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INTERNET RESEARCH DEVELOPER v 10.5

Go To Websites for Writers
From Tom Welchs desktop, a broad, comprehensive, and meaningful Internet Research Developer v 10.5
Go To Websites for Writers helps you quickly drill down and explore major topics and avoid irreverent search
engine results. The goal is research productivity and quality! This friendly and practical ebook offers quick and
dirty access to vital internet resources available today for research purposes. Educators, executives and
students will also benefit from this handy tool.

Explore
Art (and Entertainment)
Audio Books
Books
Business (and Economics)
Copyright
Criminal Justice
Databases
Dictionaries (and Glossaries)
Education
Encyclopedias
Environment
Finance (Money and Investing)
Forums
Geography
Government
International
Law
Libraries
Media (Alternative)
Media (International)
Media (USA National)
Medical
Politics
Psychology
Religion
Science (and Math)
Search Engines
Search Tools (Groups, Info and Lists)
Style Guides
Technology (Ideas and Innovation)
Tools - Writing (and Related Stuff)

Contribute
Please feel free to suggest a resource, report a dead link or comment on a resource. Email feedback directly to
the author tomwelchpmp@gmail.com

Tip
For large and complex research projects, start your research efforts at a major public and/or university library.
Make it a point to seek out the reference librarian as a starting point. Use this ebook to first identify pertinent
topic categories, drilldown and review information sources, and then perform additional research tasks.

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Dedication
Internet Research Cheat Sheet is dedicated to the staff of Red Mountian Dialysis, Mesa, Arizona USA.

Credits
Author: Tom Welch (hiretom@facebook.com)
Publisher: Tom Welch, MBA, CPC (www.facebook.com/HireTom)
Book Cover: Jeff Welch
Version: 10.1e
Copyright: Copyright 1995 to 2013 Tom Welch, MBA, CPC, All Rights Reserved

Notice
This ebook is offered for information purposes only and does not constitute legal or business advice. The reader
should seek competent professional advice before acting on the information in this ebook.

Art (and Entertainment)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scientists
www.oscars.org
Aint It Cool News (Movies)
www.aint-it-cool-news.com
All Movie
www.allmovie.com
All Music
www.allmusic.com
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
www.aftra.com
American Film Institute
www.afi.com
American Music Resource
www.amrhome.net
Art Find
www.art-find.net
Arts Journal
www.artsjournal.com
ASCAP
www.ascap.com
AskArt
www.askart.com
Billboard Online
www.billboard.com
Biography
www.biography.com
Bomb Magazine
http://bombsite.com
Broadway (Reviews)
www.broadway.com
Broadway League
www.broadwayleague.com
Charts All Over the World (Music)
www.lanet.lv/misc/charts
Country Music Association
www.cmaworld.com
Culture Kiosque (European)
www.culturekiosque.com

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Curtain Up (Theater Magazine)
www.curtainup.com
Cyber Dance (Ballet)
www.cyberdance.org
Deadline
www.deadline.com
DirectorsNet
www.directorsnet.com
Dramatists Play Service
www.dramatists.com
Drive-Ins
www.drive-ins.com
eInsiders (Movies)
www.einsiders.com
Film Festivals
www.filmfestivals.com
FilmSite
www.filmsite.org
Find A Grave
www.findagrave.com
Foreign Films
www.foreignfilms.com
Hollywood (Movie and TV)
www.hollywood.com
Hollywood Film Institute (School)
www.webfilmschool.com
IndieWire
www.indiewire.com
International Arts Resources
www.artslynx.org
Internet Movie Database
www.imdb.org
Joost (Shows, Films and Music)
www.joost.com
MetaCritic
www.metacritic.com
Movies
www.movies.com
Mr. Cranky (Movie Reviews)
www.mrcranky.com
Museum and Art
www.museum.com
Musi-Cal (Concert Listings)
www.musi-cal.com
Music Publishers Association
http://mpa.org
National Gallery of Art
www.nga.gov
National Gallery of London
www.nationalgallery.org.uk
National Jukebox
www.loc.gov/jukebox
National Portrait Gallery
www.npg.org.uk
New York Foundation for Arts
www.nyfa.org
New York Theatre
www.nytheatre.com
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http://opera.stanford.edu
Operissimo (Opera)
www.operissimo.com
Play Bill
www.playbill.com
PollStar
www.pollstar.com
Recording Industry Association of America
www.riaa.com
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
http://rockhall.com
Roughstock (Country Music)
www.roughstock.com
SIBMAS (International Directory of Performing Arts)
www.theatrelibrary.org/sibmas/idpac
Stage and Song (Theatre)
www.stageandsong.com
Stage Specs (for Entertainers)
www.stagespecs.com
Sundance Channel
www.sundancechannel.com
The Wrap
www.thewrap.com
Theatermania
www.theatermania.com
Tenement Museum
www.tenement.org
Thinkers Network
www.thinkers.net
The Golden Globes (Awards)
www.thegoldenglobes.com
The Stage (UK)
www.thestage.co.uk
The Wrap (The Business Side of the Entertainment Industry)
www.thewrap.com
TV Guide
www.tvguide.com
US National Gallery of Art
www.nga.gov
Variety Online
www.variety.com
Weiss Ratings
www.weissratings.com
Whos Alive and Whos Dead
www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com
Wikimedia Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
World Wide Arts Resources
http://wwar.com
World Wide Box Office
www.worldwideboxoffice.com

Audio Books
Audible
www.audible.com
Audiobooks.Com
www.audiobooks.com

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Audiobooks.Org
www.autiobooks.org
iTunes
www.apple.com/itunes
LibriVox
www.librivox.org
Simply Audio Books
www.simplyaudiobooks.com
Note: Go to www.wiredforbooks.org for insightful author interviews.

Books
Abe Books (Rare Books)
www.abebooks.com
Affordable Book (Search Engine)
www.affordabook.com
Alibris (Used and Out-Print-Books)
www.alibris.com
Amazon
www.amazon.com
Association of American University Presses
http://aaupnet.org
Barnes and Noble
www.bn.com
Book Genie (Buy and Sell Used Text Books)
www.bookgenies.com
Book Page
www.bookpage.com
Book Reporter
www.bookreporter.com
Book Spot
www.bookspot.com
Book Wire
www.bookwire.com
Books A Million
www.booksamillion.com
Books In Print
www.booksinprint.com
Borders
www.borders.com
Braille International
www.brailleintl.org
Chambal (Compare Book Prices)
www.chambal.com
Choose Books (Used and Rare Books)
www.choosebooks.com
Christian Book
www.christianbook.com
FetchBook (Search Engine)
www.fetchbook.info
Free Book Search
www.freebooksearch.net
Google Books
http://books.google.com
ISBN Search Engine
www.isbn.nu
Library of Congress Catalog
http://catalog.loc.gov

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Literati
www.literati.net
Melvyl (University of California)
http://melvyl.cdlib.org
National Book Awards
www.nationalbook.org
National Book Critics Circle
www.bookcritics.org
Powells (Americas largest independent bookstore )
www.powells.com
Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com
Pulitzer Prizes
www.pulitzer.org
Stanford Copyright and Fair Use
http://fairuse.stanford.edu
The Online Books Page
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books
Used Book Search (International)
www.usedbooksearch.co.uk
Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu

Business (and Economics)

