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Student Research Resources (StudentResearch.info) is a Subject Tracer™ Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library™. It is designed to bring together the latest resources and sources on an ongoing basis from the Internet to aid the student in performing research for their independent research projects as well as undergraduate and graduate subject research which are listed below. We always welcome suggestions of additional sites and resources to be added to this comprehensive listing and please submit by clicking here. This site has been developed and maintained by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.; Internet expert, author, keynote speaker, and consultant. His latest white papers include Searching the Internet, Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources, and Knowledge Discovery Resources 2009. All of his Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs and his white papers are available from WhitePapers.us.

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Resources: Student Research Resources ToolKit

Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources
http://www.ScholarSearchEngines.com/

Academic Software
http://www.sprysoft.com

Adobe Reader
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

All the Web
http://www.alltheweb.com/

Alta Vista
http://www.altavista.com/

AnswerU
http://www.answeru.com/

A Research Guide for Students by I. Lee
http://geocities.com/researchguide

AskAsia.org
http://www.askasia.org/

Bartleby - Great Books Online
http://www.bartleby.com/

Best Free Reference Web Sites
http://snipurl.com/l81o

BibblyWiki
http://www.giffmex.org/bibblywiki.html

BibMe - Fully Automatic and Free Bibliography Maker
http://www.bibme.org/

Big6 - Information Skills for Student Achievement
http://www.big6.com/

BigWords.com - Textbook Centric Price Comparison Site
http://bigwords.com/

Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/

Biotechnology School Explorer
http://biotechnologyschools.org/

Bookboon - Download Free Student and Travel Books
http://bookboon.com/

Bookrags - Book Summaries and Study Guides for Students
http://www.bookrags.com/

Business Intelligence Resources
http://www.BIResources.info/

Business Resources: Finding Company, Industry, Trade Information
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~instruct/guides/busgd.html

BuzzWack - The Buzzword Compliant Dictionary
http://www.buzzwhack.com/

CampusBooks.com - Compare Prices on New and Used College Textbooks
http://www.campusbooks.com/

Carmun - Open Source Academic Community
http://www.carmun.com/

Centre - Free Student Information System
http://www.miller-group.net/

Chegg - Cheap Textbook Rentals, Search for Used Textbooks and Rent College Textbooks
http://www.chegg.com/

CiteULike
http://www.citeulike.org/

CITIDEL
http://www.citidel.org/

CliffsNotes
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/

Clipart ETC
http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/

Cogito - Connecting Youth Thinkers Around the World
http://www.cogito.org/

College Tips
http://www.collegetips.com/

Common Internet File Formats
http://www.matisse.net/files/formats.html

Computing Research Repository (CoRR)
http://xxx.lanl.gov/archive/cs/intro.html

Cramster Homework Help and Online Study Community
http://www.cramster.com/

Critical Evaluation Surveys and Resources
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

CultureGrams - Concise, Reliable and Up To Date Reports on 200 Cultures
http://www.culturegrams.com/

CyberLibrary Media Center
http://www.cayermedia.com/

Deep Web Research
http://www.DeepWebResearch.info/

Develop Your Career - Comprehensive Advice on Career Development
http://www.developyourcareer.co.uk/

Directory Resources
http://www.DirectoryResources.info/

Direct Search
http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm

e-Academichelp.com
http://www.e-academichelp.com/

E-Books Directory
http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/

eBrary Library Center
http://librarycenter.ebrary.com/

EdRef - Free College Search Directory
http://www.edref.com/

EDSITEment - The Best of the Humanities On the Web
http://edsitement.neh.gov/

Educational Software Directory
http://www.educational-software-directory.net/

eFinancialBot - Your Global Financial Search Engine
http://www.eFinancialBot.com/

eHealthcareBot Search Engine
http://www.eHealthcareBot.com/

Einstein Archives Online
http://www.alberteinstein.info/

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC)
http://www.goenc.com/

eMarketingBot Search Engine
http://www.eMarketingBot.com/

Encalc - The Free Online Scientific Calculator
http://www.encalc.com/

eNotes - Comprehensive Online Educational Resources by Experts
http://www.enotes.com/

