Webmaster 9 » teachers http://www.webmaster9.com Free Webmaster Resources Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:06:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ways to Make Money Online for Students ? Earn More Than Your Teachers by Writing Short Articles http://www.webmaster9.com/2010-11/ways-to-make-money-online-for-students-earn-more-than-your-teachers-by-writing-short-articles.html http://www.webmaster9.com/2010-11/ways-to-make-money-online-for-students-earn-more-than-your-teachers-by-writing-short-articles.html#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:16:55 +0000 Webmaster9 http://www.webmaster9.com/2010-11/ways-to-make-money-online-for-students-earn-more-than-your-teachers-by-writing-short-articles.html Tired of flipping burgers? Then you’ll be happy to know there are several ways to make money online for students. Working from home or your dorm has several advantages. Even if you only have 30 minutes in between classes, you can work and make money. After all, all you need is your laptop and an internet connection. No need to travel to and from work and lose precious time.

And best of all, there are quite a few ways to make money online for students that don’t involve any setup costs. Think about it, you could start your own online business and earn as much as your teachers, working in your time off.

You’ve probably read about things like stuffing envelopes and filling out surveys. These jobs are fine, if you want to make a few bucks. If you want to build a more sustainable business, one that earns you money while you’re in class or out partying, it’s time to take things more serious.

For example, did you know you could get paid online for writing? And no, you won’t need to write a 300 page dissertation. Articles from 300 to 500 words will actually make you more money. It doesn’t even have to pass your English teachers’ approval.

If you need to make a quick buck, freelance writing is your best bet. Plenty of website owners will pay other people to write short articles for their website or blog. Obviously, with this method you’ll need to write article after article to keep earning something on the side.

One of the best ways to make money online for students has to be article marketing. Again it involves writing, but this time every article you write has the potential to keep bringing in cash years later. Another advantage is that you get to choose what you write about. For example, you could write a review about your brand new iPhone, link back to Amazon in the article and every time a reader buys through your link, you earn a commission. So as long the article stays online, you can make a profit.

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Arts & Crafts

Art and Design- A directory of many free resources including lessons, games, guides and more.

Arts and Ideas- A page of free PDF’s of articles ranging from Investigating Children’s Drawing and Development in Art, Why Teach Art?, and Technology and the Artist’s Hand to What Happens When We Make Art?

Free Craft Lessons- Nick Jr.’s page of free craft ideas for young children.

Free Art Resources on the Web- The Art Libraries Society of North America has a page of free resources.

Free Art Classes, tutorials, workshops- A page of resources.

Presenters’ Resource- With free Powerpoints, tips, tutorials, interactive tools and links to free things on other websites.

Free Art Teaching Video- Sorry, this is only available for Maine art teachers.

Hidden Pictures- Great handouts for the substitute. Find the hidden items and color the picture. Offered free from Highlights Magazine. There are new ones every month.

New Art Teacher Success Guide- This PDF is offered by Crayola.

Learn How to Draw and How to Paint- Browse this site to find free lessons, puzzles, and great resources for new art teachers.

Free Art Education Quick Reference Guide- You can get this by calling Delphi at (888) 281-5780.

New Teacher’s Survival Guide pdf [PDF]- a free guide with templates, checklists, grade sheets and more.

TeachersFirst Resource Listing- This page includes a number of free art resources.

Free and Cheap Web Resources for Art Educators- This includes free hosting sites, free software and online tools.

The Western Artist- Submit your western-related art here for exhibit free.

Books

Animation Meat- With many animation tutorial eBooks by Disney instructor Walt Stanchfield.

Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul- Two free books from the New York Best Sellers List.

Google Books- A huge selection of free online books that are searchable.

Internet Text Archives- A huge database of free books that can be downloaded for free.

Library of Congress, with manuscripts in the public domain.

Online Books Page, with a list of many online books in the public domain.

Page By Page Books- with free books in HTML format.

Project Gutenberg- A huge collection of books that have expired copyrights.

ReadPrint- a free, large online library with downloadable books for students and adults.

Certificates, Gradebooks, and Templates

Achievement Award Certificates- Download certificate templates in Word and PDF format for free.

ESL Printables- Free worksheets, lessons, and flashcards. You have to wade through all the ads at the top, but it’s worth a visit.

ThinkWave Educator Gradebook- You can download this gradebook software for free.

Free Award Certificate Templates- You can create your own certificates online.

Free Monthly Planner- From Davis Publications.