Abbott Wools Market Segment Resources
www.awool.com
Accoona (International Business Profiles)
www.accoona.com
Alacrastore (Business Profiles and Databases)
www.alacrastore.com
Alibaba (Global Manufacturing Directory)
www.alibaba.com
American Bankers Association
www.aba.com
American Society of Association Executives
www.asaecenter.org
Annual Report Service
www.annualreportservice.com
BankRate
www.bankrate.com
Bankers Almanac
www.bankersalmanac.com
Barrons
http://online.barrons.com
Beige Book Archive
www.minneapolisfed.org/bb/index.cfm
BizMiner (Industry Analysis)
www.bizminer.com
Bloomberg
www.bloomberg.com
BPubs (Business Publication Search)
www.bpubs.com
Business Insider
www.businessinsider.com
Business Valuation Resources
http://valuationresources.com
Business Week

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www.businessweek.com
Business Wire (PR Distribution)
www.businesswire.com
CAROL (European Annual Reports)
www.carol.co.uk
Center on Budget and Priorities
www.cbpp.org
CEO Express
www.ceoexpress.com
Chamber of Commerce
www.chamberofcommerce.com
CNBC
www.cnbc.com
CNN Money
http://money.cnn.com
Coleman Publishing (SBA Loans)
www.colemanpublishing.com
Competitive Intelligence (CI Resource Index)
www.bidigital.com/ci
Consumer Reports
www.consumerreports.org/cro/index.htm
Consumer Search (Product Reviews)
www.consumersearch.com
Corporate Crime Reporter
www.corporatecrimereporter.com
Corporate Information
www.corporateinformation.com
Dun and Bradstreet
www.dnb.com/US
EconData
www.econdata.net
EconoMagic
www.economagic.com
Economic Expert (Macro)
www.economicexpert.com
Economic Policy Institute
www.epi.org
Economy Watch
http://www.economywatch.com/
Entrepreneur
www.entrepreneur.com
EU Business
www.eubusiness.com
Factiva
http://factiva.com
Fair Warning (Safety News and Corporate Conduct)
www.fairwarning.org
Fast Company
www.fastcompany.com
FDIC Institutional Directory
www.fdic.gov/idasp
FDIC State Economic Profiles
www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/stateprofile
Forbes
www.forbes.com
FreeLunch (Free Economic Data)
www.economy.com/freelunch/default.asp
Global Edge (International Business)
http://globaledge.msu.edu

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Harvard Business Review
www.hbr.org
Hoovers (Company Profiles)
www.hoovers.com
Inc.
www.inc.com
International Directory of Professional Associations
www.associationsdirectory.org
KellySearch (B to B Suppliers)
www.kellysearch.com
Investors Business Daily
www.investors.com
Kompass (B to B Search Engine)
http://us.kompass.com
Invest IQ
http://dowjones.investiq.com/dowjones
Manta (Small Business Profiles)
www.manta.com
MarketNews International
www.marketnews.com
MarketWatch
www.marketwatch.com
Mena Business Report
www.menareport.com
National Association for Business Economics (NABE)
www.nabe.com
Oil Price Information Service
www.opisnet.com
Morningstar
www.morningstar.com
National Trade and Professional Associations (Directory)
www.columbiabooks.com
Researcha (Company Information)
www.researcha.com
RFE (Resources for Economists)
www.rfe.org
Seeking Alpha (Stocks)
www.seekingalpha.com
Shadow Government Statistics
www.shadowstats.com
Smart Money
www.smartmoney.com
SourceTool (B to B Search Engine)
www.sourcetool.com
Strategic News Service (Technology)
www.tapsns.com
Stratfor (Global Intelligence)
www.stratfor.com
Teach Me Finance
www.teachmefinance.com
The Competitive Intelligence Index
www.bidigital.com/ci
The Economist
www.economist.com
The National Bureau of Economic Research
www.nber.org
The Public Register (Annual Reports)
www.prars.com
The Street

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www.thestreet.com
The World Economic Forum
www.weforum.org
Tipd (Financial News)
www.tipd.com
ThomasNet (Manufacturing Industry Directory)
www.thomasnet.com
The Inflation Calculator
www.westegg.com/inflation
USA Data (Marketing Demographics)
www.usadata.com
World Chambers Network
www.worldchambers.com
10K Wizard
www.10kwizard.com
123Jump (IPOs and Stock)
www.123jump.com
24/7 Wall Street
http://247wallst.com

Copyright
Copyright Society of USA
www.csusa.org
Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org
US Copyright Office
www.copyright.gov

Criminal Justice
American Bar Association
www.abanet.org
American Society of Criminology
www.asc41.com
Black Book Online (Public Records Search)
www.blackbookonline.info
BRB Publications (Public Records Search)
www.brbpub.com
CopSeek (International Law Enforcement Search Engine)
www.copseek.com
DocuSearch (Asset, Business, and Civil Searches)
www.docusearch.com
FSU Criminal Justice Links
www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/cjl-main.php
Investigative Resources International
www.factfind.com
Lloyd Sealy Library
www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
www.ncjrs.gov
National Whistleblowers Center
www.whistleblowers.org
North American Missing Persons Network
www.nampn.org
Officer (Police News and Forum)
www.officer.com
Records Check (Public Records)

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www.recordscheck.net
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Stats
www.albany.edu/sourcebook
Terrorism Research Center
www.terrorism.com
The Crime Report
www.thecrimereport.org
The Doe Network
www.doenetwork.org
US Bureau of Criminal Justice
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov
Worlds Most Wanted
www.mostwanted.org
Zenos Forensic Site
http://forensic.to/forensic.html

Databases
Accurint
www.accurint.com
Addresses
www.addresses.com
All Academic
www.allacademic.com
AnyWho (White Phone Pages)
www.anywho.com
AllPages
www.allpages.com
Archive (Web Content)
www.archive.org
aRMadillo (Business and Credit Reports)
www.rmonline.com
Bankruptcy Data
www.bankruptcydata.com
Baseline Research (Entertainment Industry)
www.baselineresearch.com
Bible Gateway
www.biblegateway.com
BUBL (Academic Research Topics)
http://bubl.ac.uk
Complete Planet
www.completeplanet.com
DataFerrett (Analysis and Extraction)
www.thedataweb.org
DialogWeb (Business, Technical and Scientific Publications)
www.dialogweb.com
DoE Information Bridge (Scientific and Technical)
www.osti.gov/bridge
Electronic Text Center
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu
Find The Data
www.findthedata.org
HathiTrust Digital Library (Collection)
http://catalog.hathitrust.org
Hoovers (Industry, Company and Executive Profiles)
www.hoovers.com
Infomine (Scholarly Collections)
http://infomine.ucr.edu

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Internet Broadway Database
www.ibdb.com
Janes (Defense Industry)
www.janes.com
KnowX (Public Records)
www.knowx.com
Landings Aircraft Database
www.landings.com
LexisNexis (Business, Law, Education and Government)
www.lexisnexis.com
Media Finder
www.mediafinder.com
National Obituary Archive
www.nationalobituaryarchive.com
NewsBank
www.newsbank.com
NewsStand (Digital Newspapers)
www.newsstand.com
Ovid (Journal and Database Search)
www.ovid.com
Play Database
www.playdatabase.com
Pipl (Deep Web People Search)
www.pipl.com
ProQuest
www.proquest.com/en-US
Superpages (Yellow Pages)
www.superpages.com
The Human Mortality Database
www.mortality.org
The New Testament (Web Directory)
www.ntgateway.com
USA Trace
www.usatrace.com
Virtual Gum Shoe (for Investigators)
www.virtualgumshoe.com

Dictionaries (and Glossaries)

Acronym Finder
www.acronymfinder.com
AllWords
www.allwords.com
AlphaDictionary
www.alphadictionary.com
American Heritage Dictionary
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary
Answers (Aggregator)
www.answers.com
ArtLex
www.artlex.com
Bartleby
www.bartleby.com
Bloomberg Financial Glossary
www.bloomberg.com/invest/glossary/bfglosa.htm
Dictionary
www.dictionary.net
Dicts (Free Dictionary Project)

