Department of History

• Citation Guides
• Research Tools
• Search Engines and Meta Search Engines


• On-line Dictionaries
• Grammar Guides
• On-Line Style Guides


• Handbooks for Using the Internet


• Back To History Department Home Page
• UCCS Library and Research Page

Citation Guides

• Melvin E. Page's Comprehensive Style Guide for Historians  Thanks to H-net and Michigan State University.
  Melvin Page's Short Reference Guide from BYU
• Library of Congress Citation Guide  Includes citations for film, audio recordings, maps, artwork, and photographs.
• University of Michigan's Page of Links to Citation Guides
• Turabian Citation Guide from Bridgewater State College
• A Short Reference Table of On-line Citation Guides  From Sarah Byrd Askew Library.
• Connecticut College's Internet Citation Format
• Citation Formats from Michigan State University

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Research Tools

• Florida State University's Research Tool Box
• University of Massachusetts Tool Box

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Search Engines

Excite:

http://excite.com.  Excite offers excellent search tips through http://www.excite.com/Info/searching.html?a-tip-t

Hot Bot:

http://www.hotbot.com

Infoseek:

http://guide.infoseek.com. Infoseek's search hints are at http://guide.infoseek.com/Help?pg=Homettelp.html

List of Lists:

http://www.einet.net/GJ/lists.html

Look Smart:

http://www.looksmart.com

Lycos:

http://www.lycos.com. Lycos offers search help at http://www.lycos.com/help

Magellan:

http://www.mckinley.com

Nexor:

also offers an searchable archive of web sites: http://web.nexor.co.uk/public/welcome.html

Netscape Netcenter:

http://www.netscape.com

Northern Light:

http://www.nlsearch.com. Northen Light also offers searches of journals, book reviews, and other printed resources. Northern Light's help is at http://www.nlsearch.com/docs/prod_help.htm#simplesearch

SEARCH.COM:

250 Search Engines used together: http://www.search.com

Starting Point:

indexes by subject: http://www.stpt.com

Study Web:

http://www.studyweb.com. An Search Engine for Educational Web Sites

The Web Crawler:

http://webcrawler.com

 

Yahoo:

http://yahoo.com.  Yahoo offers help and excellent general information on using the Internet at http://howto.yahoo.com/resources/tips_and_tricks

Meta Search Engines

• A Selection of Internet Search Tools
• All In One Search Page
• World Wide Web Search Engines
• All4One

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On-line Dictionaries

• Dictionaries on the World Wide Web
• Dictionaries on the Web
• One Look Dictionaries and the One Dictionary Links Page
• Encarta Encyclopedia Online
• Encylopedia.com: An on-line encyclopedida
• Muhlenberg College Dictionary
• A Web of On-line Dictionaries
• Virtual English Centre
• Longman Dictionaries Web Site
• Rogets Thesaurus
• Britannica Online

Foreign Language dictionaries on-line:

• The extensive Language and Translation Dictionary Center

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Grammar Guides

• Grammar Now
• Ask Miss Grammar
• Pen: Grammar Style and Usage Links

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On-Line Style Guides

• Indespensible Writing Resources
• Elements of Style

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Handbooks for Using the Internet

• Brenden P. Kehoe's Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide
• http://www.enfo.com#Tools has an inetresting discussion of Internet tools and navigation
• University of Deleware's excellent help guide
• Virtual Internet Guide
• Frequently Asked Questions
• A Beginner's Guide to Effective E-mail
• Ask Dr. Internet
• The Help Web
• Microsoft Home Page
• Apple Computers Home Page

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Copyright and Fair Use Policies on the Internet

• Stanford University's fair use information
• Indiana University's information on fair use policies
• The Library of Congress statement on Fair use and Copyright laws.

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