Introduction Internet Background Information Basic Research Strategies Online Content Evalutation Online Search Strategies Online Reference Tools & "Pearls" Directories+ Search Engines Meta-Searchers Learning & Keeping Up Bibliography

ONLINE REFERENCE TOOLS & "PEARLS"... Online Reference Tools... WWW sites to visit: Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk http://iTools.com/research-it USCD Library Services Reference Shelf http://gort.ucsd.edu/ek/refshelf/refshelf.html Other "PEARLS" of Online Info...* *The Pearl concept comes from Jack Soleck, Special Librarian with InterNic Net Scout Services, "Citation Pearl Growing" June 1996. Cool Word of the Day http://130.63.218.180:80/~wotd Daily Almanac http://erebus.phys.cwru.edu/~copi/events.html Those Were the Days (What happened on this day in history. Check the links at the bottom of the page) http://www.440int.com/twtd/today.html ------------- Amazon.Com Book Store (1 million titles, order online) http://amazon.com Quicken.com - Quote Plus (investment information, stocks & mutal funds) http://www.quicken.com/investments/quotes CNET: The Computer Network (daily news, reviews) http://www.cnet.com Shareware.Com (for every platform) http://www.shareware.com City.net (City & State info, including Alaska) (also part of Excite) http://city.net/countries/united_states/alaska The Surrealist Compliment Generator http://pharmdec.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/jardin_scripts/SCG ADF&G's Wildlife Notebook Series - Home Page http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/notebook/notehome.htm Merriam-Webster's Word Puzzles http://www.m-w.com/game Edmund's New and Used Car Selection http://www.edmunds.com Other PEARLS "Inside Sources" from PC World, Dec. 96 article "Searching is My Business: A Gumshoe's Guide to the Web".