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www.dicts.info
Dorlands Medical Dictionary
www.dorlands.com
DoubleTongued
www.doubletongued.org
Google Dictionary (International)
www.google.com/dictionary
Idiom Dictionary
www.idiomdictionary.com
Kings Medical Library Engine (and Dictionary)
www.kmle.com
Law Dictionary
http://dictionary.law.com
Merriam-Webster Online
www.m-w.com
MoneyGlossary
www.moneyglossary.com
NetLingo
www.netlingo.com
Onelook (Aggregator)
www.onelook.com
Political Quotations
www.politicalquotes.org
QuotationsPage
www.quotationspage.com
Rogets II: The New Thesaurus
www.bartleby.com/thesauri
Stedmans Medical Dictionary
www.stedmans.com
Tabers Medical Dictionary
www.tabers.com
The Devils Dictionary
www.thedevilsdictionary.com
The Free Dictionary (and Resources)
www.thefreedictionary.com
Travlangs Translating Dictionaries
http://dictionaries.travlang.com
Urban Dictionary
www.urbandictionary.com
Vocabulary
www.vocabulary.com
Websters New World Dictionary
www.yourdictionary.com
Websters Unabridged Dictionary
www.dictionary.com
What IS (technology)
http://whatis.techtarget.com
Who2 (biographical)
www.who2.com
Wordnik
www.wordnik.com
WordSmith
http://wordsmith.org
Your Dictionary
www.yourdictionary.com

Education

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Achieve (Educational Standards)
www.achieve.org
Add Resource (Attention Deficit)
www.addresource.com
All the Tests
www.allthetests.com
American Council on Education
www.acenet.edu
American Educational Research Association
www.aera.net
American Students Access
www.students.gov
American Youth Policy Forum
www.aypf.org
ASU Educational Policy Analysis Archive
http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs
Broadcast Educational Association
www.beaweb.org
Canadian Universities List
www.uwaterloo.ca/canu
Center for Educational Reform
www.edreform.com
ChildSTATS (Federal/State)
www.childstats.gov
College Board
www.collegeboard.com
College Degree (Accredited Distance Learning)
www.collegedegree.com
Community College Directory
www.community-college.org
Connect for Kids
www.connectforkids.org
Council for Exceptional Children
www.cec.sped.org
Council of Chief State Officers
www.ccsso.org
Council of the Great City Schools (Urban Public Education)
www.cgcs.org
CyberSmart
www.cybersmart.org
Educating Jane
www.educatingjane.com
Education Atlas
www.educationatlas.com
Education Commission of the States
www.ecs.org
Education Data Partnership
www.ed-data.k12.ca.us
Education Resources Information Center
www.eric.ed.gov
Education Week
www.edweek.org
Education World
www.educationworld.com
Educational Writers Association
www.ewa.org
Educause
www.educause.edu/eq
Edudemic

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www.edudemic.com
Educators Reference Desk
www.eduref.org
Family Friendly Search
www.familyfriendlysearch.com
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
www.free.ed.gov
FinAid
www.finaid.org
Gateway to Educational Materials
http://thegateway.org
Go College
www.gocollege.com
Go ENC
www.goenc.com
Google Curriculum Search
http://code.google.com/edu/curriculumsearch
Index of American Universities
www.aera.net
Kathy Schocks Guide for Educators
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide
Keep Schools Safe
www.keepschoolssafe.org
National Association for Gifted Children
www.nagc.org
National Center for Children in Poverty
www.nccp.org
National Center for Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov
National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth
www.ncfy.com
National Education Association
www.nea.org
Petersons Guide (College Search)
www.petersons.com
Search EDU
www.searchedu.com
Study Web
www.studyweb.com
The Annie E Casey Foundation (Disadvantaged Children)
www.aecf.org
The Black Collegian
www.black-collegian.com
The Chronicle of Higher Education
www.chronicle.com
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
www.highereducation.org
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
www.edexcellence.net
US Charter Schools
www.uscharterschools.org
US Department of Education
www.ed.gov
WestEd
www.wested.org
Wikieducator
www.wikieducator.org

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Encyclopedias
Artcyclopedia
www.artcyclopedia.com
Britannica
www.britannica.com
Citizendium
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Citizendium
Classic Encyclopedia
www.1911encyclopedia.org
Credo Reference (Business)
http://corp.credoreference.com
Encyclopedia (Aggregator)
www.encyclopedia.com
FindHow
www.findhow.com
Healthopedia
www.healthopedia.com
Open Site
www.open-site.org
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html
Symbols (Encyclopedia of Western Symbols and Ideograms)
www.symbols.com
The Catholic Encyclopedia
http://newadvent.org/cathen
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wixpert
www.wixpert.com

Environment
EnviroLink
www.envirolink.org
Environment News Service
www.ens-newswire.com
Environmental Defense Fund
www.edf.org
Environmental Literacy Council
www.enviroliteracy.org
Environmental News Network
www.enn.com
Food Industry Environmental Network
http://users.erols.com/jlc
Natural Resources Defense Council
www.nrdc.org
Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange
www.p2rx.org
Scorecard
www.scorecard.org
Sierra Club
www.sierraclub.org
Society of Environmental Journalists
www.sej.org
The Right to Know Network
http://rtknet.org

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Finance (Money and Investing)
American Association of Individual Investors
www.aaii.com
Big Charts
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com
BusinessWire
www.businesswire.com
Chicago Board of Trade (aka Chicago Mercantile Exchange)
www.cmegroup.com
Chicago Board Options Exchange
www.cboe.com
ConvertCenter
www.convertcenter.com
Economic Report of the President
www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/index.html
EDGAR Filings and Forms
www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
Euronext (Global Stock Market)
www.euronext.com
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
www.finra.org
Free EDGAR
http://freeedgar.com
Fund Alarm (Mutual Funds)
www.fundalarm.com
INO (Stock, Futures and Options)
www.ino.com
InterContinental Exchange
www.theice.com
Investor Guide
www.investorguide.com
Investor Protection Trust
www.investorprotection.org
Investopedia
www.investopedia.com
Investors Business Daily
www.investors.com
InvestorLinks
www.investorlinks.com
IPO Central
www.hoovers.com/ipo-central/100004160-1.html
Kansas City Board of Trade
www.kcbt.com
Kiplinger
www.kiplinger.com
Measuring Worth
www.measuringworth.com
Motley Fool
www.fool.com
NASDAQ
www.nasdaq.com
NASDAQ Trader
www.nasdaqtrader.com
New York Stock Exchange
www.nyse.com
Online Conversion
www.onlineconversion.com
OSU Virtual Finance Library
http://fisher.osu.edu/fin/overview.htm

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Quote.Com
www.quote.com
Research Mag
www.researchmag.com
Silicon Investor (Global Reach)
http://siliconinvestor.advfn.com
Uniform Bank Performance Report
www.ffiec.gov/UBPR.htm
US Congressional Budget Office
www.cbo.gov
US Federal Economic Census
www.census.gov/econ/census02
World Bank
www.worldbank.org
Worth Online
www.worth.com
XE (Currency Exchange)
www.xe.com

Forums
Absolute Write
www.absolutewrite.com/forums
Bay Areas Editors Forum
www.editorsforum.org
Boardreader (Forum Search Engine)
http://boardreader.com
Big Boards (Largest Message Forum Search)
www.big-boards.com
Boardtracker (Tracking 38,000 Forums)
www.boardtracker.com
Creative NonFiction Writing Forums
http://forums.personalessays.org
Delphi Forums (Over 8,000)
www.delphiforums.com
Omgili (Forum Search)
http://omgili.com
Yuku (Forum Service Provider)
www.yuku.com

