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Read Print - Similar to Bartleby .. Better Organized

Jennifer Marcalino writes about trying ReadPrint.com: "It's a massive nonprofit library similar to Bartleby -- except that it has no ads and is MUCH better organized and user friendly. We've been using it extensively in school nowadays -- it's great for doing research since you can search within the books."

Searching Academic Papers

Working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and 16 other universities, Google is developing a feature of its search tool that will allow users to search specially tagged academic content. Using a tool called DSpace that MIT developed, colleges and universities can build so-called "superarchives" of scholarly work,
including metadata tags that allow for online searches of that content. According to MIT's MacKenzie Smith, about 125 institutions have used DSpace, but there has not been a tool to search across all of these archives. The Google tool will use an interface created by the Online Computer Library Center and will likely be part of the search site's
advanced-search page. Smith said she hopes all institutions that use DSpace will eventually be included in the search tool. She also noted that the search capability is not restricted to Google. Other search engines may create search tools specifically for the academic content, said Smith, or "[w]e may even do our own thing." Chronicle of Higher Education, 9 April 2004 (From Edupage)

Government Guide

Government Guide For searching government information. Today's updates, citizen toolbox, research & education etc.

Public Library of Science

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. With help from a $9 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and in-kind support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, we have launched a nonprofit scientific publishing venture that will provide scientists with high-quality, high-profile journals in which to publish their most important work, while making the full contents freely available for anyone to read, distribute, or use for their own research. See Plos Biology Volume 1

Martindale Center

Martindale Center You just have to browse through this one...so many cool tools and categories. Language Center; Cars, Aircraft & Yachts, and so many more categories...

Research Tools for Journalists

Welcome to Power Reporting!Thousands of free research tools for journalists. An excellent breakdown of research tools by category. Created by Columbia University School of Journalism.

Federal Government Titles

Public Printer, Bruce R. James, and Archivist of the United States, John W. Carlin, announced an agreement that will enable the Government Printing Office (GPO) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to ensure free and permanent access to more than 250,000 federal government titles available through GPO Access at http://www.gpoaccess.gov. (from Information Today, Inc.)

Smarter Surfing Research Resources

Sree Tips Resource Links include: Just the Facts | Search Engines | Useful Sites | Phone, E-mail & Web Info | Grammar & Style | Business Stuff | Journalism Stuff I: Finding Sources | Journalism Stuff II: Reporting Guides | Journalism Stuff III: Reporting Tips | Journalism Stuff IV: Writing | Journalism Stuff V: Tracking News | Journalism Stuff VI: Misc | Consumer Info | Just for Fun | Downloads for Easier Surfing | Creative Interactives | Further Reading | Others

DSpace at MIT - Internal Digital Respository

"DSpace, a newly developed digital repository created to capture, distribute and preserve the intellectual output of MIT." DSpace Newsletter

Reference Resources...

- RefDesk

Directories, Encyclopedias, Historic Documents, Quotations, Statistics, and Thesauri.

- LibrarySpot

World Factbook has data on every country in the world, including maps, background, geography, people, government, economy, and military.

- World Factbook

Almanacs: History & Government, Biography, Sports, Arts, Entertainment, Business & Finance, Consumer Resources, Health, Science and Weather.

- Information Please Almanac

Newstracker & Google Alerts

NetNews Tracker personalized netnews delivery service What does this service do? It searches Usenet newsgroups daily for the phrases you choose, and sends e-mail notification when there are new hits. What's it cost? Up to three search phrases are free.

Google Alert lets you track anything on the Web that shows up in Google's search. Simply enter keywords or phrases you want to track on the site (after going through the simple, free Google Alert registration process).

Ebray

"Independent researchers who do not have access to ebrary’s database collections through their library may now set up an individual account for as little as $5. ebrary Discover provides anytime, anywhere access to over 20,000 authoritative titles including books in full-text, sheet music, reports and other authoritative documents from more than 150 leading publishers such as Cambridge University Press, Random House, Inc., and The McGraw-Hill Companies. ebrary Discover spans multiple academic disciplines such as Computers, Technology & Engineering, Humanities, and Business & Economics, as well as general interest topics including Biography, Career Guides, Classics, Education, Health, History, Law, Psychology/Self-Help, Personal Finance, and Travel. "

Searchable Nonfiction in the Works...

" Executives at Amazon.com are negotiating with several of the largest book publishers about an ambitious and expensive plan to assemble a searchable online archive with the texts of tens of thousands of books of nonfiction.."

Infoplease

" Almanacs / complete subject list
A vast compendium of statistics and up-to-date facts and figures, on everything you need to know. Atlas An atlas featuring maps and detailed profiles of all 192 countries and the 50 U.S. states. DictionaryAn unabridged dictionary from aalii to zymurgy, including a pronunciation guide. EncyclopediaA current and comprehensive encyclopedia covering all the major branches of knowledge from astrophysics to Zimbabwe."

UC to Launch Open-Access Journals

UC to Launch Open-Access Journals University of California "In a trend that could permanently alter the nature of scholarly publishing, several top research universities are setting up electronic superarchives to store and share their researchers' data. Some universities see these "institutional repositories" simply as a way to capture their intellectual output, but others aim to use their repositories as a means of launching open-access alternatives to conventional academic journals."

RLG

RLG: Who We Are RLG is a not-for-profit membership corporation of over 160 universities, national libraries, archives, historical societies, and other institutions with remarkable collections for research and learning. Rooted in collaborative work that addresses members' shared goals for these collections, RLG develops and operates information resources used by members and nonmembers around the world.
Founded in 1974 and incorporated in 1975 by Columbia, Harvard, and Yale Universities and The New York Public Library, RLG was conceived to help achieve the economies and power of service that come from pooling resources, expertise, and operations. The organization became a pioneer in developing cooperative solutions to the problems that research collections and their users face in the acquisition, delivery, and preservation of information.

Open Access Journals

Directory of open access journals This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages.

FindArticles

FindArticles.com is a vast archive of published articles that you can search for free. Constantly updated, it contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.

Database of Academic Bibliographies

Welcome to NoodleLinks, the database of academic bibliographies. Whether you need a few good resources for your research paper or you're still just trying to think of a good topic, NoodleLinks can help! Browse by category or search by keyword for bibliographies written by researchers around the world on hundreds of topics.

Librarian's Research Center

The Librarians' Resource Centre
"is a selective and searchable collection of resources compiled to facilitate our informational research and retrieval. Founded by Margaret Gross, it has been maintained by Dave Hook since May of 2001. The Librarians' Resource Centre is organized into three major divisions. "Reference Resources" provides links to search engines, topical guides, ready reference and databases on the net. "Subject-Specific Resources" presents web resources specific to particular topics. The third section is devoted to professional development for library and information professionals. Wherever possible meta sites or pathfinder resources are presented. The Librarians' Resource Centre is intended to be a place to start searching. Consulting the LRC is analogous in many ways to consulting a bibliography of bibliographies. Resources in the database have been selected and evaluated by information professionals."