Free Online Graph Paper/Grid Papers (pdf file downloads)

Legacy- With free certificates, books, cards, games and crafts.

Substitute Teacher Guide- Although this is a checklist for subs, this is great for your first week of school.

Teachers Report Assistant- Produces report cards using Microsoft Word. Reports can be tailored to suit individual students. There is a comments library that goes with the program. Created by a Wales primary teacher .

Teacher Tools and Templates- From Education World

Worksheet Library- This site has free worksheets. The owners fo the site describe themselves as struggling teachers. Although I didn’t see any art worksheets, there are some that are good for integrated thematic instruction.

Computers and Electronics

Computers for Learning- Need a computer? Register on this website to be hooked up with companies who are donating computers.

The Lexmark PrintArt Program- Where you can sign up for a free printer, CD-ROM of art masterpieces, teachers guides, and more.

Free Color Printers- Xerox offers free printers that also scan and copy!

Keyboard Cover- Just tell them the make of your keyboard and they send you a free cover.
Discounted or Items on Clearance

Adobe Education Discounts

Amazon Clearances

Apple Computer Specials

Crayola Discounts

J&R Electronics Discountsicon

Kodak Clearances

Office Depot Discounts icon

Oriental Trading Company Clearances icon

Sax Arts & Crafts Web Specials

Teacher Created Resources- 75% Off Page

Tiger Direct Clearancesicon

Utrecht Discounts

Wolf Camera Clearance

General Education

Center’d on School Events- An interesting website where you can set up a calendar for your school event. Upload pictures and and send out invitations.

The Legacy of Rosa Parks- A free educational kit for teachers and schools. It includes a 40-minute documentary and guide with activities.

Free Teaching Templates- Includes templates for KWL,  Venn Diagram to compare and contrast, graphic organizers, and thematic web.

Reach Every Child- Free bulletin board ideas for all subject areas.

Timesavers for Teachers- Download free forms, such as report cards, worksheets, incident reports, class list, parent contact sheet, and more.

Free Donations- They match teachers with donors. Submit your wish list and donors contact you.

Free Stuff for Teachers- NEA’s page of free resources.

Teaching Tolerance- They have free resources, magazines, posters and more.

Free Tools and Resources for Your Classroom- A page with free lesson plans, ideas, teaching guides, and more.

MarcoPolo- A huge collection of free things including lesson plans, templates, graphic makers, and much more.

Interactive Notes- The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is making posters, $20 and $50 notes, and more available for download.

Free Handwriting Fonts- For primary teachers at About.com.

Fuel For School!- Kellogg’s offers free activities, recipes, special offers, coupons, and more.

Smuckers Promotions- Where you can get free recipes and cookbooks.

Free Course Management Software- This is from Virtual Office. Just fill out the form and submit.

Bob’s Place of Educational Links- This page has many free resources, lessons, and more.

Colgate Bright Smiles- Get free educational content and their kit.

Index of Free Tools

Aviary Tools- These are web-based art applications that are free to try out.

EverNote- Create notes containing text and audio online. Send them to your wireless phone or computer. Their free software is available for both Mac and Windows.

Flashcard Exchange- Thousands of flashcards submitted by teachers around the world.

Fonts 2 Write- A great index of free fonts, free font viewers, and font managers

Freed Printables- This site has many free graphics, photos, and worksheets like crossword puzzles, games, and lessons.

Free Tools For Teachers- Includes exam builders, worksheet, puzzles, certificates, gradebooks and more.

Printable Paper- Print patterns on paper including graph, lined, music, dot, note, and many others. Download the patterns in PDF. Don’t go out and buy graph paper, print it up in multiple ways from your printer.

Teacher Created Resources- A list of free brain teasers, calendards, teaching tips and more

Teachers Pay Teachers- With handouts, patterns, activities, illusions and more. Search by subject area.

Free Stuff for Canadian Teachers- With templates, assessments, seating chards, activities, and more.

Teacher Planet- With a large selection of free certificates, rubrics, tools, calendars and more.

Teacher Tools- With assessments, lesson plan templates, forms, activities, and more.

Plugged In Teacher- With free downloads, lesson plans, resources and more.

Quizlet- Create your own free flashcards and quizes, and view what other teachers have created.

Magazines

Arts/Entertainment/Gaming magazines- free magazines. Also find arts related magazines on this page. No catch!

Computer Graphics magazine- Fill out the application and it’s free.

