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Research Resources Answers.com Archive.org Coral Content Distribution Network (web archives) Dangerous Places Digital Library Magazine Directory of Open Access Journals EEVL Xtra Find Articles Flags of the World Freepint Ghost Sites Gray Literature - Resources for finding unpublished research. The Infography Iowa Scholar's Desktop Resources Journal Watch - Headlines and news summaries on the latest research from medical and related science journals. Library and Information Science News Lonely Planet News wise - Knowledge-based news source Nutrition Journal - Freely accessible science journal about nutrition PubMed Central - U.S. National Institute of Health's free biomedical and life science journal archive Questia Resource Shelf Rosetta Project Search ERIC Search Public Records Suite 101 - Online magazine with over 2000 articles written by 300 experts on a variety of topics. A lot to explore, here, but well worth it. Textfiles.com - Semi-historical documents from the early days of the web (actually, the BBS days). Lots of stuff on a wide variety of subjects. gives a fascinating look into the hazy history from which the modern web has emerged.	Reference 1911 Encyclopedia Brittanica Altpedia Answer Bag Ask the Builder Bartleby Reference CIA World Factbook City Town Info.com City Data.com eHow - Site that tells you how to do just about everything. Lots of categories to choose from. Encyclopedia Britannica Encyclopedia.com Encyclopedia Mythica Encyclopedia of the Nations Fact Archive The Free Dictionary Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Earth ed.) How Stuff Works Infoplease Internet Collegiate Reference John C. Dvorak's Personal Portal Lexical FreeNet Connected thesaurus Librarian's Internet Index - A publicly funded website that culls the best of the web and puts it in a newsletter. The website is the archive of those useful sites they have found. Created by librarians for librarians, and everyone else is allowed to look in as well. Library of Congress World Portals Library Spot Martindale's Reference Desk Merlot - multimedia educational resource Musipedia Old Superstitions Open Courseware Open Site Refdesk Reference.com Rubistar So You Wanna Tech Books for Free Textbook Revolution Webopedia Webstrider Wikibooks - Books on a wide range of subject, all nonfiction, put together by users of the site. A collaborative effort similar to Wikipedia. A great deal of projects there, from ones just begun, to fully finished products. WikiHow* - "The How-to manual that you can edit." Lots of informative topics covered. Wikipedia World Atlas
Search and Search Engines Alexa - A company that has been around a while, Alexa is trying to catalog the internet. They have traffic rankings and related links. They also have services for webmasters. Clusty the Clustering Engine Complete Planet - The Deep Web Directory. A lot of info available. Daypop Exalead Eprecis Find.com Global Yellow Pages Google Alert Googlism Highbeam Incywincy net research server Infomine - Another resource made by librarians. See? There is more to them than books. From the site: "INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information. Internet Public Library - The first public library of and for the Internet community. They find and evaluate information and sites for the web users. The Invisible Web The Invisible Web Revealed Ixquick Jux2 Metasearch Local.com - Search for local businesses and services Kartoo Killerinfo.com Narly Time Niche Searches from PCMag Net Detective Omni Medical Search Open Directory Project Pandia Pretrieve people finder Profusion Research Buzz Scroogle* - Get Google search engine results without giving up your privacy. Scroogle scrapes away the tracking techniques used by Google and still gives you the good search results. These guys are advocates of privacy and are doing their part to make the web a better place. Search Engine Journal Search Engine Resources Search Engine Watch Searching the Internet Sensible Search Teoma Turbo 10 Wisenut Which Engine to use Wikiseek - A better way to search Wikipedia. Yahoo! Mindset search Zaba Search (people finder)	Science American Council on Science and Health - This is "a consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization . . . . .ACSH was founded in 1978 by a group of scientists who had become concerned that many important public policies related to health and the environment did not have a sound scientific basis. These scientists created the organization to add reason and balance to debates about public health issues and bring common sense views to the public." American Museum of Natural History Ancient World Web Application of Science & Technology Astrobiology Astronomy.com Astronomy Picture of the Day Bad Astronomy Bad Science - Articles published since 2003 are archived here. Topics range from health scams to misunderstandings about technology and blatant public policy errors based on said misunderstandings. Center for Science in the Public Interest Eurekalert Federation of American Scientists Foresight Institute - nanotechnology IEEE Virtual Museum Intuiter Junk Science - Website dedicated to exposing junk science, which they define as "faulty scientific data and analysis used to advance special and, often, hidden agendas." Focuses a great deal on global warming myths. Kurzweil AI Live Science Mega Fauna Museum of Unworkable Devices Nature.com Space.com Science Daily Magazine New Scientist NASA Nasa's Planet Quest Physicians & Scientists for Responsible . . . . Phys Org Plastic Noodle - robotics Politics and Science The Quest for the Theory of Everything Race for the Superbomb PBS special SciCentral (science news) Science Central.com ScienCentral.com Sciencemag.com Science News Science Through the Eyes of Nye Scientific American Snow Crystals Spacefllight Now - Science news site with free and premium content. Has an emphasis on space-focused news and science.. Space Ref Union of Concerned Scientists Web Exhibits
Utilities/Useful Stuff Switchboard World clock Accuweather World Time Server WWW Unit Converter Random.org Universal Currency Converter Pollen.com Tips to Improve Your Handwriting Free Sound Project How to do Stuff Podcast Calculate your Body Mass Index The Best of Everything (on the web) Itools Colorblindness Test Gas Buddy YubNub You Send It Utah Sex Offenders Search Map Sex Offenders.com Sloganizer Reuters Currency Converter Cost of Living Calculator U.S. Zip Code Map Time and Date.com How to do Stuff Country Calling Codes Daily Calorie Calculator Time.gov E-Health Insurance Shiny Feet Reverse Phone Directory Metric Conversions Sendspace Zone Edit (dynamic DNS) No IP (Dynamic DNS) Old Farmer's Almanac - online version of the old almanac originally started by Ben Franklin. Has lots of interesting and useful information. Touch Typing Speed Test - Easy to perform test that seems pretty accurate. Even shows you how many errors you make during the test. Earth Calendar - Ever wanted to know what holidays are celebrated by whom, on any given day? Could be for a practical reason, could be for fun, but it is always interesting to see. You can view by region, religion, or even search by date. Weather Underground - As far as I know, there is no actual weather reported underground, but this site is a nice resource, good interface and not bogged down by too many ads.	Maps/Topology David Rumsey Map Collection John R. Borchert Map Library - Wonderful and extensive map resource. National Map Viewer - Part of the U.S. Geological Survey website (a .gov domain), this site has a bunch of different U.S.-centric maps to view and interact with. Has some nice map tools to let you zoom in, measure and more. Strange Maps - Blog that regularly posts odd maps that have been created for a great variety of reasons. Don't know where he finds all of these, but they are interesting to view, and he ususally gives the history behind the map, as well. Topozone - Professional and recreational map center, topo maps of the entire U.S. Some personlization features and professional service round this site out.
Job Searching Any Career Payscale.com - Site whose mission is to give accurate information about how much to expect, on avarage, for various job titles across the U.S.

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