Erik Max Francis Research Resources
http://www.alcyone.com/max/

Error Codes for World Wide Web
http://www.servererror.net/info/Errorcodes.txt

Explore Open Archives
http://opcit.eprints.org/explorearchives.shtml

FactCheckEd.org
http://www.FactChecked.org/

FedMoney - Guide to All U. S. Government Grants and Loans Benefiting Students
http://www.fedmoney.org/

Filext.net - One Stop File Extension Information Resource
http://www.filext.net/

Financial Calculators
http://www.mortgageloan.com/calculator/

Financial Sources
http://www.FinancialSources.info/

Finding Experts by Using the Internet
http://www.FindingExperts.info/

Finding People
http://www.FindingPeople.info/

Flash Card Machine - Create, Study and Share Online Flash Cards
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/

Free Textbooks and Internet Library
http://www.textbooksfree.org/

FunnelBrain - Answers, Questions and Flashcards
http://www.funnelbrain.com/

Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html

GLORIAD Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development
http://www.gloriad.org/

Google™
http://www.google.com/

Google Spreadsheets and Writely
http://www.google.com/educators/spreadsheets_writely.html

Google Suggest
http://labs.google.com/suggest/

GradeGuru - Notes Sharing By Students For Students
http://www.gradeguru.com/

GradShare - Ask Questions, Get Answers, Get Expert Advice from Graduate School Community
http://www.gradshare.com/

Historical Research - Primary Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/

Hitmill.com - Internet Training and Technology for Students
http://www.hitmill.com/

HomeWork Elephant - Homework Help At Your Fingertips
http://www.homeworkelephant.co.uk/

How To Study - A Brief Guide
http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/howtostudy.html

Idea Generator
http://www.lib.odu.edu/libassist/idea/index.php

Idealist
http://www.idealist.org/

International Calling Codes
http://international-calling.info/

Internet Detective - Wise Up To the Web
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/index.html

Internet Experts - Finding Experts on the Internet
http://www.InternetExperts.info/

Introduction to Research: Online Resources
http://www.nwc.cc.wy.us/id/koellind/2017/resources.htm

Intute Virtual Training Suites
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/

ISI Highly Cited Researchers
http://www.isihighlycited.com/

Justia - Law & Legal Information for Lawyers, Students, Business and the Public
http://www.justia.com/

KidBibs Homework Help
http://www.kidbibs.com/homeworkhelp.htm

K-Logs (Knowledge Management Weblogs)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/klogs/

KnightCite - Online Citation Generator
http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php

Librarians' Resource Centre - SLA Toronto Chapter Toolbox
http://www.sla.org/chapter/ctor/resources/lrc/cover.htm

Litsum - Free Literature Summaries and Study Guides
http://litsum.com/

Market Intelligent Resources
http://www.MarketIntelligenceResources.com/

Martindale Calculators
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html

MegaSources - Information and Journalism Resources
http://www.ryerson.ca/~dtudor/megasources.htm

Mendeley - Academic Software for Research Papers
http://www.mendeley.com/

Mindset List from Beloit College
http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/

MIT OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html

MyDataBus - Free Online File Storage and File Sharing
http://www.mydatabus.com/

MyNoteIT - An Online Note Taking Tool for Students
http://www.mynoteit.com/

National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
http://www.nsdl.org/

Notecentric - A Place For Your Class Notes
http://www.notecentric.com/

Odeo - Search, Discover and Share Digital Media From Millions of Audio and Video Clips
http://www.odeo.com/

