Library - Recommended Web Sites

Search the Internet

• Best Search Tools
• Best Search Tools Comparison Chart
• Search Engine Watch 

Subject Directories

• The Best Information on the Net (BIOTN): Important Sites by Major Field of Study
• Infomine - Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
• Internet Public Library
  

Local Libraries

• Los Angeles Public Library
• County of Los Angeles Public Library
• California State University Northridge (CSUN)
• List of Local Libraries (phone numbers, addresses, and hours)

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Almanacs & Quick Information

• Country Studies/Area Handbooks
• CountryWatch
  

Computer and Internet Tutorials

• Typing - Learn touch typing
• Getting started with Office 2010 - Online tutorials for Microsoft Office
• Learn the Net
• Internet Tutorials

Faculty Resources

• Evaluating Information Found on the Internet [by Elizabeth E. Kirk, John Hopkins University Library]
• Copyright & Fair Use[from Stanford University Libraries]
• Plagiarism detection service for authors and education
• The Best Information on the Net (BIOTN): Faculty Resources [from St. Ambrose University Library]
• Assessing Student Learning
• Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)Provides access to over a million citations and 107,000 full-text journal and non-journal documents in education.
• California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
• California Community Colleges Foundation
• Community College League of California