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Use of popular research tools, such as Wikipedia, may not be acceptable as sources for your papers and assignments. Scholarly content in alternative formats may be appropriate for some assignments.

This page contains links to popular research tools in these formats: blogs, wikis, webcasts, podcasts, and RSS feeds. Other tools may offer efficiencies in managing your research through the use of citation generators, bibliographic management tools, and specific search technologies. You are responsible for the accuracy of what you produce using tools or other research aids.

Blogs and Wikis

Academic Libraries - library blogs
This list of academic library blogs provides links to news, new resources, and other blogs of interest in academic libraries, most of which are in the United States. Use the Libweb: Library Servers via WWW for direct access to academic and other library Home pages.

Wikipedia
Advertised as a free encyclopedia; anyone can edit it.

Webcasts and Podcasts

Library of Congress Webcasts
Webcast pages provide access to topics such as history, education, culture, government, poetry, literature, religion, science, and technology.

New York Times Podcasts
NYT reporters, columnists, editors, and others discuss the week's news and top stories. These encompass ethical questions and front page, music, technology, science, and world news.

NPR Podcast Directory
The National Public Radio site provides access to podcasts by topic, title, and providers; over 50 public radio stations work with NPR on podcasting. Archives provide access to the most popular programs, from 1996 to date.

Podcasts from BBC News - British Broadcasting Corporation
Use the search option or browse by genre to find speeches and music topics of interest.

Podcasts from the U.S. Government
Official information from the U.S. Government includes business, defense, environment, health, history, law, data and statistics, elections, Spanish language, and more.

White House RSS Feeds and Podcasts
See this page for the presidential weekly radio address, speeches and remarks, press briefings, and Spanish language programs.

RSS Feeds and Alerts

Bloglines Directory
This RSS feed list provides most popular, quick picks by topic, alphabetical, and the newest feeds.

RSS Compendium
With links to major collections, you can locate, e.g., The Chronicle of Higher Education in the Magazines/Journals category. This is one option among a wide range of topics, most of which are of popular interest.

Library of Congress RSS Feeds
Set up RSS feeds and e-mail subscriptions to U.S. Copyright Office notices, legal issues from the Law Library of Congress, and new webcasts and podcasts.

NYTimes.com RSS feeds
New York Times provides feeds to news, features, opinion, and other sections.

News feeds from the BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation provides feeds from the geographic or topic sections.

NPR
National Public Radio provides news, progam, topic, or member station feeds.

U.S. Census Bureau
Select feeds for population and statistical data including census, surveys, and a wide range of consumer topics. Set up PopClocks with U.S. and World population estimates.

Research Tools

Citation generators
Select an automatic citation generator for MLA, APA, and other styles. You are responsible for the accuracy of citations; review your output carefully.

Endnote
This link takes you to the University Libraries help for this bibliographic management tool.

Google Scholar
Search scholarly literature with this tool.

The Wayback Machine
Use this site to locate archived Web pages.