Websites for Journalists: References and resources in journalism

WebSites for Journalists

Reference Resources:

This page last edited, updated 03February2003

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LIBRARIES
DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, + OTHER REFERENCE WORKS
ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY REFERENCES
SOME CLEVER REFERENCE TOOLS

Libraries:

Check the libraries available at Academic and Educational sites,
and
don't neglect your local public library on the Web.
For example, the Anne Aurundel County Public Library of Maryland offers
excellent access to "electronic databases" from its Web site;
although, a few may require you to become a subscriber..

American Library Association:

http://www.ala.org/index.html

This great site provides a smorgasbord of information about libraries and a host of important links for researchers. Don't miss this site.

Library of Congress:

http://www.loc.gov

I list this just as an example of one of the many government websites that could lead to a wealth of information.
If one has a particular interest in legislation, bypass the LOC home page by going directly to the pending legislation locater: THOMAS (as in Jefferson):

Library Spot: *****This could easily become the lone reference link an editor would ever need.

http://libraryspot.com

A site created in connection with Northwestern University. Designed to be a guide for researchers, educators and students using the WWW, LibrarySpot is a delight of reference links that is seeking to be a going concern without cost to the user.

Emory University Law Library

http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/

This "Federal Courts Finder" helps one trace decisions made by the circuit and appeals courts of the U.S.
The site contains a fine law reference shelf.

Michigan Public Library (Internet Public Library):

http://ipl.sils.umich.edu

Maybe the Internet will get more than the estimated 7 percent of the nation's journalists into the library; here's an example of how valuable such research can be at the local level.
Be sure to check out this site's "ready reference."

Academic Libraries (Libweb):

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/libweb/usa-acad.html

A listing -- with hyperlinks -- of libraries at U.S. colleges and universities with web sites. A great launch pad for researchers.

Purdue U. Reference Desk:

http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html

USA Today calls this one of the best reference sites on the WWW. Incidentally, visit the main library by shortening the address:

http:/thorplus.lib.purdue.edu

George Mason University Library:

http://www.gmu.edu/library/

A good example of how an academic library can serve the online community, one of several Virginia academic libraries linked at this site.
For the literary journalists among us, GMU is the home of the Associated Writing Programs.

Columbia University Library:

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/

If it's touted as the best school of journalism in the country (graduate program only), then it ought to have one of the best journalism libraries -- and it does!
Known as the "Library Web."

U. of Pennsylvania Libraries:

(Annenberg School of Communications Library; Lippincott Library of Wharton School of Business):

http://www.library.upenn.edu/

The Annenberg School of Communications Library is one of several listed at U. Penn.
Wharton's Lippincott Library is a business oriented library that leads to many research tools. For some, such as Lexis-Nexis, users must have a U. Penn ID.

FLIRT: Feinberg Library at SUNY Plattsburgh:

http://www.plattsburgh.edu/library/flirthomeext.html

FLIRT is the acronym for Feinberg Library Internet Resource Tracker. This is a great tool for tracking down key sites or documents.

Internet Library for Librarians:

http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/

Though touted as being for librarians, this is a wonderful research site for anyone scouring for information. Keep in mind that librarians were cruising around the Internet long before journalists discovered its power.

Special Libraries Association (News Division):

http://sunsite.unc.edu/slanews

A good site for journalists, with lots of links not found in typical daily journalism links.
Navigate especially to the link labeled, "Top Internet Sites for Journalists."

Ready Reference Pathfinders (Johnson State College, Vt.):

http://www.jsc.vsc.edu/information/pfready.html

A neat set of reference links from the library at this college where I once taught non-fiction writing.

NewsLibrary:

http:/newslibrary.infi.net

This is a non-academic library that archives copies of several newspapers. It is a product of InfiNet, the Knight Ridder online corporation.

New York Public Library:

http://www.nypl.org

Let's face it, how often can a reporter get to the NYPL (or any of these online libraries, for that matter)? This online site at least gives one the flavor of the massive public library.

Presidential Libraries:

http://www.nara.gov/nara/president/address.html
This page of the National Archives and Records Administration will take browsers to any one of the 13 presidential libraries, museums or special projects, and explain the administration of the presidential library system.
Just for basic reference on Presidents of the U.S., visit the Internet Library's POTUS site.

