Sites to Explore

Check out these websites for fun!



Book Trailers
It is New Zealand Book month - view Brian Faulkner's latest book trailers then reserve the book at the issue desk. http://www.brianfalkner.com/booktrailers.asp
Wolframalpha
This is a new computational knowledge engine that answers mathematical calculations http://www.wolframalpha.com/



Xtimeline

Explore, create, and share timelines about history, biographies and more using this web 2.0 timeline widget. http://www.xtimeline.com/

Worldmapper

A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. Nearly 600 mapsare now available. http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/

Sumo Paint

An excellent free online image editor and drawing application
http://www.sumopaint.com/home/



Flashface
Create Your Own Avatar. http://flashface.ctapt.de/
Manga
Create your own avatar. http://www.manga.com/content/avatar-face-maker


The Encylopaedia of Life
Aims to create an online reference source and database for every one of the 1.8 million species that are named and known on this planet. http://www.eol.org/
Visual Dictionary Online
A free visual dictionary of 20,000 images with contextual definitions. http://visual.merriam-webster.com/








Check out these new search engines


http://www.bing.com/


http://duckduckgo.com/


http://find.natlib.govt.nz/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=NLNZ&fromLogin=true&fromLogin=true
This search engine searches across all the New Zealand National Library websites


http://www.google.co.nz/ There's an interesting search enhancement to Google (May 2009). Try clicking on Show Options after you have done a search, (it's located directly above your returned search results.) then scroll down and click on wonder wheel. This operates as a visual mindmap when you need to fully explore a subject and its related topics. Recommended.



http://www.refseek.com/
RefSeek is a web search engine for students, researchers and librarians that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone.


www.viewzi.com/
Viewzi is a powerful visual search engine that provides many different possibilities to display your results. Using Yahoo!, Google and Viddler, you can search the Web, images and videos.