Web Sites for Research

Librarian's Index to the Internet

An Internet public library.  Access to reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources.  Can lead you to "Invisble Web databases if you type in a broad topic and add "and databases" (i.e. ecology and databases).

Research! Senior High Source (http:2learn.ca/senior/site/highframeR.html)

A complete guide and aid for high school students working on a research paper or project.  All kinds of helpful stuff.

A Student's Guide to Searching on the WWW (http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/index.html)

A tutorial to aid in effective web searching created by the English Department at St. Louis University.

Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/)
An extensive guide to help you through the steps to write a top notch research paper.

Multnomah County Library Homework Center (http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/)
Search by topic for sites to help with research and homework.

Library Spot (http://www.libraryspot.com/paperfeature.htm)
A free virtual library resource for students and teachers. There are many links to all kinds of information for research and class assignments.

Fact Monster (http://www.factmonster.com/)
Answers to questions mostly from an encyclopedia or dictionary. You can search or click on topics such as math, science, etc.

High School Hub (http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm)
Links to all kinds of sites organized by school topics.

My Virtual Reference Desk Homework (http://www.refdesk.com/homework.html)
A great homework help site with links to other homework help and research paper help sites.

Google News (http://news.google.com/)

Captures news from 4,500+ sources every 15 mintues.  Top stories from several different countries.

Scirus (http://www.scirus.com/)

Searches iver 167 million science-specific web pages with advance search options.  Includes journal articles, reports, and scholarly web pages.

Biography.com (http://www.biography.com)
Search for over 22,000 biographies and famous people - politicians, authors, entertainers, etc.