Research Tools on the Internet
The sites listed here are generally very reliable.
Use
caution when browsing the web in general, however, as many sites are not
reliable.
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MARINER (Maine Academic Research Initiative for Electronic Resources) is the central electronic
research tool for the University of Maine System. It includes URSUS (the
on-line card catalog for the UMS and other Maine libraries, and much more)
as well as a host of other materials.
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UMM
Writing Center
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UMM's Writing Center compresses
a great deal of information and resources into one site. |
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Getting
the Most from the Internet
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A variety of sources
to help you to get comfortable with on-line research.
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Search
Engines
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Search Engines are indexes
which help you to find information when all you have is a general topic.
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Research
Tools
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Dictionaries, Thesauri,
Quotations
News Sites
Government Sites
Other Libraries.
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Digital
Library Websites
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Virtual Libraries of
Electronic Texts. No need to check them out or buy them: they are
always on-line.
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We are always under construction!
If you have other resources
that you find helpful, please let us know so that we can share them with
the rest of the UMM community and our virtual friends.
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Research Tools on the
Internet
If you have followed this
far you will see what you would have seen, had you clicked on the various
links above. That is, what follows below is a detailed list of the
categories listed above.
Feel free to keep scrolling
or return to the index above.
Getting
the Most from the Internet
Resources
for Web Surfers
Understanding
and Using the Internet
Newbie
Training
Interactive
Guide to the Internet
Evaluating Internet Sources
Evaluating
Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
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Search
Engines
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Research
Tools
Roget's
Thesaurus
Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations
MLA-
and APA Style Citations of Electronic Sources
Encarta
Encyclopedia
Britannica
Online
News Sites
The
New York Times on the Web
The
Washington Post
U.S.
News Online
National
Geographic
CNN
Interactive
Government Sites
U.S.
Census Bureau: The Official Statistics
Thomas:
Legislative Information on the Internet
U.S.
State and Local Gateway
Jon
Reisman's Site
Libraries
UMM
Merrill Library
Library
of Congress
University
of Maine
Other
US Libraries
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Digital
Library Websites
Stanford
University
University
of California at Berkeley
University
of Michigan
University
of Illinois
University
of California at Santa Barbara
Library
of Congress Digital Library
Berkeley
Digital Library SunSITE
National
Library of Canada
eLib
Homepage
The
Electric Library
Project
Gutenberg - Great Works of Literature
Bartleby
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