• Evaluating Web Searches
• Most Popular Web Search Engines
• Technical and Scientific Article Search
• Reference Desk
• Time and Holidays

• Finding People and Firms
• Scams and Urban Legends
• Will Yancey's Home Page

Maintained by ACLR. Please e-mail your suggestions for additions and changes to wyancey@aclrsbs.com.

Evaluating Web Searches

• How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory ...University at Albany Libraries
• Choose the best search for your information need ...Debbie Abilock
• How To Evaluate Internet Research Sources ...Robert Harris
• Evaluation of information sources ...Alastair Smith
• Search Engines Showdown
• Search Engine Watch
  

Most Popular Web Search Engines

• About.com
• Google
• Lycos
• MSN ...Microsoft Network
• Search.com ...CNet
  
• Yahoo!

Technical and Scientific Article Search

• Abelard ...articles on logical thinking in a great range of different topics
• Academic Earth ...video lectures by academic scholars
• Academic Info
• Complete Planet
• Google Print ...full text of selected books
• Internet Archive Wayback Machine
• National Science Foundation - Discoveries
• Northern Light
• SciTech Daily Review
• WhatIs?com

Reference Desk

• Biographies of Notable People
• Biographical Dictionary  ...S9 Technologies
• Biography Search ...Biography on A&E
• Calculators
• Calculator Home Page ...bankrate.com
• English language dictionaries and thesauruses
• Dictionary ..refdesk.com
• English Idioms Sayings & Slang ...Wayne Magnuson
• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
• The Free Dictionary
• Thesaurus.com
• YourDictionary
• Foreign language dictionaries and translation
• Foreignword
• FreeDict
• FreeTranslation ...Free2ProfessionalTranslation
• LEO German-English Dictionary
• Terminology Collection - Word Online
• WorldLingo
• General fact references and encyclopedias
• AskJeeves
• Britannica
• Encyclopedia.com
• Find Articles
• HowStuffWorks
• InfoPlease Almanac
• Martindale's The Reference Desk
• NationMaster
• RefDesk
• Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
• Quotations
• Bartleby.com
• Google Print ...full text of selected books
• LitQuotes
• The Quotations Page
• Technical terminology
• Accounting Glossary
• Accounting Terminology Guide ...New York State Society of CPAs
• Acronym Finder
• Computer User High-Tech Dictionary
• Computing Dictionary ...The Free Dictionary
• Finance Glossary ...financeglossary.net
• Finance Glossary ...mortgageloan.com
• Legal Definitions
• Legal Glossary
• MBA Glossary ...VentureLine
• Newton's Telecom Dictionary...Harry Newton
• PC Guide
• Tech Encyclopedia ...TechWeb
• Webopedia
• Whatis ...TechTarget

Time and Holidays

• Ask Professor Holiday
• Earth Calendar
• Holidays on the Net
• Official US Time ...National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• On This Day ...BBC
• Perpetual Calendar ...InfoPlease
• Weird Holidays
• What Time Is It? ...US Naval Observatory

Urban Legends, Myths, and Hoaxes