Research
If you are researching for homework, school or college, you should really also check out our list - Help with Research, the first link below, for lots of sites with help and advice to get it right.
If you are looking for reliable information and hard facts, a Google search isn't necessarily the most effective method of finding them. Here are a load of good sites to help you find the best information, whether you're doing a pub quiz, school homework or a PhD!
Credo Reference a custom website where digital content from Lancashire's library service and Credo Reference can be easily searched and cross referenced. It provides users with a multitude of resources, from non-fiction eBooks, images, and easily accessible Topic Pages on a large range of subjects. Credo offers the best path for Lancashire library's members to access information that is both reliable and high in quality. It also gives tips on how to get the best out of your web searching. This is a subscription site but We've Paid So You Don't Have To, so you just need your library membership number to login.
Being digital is a collection of short, easy to follow activities. They cover the skills we all need to be effective online, whether it’s searching efficiently, critically evaluating information, communicating and sharing online, or selecting the right online tool for your needs.
Can't remember where you got your information from the 'Net?
With a small sample of text, you can find where it is from almost immediately!
S-cool is a UK revision website. Providing A-level and GCSE revision material totally FREE.
The OpenLearn website gives free access to Open University course materials. This is the LearningSpace, where you'll find hundreds of free study units, each with a discussion forum. Topics include Arts and History, Business, Education, Health and Lifestyl
The WWW Virtual Library (VL) is the oldest catalogue of the Web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of HTML and of the Web itself, in 1991 at CERN in Geneva. it is run by volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert. The VL pages are widely recognised as being amongst the highest-quality guides to sections of the web that search engines (e.g. google) can't reach.
The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors. If you're wanting information about a topic rather than a quick answer or fact, a Web Directory may produce better results than a search engine, as they are arranged by categories and created by human experts rather than machines indexing the web.
The site with everything for studying for your GCSEs in Maths. English, French, ICT and Physics.
This website from BT useful links to free websites for learning at the primary and secondary levels.
A much praised site with details on educational topics for the age groups from pre-school to 16+. It has resources for students, teachers and parents some of which are linked to the DfES Key Stages. Revision Guide for KS2 and KS3 tests and GCSE, Standard Grade, AS Level and Higher exams, including the Bitesize revision section.
This site covers revision for coursework, exams and tests from Keystage 2 to A/S levels. It is organised by subject and also gives general advice on studying and revision planning.
Infomine is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to students and researchers staff at college or 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 which cannot be found using a search engine
Homework help at your fingertips! Home work elephant provides subject and essay assistance for all Key Stages.
Kidsclick is a web search and directory for children created by US school librarians. The sites featured are chosen by librarians for their safety, reliability and usefulness for children KS 1-3 and each site is age rated.
...or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources. Most students prefer using the Internet for research and recreation. They will spend countless hours searching and surfing. However, they may not completely understand the Internet's strengths and weaknesses as both a research tool and as a general source of information. This US university tutorial offers assistance.
RefSeek is a web search engine for students and researchers that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone. RefSeek searches more than one billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers.