Know how to
tell truth from fiction with help from these three Web sites.
Keep your
e-mail inbox free of viruses, scams and hoaxes with help from Purportal.com, "debunking bunk since 2001." The site allows you to
search various reputable databases and sites that collect information about
urban legends, sneaky ways of parting you from your money and various bits of
code you just don't want on your computer.
Sources include Snopes, Symantec and Fraud Watch International.
Continue on
the factual path with Scirus, a
search engine for scientific information that indexes journals, scientists'
personal pages and coursework.
A sister site, SciTopics, offers
"research summaries" on a variety of different subjects in the sciences and the
humanities, such as chemistry, environmental science and philosophy.
Librarians
built Infomine, a collection of
databases, electronic journals, books and other resources for university-level
students and staff. It includes links to both paid and free content, and offers
bibliographic information about each site.
Find your own "eureka" sites using SweetSearch.
Amy Goldschlager
Editor
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