OneBigU - Answer Questions, Help Darfur
http://www.onebigu.com/

Online Free Education
http://www.eliteskills.com/free_education/?foo=x

Online Research Tools
http://www.OnlineResearchTools.info/

Open Text Book
http://www.opentextbook.org/

OzProjects - Online Projects for Teachers and Their Students
http://www.ozprojects.edu.au/

Pathfinder Science - Science Network for Student and Citizen Science
http://pathfinderscience.net/

PINAKES - A Subject LaunchPad
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html

Plagiarism Resource Site
http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism

Plagium - Plagiarism Tracker and Checker
http://www.plagium.com/

Practical Tips for Managing Challenging Scenarios in Undergraduate Research
http://www.maa.org/columns/resources/resources_12_08.html

PSI Tutor: Academic Mentor
http://www.psitutor.org/

PSRC: Physical Sciences Resource Center
http://www.psrc-online.org/

Questia - The World's Largest Online Library of Books
http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp

Reference from Coast to Coast: Stalking and Finding the Full-Text Article
http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference52.htm

Reference Resources
http://www.ReferenceResources.info/

Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources
http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/research-beyond-google

Rat Lab - Where All the Mad Scientists Go
http://www.ratlab.co.uk/

ReferenceUSA - Information on Businesses and People
http://www.referenceusa.com/

Research and Documentation Online
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/home.html

Research Blogs
http://huminf.uib.no/~jill/txt/researchblogs.html

ResearchGATE - Professional Network for Scientists
https://www.researchgate.net/

Research Mapper
http://www.xrefer.com/research/index.jsp

Research On the Web: Finding the Right Sources and the Right Tools
http://www.write101.com/research.htm

Research Resources
http://www.researchresources.info/

Research Together
http://www.doctoralstudents.com/

Research Tools - The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/tools.html

Resources for Research from the British Library
http://www.bl.uk/collections/resres.html

Scholarly Credentials Toolkit
http://library.temple.edu/services/faculty/toolkit/

Scholar's Guide to WWW
http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/

Scholars Portal
http://www.arl.org/access/scholarsportal/

Science and Technology Projects for Student Research
http://www.newstudentresearch.blogspot.com/

Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com

Scitable - A Collaborative Learning Space for Life Sciences
http://www.nature.com/scitable

Search.com
http://www.search.com/

Search Engines 2
http://www.search-engines-2.com/

Search Engines Worldwide
http://home.inter.net/takakuwa/search/

Searching the Web
http://www.SearchingTheWeb.info/

Shambles in Southeast Asia (The Education Project Asia)
http://www.shambles.net/

Shmoop - Study Guides for Literature, U.S. History, Poems and Essays
http://www.shmoop.com/

ShoppingBots
http://www.ShoppingBots.info/

Snapshots of Science and Medicine
http://science.education.nih.gov/newsnapshots/index.html

Socrato - Web-based Test Preparation and Assessment Platform
http://www.socrato.com/

Software for Research (using Windows)
http://www.sultanhesari.com/researchsoftware.htm

Software for Starving Students
http://softwarefor.org/

SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides
http://www.sparknotes.com/

Starter Tips for Internet Research
http://www2.etown.edu/vl/starter.html

Student Aid - Helping Students Make Smart College Choices
http://www.studentaid.com/

Student.gov - Academic Resources
http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/SG_Ctrl?Topic=1401

A Student's Guide to the Medical Literature
http://grinch.uchsc.edu/sg/

Students Subsites
http://www.geometry.net/students/

Study Guides and Strategies
http://www.studygs.net/

StudyMinder - Homework Management Tool
http://www.studyminder.com/

Study Stickies Social Note Taking Service
http://studystickies.com

Surfmind.com Web Collection: Cognitive Science Meets the Web
http://surfmind.com/web/

TeacherTube - Teacher Videos, Lesson Plan Videos and Student Video Lessons
http://www.teachertube.com/

Text Books Now - Buy Textbooks, Sell TextBooks, Used Textbooks
http://textbooksnow.com/

