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Search Tools for Web Sites on Rap/Hip-Hop Music and Culture

General Advice: Try avoiding fan web sites and sites mainly existing to sell merchandise, whenever possible.

Portals:

Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians  http://tinyurl.com/35nps8

Alternative Presses on the Web  http://tinyurl.com/3blj6u

Librarians’ Index to the Internet   http://lii.org

Academic Info  http://www.academicinfo.com

INFOMINE  http://infomine.ucr.edu

About  http://www.about.com

Filters to Search Google more Effectively for this Assignment:

Google (limited to PDF files)  http://tinyurl.com/5f294

SearchEdu  http://www.searchedu.com

SearchGov  http://www.searchgov.com

Google (limited to .org)  http://tinyurl.com/6yrp9

Open Directory (using Google Interface)  http://www.google.com/dirhp

Other Search Engines:

Teoma  http://www.teoma.com

Directories and Search Engines Related to Rap Music/Culture

All Music Guide (reference database)  http://www.allmusic.com/

Center for Black Music Research  http://www.cbmr.org/

Who2 (Biographies)  http://www.who2.com

Yahoo: Hip-Hop Culture (Be sure to evaluate web sites)  http://tinyurl.com/4svqa