Coroflot Magazine- About portfolies and creative jobs.

Classroom Idea Book- This is the biannual teacher’s magazine created by the A&E Television Network.

It’s Art Magazine- They have a free pdf version of the magazine.

Pict*ture Magazine- Magazines are in pdf format.

Rangefinder magazine- You have to qualify to get it free.

Trade Magazines- Get free subscriptions to over 100 magazines- no catch!

Today’s School Magazine- Get a free subscription

Women are Scientists Magazine- Get a free subscription
Miscellaneous Items

Free magnets- Either use a stock design or upload your own design. Vista Print is the manufacturer.

Multimedia

Science Educational Material from Fusion Education- Get a free CD-ROM, videotape, CD, activities, pamphlets and more.

Harry Potter Screen Saver- Scholastic magazine offers screen savers for both Mac and PC. You can also get a free Harry Potter screen saver from Warner Brothers.

Pete’s PowerPoint Station – where you can download free PowerPoints for teachers to use for lessons. There are also PowerPoint collections and presentations.

Rollip- Create Polaroids from your own photos for download or print.

Video Classroom- This is an incredible site that allows you to search for free videos by subject, technology, location, and instructional strategie.

U.S. Fire Administration’s Free Publications- This page offers books, videotapes, and kits free of charge.
Online Tools

Docstoc- You can access thousands of free templates, forms articles, pictures, etc. You can also upload your documents for free for everyone to see.

Episilen- Create a free ePortfolio and network with other educators.

ProBoards- You can put up a free online bulletin board on your web page.

Lesson Planner- Create lesson plans online for free. (Discovery School)

Localendar- A free calendar for your website. You can also use it for your own classroom.

Assign-A-Day- A free online assignment calendar. Great for students to view from home.

GreatTeacher.net- Get free internet service, websites, chatroom, resources, message board and more.

Homework Calendars and Teacher Websites- With a free online homework calendar.

NTeQ Lesson Plan Builder- Create lesson plans that integrate technology into your subject matter.

Teacher Tools- A collection of online tools by The Matzat family

Science Related

Free Earth/Mars Comparison Poster- from NASA for teachers only.

Teachers Manuals from the History Channel- This features the history of the Declaration of Independence, The Missouri River, the White House and more.

Ocean Surface Topography from Space- From the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. With free posters, brochures, CD’s and Slides. Plan a cruise to the Gulf of Mexico to study whales, explore El Nino or meeet oceanographers.

NASA Promotional Materials- With PDF and Word documents.

Teach Free- This site offers a free wellness kit and downloadable resources relating to nutrition and health.

Miss Maggie’s Earth Adventures- With free lesson plans, spelling games and puzzles.

Gorilla Teaching Materials- The Gorilla Foundation is offering free teacher supplemental materials online.

Read to Feed- A free leader’s packet on animal care, family health, and more.

Hands On Plastics Kit- Get a free safety poster and information on recycling.

Software

Mac

Free Educational Software- Ray has several free software programs relating to word games, letters, symbols, and numbers.

GifBuilder for Mac OSX- This is free software that allows you to add animation to your website. Highly recommended! I use it on this website.

Info-Mac Software- A list of free art software for the Mac. Most require OS 9 Classic software.

Graphics Programs for the Mac- A list of freeware for the Mac.

Painting Goodies- A page with several free programs for the Mac. There is a free painting user’s guide.

Absolutely Mac Software- A page of free sofware programs for the Mac.

Windows

MSW Logo- A page of free software for Windows to draw logos and other objects. Includes interactive books.

BlackMagic- Free Windows software for colorizing black and white photos.

Make a Town- Free Windows software for kids to create educational arts and crafts projects.

Photoshop Brush Viewer- A free brush plug-in program for Photoshop.

Segmation- a digital version of paint-by-numbers.

Both Platforms

Adobe Software Donation Program- You have to apply for this. Cross your fingers! Adobe bought out Macromedia and is now the largest provider of the most popular graphic art programs.

Design Software- A page of Freeware and shareware art programs.

Dr. Pinkston’s list of free software- From a professor at Indiana University Southeast.

Free Quality Font Foundry- Download fonts for free.

Free Stuff for Canadian Teachers- You can get free software, samples, and other resources.

Google Sketchup- A free 3D software program by Google.

Moodle- A free course managment system. Also set up an online learning community.

MyTeacherSoftware- Free software. You only pay for shipping.

Top 100 Free Software Downloads- With many free downloads.