The individual presidential libraries are:

George W. Bush Library and Museum:
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/bushlib/
The newest of the presidential libraries at College Station, Texas.
Jimmy Carter Library:
http://carterlibrary.galileo.peachnet.edu/
In Atlanta, Ga., and one of the most active research libraries in the system.
William J. Clinton Presidential Materials Project:
hhttp://www.clinton.nara.gov/
Fund-raising is currently underway for a planned Clinton library in Little Rock, Ark. NARA is currently processing documents that will eventually be open to the public.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum:
http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/
The buildings are in Abilene, Kansas, though the web site is maintained by the U. of Texas. A valuable site to students of World War II.
Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum:
http://www.ford.utexas.edu/
The Ford library is in Ann Arbor, Mich., home of Ford's alma mater, the U. of Michigan; the museum is in Ford's birthplace across the state, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Herbert L. Hoover Library and Museum:
http://hoover.nara.gov/
Probably the most remote of the libraries and historically the oldest, its buildings are located in West Branch, Iowa.
Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum:
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/
LBJ's presidency lived in the deep, dark shadow of Vietnam. Some good references here for anyone studying that era.
John F. Kennedy Library and Museum:
http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/
Located on Boston Harbor near the campus of the U. of Massachusetts in Boston and across the street from the offices of The Boston Globe, the JFK library is one of the most visited sites in the region.
Richard M. Nixon Presidential Materials Staff and Project:
http://metalab.unc.edu/lia/president/nixon.html
The Nixon materials are archived at NARA headquarters in College Park, Maryland.
Ronald Reagan Library and Museum:
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/
In Simi Valley, California. Perhaps it's my imagination, but the Reagan library appears to offer more in the way of entertainment and American popular culture than the other presidential libraries. Must be the Hollywood influence.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library:
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu
On the campus of Marist University in New York but administered by NARA.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/
The presidential library in Independence, Mo., houses some interesting exhibits, most of them relevant to the presidency of Truman from 1945-1953.

The Best Information on the Net:

http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Default.htm

The librarians at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, have put together a host of links to statistical sites. The page's label is significant at the >005 level.
This library site is great, and I note in in other contexts. An Internet sleuth's paradise at the school's O'Keefe Library.

Ready References on the Internet (from Poynter Institute):

http://www.poynter.org/research/index.htm

This site contains several links to basic references for reporters and editors that can be accessed on the WWW. Be warned: Some sites require a fee.

Army Historical Foundation:

http://www.armyhistoryfnd.org/armyhist/armymain.html

A private foundation that operates much like a specialized academic library.

U.S. Army Center of Military History:

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/default.htm

Anyone doing research in military history must put this site on his or her bookmarks or favorites list. Keep in mind it is the officially maintained site of the U.S. Army and will need to be augmented by visits to some civilian sites.

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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias,
and other reference works:

Oxford English Dictionary (OED):

http://www.oed.com/

Perhaps the dictionary to end all dictionaries; although, if one is simply searching for a quick meaning, spelling or etymology, the OED may be a bit cumbersome.

This dictionary was meant to be read more than simply referred to when needed.

It's a costly item to purchase or access the OED ($550), but here's a little trade secret for book lovers: If you are a member of the Quality Paperback Book Club, you can gain "free and unlimited" access to the OED online. Worth looking into.

Your Dictionary:

http://www.yourdictionary.com

Anyone with an interest in words simply can't afford not to visit this amazing site.

I think it developed at Bucknell University, but it's now a quasi-commercial site loaded with every sort of dictionary and word reference site one could possibly imagine.

Electric Library: ***Outstanding resource (for a price).

http://ask.elibrary.com/index.asp

The Electric Library is a cross between a library and an online reference site. The full texts of many popular magazine articles found nowhere else online are available here. There is a monthly charge to join, but there's also a free trial period. This is one of my favorite places for research.
Many of the major newspapers provide online access to their archives for a charge. One of the best and least expensive is Newsday.

Library Spot: Grammar and Style Links:
*****This could be the lone reference link a writer or editor would ever need.

http://libraryspot.com/grammarstyle.htm

As use of the WWW as a reference site has grown and the number of pertinent sites for editors and researchers has multiplied, a new business developed around making it easier for people to find things on the Web. This may be one of the most important sites developing out of that impetus.

Of course, some of its links are protected by site owners who allow only limited accessibility (e.g., MLA Style Book).

