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INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information.\n\nINFOMINE is librarian built. Librarians from the University of California, Wake Forest University, California State University, the University of Detroit - Mercy, and other universities and colleges have contributed to building INFOMINE.

BE SURE TO CLICK ON link at the bottom labeled other search tools...http://infomine.ucr.edu/guides/ WOWIE... Can search all the search engines, metacrawlers, white&yellowpages ETC.... AND the SUBJECT tab brings you to a screen http://infomine.ucr.edu/guides/subject.shtml that searched some of my favorite vetted web indexes including the Librarian's Internet Index! Great find - Show parent | Edit | Split | Delete | Reply

Fact Sheets with research links on a variety of topics.

The NMC Horizon Report series is the mostvisible outcome of the NMC Horizon Project, anongoing research effort established in 2002 thatidentifies and describes emerging technologieslikely to have a large impact on teaching,learning, research, or creative expression withineducation around the globe. This volume, The NMC Horizon Report: 2011 K-12 Edition examines emergingtechnologies for their potential impact on and use inteaching, learning, and creative expression within theenvironment of pre-college education. The hope isthat the report is useful to educators worldwide, andthe international composition of the advisory boardreflects the care with which a global perspective wasassembled. While there are many local factors affectingthe practice of education, there are also issues thattranscend regional boundaries, questions we all facein K-12 education, and it was with these in mind thatthis report was created. The NMC Horizon Report: 2011 K-12 Edition is the third in the K-12 series of reportsand is produced by the NMC in collaboration withthe Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), andthe International Society for Technology in Education(ISTE), with the generous support of HP's Office ofGlobal Social Innovation.

Web based flash tutorials that present complex medical and biological concepts in an interactive format.

"General commercial search engines aren't designed for young learners. What may be the best search results for adults are often difficult for young users to understand. A handful of search engines for kids have been on the market for years, but most don't do nearly enough to ensure that high-quality content written specifically for kids is easy to find. SweetSearch4Me searches only Web sites that our staff of research experts, librarians and teachers have evaluated and approved as high-quality content appropriate for young users. Only the best sites directed at elementary school students are included, and many of the results on the first page were created exclusively for kids."

Nation Making Progress in Ensuring More Teachers Have Deep Content Knowledge and Mentoring But U.S. Teacher Development Lacks Intensity, Follow-up, & Usefulness

The Pew Internet Project is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. The Project is nonpartisan and takes no position on policy issues.

Wikispaces now has a references feature that will make citing your sources easier. Whether you use your wiki for research or just want to keep track of the details around a project, references can help you better organize your work.

Firefox & IE addon that claims to speed up your internet research by analyzing all of the links on a page and displaying chunks of information in a big sidebar.

"Sure, you use the Internet all the time, but you need to wise up to the web when you use it for your university or college work." Use this free Internet tutorial to learn to discern the good, the bad and the ugly for your online research.

Using PPT for research and note-taking

Unless you're enrolled at a top university or are an elite member of the science and engineering inner circle, you're probably left out of most of the exciting research explored by the world's greatest scientists. But thanks to the Internet, and our list of 100 incredible lectures, you've now got access to the cutting edge theories and projects that are changing the world.

Unless you're enrolled at a top university or are an elite member of the science and engineering inner circle, you're probably left out of most of the exciting research explored by the world's greatest scientists. But thanks to the Internet, and our list of 100 incredible lectures, you've now got access to the cutting edge theories and projects that are changing the world.

The first in our series our series of public service short videos, produced for discussion, debate, training, and education by any and by all. The topic of this video is: How do students use Wikipedia during their course-related research activities?

A federal gov't portal for educators, admins, etc to find "research-based education practices"

Well it sure ain't SAS...

"Simplify your world - save, annotate and organize all your research securely in the cloud. "

Four google searches on one page. Great way to compare and contrast research/information

A cute 2-minute critique of relying on Google as the only search and research tool. 

Keyword search engines can help you get valuable keywords for your content marketing. Therefore, choosing the best keyword research tool is critical to your SEO success.

Keyword search engines can help you get valuable keywords for your content marketing. Therefore, choosing the best keyword research tool is critical to your SEO success.