December 2006
Visual dictionary
by 3 othersjust what it says, a dictionary but in pictures; kids will love it; a good way for learning English as a second language
Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free online reference, research & homework help.
by 3 othersa look-up source for information
November 2006
Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need
by 9 othershow to refine a topic and its searches; updated for web 2.0 and specialty searching; good for anyone starting to do Internet research on a topic and will take you to some previously unused search tools
TeacherSource | learning.now . Tag - You're Delicious! | PBS
may 06 discussion of how delicious works; useful overview and collection of comments. PBS teachersouce is also worth visiting from time to time
JEP - The Journal of Electronic Publishing
many of the past issues were on thematic concerns; ever of greater importance in academic and knowledge communities is the how-to of electronic publishing
Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb
by 7 othersThe invisible web, or deep web, is estimated to be 500 times bigger than the searchable web and comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines can't index.
LibrarySpot.com: Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries & more.
by 7 othersfrom "start spot" which has other such categorized listing pages for movies, shopping, museums, etc.
Four Nets for Better Searching
how to best use Google's advanced search feature; spend less time getting better results
Internet Search, Web Design, Online Marketing & more ...
an overview search site that gives information on various kinds of search engines and how to improve search; very useful for teaching; can do search from this site, too
Pandia Powersearch, all-in-one list of search engines and directories
by 1 othernew search engine that also has useful tutorial on how to search and explanations of all the major search engines; good for college students to learn how to use Internet most effectively
Solution Watch - Your descriptive source of solutions
by 14 others, 1 comment"reviewing and providing in-depth walkthroughs of today’s best products and services"; valuable because of plethora of new Web 2.0 software; explanation of how to use it gives clues as to if you would want to try new software.
October 2006
CiteULike: A free online service to organise your academic papers
by 46 othersCiteULike is a free service to help academics to share, store, and organise the academic papers they are reading. When you see a paper on the web that interests you, you can click one button and have it added to your personal library.
September 2006
Intute - the best Web resources for education and research
by 4 othersUK academics and researchers write entries on many topics of interest, a bit like an encyclopedia that you ask questions of.
"film theory" - Prefound2
As always when I try out a new search engine, I search on "film theory." This site usefully brings up links to syllabi as well as other sites.
July 2006
Clusty the Clustering Engine
by 56 othersThis is a top-notch new kind of search engine (Web 2.0). My test case for searches is "film theory" as the search term, and such a search brought me many new resources I was previously unaware of.
May 2006
dmozMedia Culture
Important links page, see also their suggested additional search areas
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