Have a question?  Most people will tell you to go Google it.  Well, today there are many different places you can look to find answers.  Today I would like to list a couple of the places I go to find answers.  There isn’t any specific order and the list is not exhaustive or complete but hopefully it will be of some help to you.

1. Yahoo Answers – There are several answers communities out there but this is one of my favorites.  You can obviously ask a question and receive answers from other members of the community but the easiest way is to do a search to see if someone else has already asked the same (or similar) question.
2. Yahoo Search Engine – The same way someone “Googles” and answer, I “Google” using Yahoo (or call it “Yahooing” something).  I use different combinations of quotation marks and plus signs to help to narrow the results.
3. Yellowpages.com - I can’t remember the last time I actually used a physical phone book!  For residential numbers, try whitepages.com or anywho.com (on the Reverse Lookup page, you can search by phone numbers and find the owners).
4. DIY (do it yourself) websites - On pages like Instructables.com and ehow.com, you can learn how to do almost anything yourself.
5. Wikipedia.org – As the best known, probably most used online encyclopedia, most of you have heard of wikipedia.org.  Here we have a great source for information about almost any topic.  Wikipedia is run by an army of volunteers and seems to be quite exhaustive.
6. Dictionary.com - need a concise definition, try a dictionary site and what better site is there than Dictionary.com?
7. Lifehacker.com – As the site itself exclaims, “Tips and downloads to get things done.”  You can find all kinds of tips and tricks for computing and life in general and I am finding myself turning here more and more often in order to find answers.  It’s fun to browse through too!
8. Techie friends – OK, I know this isn’t a specific website BUT it is a source of answers for me.  Everyone needs some friends who are tech-savy to turn to when things get rough.  I have many good friends that are computer nerds, geeks, or just all around sharp that are great places to turn when I need help.  Find a tech-friend today (and show your appreciation!).

Well, here’s a few sources that I turn to when looking for answers.

While looking for answers online, always use good sense and investigative techniques.  Obviously not all information online is reliable.  Much of it is opinion and from specific viewpoints and sometimes is even outright dishonest or mistaken.  Use multiple sources and try to view the information from the standpoint of the source.

All that said, where do YOU find answers online?  I love to find great places for research and learning!