The Study Skills Guide for Students
http://www.educationatlas.com/study-skills.html

The Web Research Guide
http://www.webresearch.sciencedirect.com/

The Why Files - The Science Behind the News
http://whyfiles.org/

ThinkQuest Library by Students
http://www.thinkquest.org/

Toobla - Collect, Enjoy and Share Visual Bookmarks
http://toobla.com/

Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher
http://snipurl.com/l876

Tools for Organizing Thoughts
http://www.ms.lt/ms/projects/toolkinds/organize.html

Trade Schools Database
http://www.rwm.org/rwm/

Tutorial Resources
http://www.TutorialResources.info/

Universal Digital Library (UDL) - Million Book Collection
http://www.ulib.org/

University Notes - Better Note Taking and Better Class Information
http://www.universitynotes.net/

Virtual Learning Resources Center - Access to Quality Internet Reference Sources
http://www.virtuallrc.com/

Virtual Private Library™ - Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs
http://www.VirtualPrivateLibrary.org/

Visual Dictionary Online
http://visual.merriam-webster.com/

Vocabulary Builder
http://freshmeat.net/projects/vocabularybuilder/?branch_id=50355&release_id=183759

We Compare Books - Book Price Comparison Engine for Student Books
http://www.wecomparebooks.com/

wePapers - Creating the World's Biggest Study Group for Knowledge Discovery
http://www.wepapers.com/

Where To Do Research
http://www.wheretodoresearch.com/

WinZip®
http://www.winzip.com/

Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day
http://homeworkday.wolframalpha.com/

Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/

wordIQ
http://www.wordIQ.com/

Writeboard - Collaborative Online Writing
http://www.writeboard.com/

wURLdBook Research - Personal Internet Intelligence
http://www.wurldbook.com/

WWW Virtual Library: Central Database
http://conbio.net/VL/database/

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
http://www2.etown.edu/vl/

xISBN Search
http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/xisbn/

Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/

YouThink!
http://youthink.worldbank.org/



Student Research Paper Resources

100 Best Blogs for Future Investors
http://www.onlineschools.org/2009/10/22/100-best-blogs-for-future-investors/

4,000+ Research Paper Topic Ideas
http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/index.html

A Research Guide for Students
http://www.aresearchguide.com/index.html

Basic Steps in the Research Process
http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/

Citation Machine
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php

Citation Styles Online
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

Current Awareness Monitors, Alerts and Information Traps for 2008
http://www.eCurrentAwareness.com/

Current Topics for Research
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/hot-topics.html

Hot Paper Topics
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/hot/hotindex.htm

How to Write a Research Paper
http://www.questia.com/howto/intro.html

How To Write a Term Paper
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/term_paper/index.htm

Idea Generator
http://www.lib.odu.edu/libassist/idea/index.php

Indispensable Writing Resources
http://www.quintcareers.com/writing/index.html

kdissert - Mind Mapping Tool
http://freshmeat.net/projects/kdissert/?branch_id=42508&release_id=178253

Keeping Your Research Up to Date - Current Awareness Services
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/library/aware/index.html

Library Research Guide
http://tutorial.lib.umn.edu/

OWL: Handouts – Research and Documenting Sources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html

Research 101
http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill/research101/

Research and Style Manual
http://nausetschools.org/research/

Research Buddy - Saves References To WebPages in Bibliographical Reference Form
http://researchbuddy.mozdev.org/

Research Process: Self Assessment
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/9evaluate/competence.html

Super Science Fair Projects: Complete Guide to Science Fair Projects, Topics and Experiments
http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/

Term Paper Research Guide
http://snipurl.com/awvb

The Copyright WebQuest
http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/artifacts/consulting/copyright/

The Self-Access Page - Online Writing Resources
http://www.ceu.hu/writing/sfaccess.html

The Seven Steps of the Research Process
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill1.htm

Top 20 Shakespeare Topics
http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/shakespeare_topics.jsp

