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Web Searching Tools
Directories: Finding People, Places and Business
Lookup a person, business, discussion group, email address and use the reverse feature.
Medical Images
Reference
LibrarySpot
Provides reference categories, such as acronyms, associations, business
information, dictionaries, encyclopedias, calculators, current events,
genealogy, maps, newspapers, people, quotations, statistics and more.
Reference Desk
Reference desk links to many full text resources, plus word of the day,
current events, legal and health information, job banks, maps and more.
The Virtual Reference Desk
Provides links to Internet web sites for academic researchers. Site is
produced by Christopher C. Brown, Reference and Government Documents
Librarian at the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
Internet Search Tutorials
Basic Tutorial on Web Searching - University of South Carolina’s Beaufort Library
Checklist for Evaluating Web Sites - University Wisconsin-Madison Libraries
MedlinePlus
Guide to Healthy Web Surfing – National Library of Medicine
Suggestions for evaluating health information when surfing the web.
Pew Internet Reports
Pew Internet & American Life Project produces reports that explore
the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily
life, education heath care and civic and political life. The Project aims
to be an authoritative source on the evolution of the Internet through
collection of data and analysis of real-world developments as they affect
the virtual world. Project reports are based on their research, surveys
and analysis.
The Pandia Goalgetter: Search Engine Tutorial
Users Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web - Medical Library Association
Search Engine Evaluation and Comparison
SearchEngineWatch
Tips and information about searching the web. Analysis of the search engine
industry – search engine ratings, statistics, listings and e-newsletters.
