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RESEARCH AIDS
- Anonymizer*** - This site is great if you want to gather market intelligence without letting anyone know who you ar. It acts as a buffer between you and the sites you visit. The sites you visit have no idea who you are, because your site address is replaced with that of the Anonymizer.
- BACKGROUND CHECK GATEWAY***** -
Enables visitors to conduct free, thorough, do-it-yourself background checks on people: personal, location of residence, educational achievements, professional achevements, businesses, criminal activity, and more
- Business English Online*** -
This site links to sites that help users with their
language in business presentations, multi-lingual assistance, and
business writing. Resources range from glossaries of accounting
definitions to vocabulary quizzes of real estate terms
- Calculator.com*** - Numeric, scientific, time, currency conversion and many other calculators in agriculture, health, computers, etc.
- Calculators On-Line* -
This site contains over 8,285 Calculators. There is a calculator linked on this site for anything you can imagine
- Creative
Quotations -
Quotes from famous people on their birthday linked to five components of creativity
- Critical Evaluation Skills* - Here they show you what to look for when you are visiting sites. Sites are classified into 5 categories: Advocacy, Business/Marketing, Informational, News, and Personal. In the Business/Marketing category, they offer an evaluation checklist which defines Authority, Accuracy, Objectivity, Currency, and Coverage.
- Dictionary of
Quotations*** -
Searchable database of famous quotes. Inspiring and humorous quotations
categorized in author and subject indexes
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Internet Detective* -
An online tutorial developed by staff at The Institute for Learning and
Research Technology at the University of Bristol, to help people
develop skills for critically evaluating the quality of an Internet resource. Free registration is required to allow users to return to the site to complete the tutorial (3-4 hours)
- My Facts Page *** - A source for dictionaries, encyclopedias and many other reference materials that you ordinarily must go to the Library to find
- quotableonline.com*** -
QuotableOnline is a collection of over 12,000 famous quotations
- Researching Companies on the Internet: A Tutorial*** -
A very easy tutorial to follow. It refers you to sites where you may glean information about High-Level Company Information, International Business, Sales Prospects, Company Home Pages, Financial Information, and Public Opinion
- Search Engine Showdown*** -
This site offers reviews, analysis, statistics, and strategies for many of the major search engines. Organized in four primary sections (Features, Analysis, Learning, News & Talk) the site explores topics such as search engine database size and capabilities, searching for Usenet and phone number information, subject guides, multiple search engines, and tips on successful searching
- SEARCH ENGINE WATCH***** - Excellent information about all areas related to search engines, from design to use; how to operate then to how to get the best results. Webmasters may be interested in paying $20 for a higher level of detail
- Web Concordances*
- A concordance is "a comprehensive index of words used in a text or a body of texts". This concordance happens to be used for literary studies. Because the index shows all usages of a word, the concordance may be used to compare contexts to gain insight into meanings. It may be useful for legal and philosophical studies, as well as finding cross-references in intranets and in research activities.
- www.thewebscenes.com*** -
A novel way to guide you in searching for websites on the World Wide Web
- YourDictionary - Links to many dictionaries in many different languages
- World Time Zones -
Check on currect time in cities all over the world
- Wwwebster Dictionary
- An excellent dictionary
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