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The research section of the online libraries, including encyclopedias,
dictionaries, and more.
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Research Tools
Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org “organizes the Web with 15,000 carefully
reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.”
Britannica.com
http://www.britannica.com users can simultaneously search the world's most
respected encyclopedia,
Electric Library
http://www.elibrary.com has
full-text documents and images concerning: magazines, maps, books and reports,
newspapers and newswires, radio, TV and government transcripts, and pictures.
ElectricLibrary's Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com
more than 14,000 free articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic
Encyclopedia (3rd ed.).
Encarta Online:
http://encarta.msn.com/
An abridged online version of Encarta Encyclopedia. Search the article titles or
the full text.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq
A resource for teachers and students with thousands of sources on hundreds of
topics.
FreeFullText.com:
http://www.freefulltext.com/
Provides direct links to over 7000 scholarly periodicals which allow some or all
of their online content to be viewed by anyone for free (though some may require
free registration).
Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com Offers online almanacs, encyclopedias, and
dictionaries (links under “Sources”).
The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org a resource for a variety of collections.
Library Spot
http://www.libraryspot.com A free virtual library resource center for
educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and
just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information.
The U.S. Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov Web site is the Internet location of the largest library
in the world. Comprised of approximately 115 million items in virtually all
formats, languages, and subjects.
WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org
Book search tool that searches the catalogs of libraries near you to find the
books that you want to check out and read.
