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Here is a combination of cool and useful websites on the Internet that will help you with basic research, quick reference, and simply browsing for fun!
Quick Reference
Abbreviations: Are you confused with all the acronyms and abbreviations flying at you? These sites will help you find and understand just about any acronym.
http://acronymfinder.com
http://acronyms.silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms
Conversion Factors:
Convert just about anything to anything else. Whether it's length, speed, weight, currency or temperature, you name it they convert it.
http://www.onlineconversion.com
File Conversions:
Zamzar: Have you ever struggled with converting file formats? Do you need to convert a YouTube video on a Power point slide? Zamzar will do it for you.
http://zamzar.com/
Libraries:
Library of Congress: Is the largest library in the whole world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections.http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Library of Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina is an impressive growing collection of books, manuscripts, and digital content about Egypt and the world. http://www.bibalex.org/English/index.aspx
Time Zones:
Calculate time differences and current times in any place in the world; anywhere, anytime with just a simple click of a button. http://www.worldtimeserver.com
http://timeanddate.com/
Search Engines:
How to search:
If you're looking for a quick "How to Search" tutorial or guide, this site is for you http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html#Outline
Meta search engines:
The oldest metasearcher, and still the most popular, MetaCrawler searches nine large indexes (search engines), eliminates duplicates, and presents the results in ranked order. DogPile and ProFusion are other available similar engines.
MetaCrawler - http://www.metacrawler.com
Dogpile - http://www.dogpile.com
ProFusion - http://www.profusion.com/
Google Scholar
Focuses on academic research. If you're going to do class research in Google, use Google Scholar.
http://scholar.google.com
Quick Reference
Abbreviations: Are you confused with all the acronyms and abbreviations flying at you? These sites will help you find and understand just about any acronym.
http://acronymfinder.com
http://acronyms.silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms
Conversion Factors:
Convert just about anything to anything else. Whether it's length, speed, weight, currency or temperature, you name it they convert it.
http://www.onlineconversion.com
File Conversions:
Zamzar: Have you ever struggled with converting file formats? Do you need to convert a YouTube video on a Power point slide? Zamzar will do it for you.
http://zamzar.com/
Libraries:
Library of Congress: Is the largest library in the whole world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections.http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Library of Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina is an impressive growing collection of books, manuscripts, and digital content about Egypt and the world. http://www.bibalex.org/English/index.aspx
Time Zones:
Calculate time differences and current times in any place in the world; anywhere, anytime with just a simple click of a button. http://www.worldtimeserver.com
http://timeanddate.com/
Search Engines:
How to search:
If you're looking for a quick "How to Search" tutorial or guide, this site is for you http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html#Outline
Meta search engines:
The oldest metasearcher, and still the most popular, MetaCrawler searches nine large indexes (search engines), eliminates duplicates, and presents the results in ranked order. DogPile and ProFusion are other available similar engines.
MetaCrawler - http://www.metacrawler.com
Dogpile - http://www.dogpile.com
ProFusion - http://www.profusion.com/
Google Scholar
Focuses on academic research. If you're going to do class research in Google, use Google Scholar.
http://scholar.google.com
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