INFORMATION RESOURCES

Answers.com

This "Encyclodictionalmanacopedia" compiles facts from published reference works.
The Answers Directory is helpful in categorizing information for the user.

Ask.com

Clusty

Clusty groups similar results together. These groups, or clusters, help you view your search results
by topic so you can see exactly what you’re looking for or discover unexpected relationships between items.

Dogpile

Google

Largest general purpose search engine.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar searches peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from
academic publishers, professional societies, universities, etc.

Infomine

Searches scholarly Internet resources, selected and annotated for the most part by librarians.

Internet Public Library

The IPL was founded by a class at the University of Michigan's School of Information and is a terrific place to browse as well as search.

LibrarySpot.com

Designed to "bring the best library and reference sites together with insightful editorial in one user-friendly spot. Sites featured on LibrarySpot.com are hand-selected and reviewed by our editorial team for their exceptional quality, content and utility."

Librarians' Internet Index

Locates resources useful to public library users; sites are evaluated & annotated by librarians.

Live Search

This is the Microsoft Web search engine. Launched in September 2006,Live Search uses its own Web database and also has separate News, Images, Questions and Answers, Local, Video, Feeds, and Academic databases.

Metacrawler

Refdesk.com

Virtual Learning Resource Center

Indexes "thousands of the best academic information websites, selected by teachers and library professionals worldwide, in order to provide to students and teachers current, valid information for school and university academic projects!"

Yahoo

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