A large number of content-rich databases from universities, libraries, associations, businesses and government agencies are almost invisible to average search engines such as Google, Lycos and Yahoo. One reason is because these search engines are not able to actually run the databases on these sites and often will simply overlook them. Sometimes these huge databases will make no attempt to advertise themselves (with meta tags, etc) and are never catalogued by the search engines.
ERIC
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database is the world's
largest source of education information. The database contains more than 1,000,000
abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
The documents in the database can ordered from the ERIC Document Reproduction
Service. Over 50,000 documents are now available on-line, on-demand. Journal
articles can be ordered through various journal reprint services. ERIC is a
federally-funded project of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational
Research and Improvement. http://www.eric.ed.gov/
ERIC Calendar of Education
Related Conferences
The ERIC Calendar includes more than 700 international, national, regional,
and state conferences scheduled for this year and next year. To provide contact
information for sponsors who posted conferences in the past, the Calendar also
includes last year's conference information. The Calendar database is updated
throughout the year as new information becomes available.
http://webprod.aspensys.com/education/ericconf/ericcal/introduction.asp
Technologies for Learning
Database
A clearinghouse of information on the technologies used to develop and deliver
online education and training. http://node.on.ca/tfl/
TRIP Database
The TRIP Database is a meta-search engine that searches across 61 sites of high-quality
medical information. By searching the TRIP Database you have direct, hyperlinked
access to the largest collection of 'evidence-based' material on the web as
well as articles from premier on-line journals such as the BMJ, JAMA, NEJM,
etc. http://www.tripdatabase.com/
American Hospital Directory
The American Hospital Directory provides on-line, comparative data for most
hospitals. Our database is built from Medicare claims data, cost reports, and
other public use files obtained from the federal Health Care Financing Administration.
Limited data available for free. Additional data is fee-based. http://www.ahd.com/freeservices.php3
Writer's Digest Guidelines
Database
Anyone can browse more than 1,500 guidelines, prepared by book and magazine
editors themselves. http://www.writersdigest.com/guidelines.asp
Shaw Guides
More Than 4,300 Learning Vacation & Creative Career Programs Worldwide.
Programs include Cultural Travel, Cooking School, Lanugage Vacations, and Writers
Conferences & Workshops. http://www.shawguides.com/
FamilySearch
Over 660 million names in this searchable name database. The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints has been gathering genealogical records across the
world for more than a century to help its members and others in family history
research. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Burwell World Directory
of Information Brokers
The searchable Internet version of The Burwell World Directory of Information
Brokers, the world’s most comprehensive international database of professional
information...Nearly 1000 entries representing 38 countries are currently identified
in the database. The inclusion of foreign language and country expertise is
a reflection of the international nature of today’s business environment
and our ever-increasing worldwide communications capability.
http://www.andornot.com/ibdb/power.html
Research Tools
More than 400,000 researchers and librarians use EndNote, Reference Manager,
and ProCite to search Internet databases, organize references, and create instant
bibliographies. http://www.isiresearchsoft.com
COPAC (Consortium of
University Research Libraries)
COPAC provides FREE access to the merged online catalogues of 19 of the largest
university research libraries in the UK and Ireland. http://copac.ac.uk/copac/wzgw?db=copact
Gateway to Education
Materials
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) project is a consortium effort to
provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged,
collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university,
non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. http://www.enc.org/resources/search/
College Opportunities
Online (National Center for Education Statistics)
IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line is your direct link to over 9,000 colleges
and universities in the United States. If you are thinking about a large university,
a small liberal arts college, a specialized college, a community college, a
career or technical college or a trade school, you can find them all here. http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/Search.asp
National Gallery of Art (London)
The Collection spans the period from about 1260 to 1900 and consists of Western
European paintings. The national collection of 20th-century art is held at Tate
Modern and the national collection of British Art is held at Tate Britain. Search
by artist name, work number, or gallery number. http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/collection/index.html
Search Engine Guide
Find topical search engines, portals, and directories on a huge variety of topics,
with this directory of more than 3,500 resources. http://www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html
Network Solutions USA Internet Facts
Several maps and graphs that illustrate domain name registrations by city, state,
and metropolitan area. http://www.dotcom.com/facts/usmap.html#
National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.)
Search the entire collection by artist name or title of work. Images are available
for many items. http://www.nga.gov/search/search.htm
National Museum of American Art Digitized Collection
Search and view the holdings of this Smithsonian museum. Images are available
for many items. http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/helios/search.html
Site from the Invisible
Web book
Here are a few of the recommended sites from the book The Invisible Web, by
Chris Sherman and Gary Price. http://WWW.INVISIBLE-WEB.NET/
Written by by Rick Sheridan