*Galaxy Reference - Acronyms, calendars, census, clocks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, Internet tools, libraries, maps, zip codes, quotations, collections, and directories

*Virtual Search Sites contain Over 400 of the most specialized search engines within 40 easy to use categories waiting to assist you.

Nuclear Winter - Search engines from around the world

Femina - Search engine for women

Internet Directories

Forum Finder: Search over 41,000 Web Forum Discussions

MAD Scientists -Collective crania of scientists from around the world fielding questions in different areas of science.

XPlore Reference Links

*Resources for Everyday Life: Find an old friend, locate a business, map out your next trip, locate the best air fares, track a package, find a zip code, find the location of an ATM machine in any city, go shopping, and more.

*Resources for Teachers

LIBRARIES

The WWW Virtual Library - By subject

Internet Public Library Reference Center

*WebCats - Library catalogs on the Internet

NCSU Libraries - Searchable database for discipline specific Internet resources

Yanoff's Internet List - Find topics from A to Z

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows - Obscure facts about strange topics

Reference Links

DICTIONARIES and THESAURUS

* Research It! - Search: dictionaries, rhyming dictionaries, Thesaurus, Acronym, foreign language translators, biographies, Bible, quotations, maps, telephone numbers, currency exchange table, stock quotes, postal zip codes, and package tracking

Webster's Dictionary

Index of Online Dictionaries

Dictionary of Computing Terms

Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

Dictionary of Science and Biotechnology - 5500 life science terms associated with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cellular biology and genetics, chemistry, ecology, medicine, pharmacology and toxicology.

Biographical Dictionary - Over 18,000 names

Medical Dictionaries, Databases, Encyclopedias, and Glossaries

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

If you are looking for an online Encyclopedia, you can find it here.

Britannica Online - Search this encyclopedia online for a fee or for a trial session

Chemistry Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of the Orient

Knowledge Adventure Encyclopedia

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Free Internet Encyclopedia

WRITING HELP FOR STUDENTS

A.Word.A.Day - Mails out a vocabulary word and its definition every day to the subscribers of this free mailing list

Yahoo Links: Help for College Writing

Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.

11 Rules of Grammar

Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

English Grammar Clinic - Your grammar questions are answered by professional English language instructors.

Guide for Writing Research Papers

Online English Grammar Reference

Rensselaer Writing Center - Learn to write resumes, cover letters, thesis, etc...

StoryCraft - Fiction writer's homepage containing: articles, software, and information about the Jarvis method of writing
Wit's End - Creativity Contest for Writers
Book Buzz - Authors and agents can congregate here. This is a place for writers and readers.
Books AtoZ Publishing Resource Site - Information on: Publishers, self-publishing,
printing, book manufacturing, publishing associations, grants for publishing, music publishing, CD-ROM and multimedia publishing, and more.
Reactive Writing - Fun experiment in interactive fiction.
Adventure - Game that is an ongoing interactive story. Play the game by adding your own episodes.
Resources for Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers
Screenwriters & Playwrights Home Page

NEWS, NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALS, and WEATHER

Internet Newspapers from all over the world in many languages

The Electronic Newsstand - Over 2,000 magazine sites available on the Web.

Electronic Journals - Over 1800 Entries

E-Zine List - Extensive list of online magazines

NewsLinks

Tudogs News Page - Find links for newspapers all around the world

NewsPage - Concise news for the busy businessperson

NewsPage - Search daily news from over 600 information sources.

Magellan: News and Weather Sites

National Weather Service

Earth Watch - Weather reports, headlines, StormWatch, Satellite and Radar, and current conditions.

U.S. Weather by Region

NEWSLETTERS, and MAILING LIST

The Reporter's Guide to Mailing List - Next time you jump online to research a story, find information on your email program instead of your World Wide Web browser. Learn how to find information through over 40,000 mailing lists through this page.

The SIFT service - Set up a personal profile for searching Usenet News or Computer Science Technical Reports. Sift monitors Usenet News postings and sends you articles that match your personal search profile.

Newsletter Library - Search for over 11,000 Free Newsletters

Deja News - Search all newsgroups

Usenet Search @ Deja News - (Need JAVA enabled browser)

Liszt - Over 55,000 email discussion groups.

Mailing Lists and Archives

FINDING PEOPLE and BUSINESSES

SwitchBoard - Find addresses and phone numbers of individuals and businesses

Yellow Pages Online - Easily searchable directory of more than 18 million listings of U.S.
businesses.

Zip2 - Search accurately for over 16 million businesses in the USA

The InterNIC Directory of Directories is an index of entries that point to resources, products and services accessible through the Internet

Business Search - Find businesses on the Internet

YellowNet - Search business pages on the Internet

Telephone Directories on the Web

AT&T Internet 1-800 Toll Free Number Directory

U.S. Postal Service Zip Code Look Up

How To Find A Friend That You Have Lost Track Of

ClassMates - Helps high school alumni friends find each other. When you join ClassMates you get access to e-mail addresses for other registered alumni to make it possible for your old school friends and reunion organizers to contact you. They have registrants from more than 20,000 high schools covering all 50 states, Canada and about 300 American/Canadian territorial and overseas high schools.

Toll Free Numbers, Hotlines, and More Information about Missing Children

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Centro Nacional para Ninos Desaparecidos y Explotados
(800) 843-5678 or (800) 826-7653

Finding People on the Internet - Find email addresses and phone numbers

Find someone who has moved, changed their name, or phone number. Use an old email address to find a person's new email address.

Missing Link - Help in finding a missing person

Flip's Search Resources - This is a list of links that Flip used while doing a successful adoption search.

GOVERNMENT AND LAW

*Links for Law Students

The Constitution of the United States of America

Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet - U.S. Congress Current Legislation

*Galaxy: United States: Government Sites on the Internet - Agencies, laws, publications, organizations, military, politics, public affairs, directories, and guides.

**How To Register To Vote

How To Tell Politicians What You Think

The SpeakOut! Congressional Letter Writing System for Windows

Self Help Law Center

Attorney Find - Locate attorneys nationwide in the US Select the Category and the
State

Electronic Legal Source - This library is stocked with free legal forms and information for both the general public and legal practitioners.

Answers to Patent, Copyright, Trademark Questions

Legal Answers - Got a legal question? Try looking up the answer here.

Consumer Credit Counseling Service - Credit counseling advice in English and Spanish, a loan calculator, money management tips, and links to various credit education sites.

***Project Gutenberg - Literature and books that you can read online

Time Out Page

Education Sites for College Students

Learning Applications - A searchable database for teachers to find Internet based instruction

RxList - The Internet Drug Index

JOBS

Do you have an e-mail address? Find out how to get a FREE web page and make money!

How To Write A Cover Letter For Your Resume

Archeus Resume Writing Resources

*What Color is Your Parachute? The Net Guide - Tells you: where to find openings, how to create and post resumes, how to make key contacts, and how to do job research.

*Using the Internet to Find a Job - Type in the field of interest, the area of the country that you are interested in, and this database will find matches among thousands of newsgroup messages posted daily. This site has other job related links to help you, also.

*How To Find A JOB

America's Job Bank - 250,000 job listings from the US Government's Employment Service.