General Search & Research
Tools
From Julia Hengstler
@ Gulf Islands Secondary, Saltspring Is. BC, Canada
Brushing
Up Searching Skills
The
Language of Search Engines
Learn
How to Search - WWW.2Learn.ca
NoodleQuest-finds
the best search strategy
Metasearch
Engines-Search the Search Engines
Annotated
List Meta Search Engines Ranked by Speed and Comprehensiveness
Dogpile-metasearch
engine
Metacrawler-metasearch
engine
SherlockHound
Metasearch Engine
MetaIQ.com-searches
15 at once
Search Engines-smaller
returns but less to wade through!
Annotated
List of Search Engines and Specialty Search Directories
Google
AltaVista-great
for image, sound/video clip searches under advanced searches
GoTo.com
Infoseek
Northern
Light Search-search engine with thematic grouping
Yahoo!
Canada
Mamma.com
- Search Engine
Information
Please -great for students
Evaluating
the Quality of Information on the Internet
Columbia
Guide to Online Style
NoodleBib-
create/edit bibliographies online.
NoodleQuest-finds
the best search strategy
Online InformationSources
Welcome
to How Stuff Works!
LARCH-L
List Server Archive-searches SUNY list postings
Deja
News-newsgroup postings search
World
Resources Institute Search Gateway
Welcome
to AskERIC-Education
Canadian
Public Records Database Collection
Question
& Answer Services
Ask
an Advisor -Search Engines Galore
StudyWeb
Welcome
to VirtualTourist.com - The Original Travel Community
Reference Section
Martindale's
'The Reference Desk'
Search
@ nationalgeographic.com
Search
Articles of Canadian Geographic Online
Pinchbeck
- Reference Section
Thesaurus.com
Bartlett,
John. 1901. Familiar Quotations
Quote
Search
YourDictionary.com-comprehensive
list of dictionaries to use
Acronym
Finder
Dictionaries/Translators
AltaVista:
Translations
The
Internet Dictionary Project
Online
Dictionaries and Translators
250
Online newspapers and magazines of the world - international press. Zeitungen
und Zeitschri
Dictionary.com_Translate
Libraries Online
The
Canadian Library Index
E.P.
Taylor Research Library & Archives Home Page
Reference
Desk-London, Ontario Public Library
Richmond
Public Library Catalog-you need a current card
MSU
Vincent Voice Library
VRL
- The Virtual Reference Library - Toronto Public Library
Libraries
with Web Interfaces
Hytelnet
Library Catalogs
Biographical Searches
Lives,
the Biography Resource
Biography
Memorable
Canadians-by name and theme
Encyclopedias, Almanacs,
Etc
Encyclopedias-Awesome
Library
CIA
World Factbook
Britannica.com
Encarta
Online
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian
Encyclopedia.com
Funk
& Wagnalls Encylopedia
Online Exhibits &
Multimedia Sites
UVa
Exhibits
Museum
Educational Site Licensing Project
The
AMICO Library-free trial, after that you have to pay
Collections
and Exhibitions
National
Archives of Canada
Electronic
Open Stacks (Images)-University of Chicago
Virtual
Field Trips & Museums
Canada
NewsWire
CNN
- Video Vault
Atlapedia
Online-physical & political maps
Digital
Map Sites
Interactive
Data-create your own maps
Historical
Maps
National
Atlas of Canada
Thematic
Canadian Maps
Electronic
Theses and Dissertations in the Humanities
Oxford
Text Collection
The
On-line Books Page
Electronic
Full-Text Sources -University of Chicago
Project
ERIS Mirror-downloadable texts by author
Guides
to Manuscript and Archival Collections-Univ. of Virgina
Can
Lit Online Texts
Online
English Holdings-Univ of Virginia
Classic
Short Stories Online
Digital
Library
Canadian
News & Publications
CBC
News
CBC-
The National
Canadian-based
Publications Online
Canadian
Community Newspaper Association Member Papers
CANOE
- Selected Online Canadian Newspapers
Canadian
Geographic Online - Welcome!
Southam
Owned Newspapers/Magazines in Canada
World News & Publications
250
Online World Newspapers and Magazines
Hermograph
Press--Free Magazine archives
Hermograph
Press--Free Newspaper Archives
Links
to World Newspapers-Awesome Library
Links
to Magazines-Awesome Library
The
New York Times on the Web
Electronic
Journals