Search engines like Google have become part of everyday life, not least in the academic context.

By Quint, Barbara Serendipity is a wonderful thing.

By Jacso, Peter The picks include my longtime favorite Amazon.com, which somehow never made it to my lists of picks (probably because it is so much of a classic trailblazer).

By Badke, William Following on from my previous column, this one looks at plagiarism catching. It's a mixed-emotion activity, combining the thrill of the chase and the horror of revealing sin. This might seem like a nasty topic. Plagiarists, after all, are people like us.

Virginia is partnering with Internet search company Google Inc. to make it easier to search for information in the thousands of state documents available online in public databases. Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is expected to announce the partnership today at 2 p.m. at the Library of Virginia.