Connected with Northwestern University and intended as a guide for researchers, educators and students using the WWW, LibrarySpot is a delight of reference links seeking to be a going concern without cost to the user.

Encylopaedia Britannica:

http://www.britannica.com

Britannica is still a good place to start any investigation, and the information is now free on the Web.
Special reports change periodically. Good stuff.

Webster's Online Dictionary and Thesaurus:

http://www.m-w.com/

A quick search of words available here, but there's lots more.
Exploring this site uncovers some hidden treasures. People who "read" dictionaries will find a similar serendipidous experience in browsing around this site.

Expedia:

http://expedia.msn.com/daily/toc

Microsoft's entry into the reference world with an emphasis on travel. An excellent tool, especially its map locator, called PlaceFinder.

Information Please Almanac:

http://www.infopls.com

A handy reference that usually adorns copy desks around the nation is now online.
For quick checks of statistical facts about the U.S. and its residents, this resource is hard to beat.

Encarta Online:

http://encarta.msn.com/find/find.asp

Hyperlinks abound at this wonderful online encyclopedia from Microsoft.
Of all the commercial online encyclopedias, Encarta is the best site for one committed to free searches.

Compton's Encyclopedia Online:

http://www.comptons.com

For a price, one can get unlimited access to CEO for a year. There's is a one-week free trial.
What is on the site without subscribing is pretty limited.

Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia Online:

http://gme.grolier.com

This site is more of a brochure than anything else, with less immediately valuable information than Compton's.
Grolier's charges for a one-year subscription and tacks on a registration fee. It offers a two-week free trial.

Electronic Book:

http://www.electricbook.com/

If one buys the notion that the Internet can be called the world's largest electronic book, this is confirmation. From here one can link to thousands of newspapers, hundreds of magazines, and who knows how many books.

American Memory:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

This is a Library of Congress site that is touted as a "gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States."

According to its home page it provides "more than 5 million items from more than 90 historical collections."

Funk & Wagnalls.com:

http://www.funkandwagnalls.com

"Laugh In," the old TV comedy show, got lots of mileage and laughs from the sound of FunkandWagnalls. Now the dictionary is on the WWW, offering itself as "the quickest way to homework on the Web."
There's a per month charge for full use of its research center, but much of it, including the quick dictionary, require only free registration.

Jones Telecommunications and Multimedia Encyclopedia:

http://www.digitalcentury.com/encyclo/index.html

A neat reference for learning about the digital revolution and how it has affected society. Good historical references included.

J.D.'s Research and Reference Tools:

http://www.well.com/user/jd/researchtools.html

Valuable set of links from J.D. Lasica at the Well, a venerable online service. Editors would do well to keep this list close to the desktop.

Encyclopedias by Topic:

http://edis.win.tue.nl/encyclop.html

I believe this site is maintained by a group of Dutchmen working for an organization called the Encyclopedia of Delayed Insensitive Systems. At any rate, their site provides links to an assortment of specialized encylcopedias (encyclopediae).

Biographical Dictionary:

http://www.biography.com/

A good place to find brief life histories of celebrities, scholars, etc. Site has a connection with the A&E and History Cable television networks. Has some limitations, too.
It flunked my test using "Bonhoeffer," but it came through with "Niebuhr."
When it found "Tillich" but missed "Bultmann," I decided it has a decidedly American bias built in.

AlterNet:

http://www.alternet.org

A news service providing digests of the alternative press, much of it online.
The organization syndicates for online distribution about 40 stories each week taken from weekly newspapers or online publications (Salon, Boston Phoenix, Sojourners, etc.).
Membership required to download full articles.

Online Reference Resources (St. Ambrose University in Iowa):

http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Online/onlindex.htm

Somebody's put together a neat list of reference works on the net and hid it in this Midwestern school's library.

Yearbook of Experts, Authors and Spokespersons:

http://www.yearbook.news.com

Operated by Broadcast Interview Service, this site is geared more to broadcast journalism than to print. Could be a good source for locating a specific expert, though.

CARL Uncover Web:

http://uncweb.carl.org

A resource to over 17,000 articles.

Folk File: Not currently accessible. May have been a former student's pet project. (02/21/01)

http://www.egrg.ohio-state.edu/~spencer/FF/

A comprehensive dictionary of acoustic folk music. Nicknamed "The Folkie's Dictionary," there are lots of hyperlinks for navigating this fascinating source.