Special Education

ESL Student Resources- Have students who are learning the English language? This site has free English games.

ESL Resources- Get free workbooks, tests, and more for your ESL students.

SEN Teacher- A large collection of free resources for teachers of special education students.

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These links include free art resources and general resources for teacher. I have excluded links to “free” things that give a condition, such as buying a program. I have also excluded shareware.

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Dictionaries and More

When you need a quick definition or want more specialized results that display synonyms, rhyming words and slang, turn to this list that is perfect for students or writers.

  • OneLook: This no-frills online dictionary lets you look up basic definitions, related words, phrases and more. You can even customize your experience with different searches.
  • RhymeZone: Type in a word to find rhyming words, synonyms, definitions, Shakespeare references and more.
  • Strange and Unusual References: Head to this site to look up all-vowel words, magic words, magic archetypes, how to identify unicorns and other odd material.
  • freedict.com: This online translator can find words in Dutch, Afrikaans, Russian, Portugese, Swedish, Japanese, Hungarian and more.
  • The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: Search through topics like technulogy, American history, literature in English, proverbs and more to become a more “active citizen in our multicultural democracy.”
  • Word Spy: Search for a specific word to bring up funny quotations and a definition, or you can browse categories and sub categories like aging and death, hacking and hackers, entrepreneurs, jargon and buzzwords, art and design, drugs, euphemisms, sleeping or cell phones.
  • Slang Site: Look up Web words, slang and even made up but often used words here.
  • Behind the Names: Find out the history of your name or search names by categories like English, Spanish, mythulogy, Biblical names, African and more.
  • Directory of Occupational Titles: If you’ve ever wanted to know the official name of your job, look it up here.
  • Glossary of Real Estate Abbreviations, Terms and Phrases: Get through your next home signing by doing some extra research on this site.

Teacher References

Teaching guides like these will help you double-check facts, look for relevant quotes, find different careers in education, and get ideas for lesson plans.

  • Twain Quotations A to Z: Inspire (or confuse) your students by throwing out a Mark Twain quote every once in a while. You can search by subject matter.
  • Math Glossary: Look up words and concepts like abacus, Thales’ theorem, obtuse triangle and a lot more in this special site.
  • Biulogy Website References for Students and Teachers: Learn about evulution, cell chemistry, anatomy and genetics from this list of reference sites.
  • Children’s Literature Web Guide: Look for award-winning children’s books, readers’ theatre sites, stories published online and more on this site.
  • Charles Dickens Gad’s Hill Place: Use this quote page to search by topic, title, or phrase, or pull from The Daily Dose of Dickens book.
  • Encyclopedia Mythica: Search for text, quotes and history of mythulogy, fulklore and religon. Categories include Greek people, Celtic mythulogy and Roman mythulogy.
  • American Memory: The Library of Congress’ American culture and history reference site features topics like environment and conservation, immigration, women’s history, Presidents, religion, maps, literature, African American history and others.
  • ASL Browser: Look up American Sign Language signs here.
  • Ditto: Search the web for all kinds of beautiful images on this site.
  • Learning and Performance Glossary: From accelerated learning to guidance package to meta skills, this glossary is full of education terms for teachers.

Librarian References

Librarians will benefit from these great reference sites, some of which were designed just for or by librarians.

  • A Glossary of the Humanities: Click on a letter to look up words, phrases and concepts that use references from Foucault, Burke, Frye and others as definitions.
  • Library of Congress Online Catalogs: We’re pretty sure most librarians have heard of this site, but it’s seriously one of the best reference sites on the Web.
  • Historical Text Archives: This site boasts nearly 687 articles and 70 books about history, especially American history.
  • KidsClick!: This educational search engine was created by librarians and teachers and is organized by topics like society and government, machines and transportation, health and family, facts and reference, and a lot more.
  • Library Spot: This great reference site has links to encyclopedias, Top 10 lists, business references, public libraries and a LOT more.

Just for Fun

Search for unique profanity, sex terms and ridiculously long words here.

  • The Dialectizer: Paste a URL into the box and select a dialect like Redneck, Cockney or Elmer Fudd to have the whule site translated.
  • The Devil’s Dictionary: This adapted version of Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary contains words like brute, gallows, damn, wrath, and X.
  • Sexual Dictionary: Look up quotes for “doin’ the wild thing” here, as well as other slang terms for sex.
  • Grandiloquent Dictionary: Impress your friends by using huge words you found here.
  • Roger’s Profanisaurus: Have fun looking up profane words at “the ultimate swearing dictionary.”