Geography
Atlapedia Online (Maps)
www.atlapedia.com
American FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
Arcgis Online Services
http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices
Bing Maps
www.bing.com/maps
David Rumsey Map Collection
www.davidrumsey.com
Geody (The Worlds Search Engine)
www.geody.com
Geosource
www.library.uu.nl/geosource
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com

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MapQuest
www.mapquest.com
Maps On Us
www.mapsonus.com
MultiMap
www.multimap.com
National Geographic
www.nationalgeographic.com
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
Places Online
www.placesonline.org
Rand McNally (Maps)
www.randmcnally.com
Terrafly
www.terrafly.com
TerraServer (Online Imagery)
www.terraserver.com
The National Map
http://nationalmap.gov
University of Texas Map Collection
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
US Geographical Survey
www.usgs.gov
US Postal Zip Code Finder
www.usps.gov/zip4
Via Michelin (European Maps)
www.viamichelin.com
Note: National Geographics Map Machine offers road, satellite, and physical maps at
http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine

Government
Best History Sites (Teacher Resource)
www.besthistorysites.net
Congress
www.congress.org
Crossroads in Social Science
www.disc.wisc.edu
Energy Information Administration
www.eia.doe.gov
ePodunk (City/County Information)
www.epodunk.com
Export (International Trade)
www.export.gov
FBI
www.fbi.gov
Federal Business Opportunities
www.fbo.gov
Federal Citizen Information Center
www.pueblo.gsa.gov
FedStats (Organizes Statistics)
www.fedstats.gov
FedWorld (Government Databases)
www.fedworld.gov
GovEngine (Federal and State)
www.govengine.com
GovSpot

Ready Reference
www.govspot.com
GovTrack (Monitor US Congress)
www.govtrack.us
Grants
www.grants.gov
LSU Federal Agencies Directory
www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/index.html
National Security Archive
www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv
National Weather Service
www.weather.gov
Open CRS (Congressional Reports)
http://opencrs.com
Pentagon Channel
www.pentagonchannel.mil
Policy Archive
www.policyarchive.org
SEC Filings and Forms
www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
Social Sciences Info Gateway
www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences
StateLine (Updated Daily)
www.stateline.org
United Nations
www.un.org
Search Systems (Public Records)
http://publicrecords.searchsystems.net
Small Business Administration (SBA)
www.sba.gov
STAT-USA (Business/Economics)
www.stat-usa.gov
State and Local Government on the Net
www.statelocalgov.net
UoM Government Documents Center
www.lib.umich.edu/government-documents-center/explore
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.bls.gov
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.cpsc.gov
US Department of Defense
www.defense.gov
US Economic Development Administration
www.eda.gov
US Energy Information Administration
www.eia.doe.gov
US Federal Census Bureau
www.census.gov
US Federal Communications Commission
www.fcc.gov
US Federal Government Information
www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/fdtf/index.shtml
US Federal Government Portal
www.usa.gov
US Federal Stats
www.fedstats.gov
US Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov
US Government Accountability Office
www.gao.gov

Ready Reference
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
www.nrc.gov
US Weather Reports
www.wxusa.com
USA.Gov
www.usa.gov
White House Briefing Room
www.whitehouse.gov
50 States
www.50states.com

International
American Translations Association
www.atanet.org
Amnesty International
www.amnestyusa.org
Aneki (World Rankings and Records)
www.aneki.com
Applied Language Solutions (Translations)
www.appliedlanguage.com
BBC Country Profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
BBC Guide to World Religions
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions
Catholic Hierarchy Guide
www.catholic-hierarchy.org
CIA World Factbook
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Center for Strategic and International Studies
http://csis.org
Council On Foreign Relations
www.cfr.org
Country Briefings (from The Economist)
www.economist.com/countries
Country Reports
www.countryreports.org
Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Direct Gov (UK)
www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm
Eldis Country and Regional Profiles
www.eldis.org/country
Electronic Information for International Law
www.eisil.org
Embassy World
www.embassyworld.com
Europeana (Culture)
www.europeana.eu/portal
ForeignWord (Translation Tool)
www.foreignword.com
Foreign Affairs
www.foreignaffairs.com
Foreign Affairs Online
http://people.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/rjb.html
Free Translation
www.freetranslation.com
Global Edge (International Business Resource)

Ready Reference
http://globaledge.msu.edu
Global Gazetteer 2.0 (Cities and Towns in the World)
www.fallingrain.com/world
Google Translate
http://translate.google.com
Government of Canada
http://canada.gc.ca
Governments on the WWW
www.gksoft.com/govt/en
Guinness World Records
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
Hinduism Today
www.hinduismtoday.com
I M Translator
http://imtranslator.net/translate-and-speak
International Committee of the Red Cross
www.icrc.org/eng
International Monetary Fund
www.imf.org
International White and Yellow Pages
www.wayp.com
Into Islam
www.intoislam.com
Islam Online
www.islamonline.net
Hot Sites Jewish
www.jr.co.il/hotsites/jewish.htm
Info Bel (International Directories)
www.infobel.com
Latin World (Latin America Information)
www.latinworld.com
Military Periscope
www.militaryperiscope.com
Nation Master
www.nationmaster.com
Nations Online
www.nationsonline.org
Native Web
www.nativeweb.org
OffStats
www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz
Population Research Bureau
www.prb.org
PROMT (Online Translations)
www.online-translator.com
Reverso (Translation Service)
www.reverso.net
The European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/atoz_en.htm
The Globalist (Economics, Politics and Culture)
www.theglobalist.com
The World Bank
www.worldbank.org
Translated.Net
http://mymemory.translated.net/english
TranslationBooth
http://translationbooth.com
Transparency International
www.transparency.org

Ready Reference
Tricycle (The Buddhist Review)
www.tricycle.com
United Nations
www.un.org
Voice of America Pronunciation Guide
http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations
Word 2 Word Language Resources
www.word2word.com
World Information
www.worldinformation.com
World Gazetteer (Population Data)
www.world-gazetteer.com
World Statesmen
www.worldstatesmen.org
World Time Zone
www.worldtimezone.com
WorldLingo (Free Translations)
www.worldlingo.com
World Watch
http://www.worldwatch.org
Yahoo Babelfish (Translations)
http://babelfish.yahoo.com

Law
American Law Sources Online (USA, Canada and Mexico)
www.lawsource.com
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
www.bazelon.org
Code of Federal Regulations
www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr
Cornells Legal Information Institute
www.law.cornell.edu
Digestible Law (Internet Case Law)
www.digestiblelaw.com
Findlaw
www.findlaw.com
GlobaLex
www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex
Guide to Law Online
www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.php
HG (Legal Directories Worldwide)
www.hg.org
Inter-Alia (Legal Research Weblog)
www.inter-alia.net
Justia (Free Legal Resources)
www.justia.com
Katsuey Legal Gateway
www.katsuey.com
Law Guru
www.lawguru.com
Law Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/law
Law & Policy Institutions
www.lpig.org
Law Periscope (Law Firms)
www.lawperiscope.com
Lawyers.Com

Ready Reference
www.lawyers.com
Lectric Law Library
www.lectlaw.com
LLRX (Legal and Technology Resources)
www.llrx.com
Martindale
www.martindale.com
National Center for State Courts
www.ncsc.org
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
www.ncjrs.gov
Nolo (Legal Information and Forms)
www.nolo.com
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)
www.pacer.gov
Stanfords Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
http://securities.stanford.edu
The Lawyers List
www.thelawyerlist.net
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (Media Law)
www.rcfp.org
The Virtual Chase (Legal Research)
www.virtualchase.com
Thomas Legislative Information
http://thomas.loc.gov
US Code
http://uscode.house.gov/lawrevisioncounsel.shtml
US Supreme Court
www.supremecourt.gov
US Supreme Court Decisions
www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
US Supreme Court Media Archive
www.oyez.org
WestLaw
http://west.thomson.com/default.aspx
Yales Avalon Project
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp

Libraries
American Library Association
www.ala.org
American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Ask Oxford
www.askoxford.com
Awesome Library
www.awesomelibrary.org
Biography
www.biography.com
Bubl Link (Academic)
http://bubl.ac.uk
Digital Librarian (Best of the Web)
www.digital-librarian.com
EBSCO (Reference Databases)
www.ebscohost.com
Eserver Reference (Online References)
http://reference.eserver.org

Ready Reference
Essential Links
www.el.com
EuroDocs
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
eXtension
www.extension.org
Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com
Hennens American Public Library Rating Index
www.haplr-index.com
Info Please
www.infoplease.com
InfoMine
http://infomine.ucr.edu
Information Today
www.infotoday.com
Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org
Internship Programs
www.internshipprograms.com
Intute (Academic Research)
www.intute.ac.uk
iZito
www.izito.com
JournalSeek (Database of Scholarly Journals)
http://journalseek.net
JSTOR (Researchers/Scholars)
www.jstor.org
Libdex (Search Library Indexes)
www.libdex.com
Library Law
www.librarylaw.com
Library of Congress
www.loc.gov
Library Spot
www.libraryspot.com
Library Support Staff
www.librarysupportstaff.com
Martindales Reference Center
www.martindalecenter.com
National Library of Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
Net Library
www.netlibrary.com
New York Public Library
www.nypl.org
News Library
www.newslibrary.com
NYPL Digital Library
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Open Library
http://openlibrary.org
Questia (Social Science Research)
www.questia.com
Refdesk
www.refdesk.com
Scholars Lab
www2.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab
Special Library Association

Ready Reference
www.sla.org
Super Searchers Web Page
www.infotoday.com/supersearchers
The British Library
www.bl.uk
The Internet Archive (eBooks and Texts)
http://networkedblogs.com/21eEZ
The Mining Company
http://miningco.com
The Researching Librarian
www.researchinglibrarian.com
The Virtual Reference Library (Canada)
www.virtualreferencelibrary.ca
Virtual Library
www.vlib.org
WorldCat (Global Library Access)
www.worldcat.org
Note: Go to www.worldcat.org to find a library near you. To monitor a specific topic on the web, set up an alert
at www.google.com/alerts.

Media (Alternative)
All Voices
www.allvoices.com
Alter Net
www.alternet.org
Alternative Press Center
www.altpress.org
Association of Alternative Weeklies
www.altweeklies.com
Boulevards (National Directory)
www.boulevards.com
Corporate Crime Reporter
www.corporatecrimereporter.com
CorpWatch
www.corpwatch.org
Crooks and Liars
www.crooksandliars.com
Daily Censored
http://dailycensored.com
Democracy Now
www.democracynow.org
Demotix
www.demotix.com
Drudge Report
www.drudgereport.com
Information Clearing House
www.informationclearinghouse.info
Investigative Reporters and Editors
www.ire.org/extraextra
Media Alliance
www.media-alliance.org
Media Channel
www.mediachannel.org
Media Studies
www.media-alliance.org
Mediaite
www.mediaite.com

Ready Reference
Mother Jones
www.motherjones.com
Nieman Watchdog
www.niemanwatchdog.org
Now Public
www.nowpublic.com
Pacific Free Press
www.pacificfreepress.com
Pacifica Radio
www.pacifica.org
PR Watch
www.prwatch.org
Project Censored
www.projectcensored.org
Qewz
www.qewz.com
Rabble (Canadian)
www.rabble.ca
Talking Points Memo
www.talkingpointsmemo.com
TBR News
www.tbrnews.org
The Alternative Press Center
www.altpress.org
The Communication Initiative Network (Economic Development)
www.comminit.com
The National Interest
www.nationalinterest.org
The Smoking Gun (Public Records)
www.thesmokinggun.com
The Village Voice
www.villagevoice.com
Third World Traveler
www.thirdworldtraveler.com
TomDispatch
www.tomdispatch.com
Truthdig
www.truthdig.com
Note: Alternative Press Center provides 350 alternative news sources in their index.

Media (International)
ABYZ Newslinks
www.abyznewslinks.com
Agence France Presse
www.afp.com
Aljazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net
All You Can Read
www.allyoucanread.com
Arabic News
www.arabicnews.com
Asia Pacific News
www.asiapacificnews.com
Asia Times
www.atimes.com
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
www.abc.net.au

Ready Reference
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/radio
Breaking News Online
www.bnonews.com
Breaking Tweets
www.breakingtweets.com
Business Times Online (Asia)
www.businesstimes.com.sg
Calgary Herald
www.calgaryherald.com
CannyLink Internet Guide
www.cannylink.com
CBC
www.cbc.ca
Daily Earth (Newspaper Directory)
www.dailyearth.com
DEBKA File (Middle East)
www.debka.com
EarthCam
www.earthcam.com
EasyNewspapers
www.easynewspapers.com
Eurasia Net
www.eurasianet.org
European Journalism Centre
www.ejc.net
Fifth Estate Online
www.fifth-estate-online.co.uk
Financial Times
www.ft.com
Foreign Policy Portal
www.foreignpolicy.com
Global Info
www.globalinfo.org
Global Post
www.globalpost.com
India Times
www.indiatimes.com
Inter Press Service
http://ipsnews.net
International Center for Journalists
www.icfj.org
International Herald Tribune
www.iht.com
International Press Institute
www.freemedia.at
InterNews
www.internews.org
Jerusalem Post
www.jpost.com
Kidon Media Links
www.kidon.com/media-link/index.php
MEED (Middle East Economic Digest)
www.meed.com
Metagrid (Newspapers & Magazines)
www.metagrid.com
Montreal Gazette
www.montrealgazette.com
Morning Star

Ready Reference
www.morningstaronline.co.uk
Multinational Monitor
www.multinationalmonitor.org
National Post
www.nationalpost.com
NATO News
http://natonews.com
News In Pictures (Pictorial News Stories Comprehensive)
www.newsinpictures.com
News Now (UK)
www.newsnow.co.uk/h
News Wealth (International Paper Directory)
www.newswealth.com
NewsAhead (Future World News)
www.newsahead.com
Nikkei (Japan Business News)
http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/freetop.aspx
One World
http://us.oneworld.net
Online Newspapers
www.onlinenewspapers.com
Press TV
www.presstv.ir
Press Display
www.pressdisplay.com
PRIs The World
www.theworld.org
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
www.rferl.org
Reporters Without Borders
http://en.rsf.org
Rocket News
www.rocketnews.com
Sky News
http://news.sky.com
Spin Watch
www.spinwatch.org.uk
The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com
The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk
The Intelligence Daily
www.inteldaily.com
The Vancouver Sun
www.vancouversun.com
Thomson Reuters (for Business and Professionals)
http://thomsonreuters.com
Vested Owl (Middle East)
www.vestedowl.com
Watching America
http://watchingamerica.com/News
World Press Review
www.worldpress.org
World Public Opinion
www.worldpublicopinion.org
World News (News Aggregator)
www.wn.com
World Newspapers
www.world-newspapers.com

Ready Reference
World Radio Network
www.wrn.org

Media (USA National)

