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12/2004 Google Scholar lets you search
academic papers and books.
Duff Wilson's Reporter's Desktop
conveniently consolidates many ways to find people and things.
Bureau of Labor
Statistics has a wealth of economic information. .
.
A9 from Amazon adds some
interesting twists to Web search (including Google results).
4/2004 . .Al
Jazeera's English-language service, from the middle-eastern television
network
. . . .IRS.gov,
because it's that time of year
. . . .Librarians'
Index to the Internet, librarians in California and Washington have
collected, organized and annotated some 12,000 useful Web sources.
. . . .Vivisimo
search engine categorizes results helpfully. . .
10/2003 Terraserver USA
topographic maps and aerial views of the United States
. . . . The
Museum of Online Museums can guide you to some of the Web's best museum
sites
Trademark Checklist from
the International Trademark Association helps stop brand abuse
The Old Farmer's Almanac
comes in a new electronic form. .
Refdesk leads you to a world
of reference materials
8/3003 Google News
.
Newseum
- Newspaper front pages .
7/3003 Refdesk leads
you to a world of reference materials. . . .
Wine
Lovers' Page full of wine ratings, questions and answers, information
(and enthusiasm).
Rotten Tomatoes is
popular for its collections of movie reviews, previews and information.
3/2003 Weather
Underground is fast, informative and easy to navigate
Urban
Legends Reference Pages help you avoid passing bogus chain e-mails
to your friends
Manhattan
Users Guide, offering tips on the city's best, is back. .
Time
Out New York all this time?
A
guide to bioterrorism
resources is available from the National Academies
Portals
to the World. . . . Find country-by-country information
through the Library of Congress
11/2002 Movie Review Query
Engine Find movie reviews from all over.
bioterrorism
resources from the National Academies
Portals
to the World.Country-by-country information through the Library of
Congress.
9/2002 FirstGov
- access to a government web sites and services
Newsdirectory
-web sites of publications by name, location or subject. .
DeepDiscountDVD,
low DVD prices and DeepDiscountCD
.
5/2002 Power
Reporting organizes resources for journalists efficiently. .
. .
Liftoff,
from NASA, shows the positions and trajectories of thousands of objects
in space, in 2D and 3D
3/2002 Epinions
has useful reviews by consumers of a wide array of products, and compares
prices
Bankrate.com
and E-loan help you find the best interest
rates
11/2001 The Wayback Machine
archives many Web pages back to 1996.
E-Loan
can help you compare offers from many banks
AddALL's
no-frills book price omparison service is worth a look
Cheap
Tickets and Hotwire help you
find bargains on holiday travel.
08/2001 Convertit
converts measurements, currencies, timezones and more
PriceGrabber
helps you find the lowest price on books, video, computers and consumer
electronics
Babelfish,
from Altavista, offers basic (and sometimes amusing) translations of Web
pages or text.
Orbitz,
backed by major airlines, is the latest big travel site
Plastic
offers reader-filtered, intelligently moderated discussions of what's happening
on the Web and in the world.
The
New Yorker online is both more and less than the venerable magazine.
Feed
has gotten an attractive makeover.
LibrarySpot
has an extensive guide to online reference works.
YourDictionary.com
is a well-organized collection of more than 1,800 sources
For business links, see Business
Connections; for politics, Political
Navigator; for health, Health
Navigator; for Sept. 11 information, see the Resource
Navigator.
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Searching the Net? Here Are
Places to Start
- Google gives terrific results by
analyzing a page's popularity.
It includes the
search of Usenet
discussions, a government search and an image search.
- A9, from Amazon, adds some
interesting twists to Web search.
- Alta Vista offers efficient
Web search.
- Yahoo!
Subject guide and free-text searching of the World Wide Web, and
many other services
- All
the Web, from Fast Search, is quick and simple
- Ask Jeeves searching with a human
touch
- Ixquick
searches multiple search engines and quickly returns filtered
results.
- ProFusion,
Excite, Dogpile, CNet Search.com and Metacrawler simultaneously
search different combinations of multiple Web search engines
-
Vivisimo searches and
categorizes results helpfully
- Reporter's Desktop
convenientlly consolidates many ways to find people and
things.