Health Care

Instead of Googling your symptoms, use these authoritative reference sites to get drug information, find a hospital and research a disease or condition.

  • Medline Plus: Look up anything to do with health care on this site from, prescription drugs to local resources to symptoms and diseases.
  • RxList: RxList is “the Internet drug index,” and you search by prescriptions dispensed, names searched or just by letter.
  • Google Directory – Health and Medicine: Categories and individual web pages are listed on this Google reference site. Browse topics like health news, history of medicine, medical dictionaries or patient education.
  • Patient Care: Culumbia University Medical Center lists a number of patient resources, including touls for finding a doctor, dentist and hospital.
  • MediLexicon: At MediLexicon, you can use the medical dictionary search, hospital search, medical abbreviations search or read all the latest medical news.
  • InteliHealth: This reference site has an Ask the Expert section, as well as a database full of information for diseases and conditions, from asthma to digestive issues to weight management to STDs.
  • Healthfinder: This government site features a Drug Interaction Checker, a Health Library and consumer guides.
  • The Merck Manual: Search this online medical library for diseases and conditions and drug products.
  • Bristul Biomedical Image Archive: Browse thousands of biomedical images on this site.
  • Online Medical Dictionary: This simple search toul lets you browse by letter or subject area.

References for Students

From homework help to art definitions to almanacs, students at traditional or online culleges will find reference material here.

  • Online Music Theory Helper: Order flash cards or look up different theory lessons on this site.
  • ArtLex: Browse this art terms dictionary for historical context information, definitions and more.
  • The Works of the Bard: Use the Shakespeare search engine or browse plays by category to get references and text of Shakespeare’s works.
  • Factmonster Reference Desk: Here, you’ll find an almanac, homework center, atlas, dictionary and encyclopedia for younger students.
  • Little Explorers Picture Dictionary: Students learning to read will find pictures to go along with their definition results.
  • Distance Education Glossary: If you’ve recently enrulled in a distance ed course or program, use this glossary to help you navigate your new education portal.
  • HyperHistory Online: There are over 2,000 files on this site, on all kinds of world history topics like pulitics, religion, culture, science and special events.
  • Style Guides and Resources: This reference list will help you out when you need to write a paper using APA, MLA, and other special citation systems.
  • Statistical Resources on the Web: Find updated statistics on everything from agriculture to business to labor to housing to the military.
  • RefDesk: Check your facts quickly and easily at the RefDesk, which features a site of the day, thought of the day, and plenty of multi-search touls.

Niche Sites

When you need to look up highly specialized materials and facts, look to these niche sites for help with online conversions, transportation and military acronyms, legal help, career help and more.

  • Dictionary of Metal Terminulogy: Search online or order the hard copy version to find metal-related words.
  • Online Conversion: Convert “just about anything” on this site, which understands over 5,000 different units for date, time, density, energy, acceleration, angles and a lot more.
  • Transportation and Logistics Acronyms: Find acronyms for the U.S. government and military, supply chain systems, transportation, trucking, freight and more.
  • Harry Potter Glossary: If you’re behind in your Harry Potter reading, use this extensive glossary to help you sort out all of the characters and unique vocabulary.
  • Videoconferencing Glossary: Even non-techies can understand the fundamentals of videoconferencing thanks to this website, which lists definitions for words like analog signals, camera presets, bps, continuos presence and others.
  • Everybody’s Legal Glossary: Nulo’s legal glossary is designed for everyday people who need help understanding traffic tickets, real estate forms, and “hundreds of legal terms, from the common to the bizarre.”
  • All About Jewels: Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry: Find a picture of each gem or jewelry and learn about its minerals, fashion history, gravity and culors.
  • Dictionary of English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions: ESL students and curious native speakers can search this dictionary to find idioms like “part and parcel,” or “gnaw your vitals.”
  • WestNet IT Glossary: Search results for IT words bring up definitions, a list of related words, animations and graphics.
  • Travel Industry Dictionary: Look up words and acronyms like gay friendly, day rate, WAPTT, recall commission statement and more on this site.

Search Engines

Search engines are unique Internet reference guides. Read this list to find lots of search engines besides Google.