About
www.about.com
Accuracy in Media
www.aim.org
Ad Critic
http://creativity-online.com
AJR Newslink
www.newslink.org
Assignment Editor (Sources)
http://assignmenteditor.com
BlogPulse
www.blogpulse.com
Boston Globe
www.boston.com
C-Span
www.c-span.org
CBS News
www.cbsnews.com
Center for Investigative Reporting
www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org
Christian Science Monitor
www.csmonitor.com
Columbia Journalism Review
www.cjr.org
Columbias Who Owns What
www.cjr.org/resources
Congoo (Create a News Portal)
www.congoo.com
CNN
www.cnn.com
Crains New York (Business)
www.crainsnewyork.com
Cyber Journalist
www.cyberjournalist.net
eNews Wires
www.enewswires.com
Entrepreneur Magazine
www.entrepreneur.com
EnviroLink
www.envirolink.org
Environmental News Network
www.enn.com
FAIR
www.fair.org
Federal News Service
www.fednews.com
Fox News
www.foxnews.com
Google News
http://news.google.com
Headline Spot
www.headlinespot.com
I Want Media

Ready Reference
www.iwantmedia.com
IceRocket (Blog Search)
www.icerocket.com
Los Angeles Times
www.latimes.com
MagPortal
www.magportal.com
Marketplace
www.marketplace.org
McClatchy
www.mcclatchydc.com
Media Bistro
www.mediabistro.com
Media Channel
http://mediachannel.org
MSNBC
www.msnbc.msn.com
National Association of Broadcasters
www.nab.org
National Press Club
http://npc.press.org
National Public Radio
www.npr.org
News Frontier Database (CJR)
www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier_database
Newseum (Washington DC based)
www.newseum.org
NewsLink
www.newslink.org
NewsMap
www.newsmap.jp
Newspaper Association of America
www.naa.org
NewsTrust
http://newstrust.net
Newsweek
www.newsweek.com
New York Times
www.nytimes.com
On the Media
www.onthemedia.org
Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange
www.p2rx.org
Poynter Online
www.poynter.org
Press Release Network
www.pressreleasenetwork.com
Propublica
www.propublica.org
Regret the Error (Stuff Happens)
www.regrettheerror.com
Religion News Service
www.religionnews.com
San Jose Mercury News
www.mercurynews.com
Statistical Assessment Service (Numbers Behind the News)
www.stats.org
The Alliance of Business Publications
www.bizpubs.org

Ready Reference
The American Reporter
www.american-reporter.com
The Associated Press
www.ap.org
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
http://philanthropy.com
The Daily Beast
www.thedailybeast.com
The New Yorker
www.newyorker.com
The Washington Independent
http://washinogtnindependent.com
Time Magazine
www.time.com/time
Topix (News Search Engine)
www.topix.net
United Press International
www.upi.com
USA Today
www.usatoday.com
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu
Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com
Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com
Wikileaks
www.wikileaks.org
Womens Enews
www.womensenews.org
1st Headlines
http://1stheadlines.com

Medical
All Refer
www.allrefer.com
American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org
BiomedExperts (> 300,000 Experts)
www.biomedexperts.com
Center for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov
Center Watch (Clinical Trials)
www.centerwatch.com
Doctor Directory
www.doctordirectory.com
Drug Bank
www.drugbank.ca
eMedicine Health
www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/hp.asp
EurekAlert
www.eurekalert.org
Family Doctor (Patient Friendly Info)
http://familydoctor.org
Free Medical Journals
www.freemedicaljournals.com
Global Health Facts

Ready Reference
http://globalhealthfacts.org/index.jsp
Hardin MD
www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md
Healia (Search Engine)
www.healia.com
Health Behavior News Service
www.cfah.org/hbns/index.cfm
HealthCare
www.healthcare.gov
HealthFinder
www.healthfinder.gov
HealthGrades (Ratings Organization)
www.healthgrades.com
Health News Review
www.healthnewsreview.org
HospiceNet
www.hospicenet.org
InsiderMedicine
www.insidermedicine.ca
Intelihealth
www.intelihealth.com
Innerbody
www.innerbody.com
Journal Watch
www.jwatch.org
Kaiser Health News
www.kaiserhealthnews.org
Lab Tests Online
www.labtestsonline.org
Lane Medical Library
http://lane.stanford.edu/index.html
Mayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.com
MD Travel Health
www.mdtravelhealth.com
MDLinx (Journals & Reviews)
www.mdlinx.com
Medical World Search
www.mwsearch.com
MedicineNet
www.medicinenet.com
Medline Plus
http://medlineplus.gov
MedPage Today
www.medpagetoday.com
Medscape (News and Articles)
www.medscape.com
Merck Manuals
www.merck.com/pubs
National Library of Medicine
www.nlm.nih.gov
National Network of Immunization Information
www.immunizationinfo.org
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
www.nsvrc.org
Omni Medical Search
www.omnimedicalsearch.com
OncoLink (Cancer Treatment)
www.oncolink.org

Ready Reference
Physicians' Desk Reference
www.pdr.net
Planned Parenthood
www.plannedparenthood.org
Pubmed (Search Engine)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
QuackWatch
www.quackwatch.org
RXList
www.rxlist.com
Search Medica (Search Engine)
www.searchmedica.com
SlideWorld (Medical Power Point Presentations)
www.slideworld.org
The Medical News
www.news-medical.net
The National Association of Free Clinics
http://freeclinics.us
The New England Journal of Medicine
http://content.nejm.org
Virtual Hospital
www.vh.org
WebMD
www.webmd.com
World Medical Association
www.wma.net

Politics
Atlas of US Presidential Elections
www.uselectionatlas.org
CampaignFinance
www.campaignfinance.org
CampaignMoney
www.campaignmoney.com
Common Cause
www.commoncause.org
Council on Foreign Relations
www.cfr.org
Counter Punch
www.counterpunch.org
CQ Moneyline
http://moneyline.cq.com
CQ Politics
www.cqpolitics.com
Debate USA
www.debateusa.com/news/index.htm
Fact Check
www.factcheck.org
Federal Elections Commission
www.fec.gov
Follow The money
www.followthemoney.org
Global Issues
www.globalissues.org
History and Politics Out Loud
www.hpol.org
MapLight (Money and Politics)

Ready Reference
http://maplight.org
MapStats (State, County and City)
www.fedstats.gov/mapstats
National Political Index
www.politicalindex.com
New America Foundation
www.newamerica.net
Open Secrets
www.opensecrets.org
Political Information (Search Engine)
http://politicalinformation.com
Political Science Resources
www.politicsresources.net
Politico
www.politico.com
Politics1
http://politics1.com
PolitiFact (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
www.politifact.com
Polling Report
www.pollingreport.com
Project Vote Smart
www.votesmart.org
Public Agenda
www.publicagenda.org
Publicampaign
www.publicampaign.org
Real Clear Politics
www.realclearpolitics.com
Right Wing Watch
www.rightwingwatch.org
Rollcall
www.rollcall.com
Taxpayers for Common Sense
www.taxpayer.net
The Activist
www.theactivist.co.uk
The Black Vault
www.theblackvault.com
The Brookings Institute
www.brookings.edu
The Cook Political Report
http://cookpolitical.com
The Fiscal Times
www.thefiscaltimes.com
The Heritage Foundation
www.heritage.org
The Hill
http://thehill.com
The Political Graveyard
http://politicalgraveyard.com
Town Hall
http://townhall.com

Psychology
American Psychiatric Association
www.psych.org

Ready Reference
American Psychological Association
www.apa.org
National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
Psych Web
www.psywww.com
Social Psychology Network
www.socialpsychology.org

