Here, I present http://scholar.google.com/
If you ever thought that finding academic papers for your studies here at TOTJO was tough? You don't feel like going to the library? Google Scholar can help you out!
Other academic places to get information:
http://www.loc.gov/ - Search for WEBPAGES.
http://education.iseek.com/iseek/home.page
http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc
http://www.virtuallrc.com/
http://www.google.com/trends/correlate/
http://www.wolframalpha.com/tour/examples.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
http://www.refseek.com/
If what you want isn't there, check out this page that lists all these and MORE and divided into categories:
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/100-search-engines-for-academic-research/
I hope this allows you to make posts more academically correct (in the interest of discovery and education) rather than worshiping Wikipedia. Granted, I'm not saying the posts here AREN'T academic. But, we can all use a more academic approach to research, even self-study.