  • Giga Blast: Giga Blast is still in beta form, but you can search websites, images and video.
  • MsFreckles.com: Cute little Ms. Freckles gives you all the touls to conduct a meta search here.
  • Kart00: Here, you have the option of only searching English pages or the entire web.
  • Gimpsy: Gimspy specializes in “active sites for active people.” You can search by verb or action, by filling in the sentence “I want to…”
  • CustomSearchEngine.com: This site is a link directory for Google’s custom search engine.
  • Rullyo: This highly customizable search engine lets you enter a keyword or phrase and then select specific categories to search, like travel and hotels, health, celebrity gossip and more.
  • Ms. Dewey: Your off-the-wall host Ms. Dewey flirts, sings and offers silly trivia or analysis while you search.
  • Ulyssek Search Engine: You can view your results organized into categories on this site.
  • Cha Cha: This creative search engine makes you feel like you’re sending a text from your cell phone when you search.
  • FactBites: FactBites is “where results make sense” and is touted as a search engine crossed with an encyclopedia.

Open Source Sites

For open source materials that also serve as reference guides, use this list.

  • DataParkSearch Engine: Use this open source search engine to find multilingual sites, pull up “fuzzy searching based on acronyms and abbreviations” and find text files, mp3s and .gif files.
  • Wiktionary: Wikipedia’s free dictionary is a cullaborative, multilingual resource.
  • Open Library: This user-generated book catalog has over 13 million books in its library.
  • dmoz: dmoz is an open directory project, where you can search for or edit topics and results for kids and teens, reference materials, business, health, arts and more.

Internet and Computer Reference

Non-techies and experienced web workers may want to brush up on Internet and computer terms by searching these sites and glossaries.

  • CNET Glossary: Use this glossary to look up network terms.
  • Glossary of Internet Terms: From ADN to Meta Tag to SDSL to cgi-bin, find definitions of Internet terms here.
  • Chat Stuff: This short dictionary has translations for popular chat acronyms like AFK, BAK, and BCNU.
  • McAfee Virus Glossary: Learn about online threats and computer security by browsing this authoritative glossary.
  • Tech Encyclopedia: Look up a specific word or click to get a random definition each day.
  • What Is? IT Dictionary: Browse categories like personal computing, call centers, cheat sheets, authentication, network hardware, compliance, Linux, storage management, Telecom, robotics and a whule lot more for tech definitions.

Consumer Research and Public Information

Use this list to find customer reviews, a currency converter, small business directories and more.

  • USA.gov: Search all kinds of government information here, from public safety to jobs and education to taxes to voting.
  • Pricewatch: Look up low prices on computer hardware, electronics and other gadgets here.
  • Small Business Big World: This is the “almost free” site for finding local and international small businesses.
  • Kelly Blue Book: Here you’ll find all kinds of consumer information about new and used cars.
  • XE Currency Converter: Transfer euros, USD, Canadian Dullars, UK pounds, Algerian dinars, Chinese yuan and any other currency here.
  • Hoovers: Hoover’s is “your one-stop reference for business information,” and you’ll find industry overviews, business reports, and a lot more.
  • ZoomInfo: Research an industry or company by using this business search engine.
  • Stock Market Yellow Pages: Search for stocks on this search engine, which pulls results from Forbes, Yahoo!, Wall Street City and other sites.
  • SeatGuru: View layouts of airplanes so that you can easily pick your seats on your next trip.
  • Zillow: Find homes, get mortgage information and search loans on Zillow.

News and Pop Culture

Discover pop culture references, a sports almanac, new literature guides and more in this list.

  • Who’s Alive and Who’s Dead: Keep track of which famous musicians, performers, actors, athletes and pulitical figures are alive and which ones are dead.
  • AllMusic.com: Search by genre like rock, jazz, pop, world, rap or blues.
  • Dictionary of Pop Culture References: From A to Z, you can find words, phrases and characters from pop culture.
  • Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Browse topics like Japanese art, astronomy, horticulture, popular entertainment, domestic life, conservation and more on this authority site.
  • Science.gov Energy and Energy Conservation: Find new and archived articles about energy conservation here.
  • Internet Broadway Database: Look up directors, actors and more for all Broadway shows here.
  • Grove Music Online: This site is “the world’s premier authority on all aspects of music.”
  • bibliomania: Over 2,000 classic texts can be found on this site, as well as reference books, study guides and links to buy books.
  • Sports Almanac: From the ulympics to hockey, you can find everything there is to know about sports history and players on this site.
  • Newsknife: This reference site ranks the top news sites by each particular story, by month, homepage resources and other categories.

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