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature:
(and other H.W.Wilson products)

http://www.hwwilson.com/

This is a teasing site, with access to some examples and trial samples. If one wishes to access the Guides, it will be costly.

HotWired News (formerly the Wired Cybrarian):

http://hotwired.lycos.com/search/

Access to Wired magazine's network, mostly via HotBot search engine.

Online Books Page (Carnegie-Mellon U.):

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/web/books.html

Includes full text of some volumes.

Bartlett's Quotations:

http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/

The online version is more limited and frustrating than using the book, I find, but if one navigates backward to the Bartleby Virtual Library site, one finds a literary treasure trove that is growing every week.

Mediabridge

http://www.mediabridge.com/nyc/media/periodicals.html

An odd collection of periodicals with some relevance to New York City.

History Net:

http://www.thehistorynet.com

Just about any question one has about history can be tracked from this site.

The Professor's Page for Professors:

http://www.edumaster.net/educate.html

A clever and valuable guide to lots of important links for educators that just happens to be a goldmine for researching journalists as well.

Missourian Copy Editors Reference Site (U. of Missouri):

http://www.missouri.edu/~jschool/missourian/copydesk.html

A copyeditor's dream page with all the reference materials needed for daily work boiled down to the most helpful size.

U. of Wisconsin Writing Center:

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/index.html

Lots of colleges put their "writing center" online, but generally such sites are for students taking Composition 101.
This site provides much more sophisticated help, including links to the MLA, Chicago (Turabian) and the APA style guides.
Check other journalism schools at Websites for Journalists academic page.

National Institute for Science Education -- the "Why?" Files:

http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu

Anyone interested in the science that lies behind the daily headlines should check this site; it's precisely what it claims to be all about.

Dictionary of Military terms (DOD):

http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/

A valuable reference from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Searchable and alphabetized. This specialized dictionary contains a listing of military acronyms as well.
It also has a special section on terms related to NATO.

Newslibrary: (Originally of The State in Columbia, S.C.):

http://www.newslibrary.com

An archive to several newspapers around the nation, with articles dating back into the '60s at least.

Font Glossary:

http://www.font.net/fontglos.htm

Specialized, but perhaps necessary reference for those working with the WWW.
A related reference -- but unrelated site -- is the "Typography of Desktop Publishing" site.

West's Legal Directory:

http://www.wld.com

This reference probably belongs under Reporter's Resources instead of here with the libraries, but anyone who's familiar with West is likely to go browsing in a library to find this large publisher of legal books. This site isn't really a library site (for that one has to pay); it's a search engine to let seekers find a good lawyer for any kind of special legal problem

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Organizational, Community References:
( Includes some of the best government watchdogs. )

Brooklyn Museum:

http://wwar.com./brooklyn_museum

Could a kid from Brooklyn fail to include this reference site? An ideal place to spend some time browsing. I spent many childhood days here, mostly running from the guards and laughing at the mummies, but I've grown some since then. Remember, museums basically are reference halls.

Carter Center at Emory U.:

http://www.emory.edu/CARTER_CENTER/homepage.htm

It's difficult to know whether to categorize The Carter Center as a library or a community resource. Of special interest is its tracking of global conflicts. A recent count showed 33 different research programs being operated by the Center. A fine site for browsing with research links, incidentally, to all the countries involved in the conflicts it monitors.

Martin Luther King Jr. Center (at Stanford U.):

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

Questions concerning civil rights in America are addressed at this site, which is primarily devoted to the writings and life of the famous Civil Rights activist and pioneer.

United Nations research:

http://www.tribnet.com/tn/journ/unations.htm

A good starting point for finding information on the world body.
This page of links is compiled by the Tacoma, Wash., News Tribune.

Legal opinions:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/opinions.html

The law school at Cornell U. provides legal opinions at this site.

U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals:

http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS

This fine site at the Emory University School of Law does for the several appeals court circuits what the Cornell U. site above does for the Supreme Court.

My Virtual Reference Desk:

http://www.refdesk.com/

The father of notorious cyberjournalist Matt Drudge, Bob Drudge, maintains this site.
Inspired by Samuel Johnson's epigram that the next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it, Drudge has compiled a compact, comprehensive encyclopedia of hyperlinks. A handy tool.

