Library
Web Reference Sites
Research Help
All Academic: Guide to free academic
research resources online.
Ask A Librarian: This site by the Library of Congress allows you to ask
questions and interact with real librarians on the Web through this online reference
service from the Library of Congress.
FindArticles.com: Search through
articles from over 300 sources, dating back to 1998, and view them for free.
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial: An excellent resource on
how to analyze your information needs, phrase your search, and select the
best search engine for the job.
LibrarySpot.com: This site is 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.
Infomine: This site is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant
to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains
useful Internet resources like databases, electronic journals, electronic books,
bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories
of researchers, and many other types of information.
Kartoo: Kartoo is a meta search engine which presents its results on a map.
As soon as you launch a search, Kartoo analyses your request, questions the most
relevant engines, selects the best sites and places them on a map. On this map,
when you move the pointer over a ‘ball,’ the description of the site is displayed.
LIBWeb: Library WWW Servers.
Refdesk.com: Virtual Reference Desk with hundreds of useful online information
tools at your fingertips.
xrefer: When you type in a key word the service searches through encyclopedias,
dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations and other works covering a wide range
of subjects.
Virtual Reference Shelf: Well-organized database of free reference sites
online arranged by the Library of Congress.
Indispensable Writing Resources: You’ll find everything on and off the Net that you could possibly need in
writing or researching a paper, including links to all sorts of reference
material, links to writing labs, links to Web search engines, and links to
writing-related Web sites.
Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
Researchpaper.com: Get paper ideas and writing help.
Research Paper Help.net: This
site is a resource to help high school and university students with the process
of writing research papers.The links offer instruction and tips
for the various stages of writing a research paper.
Citation
Styles: Examples of various citation styles with links
to other online citation guides.
Columbia Guide
to Online Style
MLA Style Information: From the Modern Language Association
Sources: A convenient handbook for you to consult while preparing scholarly
work for your classes.
