EH.net began life back in 1994 as the Econhist internet discussion list. It now provides internet-based services to economic historians, economists, social scientists, and the public. You can browse the abstracts published by EH.net, look up related terms in the Encyclopedia, subscribe to one of several mailing lists, or even ask a question of

URLinfo from FaganFinder is a terrific resource — just plug in a URL, and you can instantly connect to all kinds of information about that site — general registration information, related sites, cached pages, and much more. This is definitely a tool to keep around if you need to research a website.

Chris Sherman has

Nextaris is a new service of Surfwax that aims to help you get control over your research. Registration for an account is free, for 100MB worth of storage space. For a yearly fee, you can get 200MB of storage. There’s a rather simple page where you can use a number of search engines, and save

I never thought I’d say I like a news site as well or better than Google News, but it’s true — Topix.net is a terrific news resource. The folks over at Topix launched a new version of the site this week, with a new front page and a bunch of improved features. Topix crawls

I have been very late in reporting this new site, so I suggest you take a look at it ASAP, to catch up with everybody else. Michael Lowe, a Dallas lawyer and friend of mine, has created RecordHelp.com, a site that provides information to individuals on expunging certain criminal records, without a lawyer’s help.