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By Wendy Boswell, About.com Guide to Web Search since 2004

Web Search Roundup of Educational and Research Sites

Monday February 13, 2006
  • Google University Search
    "Google's University Search enables you to narrow your search to a specific school website. Try it for things like admissions information, course schedules, or alumni news."
  • Flickr Toys
    "Helping you do fun things with your digital camera since 2005."
  • Instructables - Step by Step Collaboration
    "Instructables is a step-by-step collaboration system that helps you record and share your projects with a mixture of images, text, ingredient lists, CAD files, and more."
  • Mini-Guide for BitTorrent Download Speed Problems
    an excellent message board thread to help with BitTorrent download issues
  • Windows XP/2000 Commands and Tools
    "Here's the ultimate Windows XP/2000 command list that will make any Linux user feel at home at the command prompt. A lot of these commands are intended for administrating a network, but they are great for savvy home users as well."
  • The Web Developer's Handbook
    "developing websites, exploring imagination"
  • Course Topics at Free-Ed.Net
    free education, courses, and tutorials
  • Common Errors in English
    "The aim of this site is to help you avoid low grades, lost employment opportunities, lost business, and titters of amusement at the way you write or speak."
  • Workout Center
    "The workouts below include cardio, strength training and flexibility workouts for all fitness levels for abs, total body, upper body and lower body as well as pilates and yoga moves."
  • USDA Nutrient Data Lab
    "Search the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference"
  • Jane Austen Collection
    "The miscellaneous and collateral material includes translations, critical studies, works by Jane Austen's contemporaries, background literature about her life and times, and audiovisual representations."
  • Learn How To Speak Chinese
    "This page helps you to learn Chinese. No matter where you are, we are with you."
  • Snakes of North America
    enormous database of snake information
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