Using HTML5 features, this is the kind of obvious tool that makes symbol lookup faster than doing it by hand.
Just draw the symbol in the box and up comes the LaTeX code, and the package name that contains it.
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AMA citation:
Quesada J. Detexify2 – LaTeX symbol classifier. Academic Productivity. 2010. Available at: http://www.academicproductivity.com/2010/detexify2-latex-symbol-classifier/. Accessed September 3, 2010.
APA citation:
Quesada, Jose. (2010). Detexify2 – LaTeX symbol classifier. Retrieved September 3, 2010, from Academic Productivity Web site: http://www.academicproductivity.com/2010/detexify2-latex-symbol-classifier/
Chicago citation:
Quesada, Jose. 2010. Detexify2 – LaTeX symbol classifier. Academic Productivity. http://www.academicproductivity.com/2010/detexify2-latex-symbol-classifier/ (accessed September 3, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Quesada, J 2010, Detexify2 – LaTeX symbol classifier, Academic Productivity. Retrieved September 3, 2010, from <http://www.academicproductivity.com/2010/detexify2-latex-symbol-classifier/>
MLA citation:
Quesada, Jose. "Detexify2 – LaTeX symbol classifier." 12 Jun. 2010. Academic Productivity. Accessed 3 Sep. 2010. <http://www.academicproductivity.com/2010/detexify2-latex-symbol-classifier/>
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June 19th, 2010 at 1:34 am
[...] 18, 2010 by Saravanan Thirumuruganathan 1. Detexify2 – LaTeX symbol classifier A neat webpage where you draw a symbol in it and it will tell you the latex symbol. Some thing I [...]
June 29th, 2010 at 1:39 am
By the way (o LaTeX), a promising tool:
http://docs.latexlab.org/
A LaTeX compiler online, using Google power. Impressive. Only lacking shared edition and bibliography.