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The Brain's Academic Resources

The internet is chock full of information. Unfortunately not all of it is accurate, none of it is organized, and a fairly large percentage of it is inaccurate. When it's time to write that paper or begin that research project it's imperative to have the proper resources to do an outstanding job. We think starting with the basics is a great idea. We recommend these online resources.

Library of Congress
One outstanding source for sorting through what's out there is the Library of Congress where nearly every published document is listed, catalogued and searchable. The Library of Congress Online Catalog contains approximately 12 million records representing books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, cartographic materials, music, sound recordings, and visual materials. The Catalog also displays searching aids for users, such as cross-references and scope notes. The catalog records reside in a single integrated database; they are not separated according to type of material, language of material, date of cataloging, or processing/circulation status.

The Librarian's guide to the Internet
The Librarians' Guide to the Internet sorts the wheat from the chaff and presents a great deal of Internet content in a rational way. The mission of Librarians' Index to the Internet is to provide a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources, serving California, the nation, and the world.

Library Spot
A third gateway to cataloging Internet information is the Library Spot. This site is a treasure trove of information that has been carefully indexed and inspected for quality and utility.

Infomine
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. All of this courtesy of the University Of California, Riverside

How Stuff Works
How Stuff Works is about as special as it comes. Marshall Brain has the answers for almost any question you can think of to ask. How Stuff Works is widely recognized as the leading source for clear, reliable explanations of how everything around us actually works. Through the flagship Web site the award-winning company has helped demystify the world for millions of curious people.

Questia
Questia, The Internet's Largest Library is the first online library that provides 24/7 access to the world's largest online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles. You can search each and every word of all of the books and journal articles in the collection. You can read every title cover to cover. This rich, scholarly content -- selected by professional collection development librarians -- is not available elsewhere on the Internet. Undergraduate, high school, graduate students, and Internet users of all ages have found Questia to be an invaluable online resource. Anyone doing research or just interested in topics that touch on the humanities and social sciences will find titles of interest in Questia.

Book Rags
Book Rags offers a fully searchable essay database. of thousands of papers, over 150 free literature study guides, the complete e-texts for free of over 1,500 novels, a peer to peer message board and much more.

Academic Success Center of The George Washington University
Here you'll find a number of topics and links to resources that will help you study more effectively and improve academically.

SearcheBooks
searchebooks.com is a search engine for e-books with an easy to use interface and highly targeted results.

Find Articles
FindArticles.com is a vast archive of published articles that you can search for free. Constantly updated, it contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals. You will find articles on a range of topics, including business, health, society, entertainment, sports and more. Unlike other online collections, each of the hundreds of thousands of articles in FindArticles can be read in its entirety and printed at no cost.

PubList
PubList.com is the only Internet-based reference for over 150,000 domestic and international print and electronic publications including magazines, journals, e-journals, newsletters, and monographs. PubList.com provides quick and easy access to detailed publication information including, titles, formats, publisher addresses, editor contacts, circulation data, and ISSN numbers. PubList.com also provides access to subscription services as well as article level information through rights and permissions providers and document delivery services.

The Resource Discovery Network
The RDN is a collaboration of over seventy educational and research organisations, including the Natural History Museum and the British Library. In contrast to search engines, the RDN gathers resources which are carefully selected, indexed and described by specialists in our partner institutions. You can be confident that your search results and browsing will connect you to Web sites relevant to learning, teaching and research.

Music Education Search
The Music Education Search System was developed and is maintained by Edward P. Asmus, Ph.D. as a service to the music education community.  There are three databases that comprise the system as detailed here: Journals, the Poland-Cady Abstract Collection and Boletin De Investigacio Educativo Musical.

Ask ERIC
The ERIC database, the world's largest source of education information, contains more than one million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. By searching AskERIC's web-based version of the ERIC Database, you can access the ERIC abstracts which are also found in the printed medium, Resources in Education and Current Index To Journals in Education. The database is updated monthly, ensuring that the information you receive is timely and accurate.

Time Magazine Archive
Search over 30,000 articles in TIME Magazine's Archive. Search all issues of TIME Magazine since 1985 for perspectives on news, people and events.

The Wall Street Journal Online
The Wall Street Journal Online is the recognized standard on reporting all aspects of business and financial news. It is a must for all business students and useful for students in all disciplines.

University Subscription Service
University Subscription Service is one of the largest magazine subscription services in the country.  They have been serving thousands of Colleges and Universities all across the United States since 1974. USS offers OVER 500 POPULAR MAGAZINES at substantial savings off the newsstand
price...guaranteed! When you subscribe through USS, you receive the lowest current educational discount price available for that particular publication

USA Today
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