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Useful Websites and
Search Engines

 

  •   EBSCOHost Databases – http://trial.epnet.com

  • User ID: s2042295

    Password: password

    Academic Search Elite

    This multi-disciplinary database offers full text for nearly 2,050 scholarly journals, including nearly

    1,500 peer-reviewed titles. Covering virtually every areas of academic study, Academic Search

    Elite offers full text information dating as far back as 1985. This database is updated on a daily

    basis via EBSCHhost.

    User Friendly

    Quite similar to Proquest

    Can perform searches by:

    Basic Search

    Advanced Search

    Subject Search

    Indexes

    Images

    Can save search results

    Has a help button

     

  • LookSmart – http://search.looksmart.com

  • FindArticles – search and read 3.5 million articles from over 700 publications

    Directory Search

    Web Search

     

  • Google – www.google.com

  • Fast, relevant and high quality search results

    Web search

    Image search

    Organized topics into categories

    4,500 news sources, updated continuously

    Post and read comments in Usenet discussion forums

     

     

  • AltaVista – http://www.altavista.com

  • Extensive database

    Complex Boolean searches

    Can search in many languages

     

     

  • Ask Jeeves – http://www.askjeeves.com/

  • Search the web by typing a simple question

    Answer to the most frequently ask questions on the web

    Simple and intuitive

     

  • Hotbot – http://www.hotbot.com

  • Type the most important search term first

    Supports complex Boolean searching and other powerful techniques

     

     

  • Ixquick Metasearch – http://www.ixquick.com/

  • Fairly comprehensive

    Relevant results

     

     

  • Yahoo – http://www.yahoo.com

  • The most widely-used internet catalog

    Easiest search page for new users

    Well-organized

    Alphabetical list of broad subject areas

    Subdivided into smaller categories

     

     

  • World Facts Book – http://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

  • Official information for each country

     

     

  • Government of Belize – http://www.belize.gov.bz

  • PM

    Profile

    Speeches/Addresses

    Manefesto 2003

    Activities

    Official photo album

     

     

  • BelizeWeb – http://www.belizeweb.com

  • Belize radio stations

    Belize local tv news

    Belize local widely circulating newspaper

    Telephone directory

    Trade directory

     

     

  • Belize Central – http://www.belizecentral.com

  • Channel 5 local news

    Belize-Guatemala issues

    National emergency management organization

    Central Statistical Office

    Laws of Belize