RefLinks Project is a project taken on by librarians in Ohio to help students with homework. Over 100 Harvard students and graduates have contributed to SparkNotes. The site is a project of the Multnomah County Library in Oregon. Britannica As might be expected Britannica is a great resource for students, since it is geared toward topics assigned by school. The results pulled up in searching have been checked for quality and are even rated using a star system.
Users get hits within the encyclopedia and web among their various results choices.
However the number of more commercially related sites showing up in hits are increasing. In a recent search on countries with a student, the top two hits were travel booking pages with the World Factbook third. The Internet itself offers instruction on how to learn and improve your online search skills. Search Engine Watch is a site loaded with information and updated often. It has a handy dandy search engine comparision chart.