Contents:
Search Engines
| Meta Search-Engines
| Invisible Web Search Engines
| Subject Directories and Portals
| Image Search Tools
| Internet Tools: Reviews, Guides, Tutorials
| Evaluating Web Pages
| Information Literacy
| PSU Libraries' Related Pages
Search Engines (Search the general web)
Meta-Search Engines (simultaneously search multiple search engines)
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Invisible Web Search Engines (find web pages that other search engines may miss)
Selected Subject Directories and Portals
Note: there are many other specialized subject directories!
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Image Searching
- Ad*Access Project ["over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955....concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II"] (Duke University)
- Africa: Sights and Sounds of a Continent (UWisc)
- AltavistaŽ Image Search [search engine]
- American Memory (Library of Congress)
- Art, Architecture, and Landscape Pictures (Penn State Users Only)
- Art Images for College Teaching [Description from website: "emphasis on ancient, medieval, and Renaissance European art and architecture" with "a number of noteworthy examples of post-Renaissance and 'non-Western' works" included, photographed and compiled by Allan T. Kohl]
- Ask.com
- Botanical Society of America's Online Image Collection
- CalPhotos (UC Berkeley)
- Digital Librarian: Images
- Digital South Asia Library: Images (UChicago)
- Ditto.com [search engine]
- Europe Photos ["high resolution pictures of European and Mediterranean towns and landscapes"] (euratlas.com)
- Flickr.com
- FreeFoto.com
- George Eastman House Photography Collections Online
- Google: Image Search [search engine]
- Google Earth
- Image Databases at Penn State
- Indian Peoples of the Great Northern Plains: Online Image Database
- Ixquick
- Kid's Image Search Tools
- Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
- National Gallery of Art
- National Geographic: Photography
- National Portrait Gallery
- NOAA Photo Library (Nat'l Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- NYPLDigitalGallery
- Oaister (UMich)
- Photos, Prints (Library of Congress, American Memory)
- Picsearch [search engine]
- Picture Collection Online ["30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers...original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923" from New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Library]
- Public Domain Image Resources (Wikipedia)
- Smithsonian Photographic Services
- Souteast Asian Images and Texts (UWisc)
- Terragalleria.com [the photography of QT Luong; more that 15,000 photos from arouond the world]
- Time and Life Photos
- UNESCO Photobank
- Visual Collections: Images of Art, History, and Culture (David Rumsey)
- Windows to the Universe: Images and Multimedia
- Yahoo! Search: Images
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Internet Tools (Guides, Reports, Reviews, & Tutorials)
- AcademicInfo: Finding Information on the Internet - Internet Tutorials - Directory of Online Resources
- American Cyber Cafes
- Bare Bones 101: A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial (USC)
- Bloglines.com
- CGI Directory (cgi.com)
- Complete Guide to Internet Statistics and Research (netfirms.com)
- Computer and Internet Use by Children and Adolescents in 2001
- Computer Trainer Directory: Help & Tutorials
- Computing with Accents, Symbols & Foreign Scripts: Tips for Developing Non-English Web Sites (PSU)
- CYBERCRIME.GOV [U.S. Dept. of Justice]
- december.com/net/Internet Tools
- december.com/net/Web Search
- del.icio.us ["Keep all your bookmarks in delicious and access them from home, office, anywhere. Share your bookmarks with family, friends, and colleagues." (from website, 1/25/2007)]
- Designing More Usable Web Sites [accessibility] (UWisc)
- Dictionary of the Internet (Oxford Reference Online) (Penn State Users Only)
- Digital Images and Copyright
- Download.com [free downloads of utilities, music, and games]
- EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers
- Ethics of Internet Use (Case Western Reserve, onlineethics.org)
- Family Village Guide to the Internet: For Parents of Children with Disabilities or Chronic Health Conditions
- Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial (UCB)
- Five Weeks to a Social Library
- FOLDOC: Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
- Free Web Development Resources (smartwebby.com)
- GetNetWise
- How Internet Search Engines Work (Carl Franklin, howstuffworks.com)
- InfoPeople Best Search Engine Quick Guide
- InfoPeople Best Search Tools Chart
- Information Literacy: Search Strategies: Choose the Best Search for Your Information Needs (Noodle Tools)
- International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
- Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms, 1994-2003 (NCES)
- Internet Archive Wayback Machine [a digital library of archived Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form]
- Internet Fraud Complaint Center (FBI)
- Internet Learning Tree (Walt Howe)
- Internet Learning Tutor (Verizon)
- Internet Marketing (Rutgers University Libraries)
- Internet Resources for Women: Using Electronic Media in Curriculum Transformation (Korenman, UMd)
- J-Learning [guide to online community journalism] (UMd)
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Internet Information (discoverschool.com)
- Media Awareness Network: Statistics: Internet
- MLANET: A User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web [Medical Library Association]
- Nielsen//NetRatings [worldwide Internet audience and usage trends]
- OpenNet Initiative [description from website: "ONI mission is to investigate and challenge state filtration and surveillance practices."]
- Pew Internet and American Life [reports, statistics, demographics]
- Researching Companies Online (Debbie Flanagan)
- RDN Virtual Training Suite
- Safari [computer manuals On-line] (Penn State Users Only)
- Search Engine Guide
- Search Engine Showdown
- SearchEngineWatch.com
- Search Term Glossary
- Site Search Tools Glossary: Markup Languages and Formatting Style Sheets
- Splashr.com [works with Flickr.com]
- Technorati.com ["currently tracking 66.6 million blogs" (from website, 2/8/07)]
- Tutorial - Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet (BrightPlanet)
- Ubiquity: A Concise Guide to the Major Internet Bodies (acm.org/ubiquity/)
- USC Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future: Internet Project
- URL Information (Fagan)
- Web Design for Librarians (Rutgers)
- Web Developer's Handbook
- Web Developer's Resource Center (PSU)
- What is... (O'Reilly Network)
- What is Web 2.0? (Tim O'Reilly)
- Web Search Strategies (Debbie Flanagan)
- Webby Awards ["The Webby Awards presents two honors in every category -- The Webby Award and The People's Voice Award -- in each of its four entry types: Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile." (website, 4/23/2007)]
- Women-Focused Cyberculture and Internet Information (Korenman, UMd)
- Yahoo! Search Directory: Science, Technology, and Society Studies: Digital Divide
- Yahoo! Search Directory: Search Engines and Directories
- Yahoo! Statistics & Demographics [Internet traffic & usage]
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Evaluating Web Pages
Information Literacy
See also these PSU Libraries' related pages:
Gateway Library:
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