Other Research Tools on the Web
- Citation Guides
- Research Tools
- Search Engines and Meta Search Engines
- On-line Dictionaries
- Grammar Guides
- On-Line Style Guides
- Handbooks for Using the Internet
- History Organizations/Libraries/Research Institutions
- Back To History Department Home Page
- Menu of U.S. History Pages
- Menu of African, Asian, European and Special Topic Pages
- UCCS Library and Research Page
Citation Guides
- Melvin E. Page's Comprehensive
Style Guide for Historians Thanks to H-net and Michigan State
University.
Melvin Page's Short Reference Guide from BYU - Library of Congress Citation Guide Includes citations for film, audio recordings, maps, artwork, and photographs.
- University of Michigan's Page of Links to Citation Guides
- Turabian Citation Guide from Bridgewater State College
- A Short Reference Table of On-line Citation Guides From Sarah Byrd Askew Library.
- Connecticut College's Internet Citation Format
- Citation Formats from Michigan State University
Research Tools
Search Engines
- Alta Vista:
- http://www.altavista.digital.com. Access Alta Vista's search tips through http://www.altavista.digital.com/av/content/about.htm
- Excite:
- http://excite.com. Excite offers excellent search tips through http://www.excite.com/Info/searching.html?a-tip-t
- Hot Bot:
- http://www.hotbot.com
- Infoseek:
- http://guide.infoseek.com. Infoseek's search hints are at http://guide.infoseek.com/Help?pg=Homettelp.html
- List of Lists:
- http://www.einet.net/GJ/lists.html
- Look Smart:
- http://www.looksmart.com
- Lycos:
- http://www.lycos.com. Lycos offers search help at http://www.lycos.com/help
- Magellan:
- http://www.mckinley.com
- Nexor:
- also offers an searchable archive of web sites: http://web.nexor.co.uk/public/welcome.html
- Netscape Netcenter:
- http://www.netscape.com
- Northern Light:
- http://www.nlsearch.com. Northen Light also offers searches of journals, book reviews, and other printed resources. Northern Light's help is at http://www.nlsearch.com/docs/prod_help.htm#simplesearch
- SEARCH.COM:
- 250 Search Engines used together: http://www.search.com
- Starting Point:
- indexes by subject: http://www.stpt.com
- Study Web:
- http://www.studyweb.com. An Search Engine for Educational Web Sites
- The Web Crawler:
- http://webcrawler.com
- WWW Virtual Library Subject Catalog:
- http://.org/pub/DataSources/bySubject/VL/Overview.html
- WWW Virtual Library Subject Overview:
- http://www.w3.org/pub/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html
- WWW Virtual Library List of Registered WWW Servers:
- http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/VWWWV/Servers.html
- WWWW - The World Wide Web Worm:
- http://wwww.cs.colorado.edu/wwww
- Yahoo:
- http://yahoo.com. Yahoo offers help and excellent general information on using the Internet at http://howto.yahoo.com/resources/tips_and_tricks
Meta Search Engines
On-line Dictionaries
- Dictionaries on the World Wide Web
- Dictionaries on the Web
- One Look Dictionaries and the One Dictionary Links Page
- Encarta Encyclopedia Online
- Encylopedia.com: An on-line encyclopedida
- Muhlenberg College Dictionary
- A Web of On-line Dictionaries
- Virtual English Centre
- Longman Dictionaries Web Site
- Rogets Thesaurus
- Britannica Online
Foreign Language dictionaries on-line:
- The extensive Language and Translation Dictionary Center
Grammar Guides
On-Line Style Guides
Handbooks for Using the Internet
- Brenden P. Kehoe's Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide
- http://www.enfo.com#Tools has an inetresting discussion of Internet tools and navigation
- University of Deleware's excellent help guide
- Virtual Internet Guide
- Frequently Asked Questions
- A Beginner's Guide to Effective E-mail
- Ask Dr. Internet
- The Help Web
- Microsoft Home Page
- Apple Computers Home Page