19 Reference Sites You Cannot Do Without!

[raybia]

Wikipedia can serve as a great introduction to a subject, and connect you to other related ideas, people and places. But it’s not all there is. Here are some resources that can help you with whatever information you need to find:

Bartleby -- Famous quotes and full poetry texts

http://www.bartleby.com/

Citizendium -- More “professional” Wikipedia, although usually not as detailed

http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page

Answers.com -- Makes use of the information on Wikipedia and many other reference sites to become a one stop shop

http://www.answers.com/

ePodunk -- Information about cities and places

http://www.epodunk.com/

Encyclopedia Britannica -- An excellent source of information, and much more authoritative than Wikipedia.

http://www.britannica.com/

Scholarpedia -- A step up from both Wikipedia and Citizendium in terms of scholarly respectability; the articles are all written by experts with peer review

http://www.scholarpedia.org/

JSTOR (limited access; talk to your school or library) -- All those stuffy journals around your professor’s office, and articles in your course packets

http://www.jstor.org/

Oxford English Dictionary (limited access; talk to your school or library) -- The definitive resource when it comes to the English language


http://www.oed.com/

Wikiseek -- Wikipedia with a better search engine

http://www.wikiseek.com/

Online Education Database -- Over 100 specific search and research tools, often relevant to specific subjects

http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/research-beyond-google

MathWorld -- Everything mathematics from Geometry to Calculus is covered in great detail

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

GeoHive and Fedstats -- Public access to public agency statistics

http://www.xist.org/default1.aspx

http://www.fedstats.gov/


Theoi and Encyclopedia of Mythology -- Excellent resources on the subject of mythology and ancient religions

http://www.theoi.com/

http://www.pantheon.org/

Glossary of Poetic Forms -- You too can know the difference between a Canto and a Cento

http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Foldop -- Excellent sources on just about anything philosophy related

http://plato.stanford.edu/

http://www.swif.it/foldop/

Religion Online -- An excellent, excellent resource filled with many primary texts

http://www.religion-online.org/


Sources:

* Mindful Link September 10, 2008

 

[Speedball]

JSTOR is pretty awesome.
About to get on there for a research project.

 

[Logan's Runt]

JSTOR was my life in college.

 

[Steve Rogers]

Thanks for this Raybia

 

[Carcharodon]

Many professors will give you an, "F," for using Wikipedia, lol.

 

[raybia]

Thanks for this Raybia

No problem. Most are sites that I were not aware of until I came across them by accident.

 

[raybia]

Many professors will give you an, "F," for using Wikipedia, lol.

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That is why I hire educated people to write my papers for me.

 

[Carcharodon]

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That is why I hire educated people to write my papers for me.

Lol, like in Back to School. t:

 

[raybia]

Lol, like in Back to School. t:

Classic movie! t:

 

[Steve Rogers]

Lol, like in Back to School. t:

LOL Kurt Vonnegut fails the paper on Kurt Vonnegut.

 

[November Rain]

it's all about Web of science

 

[Colossal Spoons]

JSTOR was popular in college but us science kids used PubMed more often

 

[tzarinna]

I could use that mathworld. :/

 

[Prison Mike]

wow there are a lot of sites out there. Thanks for the information.

 

[Dodger]

Wish I would've known about math world 4 years ago. :|

 

[AlteredEgo]

i think this is the first hype thread ive ever bookmarked.

 

[raybia]

wow there are a lot of sites out there. Thanks for the information.

i think this is the first hype thread ive ever bookmarked.

Cool!

 

[Steve Rogers]

i think this is the first hype thread ive ever bookmarked.

Ditto.

 

[doc ock rules!]

JSTOR is frustrating. I've never searched from the main site, but when I run web searches, I always get what looks like the beginning of some really detailed information from there. When I try to look for more, it'll barely let me see anything else.

 

[raybia]

I just want to make sure everyone knows about these great sites.

 

[Comicfilmer]

Bump back to the top for the college crowd's new semester.