Religion
Adherents (Religious Stats)
www.adherents.com
BeliefNet
www.beliefnet.com
Catholic Online
www.catholic.org
Charity Navigator (Evaluator)
www.charitynavigator.org
Gospel
www.gospel.com
Islam
www.al-islam.com/eng
Judaism and Jewish Resources
http://shamash.org/trb/judaism.html
Mennonite Information Source
http://info.mennolink.org
Ministry Watch (Evaluator)
www.ministrywatch.com
New Advent (Catholic Religion)
www.newadvent.org
Padmasambhava (Buddhist Center)
www.padmasambhava.org
Papal Encyclicals Online (Office Documents of the Catholic Church)
www.papalencyclicals.net
Religion Online
www.religion-online.org
Religion Research Hub (Archive)
www.thearda.com
Religion Source
www.religionsource.org
Southern Baptist Convention
www.sbc.net
The Hindu Universe
www.hindunet.org
The Religious Society of Friends
www.quaker.org
The Unbound Bible
http://unbound.biola.edu
Vatican
www.vatican.va
Virtual Religion Index
http://virtualreligion.net/vri

Science (and Math)

AccuWeather
www.accuweather.com

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AMSER (Applied Science/Math)
www.amser.org
Chemdex
www.chemdex.org
Council of Science Editors
www.councilscienceeditors.org
Elsevier
www.elsevier.com
European Bioinformatics Institute
www.ebi.ac.uk
Federation of American Scientist
www.fas.org
Food Reference
www.foodreference.com
Food Timeline
www.foodtimeline.org
HighWire ePub (Stanford University)
http://highwire.stanford.edu
Kimballs Biology Pages
http://biology-pages.info
Life Sciences World
www.lifesciencesworld.com
Lunar and Planetary Institute
www.lpi.usra.edu
Math Forum
http://mathforum.org
Mathematica
http://library.wolfram.com
MathWord (Extensive Resource)
http://mathworld.wolfram.com
Mineralogy Database
http://webmineral.com
National Hurricane Center
www.nhc.noaa.gov
National Science Foundation
www.nsf.gov
New Scientist
www.newscientist.com
Online Journal Search Engine
www.ojose.com
PhysLink (Physics and Astronomy)
www.physlink.com
SciCentral
www.scicentral.com
Science Magazine
www.sciencemag.org
Science Research
www.scienceresearch.com
Scientific America
www.scientificamerican.com
Scirus (Search Engine)
www.scirus.com
The National Science Digital Library
http://nsdl.org
The Weather Channel
www.weather.com
Tree of Life Web Project
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
Union of Concerned Scientist

Ready Reference
www.ucsusa.org
Why Files (Science Behind the News)
http://whyfiles.org

Search Engines
Ajax Whois 2.0
http://ajaxwhois.com
All The Web
www.alltheweb.com
Ask
www.ask.com
Bing
www.bing.com
Blekko (Targeted Searches)
http://blekko.com
Blog Net News
www.blognetnews.com
BlogDigger
www.blogdigger.com
BlogLines (Blogs & News Feed)
www.bloglines.com
BlogScope (Analysis Tool)
www.blogscope.net
Buzzom (Twitter People Search)
www.buzzom.com
Clusty (Aggregator)
http://clusty.com
Collecta (Real-time Internet Search)
http://collecta.com
Congoo (News)
www.congoo.com
CV Fox (Resume Search Engine)
www.cvfox.com
DeepDyve (Scientific, Medical and Technical Research Articles)
www.deepdyve.com
DeepWebTech (Academic/Research)
www.deepwebtech.com
Diesel Point
www.dieselpoint.com
DT Search (Search Terabytes of Text)
www.dtsearch.com
DuckDuckGo (Semanic Search Engine)
http://duckduckgo.com
Eco-Find (Ecology)
www.eco-find.com
Endeca (Search-Based Application)
www.endeca.com
Excite
www.excite.com
Evri (Semanic Search Engine)
www.evri.com
Expert System (Knowledge Management Software)
www.expertsystem.net
Fazzle
www.fazzle.com
Find Articles
www.findarticle.com

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Find Tutorials
www.findtutorials.com
Funnelback (Enterprise Search)
http://funnelback.com
GigaBlast
www.gigablast.com
Google
www.google.com
Google Blog Search
http://blogsearch.google.com
Hakia (Semanic Search Engine)
www.hakia.com
IncyWincy
www.incywincy.com
IXQuick (Private Web Searches)
http://us2.ixquick.com/eng
Info (Metasearch Engine)
http://info.com
Justcite (Law)
www.justcite.com
Kayak (Travel Search Engine)
www.kayak.com
Kngine (Semanic Search Engine)
http://kngine.com
Lycos
www.lycos.com
Mamma (Aggregator)
www.mamma.com
MagPortal
www.magportal.com
Metacrawler (Aggregator)
www.metacrawler.com
MetaGer (Worldwide Email Search)
http://mesa.rrzn.uni-hannover.de
Mozbot
www.mozbot.com
News Lookup (Aggregator)
www.newslookup.com
OneRiot (Realtime Web Search)
www.oneriot.com
Onkosh (Arabic Search Engine)
www.onkosh.com/en
Pandia News Finder
www.pandia.com/news/index.html
Powerset (Wiki Articles)
www.powerset.com
QuickFound (News Search Engine)
http://quickfound.net
Scoopler (Real-time Internet Search)
www.scoopler.com
Search Engine Colossus
www.searchenginecolossus.com
Search Engines Showdown (Blog)
www.searchengineshowdown.com
Search Systems (Public Records)
www.searchsystems.net
SearchEDU (Search Education)
www.searchedu.com
SearchMil (Search Military)

Ready Reference
www.searchmil.com
SideStep (Travel Search Engine)
www.sidestep.com
Silobreaker (Media Search National Security Issues)
www.silobreaker.com
SortFix
www.sortfix.com
SurfWax
www.surfwax.com
Sweet Search (for Students)
www.sweetsearch.com
Technorati (Blog Search)
www.technorati.com
TechXtra
www.techxtra.ac.uk
Topsys (Search Twitter)
http://topsy.com
Trexy (Searches 4,000 Search Engines)
www.trexy.com
Turbo 10 (Invisible Web)
www.turbo10.com
Twazzup (Twitter Search)
www.twazzup.com
TwitScoop (Twitter Search)
www.twitscoop.com
Twitter Search Engine
http://search.twitter.com
Twitterment
www.twitterment.com
Uclue (Ask a Question)
http://uclue.com
Web Cam Search
www.web-cam-search.com
Web World Index
www.webworldindex.com
Wiki
www.wiki.com
Wink (Social Networks Search)
http://wink.com
Wolfram Alpha (Computational Knowledge Engine)
www.wolframalpha.com
Yahoo
www.yahoo.com
1 Page MultiSearch (Aggregator)
www.bjorgul.com
4 Greatest (Aggregator)
www.4greatest.com
Zvents (Things to Do)
www.zvents.com
Note: Subscribe to www.searchenginewatch.com to get search engine change updates. Also, checkout
Cornells The Seven Steps of the Research Process by pointing your browser to
www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill1.htm. Duke also offers research guidance, go to
http://library.duke.edu/services/instruction/libraryguide.
Search Tools (Groups, Info and Lists)
Browse Topics (Fact Checking)
www.browsetopics.gov
Catalist by L-Soft

Ready Reference
www.lsoft.com/catalist.html
Copyediting-L
www.copyediting-l.info
Ezilon (Regional Directories and Search Engines)
www.ezilon.com
Google Groups (Newsgroups)
http://groups.google.com
Monitor This
http://monitorthis.info
iTools
www.itools.com
Search Engine Colossus (International Directory of Search Engines)
www.searchenginecolossus.com
Search Engine Guide (Small Business)
www.searchengineguide.com
Search Engines Index (International)
www.searchenginesindex.com
Search Engine Watch
www.searchenginewatch.com
Search Engine World
www.searchengineworld.com
Statsaholic (Website Comparisons)
www.statsaholic.com
Techwr-L
www.techwr-l.com/techwr-l-list
Tile.net (Newsletters and Ezines)
www.tile.net
Topica (Discussion Groups)
http://lists.topica.com
WatchThatPage
www.watchthatpage.com
Website-Watcher
www.aignes.com
Where To Do Research
www.wheretodoresearch.com
Windows Secrets Lounge
www.wopr.com
100 Hot (Top 100 Searches by Topic)
www.100hot.com
Note: iTools is an excellent starting point in your research effort.

