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How To Search the Web: Choose Simple instructions or Complex (Search Engine Watch). Info and pointers on using popular search engines.
OTHER COMMONLY USED TOOLS
Buffalo
State College On-Line Research Databases - Mi Casa es Su Casa.
Univ. @ Buffalo Libraries On-Line
Resources - A great place to start searching for information sources.
Library
of Congress - Online Resources from United States' Biggest Library.
World Cat -
Search Thousands of Library Catalogs Similtaniously (free from most campus based
computers)
Info Trac - Retrieve Full Text Journal Articles (Buffalo State Faculty and Students Only)
NEXIS-LEXIS - Commercial Search
News Database Engine (free from most campus based computers). Retrieve Full Text Newspaper and Magazine Articles (limited to mainstream press). Buffalo State Proxy Connection.
FOIA Information - How to File an FOIA Request (from GWU), (from First Amendment Ctr).
How to Cite the Web
- Explains how to cite various on-line info sources ranging from e-mail and newsgroups to
web pages and ftp sites.
Find
a Job! - Employment Search Tools From BSC.
WNY Area Jobs-
Job Search Tools Courtesy of Erie Community College. Also see eWork below!
Public Interest Jobs - Be part of
the solution while earning a living.
Job Search Engines -
Look for Jobs Using this Launch Pad
Internet Domain Ownership Search - Find
the names and addresses behind the urls.
Western New York Regional Information Network
Subscribe
to Magazines Online - Subscription Links. Information is Power.
Many Databases For
Researching Corporations and Politicians Are @ Multinational Corp Watch on Picks
Page
Databases, Research Links, Jobs, Writing/Style Guides, Law, Ethics.
800
& 888 Toll Free Phone Listings - Call the bastards up on
their dime!
Zip
Codes -
Look Up Zip Codes and "plus 4" codes.
CIA
World Factbook - Biased but useful information.
Follow
the Money - Database of US Federal Election Contributions. Much free
info. More for $2500. Yow.
Armed
Conflict Report - Database of all Wars in the World Today
(ploughshares).
Rumor Control - Index of Urban Folklore
and Internet Myths. Check before you Forward. T
or F / Snopes or Hoaxbusters
Prelinger
Film Archives - Thousands of Downloadable Old Documentaries.
Excellent Propaganda Archive.
Prelinger
Web Archives - A Timecapsule of the World Wide Web. Snapshots.
YOUR RIGHTS
Your Right to take Photographs in public places - A pdf format one page outline of your rights.
Freedom of the Press - From the First Amendment Center.
Freedom of Speech - From the First Amendment Center
Academic Freedom - From Illinios State Univ. Ph.D. Candidate John Wilsom