Top 99 Biography Topics
http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/biography_topics.jsp

Top 99 Economics Topics
http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/economics_topics.jsp

Top 99 History Topics
http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/history_topics.jsp

Top 99 Literature Topics
http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/literature_topics.jsp

Top 99 Philosophy Topics
http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/philosophy_topics.jsp

Top 99 Psychology Topics
http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/psychology_topics.jsp

Topicscape - Mindmaps in 3D and Information Management
http://www.topicscape.com/



White Papers

Online Research Browser
http://zillman.blogspot.com/2009/08/online-research-browsers.html

Online Research Tools
http://www.onlineresearchtools.info/

Online Social Networking
http://zillman.blogspot.com/2009/08/online-social-networking.html

Searching the Internet
http://www.SearchingTheInternet.info/

Using the Internet As a Dynamic Resource Tool for Knowledge Discovery
http://zillman.blogspot.com/2009/08/using-internet-as-dynamic-resource-tool.html

White Papers by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.
http://www.WhitePapers.us



Current Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs:

Accessibility Resources
http://www.AccessibilityResources.info/

Agriculture Resources
http://www.AgricultureResources.info/

Artificial Intelligence Resources
http://www.AIResources.info/

Astronomy Resources
http://www.AstronomyResources.info/

Auction Resources
http://www.AuctionResources.info/

Biological Informatics
http://www.biologicalinformatics.info/

Biotechnology Resources
http://www.BiotechnologyResources.info/

Bot Research
http://www.botresearch.info/

Business Intelligence Resources
http://www.biresources.info/

ChatterBots
http://www.ChatterBots.info/

Data Mining Resources
http://www.DataMiningResources.info/

Deep Web Research
http://www.deepwebresearch.info/

Directory Resources
http://www.DirectoryResources.info/

eCommerce Resources
http://www.eCommerceResources.info/

Elder Resources
http://www.ElderResources.info/

Employment Resources
http://www.EmploymentResources.info/

Entrepreneurial Resources
http://www.EntrepreneurialResources.info/

Financial Sources
http://www.FinancialSources.info/

Finding People
http://www.FindingPeople.info/

Games Resources
http://www.GamesResources.info/

Genealogy Resources
http://www.GenealogyResources.info/

Grant Resources
http://www.GrantResources.info/

Green Files
http://www.GreenFiles.info/

Grid, Distributed and Cloud Computing Resources
http://www.GridResources.info/

Healthcare Resources
http://www.healthcareresources.info/

Information Futures Markets
http://www.InformationFuturesMarkets.com/

Information Quality Resources
http://www.InformationQualityResources.info/

International Trade Resources
http://www.InternationalTradeResources.info/

Internet Alerts
http://www.internetalerts.info/

Internet Demographics
http://www.internetdemographics.info/

Internet Experts
http://www.internetexperts.info/

Internet Hoaxes
http://www.internethoaxes.info/

Journalism Resources
http://www.JournalismResources.info/

Knowledge Discovery
http://www.knowledgediscovery.info/

Military Resources
http://www.MilitaryResources.info/

New Economy Analytics, Resources and Alerts
http://www.NewEconomyAnalytics.com/

Outsourcing/Offshoring Information and Resources
http://www.OutsourcingOffshore.us/

Privacy Resources
http://www.privacyresources.info/

Reference Resources
http://www.ReferenceResources.info/

Research Resources
http://www.researchresources.info/

RestStress™
http://www.RestStress.com/

Script Resources
http://www.ScriptResources.info/

ShoppingBots
http://www.ShoppingBots.info/

Social Informatics
http://www.SocialInformatics.net/

Statistics Resources
http://www.statisticsresources.info/

Student Research
http://www.studentresearch.info/

Theology Resources
http://www.TheologyResources.info/

Tutorial Resources
http://www.TutorialResources.info/

World Wide Web Reference
http://www.WWWReference.info/

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