FINDLAW:

http://www.findlaw.com/index.html

Its names says it all. Look it up here. A kind of Yahoo! of the legal world.
Though it has no connection, one trying to find recent law might wish to consult Lawyers Weekly.

American Association for the Advancement of Science:

http://www.aaas.org

The premier scientific organization has this site on the Web. More importantly, it leads to a database built in conjunction with Stanford U. and Duke U. called Eurekalert, which is loaded with news about science, medicine and other related areas, including special links to science newspapers and others devoted specifically to science writers.

Federation of American Scientists --
Project on Government Secrecy:

http://www.fas.org/siteindx.html

An organization that challenges the government's penchant for secrecy. Claims to promote public oversight and free exchange in science, technology, defense and intelligence.
There's a print newsletter, but this site give the electronic equivalent.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU):

http://www.aclu.org

This group, often wrongly maligned as a left-wing organization, monitors legal opinions and court cases that affect individual and social rights. This site also keeps a tally on Congressional voting records on civil rights issues.

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC):

http://ericir.syr.edu

For educators and educational resources, this may be the best site on the web. It contains a searchable database.

Disinformation:

http://www.disinfo.com

Some would call this a search engine, but it takes the browser to places that deal with propaganda and disinformation.

Gale Publishers:

http://www.thomson.com/gale/default.html

A promotional site for one of the major publishers of reference materials for journalism and mass communications. Provides "factsheets" for each of the reference works that Gale publishes.

American Memory:

http://rs6.loc.gov/

Part of the National Digital Library, this research site is particularly good for researchers of 19th- and 20th-Century American history. It includes links to key photographic collections in the Library of Congress.

Clever Reference Tools:
Listed alphabetically

Acronym Finder:

http://www.mtnds.com/af/

Designed mostly to help military minds wade through the alphabet soup that seems to be everywhere, this site is a good reference for anyone wanting to know what those crazy letters mean.

Airport Code Finder:

http://www.ufreight.com/rev/index.html

A handy gadget for air travelers. Plug in the name of a city, the name of an airport and it returns the three-letter code of that airport.
Works in reverse, too, if you want to know where a particular code is located; in fact, under the label "great conversion tools," one can find lots of handy code handlers and converters.

Air Travelers Association Safety Ratings:

http://www.1800airsafe.com

One can find data here on the safety records of the major airlines.
Unfortunately, most of the reports one would want will cost something.

Anywho?

http://www.anywho.com/

From AT&T comes this search for phone numbers. It includes a reverse phone directory.

AT&T City and Country Codes:

http://www.att.com/traveler/tools/codes.html

Calling overseas requires a country code. Several countries have more than one code. ATT tells all about them at this site.

AT&T's 800 number directory:

http://www.tollfree.att.net/dir800/

Does this need an explanation? Probably most valuable to businesses and buyers.

Casey's Snow Day Reverse Dictionary (and Guru): ***A fun site!

http://www.c3.lanl.gov:8064/

An unusual reverse dictionary more funny than correct. Lots of laughs and some food for thought.
Don't take its random results too seriously.
As an aside, it's a great vocabulary builder.

Daily Currency Exchange Rates:
PACIFIC: (Policy Analysis Computing & Information Facility in Commerce):

http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/xr/today.html

This site with the rather strained acronym is hosted by a professor at the University of British Columbia and gives a detailed list of the daily exchange rates in 65 nations.

How far is it?

http://www.indo.com/distance/

Plug in the terminal cities, and HFII provides the distance between them -- as the crow flies, that is.

Mapblast:

http://www.mapblast.com

One can locate several maps and print them out at this site, or one can generate one's own map.
Locate a place by typing in its address, and a map will appear pinpointing the location.

Netdictionary:

http://www.netdictionary.com

Look it up here. I'll rate it later against other dictionaries.
Keep in mind this is a specialist's dictionary for net-heads.

Onelook Dictionaries:

http://www.onelook.com

Searches multiple dictionaries. Great little tool that not only finds the definition of words, but puts them in a topical context.
Each response also allows a browser to get to the home page of the specialized dictionary being linked.

