A new internet research tool called Digital Universe aspires to be a more authoritative version of Wikipedia. If successful, it could provide scholars and students with one more option for finding accurate, reliable information online. It is still in it’s early stages but has tremendous possibilities.
http://www.digitaluniverse.net

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Through an agreement with the National Archives, Google Inc. has added historic video footage of such events as the Apollo moon landing and Japan’s surrender in World War II to its internet search engine. Students, teachers, researchers, and others now can access these digital video clips free of charge through the Google Video search portal.

http://video.google.com/nara.html

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