REFERENCE DEPARTMENT
Donna S. Miller, MLIS
Reference Librarian
(334) 983-6556 extension 1321
dmiller@troy.edu

Database • Grammar Guides • Citation Guideline • Virtual Libraries
Search Engines • Directories • Metacrawlers

Faculty: You are welcome to bring your class to the library for instruction.
Please call extension 321 or send an email to dmiller@troy.edu to schedule your class.

• Which database should I use?
  
• Online Grammar Guides

  Nuts and bolts of college writing  
  OWL (Online Writing Lab)
  Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
  Research & Writing
  Research Paper

• Citation Guideline Web Sites

  http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/contents.html
  http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
  http://www.noodletools.com/quickcite/
  http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited

• Virtual Libraries

  Bartleby's: Great Books On-Line
  Digital librarian
  Digital library at the University of California at Berkeley
  Infomine: Collection of reviewed Internet and Web resources
  Internet Public Library
  Librarians Index to the Internet
  Library Spot
  The Scout Report
  World Wide Web Virtual Library

• General Search Engines

  All the web
  Google
  Gigablast
  Inktomi group (Hot Bot)
  Lycos
  Alta Vista
  MSN Search
  Yahoo

• Directories

Open Directory
Britannica
LookSmart
Google Directory
About.Com

• Metacrawlers - search across multiple search engines

  Vivisimo (no paid links)
  Fazzle
  Profusion
  Ixquick
  Fossick WebSearch Alliance
  Infospace (Dogpile)
  Excite
  Ez2Find
  Surfwax
  Search.com
  Query Server
  Webcrawler
  Metacrawler

Last updated: 05/20/08