- Hotbot
- Looksmart searches selected
sites reviewed by humans, but emphasizes those who pay for
placement.
- Librarians' Index to
the Internet Useful sites organized and annotated by
librarians in California and Washington
- About.com has humans who assemble
mini-sites on a wide variety of topics.
- Britannica adds human
judgment to searching, and presents the results in an unusually
effective way
- Searchmil.com searches for
information in military (.mil) computers
- Achoo and The Hardin Meta
Directory catalog health related sites
- Topica and Tile.Net
will help you find Internet mailing lists
Collections for Journalists
Government
Non-Government
The Reference Desk
- Research It
all-in-one reference desk: dictionary, quotes, translators,
more
- LibrarySpot
Extensive guide to online reference works
- YourDictionary.com and Onelook give access to hundreds
of dictionaries, specialized and general
- Encyclopaedia Britannica The
one and only. (Now with a fee for full articles.)
- Refdesk leads you to a world of
reference materials.
- Trademark Checklist
from the International Trademark Association helps stop brand
abuse
- Roget's Internet
Thesaurus
- Information
Please Almanac Almanac, dictionary and the full Columbia
Encyclopedia
- Biography.com offers brief,
cross-referenced biographies of more than 25,000 notables.
-
Travlang
language-to-language translation dictionaries
- Babel Fish and FreeTranslation give
basic (and sometimes amusing) translations of Web pages or text. (The
latter offers human translation at a price.)
- The Elements of
Style The 1918 version
- C.I.A.
World Factbook
- Library of
Congress, including Marvel and Locis
- The New York Public Library
- The World Wide Web Virtual
Library
- National Library of
Medicine and Medline
- Ingenta (formerly Carl Uncover)
provides free citations from 26,000 publications; charge for full
articles
- The Merck
Manual guide to diseases
- RxList: The Internet Drug Index
Extensive information on prescription and over-the-counter
drugs
- Bioterrorism
resources from the National Academies
- Nutrient
database from the U.S.D.A.
- Law Guru gives access to
hundreds of legal search engines and the Internet Law
Library
- Lawoffice.com from West's Legal
Directory and Martindale-Hubbell's
Lawyer Locator
- The U.S.
Constitution
- U.S.
Patents since 1971, from Delphion or the Patent and Trademark
Office
- The Bible
Gateway replaces the Bible Browser, which is now
defunct
- I.R.S.
information and publications. For more tax sites, try taxsites.com.
- National
Geographic's Map Machine
- Mapquest, Yahoo! Maps and MSN Maps give street-level maps
and directions for U.S. addresses
- Social Security death
index
- Consumer
World has consumer finance rates, company contacts, consumer
information
- Currency converter
from Olsen & Associates converts from any currency to another
- ConvertIt
converts measurements, currencies, timezones and more
- Cost-of-living
calculator and other useful tools
- How Far Is It? gives the
distance between two cities
- U.S. Naval
Observatory and National
Institutes of Standards and Technology What time is it,
exactly?
- Weather
Underground The weather everywhere
Telephone & E-mail Directories
Publications on the Net
Guides to Many Publications
Breaking News & Daily Publications
Magazines & Features
Politics
- PoliticalMoneyLine Federal
Election Commission and other campaign money and lobbying information
in a useful format
- Project Vote Smart, a guide
to candidates and issues
-
All Politics from CNN
with Time magazine
-
The Empire Page links to major
news headlines on politics each day, emphasizing New York
-
Federal Election Commission data on
campaign contributions
-
Federal Election Commission datain
a more useful format, compiled by two former F.E.C. employees
-
Politics
Navigator, also from The Times on the Web, has more political links
-
Politics
Navigator, also from The Times on the Web, has more political links
-
Politics
Navigator, also from The Times on the Web, has more political links
-
Politics
Navigator, also from The Times on the Web, has more political links
-
IRS.gov, because it's that time of year
The New York Region
Commerce
AddALL no-frills book price comparison
service; AddANY for CD's.
