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October 2010

  1. Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

    The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) - home of science program selection, grant administration, planning, scheduling, and public outreach activities for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). STScI provides data archive and distribution for all of NASA's optical/UV missions, including HST. STScI is also the science and operations center for the 6.5m James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Details on these and other related topics can be found throughout the site.


  2. Resources for Science Learning

    This site contains online science content, resources and professional development information for educators, and more.The Franklin Institute Resources for Science Learning website, www.fi.edu/learn, is an effort of the Educational Technology Programs team. The team is part of The Franklin Institute's Center for Innovation in Science Learning (CISL).


  3. Center for Innovation in Science Learning (CISL)

    The Center for Innovation in Science Learning (CISL) at The Franklin Institute is a premier center for science learning research, program development, and educational services. Founded in 1995, CISL has sustained cumulative research and programs in four areas of national focus in science education: teacher development, educational technology, gender and family learning, and youth leadership. In keeping with the mission of The Franklin Institute, the core philosophy of all Center for Innovation programs is the commitment to inquiry learning in science.


  4. National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

    The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all.


  5. Ditto.com

    Ditto.com is a leading visual search engine. Ditto enables people to navigate the Web through pictures. It is far easier for people to find what they are looking for when they are looking at it!


  6. Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT

    "Research in RLE encompasses an extensive range of natural and man-made phenomena, and our projects are both basic and applied. Common among all RLE efforts is an expansive 21st century interpretation of the 20th century term "electronics," starting at the most basic physical realm of particles and quantum physics and extending all the way to sophisticated engineering application technologies relevant to today and critical to tomorrow."


  7. Mamma

    Mother of All Search Engines. Uncover more of the web with metasearch! Mamma.com collects only the top results from the best search engines on the Internet.


  8. Dogpile

    Dogpile is a metasearch engine that gives results by searching search engines. Dogpile puts the power all the leading search engines together in one search box to deliver the best combined results. The process is more efficient and yields more relevant results.


  9. RealNames

    This service takes users to the exact site that match their query. The RealNames Internet Keywords Service is not a Search Engine. The RealNames Internet Keywords Service is a means of navigation, designed to take users directly to where they wants to go on the web. The RealNames Internet Keywords Service was developed by RealNames Corporation. The aim is to improve Internet navigation by using memorable words and phrases in any language in place of complex URLs. So for example, instead of typing http://www.barnesandnoble.com, you can simply type Barnes & Noble to be delivered to that website. No http://, no .com, just the company or brand name as it is already known, advertised and recognized.


  10. eiNET

    Established in 1994, eiNET is the original searchable Internet directory whose mission is to provide contextually relevant information by integrating state-of-the-art technology with the human touch.

    Only eiNET.net utilizes a team of skilled Internet Librarians to scour the Web, locating and categorizing quality content for placement in their applicable categories, resulting in a large breadth of topics and an impressive depth of content within the directory. Employing this process, eiNET.net has grown to one of the Web's largest directories, containing nearly 2,000,000 listings across nearly 700,000 categories.


  11. VideoLectures

    Lectures from prominent academics, scientists, and experts in a wide range of fields including science, business, art, environment, technology, and more.


  12. AlphaSearch

    On Alphasearch user finds a rather extensive on-line encyclopaedia with explanations, definitions and meanings for different subjects. About the encyclopaedia search user should reach fast to the desired explanations. About the catalogue user can search for one desired word.


  13. Public Record Finder.com

    This search site will give you access to thousands of state, national and worldwide public records websites that provide information to users at absolutely no cost. To use our site, NO MEMBERSHIP FEE, NO CREDIT CARD AUTHORIZATION and NO PASSWORDS are required. PublicRecordFinder.com has links to tens of thousands of public records. New links are being added continuously.


  14. Search Enginez

    SearchEngineZ is a resource site that helps serious searchers find quick results. Unlike similar web sites, Searchenginez empowers the user. It now receives 10,000 page views per day (roughly) & 2.95 million visits per year!


  15. Draze.com

    Draze is a comparison search utility, which goes beyond searching for just simple text characters. It operates by providing user with the best pool of results. Draze seeks and brings the most relevant information to user and is a much more intuitive, more productive way of searching. Draze seeks first to understand the user's query and then returns with the best search results. With the Draze search engine users can compare the leading search engines and see the most relevant results.


  16. SearchKing

    SearchKing, Inc. is a privately owned company serving the searching community at large since 1997. From those early days Bob Massa, founder of SearchKing, recognized the limitations of traditional online search and realized human beings are best at determining relevance of a web site.
    The SearchKing mission is to provide the global internet community with a more relevant, honest and fair way to locate web sites without spam and without duplicate listings under the same keywords.


  17. LibrarySpot.com

    LibrarySpot.com, a free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information. "An extensive online reference desk with everything from dictionaries to genealogy, library links to "Ask the Expert," and government info to reading rooms."


  18. eHow

    The eHow database of over 100,000 articles can help users. It's the world's most popular place to find clear instructions on how to do just about everything. Every month, over 8 million people visit the site. Site has more than 100,000 articles that are professionally written with clear and concise directions on how to do things. Also this has a rapidly growing library of articles created by eHow's members.


  19. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

    Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.


  20. U.S. Copyright Office

    The U.S. Copyright Office. "We in the Copyright Office are proud to be part of a long tradition of promoting progress of the arts and protection for the works of authors. We are also excited about the upcoming reengineering of our operations, coming in summer 2010. Our goal is to make major improvements in our public services. As a key part of this initiative, we will offer online registration via our website. Our homepage has been created with the desire to serve the copyright community of creators and users, as well as the general public. Here you will find information and updates about our upcoming online registration option and other news about reengineering; all our key publications including informational circulars; application forms for copyright registration; links to the copyright law and to the homepages of other copyright-related organizations; a link to our online copyright records cataloged since 1978; news of what the Office is doing, including business process reengineering plans, Congressional testimony, and press releases; our latest regulations; and much more."


  21. Find-It!

    This meta search engine provides results from several popular search engines.


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