Web Research Links

Google

Google Canada

Google Help Center - ready reference = quick answers to basic questions

Google Guide - "secret" ways to search Google more effectively

Other Search Engines 

Bing vs Google - see the results from these search engines side-by-side

Alta Vista (Yahoo)

Dogpile - "meta-search" engine looks in multiple search engines

Other Sources

Technorati – blogs on every topic

Canadian Government - statistics, citizen's information, government programs

US Government - statistics, citizen's information, government programs

United Nations – world statistics

Amnesty International – human rights statistics

Internet Movie Database – comprehensive movie information

Media Search

Google Images – use “Advanced Search” to find materials “labeled for re-use”

Wikimedia Commons – read the rights information before resuse

Flickr – Advanced Search, “Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content”

The Internet Archive – Moving Image, Live Music, Audio and Internet Archives

Custom Search

Google Custom Search

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