Researching on the WWW   As you know, one of the big challenges of the Internet is finding the information you need. This resources provide a start. Warning: Be aware that in visiting web sites you will be viewing content that cannot be moderated or verified. For this reason you will need to rely on your own judgement to assess the quality of the information you find. Here are some places to start:     Search Engines: The most accurate and comprehensive search engine is Google. Alltheweb has also indexed over one billion pages. Looksmart helps you find related topics of interest by category. Dogpile is a "meta-search engine", giving the results from other popular search engines at once. About.com is a resource of over 700 human experts in many areas. Dejanews is a browser-based entrance to the Usenet, a massive online posting community with over 35,000 different topics of interest. Reference: Encyclopedia Britannica Websters --dictionary/thesaurus. Oxford English Dictionary --with quotation searches. The UBC Library Catalogue. MLA Style Guide--search for "MLA formatting" on this page. MLA International Bibliography --UBC Library site. Atomica (formerly Gurunet) is a powerful program you run on your computer that offers dictionary definitions, idioms, maps, etc. and allows you to lookup any word you find on a site instantly. Try the online version. Online Texts: Great Books Index offers a large selection of texts online, as does Project Gutenberg. A list of other online book sites can be found in this Looksmart category. The Norton Anthology Topics Online. Newspapers: The Globe and Mail Over 5000 Newspapers From 175 Countries at the Paperboy. The Navigator--NY Times list of journalists search resources used by their newsroom. The Navigator, student version. Have you found a great site? Why not share it with others in the message boards?