Amazon The online megastore. Books,
music, videos, games, electronics, auctions -- and growing
Bankrate.com and E-loancan
help find the best interest rates for a mortgage, auto, credit card or
other loan
Bizrate lets you see how fellow
consumers rate online merchants and compares prices
BizWeb: Internet commercial sites
by category
Buy.com good prices and service on
electronics, books, music and video.
Buyer's Index searches 19,000
Web sites and catalogs for the product you seek.
CD Now Playcentric
and Alphacraze Discounts for
music, videos and dvds.
Cheap Tickets and Hotwirehelp
you find bargains on travel if you're flexible
Consumer Search Reviews
of products from a variety of publications
DeepDiscountDVD has consistently
low DVD prices, and now has a DeepDiscountCDservice.
Ebay The online auction house and
storefront
Epinions has consumer reviews
of many products, and price comparisons
Internet Fashion Mall
NetMarket has discounts on brand
name goods.
PriceLine lets you name your
own price for travel, cars or mortgages, and see if anyone will bite.
PriceGrabber and PriceScancompare
prices for computer hardware and software, electronics, movies and books.
Travelocity, Orbitz,Expedia,Trip.com
and Orbitzhave airline tickets,
car rentals, hotel reservations, travel information
Travelzoo collects special travel
offers from many sites
Entertainment/Culture/Pastimes
The Internet Movie Database Everything
you want to know about films
Rotten Tomatoes is popular
for its collections of movie reviews, previews and information.
Movie Review Query Engine Find reviews
from all over for the movie of your choice
Moviefone, MovieTickets.com
and Fandango have theater times
and advance ticket purchases
Ticketmaster has information
and tickets for music, theater and sporting events
Reel surveys your movie tastes and
recommends ones it thinks you'll like
Atom Films offers short films
and animations on the Web
TV Guide Now includes an extensive
movie database
Gist lets you customize TV listings
PBS Online
The Discovery Channel Online
Culturefinder has schedules
for the performing arts around the U.S.
National Endowment for the Arts
The Museum of Online Museumscan
guide you to some of the Web's best museum sites.
World Wide Arts Resources
NWHQ:Independent
artists on the Web
The Louvre More fun to visit in
person, but you can see many exhibits without leaving home.
Art on the Net, an exhibit by 80 artists,
and links to other art sites
Yack.com Guide to live events and
multimedia on the Web
mp3.com makes a wide variety of music
available in its eponymous Internet format
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Internet Underground Music Archives
Classical Music Archive Thousands
of classical music samples in midi format
Epicurious, the Food
Network, RecipeSource and
Gemini and Leo's
recipe links will help you answer the question, "What's for dinner?"
Wine Spectator has ratings
and reviews of thousands of wines
Sports & Recreation
Demonstrations and Miscellany
Cool Site of the Day
Useless Pages Useless,
maybe, but fun.
Ghost Sites of the Webwill
guide you to some of the rusting hulks along the information superhighway.
QuickBrowse lets you combine
and fetch Web pages you frequently read into one long page.
The F.B.I.'s
Most Wanted and Most
Wanted Terrorists
eHow.com teaches you how to do useful
everyday things
How Stuff Works tells you
just that
Urban Legends Reference Pages. Avoid
passing bogus chain e-mails to your friends.
Liftoff, from
NASA, shows the positions and trajectories of thousands of objects
in space, in 2D and 3D.
Dead People Servermight
answer the question, "What ever happened to . . ."
Sites
for parents and children from the American Library Association
Internet virus myths and Virus
hoax information Check here before you pass along that grave warning
Sodaconstructorlets
you make models of masses and springs -- and makes your time disappear
Tarot Card Reader, I Ching and more
Elvis Presley's Graceland,the
ever more elaborate official site, and the
unofficial Elvis home page
iVillage and women.comconcentrate
on women's interests.
Gay.com, Planet
Out and Queer Resources Directoryhave
news and information for gay people
Earthcam and Jasbits
Netcams have links to live cameras all over the Net
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