- type the URL into the search bar at easywhois.com
If you want to see what websites are linked to a website...
(If credible sources link to a site, then that site is probably credible. If the KKK links to a Martin Luther King Jr. site, then it may not actually be a legitimate Civil Rights site.)
- type the URL into the search bar at Alexa.com
If you want guaranteed credible sources, try searching within academic resources...
- http://research.allacademic.com/http://www.virtuallrc.com/
- http://www.weblens.org/scholar.html
- http://scholar.google.com/
- http://academic.research.microsoft.com/
- Alexa: A website that archives older websites that are no longer available on the Internet. For example, Alexa has about 87 million websites from the 2000 election that are for the most part no longer available on the Internet.
- Complete Planet: Provides an extensive listing of databases that cannot be searched by conventional search engine technology. It provides access to lists of databases which you can then search individually.
- The Directory of Open Access Journals: Another full-text journal searchable database
- FindArticles: Indexes over 10 million articles from a variety of different publications. Most are connected to a university library.
- Find Law:A comprehensive site that provides information on legal issues organized by category.
- HighWire: Brought to you by Stanford University, HighWire press provides access to one of the largest databases of free, full-text, scholarly content. Some of the scholarly publications require logging in or purchase – only the data base is free.
- Infomine: A research database created by librarians for use at the university level. It includes both a browsable catalogue and searching capabilities.
- MagPortal: A
search engine that will allow you to search for free online magazine articles
on a wide range of topics. Some
magazines like, TIME, require logging in or purchase to receive the entire
text.