Payphone Project: With a domain name such as "paranoia," one knew this site couldn't last long. Recent attempts to get to this site have failed. Apparently it was housed on a server in France. (2/21/01)

http://www.paranoia.com/~sorabji/resources/payphones/

Why anyone would want this list is a puzzle, and it seems to be a project generated by newslist groupies, inviting anyone to add a number, but here's a place to build a database of those locations favored by crank callers, kidnappers, "Deep Throats" and cheapskates.

Research It:

http://www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html

An all-purpose reference tool, including a foreign language translator.

Reverse phone directory:

http://www.databaseamerica.com/html/gpfind.htm

One can plug in a telephone number and get the name of the person to whom it is listed.
No database available for commercial businesses in here though.
Interestingly, Yahoo! dropped its reverse telephone directory in the interests of protecting privacy.

The Universal Currency Converter:

http://www.xe.net/currency/

A high-tech company, Xenon, maintains this useful and simple-to-use tool that's very comprehensive.

WebSitez: Not still running at last check (02/21/01).

http://www.websitez.com

If one knows any part of a URL or of a name of a company that has a presence on the web, this little tool will track down a host of sites whose domain contains that keyword and let one narrow the search from there.
Once one gets used to using this tool, it can be a valuable type of search engine.

World Pages:

http://www.worldpages.com/

Find anything, anyone, anywhere, this site boasts.

Zip Code Finder (U.S. Postal Service):

http://www.usps.gov

Type in the location and get the zip code, or vice versa.
One may have to navigate to find the tool.

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American Library Association:

Library of Congress:

Library Spot: *****This could easily become the lone reference link an editor would ever need.

Emory University Law Library

Michigan Public Library (Internet Public Library):

Purdue U. Reference Desk:

George Mason University Library:

Columbia University Library:

U. of Pennsylvania Libraries:

(Annenberg School of Communications Library; Lippincott Library of Wharton School of Business):

FLIRT: Feinberg Library at SUNY Plattsburgh:

Internet Library for Librarians:

Special Libraries Association (News Division):

Ready Reference Pathfinders (Johnson State College, Vt.):

NewsLibrary:

New York Public Library:

The Best Information on the Net:

Ready References on the Internet (from Poynter Institute):

Army Historical Foundation:

U.S. Army Center of Military History:

Oxford English Dictionary (OED):

Your Dictionary:

Electric Library: ***Outstanding resource (for a price).

Library Spot: Grammar and Style Links: *****This could be the lone reference link a writer or editor would ever need.

Encylopaedia Britannica:

Webster's Online Dictionary and Thesaurus:

Expedia:

Information Please Almanac:

Encarta Online:

Compton's Encyclopedia Online:

Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia Online:

Electronic Book:

American Memory:

Funk & Wagnalls.com:

Jones Telecommunications and Multimedia Encyclopedia:

J.D.'s Research and Reference Tools:

Encyclopedias by Topic:

Biographical Dictionary:

AlterNet:

Online Reference Resources (St. Ambrose University in Iowa):

Yearbook of Experts, Authors and Spokespersons:

CARL Uncover Web:

Folk File: Not currently accessible. May have been a former student's pet project. (02/21/01)

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature: (and other H.W.Wilson products)

HotWired News (formerly the Wired Cybrarian):

Online Books Page (Carnegie-Mellon U.):

Bartlett's Quotations:

Mediabridge

History Net:

The Professor's Page for Professors:

Missourian Copy Editors Reference Site (U. of Missouri):

U. of Wisconsin Writing Center:

National Institute for Science Education -- the "Why?" Files:

Dictionary of Military terms (DOD):

Newslibrary: (Originally of The State in Columbia, S.C.):

Font Glossary:

West's Legal Directory:

Brooklyn Museum:

Carter Center at Emory U.:

Martin Luther King Jr. Center (at Stanford U.):

United Nations research:

Legal opinions:

U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals:

My Virtual Reference Desk:

FINDLAW:

American Association for the Advancement of Science:

Federation of American Scientists -- Project on Government Secrecy:

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU):

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC):

Disinformation:

Gale Publishers:

American Memory:

Acronym Finder:

Airport Code Finder:

Air Travelers Association Safety Ratings:

Anywho?

AT&T City and Country Codes:

AT&T's 800 number directory:

Library Spot: Grammar and Style Links:
*****This could be the lone reference link a writer or editor would ever need.

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature:
(and other H.W.Wilson products)

Federation of American Scientists --
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