Here you will find links to useful websites on various topics relating to research projects in various departments as well as links to useful reference resources.
Geography
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History
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English
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RME
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Books & Reading
Reference Resources
Encyclopaedias
- Wikipedia
- Infoplease: Encyclopedia
- Britannica An abbreviated (short) version of the full Encyclopedia Britannica which, if you have Orkney Library & Archive membership, can view via their website.
- Encyclo Online Encyclopedia An encyclopedia that links to other online sources.
- Reference.com
- How Stuff Works
- Encyclopedia of of Western Signs & Ideograms
- CIA World Factbook
Dictionaries
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online
- Dictionary.com
- Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- Urban Dictionary
- Collins French Online Dictionary
- Collins German Online Dictionary
Newspapers & Magazines
- The Orcadian
- The Shetland Times
- The Scotsman
- The Guardian
- The Telegraph
- The Times
- TES
- The Independant
- EuroNews
- NME
- The Observer Sport
- Radio Times
- Q Magazine
Search Engines
There are many other search engines out there that you can use other than Google. Various sources estimate that only 10% of the information on the internet is indexed by search engines. The rest of the information is ‘hidden’ in what is called the invisible web or deep web. It is therefore important that if you are doing research, that you use a few different ones as each one may bring up different results.
The Search Engine List lists many types of search engines and internet indexing sites that you can try.
Here are a few you can try:
The Deep Web (Internet Tutorials) tells you a little more about the invisible or deep web.
10 Search Engines to Explore the Invisible Web introduces you to some other search engines.