Sociology
Alexander Street Press (Social Sciences)
www.alexanderstreet.com
British Sociological Association
www.britsoc.co.uk
Foundation Finder
http://lnp.fdncenter.org/finder.html
Social Explorer (Demographic Maps)
www.socialexplorer.com
Idealist
www.idealist.org
Numbers USA
www.numbersusa.com
Sociosite
www.sociosite.net
Urban Institute

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www.urban.org

Style Guides
Associated Press Style Guide
www.apstylebook.com
The Economist Style Guide
www.economist.com/research/styleguide
The Elements of Style
www.bartleby.com/141
Web Style Guide
www.webstyleguide.com

Technology (Ideas and Innovation)

Army Technology
www.army-technology.com
Bitlaw (Technology Law)
www.bitlaw.com
Center for Democracy and Technology
www.cdt.org
Center for Internet and Security
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu
CERT (Internet Security)
www.cert.org/cert
CNET News
http://news.cnet.com
Daily Rotation (Tech News)
www.dailyrotation.com
Delphion Research (Patents)
www.delphion.com
Dr Dobbs
www.drdobbs.com
Electronic Privacy Information Center
http://epic.org
European Patent Office
www.epo.org
Fresh News (Tech Headlines)
www.freshnews.org
Goodmans Book Marks (Telcom)
www.gbmarks.com
Help
http://help.com
Industry Standard (Internet)
www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard
InfoWorld
www.infoworld.com
Internet News
www.internetnews.com
Internet Scout Project (Research)
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/index.php
IT Conversations
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org
Link Popularity
www.linkpopularity.com
Knovel (Technical Engineering Reference)
http://why.knovel.com
Make

Ready Reference
http://makezine.com
News Linx
www.internetnews.com/newslinx
On Innovation
www.oninnovation.com
ReadWriteWeb
www.readwriteweb.com
Silicon Valley Junto (Professional Development)
http://svjunto.wikispaces.com
Silicon Valley Watcher (Media Blog)
www.siliconvalleywatcher.com
Slashdot (News for Nerds)
http://slashdot.org
Tech Expo (Technology and Medical/Life Sciences)
www.techexpo.com
Tech Tutorials
www.techtutorials.net
TED (Innovative Ideas)
www.ted.com
Toms Hardware Reviews
www.tomshardware.com/us
Traffick (Business of Search Blog)
http://blog.traffick.com
US Patent and Trademark Office
http://patents.uspto.gov
WebProNews (Internet Business News)
www.webpronews.com
Win Insider
www.wininsider.com
Venture Beat
http://venturebeat.com
Venture Myths
http://vmyths.com
ZDNet
www.zdnet.com

Tools
CalcuScribe
www.calcuscribe.com
Cloud Convert
https://cloudconvert.org
Constant Contact (Email Marketing)
www.constantcontact.com
Fusion Writer
www.writerlearning.com
How Far Is It
www.how-far-is-it.com
Libreoffice (Free Office Suite)
www.libreoffice.org
MailChimp (Content Distribution)
www.mailchimp.com
Microsoft Word Tips
http://word.tips.net
PB Works (Online Collaboration)
http://pbworks.com
Portable Apps (PC-Based Software)
http://portableapps.com

Ready Reference
Regus (Temporary Office Space)
www.regus.com
ResophNotes
www.resoph.com
Softmaker Office Suite (European Competitor to Microsoft Office)
www.softmaker.com/english/index_en.htm
Toodledo (Online To Do list)
www.toodledo.com
Who Called Us
http://whocalled.us
You Convert It
www.youconvertit.com
You Send It (File Sharing)
www.yousendit.com
Note: Checkout www.shareware.com for inexpensive and quality software solutions.

Video (Audio, Images, Photos and Multimedia)

AOL Video Search
http://video.aol.com
Associated Press Archive (Over 700,000 images)
www.apimages.com
Blinkx (Multimedia Search)
www.blinkx.com
Corbis Images
www.corbisimages.com
Daryl Cagle Professional Cartoonists Index
www.cagle.com
Editorial Photographers
www.editorialphoto.com
Exalead (Image Database)
www.exalead.com
FindSounds
www.findsounds.com
FOR A.TV
http://fora.tv
Foto Search
www.fotosearch.com
Free Documentaries
www.freedocumentaries.org
Free Graphics
www.freegraphics.com
GeoBloggers
http://geobloggers.com
Get A Podcast
www.getapodcast.com
Google Image Search
http://images.google.com
Graphic Artists Guild
www.graphicartistsguild.org
Image Rights
www.imagerights.com
LIFE Photo Archive (hosted by Google)
http://images.google.com/hosted/life
MediaStorm
http://mediastorm.com
Metacafe
www.metacafe.com

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Moviesounds
www.moviesounds.com
Musgle (Music Search)
www.musgle.com
New York Times Video Library
http://video.nytimes.com
PicSearch
www.picsearch.com
Playaudiovideo (Multimedia Search)
www.playaudiovideo.com
Podcastalley (Free the Airwaves)
www.podcastalley.com
Podcastdirectory
www.podcastdirectory.com
Podcasting Tools (A Starting Point)
www.podcasting-tools.com
PodScope (Audio and Video Search)
www.podscope.com
Public Radio Fan
www.publicradiofan.com
Shadow TV (All Media Monitoring)
www.shadowtv.com
SoundSnap
www.soundsnap.com
Stock Xchng (Stock Photos)
http://sxc.hu
The Digital Journalist
http://digitaljournalist.org
Transom (Public Radio Tools)
http://transom.org
Truveo (Video Search)
www.truveo.com
TV Eyes (Media Monitoring)
www.tveyes.com
US Presswire (Sports Photo Source)
www.uspresswire.com
Vimeo (Video Sharing Site)
http://vimeo.com
We Say
www.wesay.com
YouTube
www.youtube.com
YouTube Instant (Search Engine)
http://ytinstant.com

Writing (and Related Stuff)

A Reporters Guide to the Internet
http://reporter.asu.edu
AllExperts
www.allexperts.com
American Journalism Review
www.ajr.org/index.asp
BBC Academy (Media Training)
www.bbctraining.com
Big Book Yellow Pages
www.bigbook.com
BuzzWhack

Ready Reference
www.buzzwhack.com
Clich Site
www.clichesite.com/index.asp
Come Back Alive (High Risk Travel)
www.comebackalive.com
Committee to Protect Journalists
www.cpj.org
CopyEditing
www.copyediting.com
Dart Center for Journalism
http://dartcenter.org
Designing Documents
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewriting/wr4.html
Designing for the Web
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewriting/wr3.html
EasiDemographics
www.easidemographics.com
Editor and Publisher
www.editorandpublisher.com
Edit Teach
www.editteach.org
English Grammar Tutor
www.englishgrammartutor.com
Evernote (Capture Ideas)
www.evernote.com
Every Time Zone
http://everytimezone.com
Extra Extra (Investigative Reporting)
www.ire.org/extraextra
Fone Finder
http://fonefinder.net
Foreign Lobbying Influence Tracker
http://foreignlobbying.org
Forrester Research
www.forrester.com/rb/research
Freedom Forum
www.freedomforum.org
Gallop Poll
www.gallup.com
Graphic Design & Publishing
www.graphic-design.com
Hear Names
www.hearnames.com
Highbeam Research (Business and Academic Research Tool)
www.highbeam.com
Hoax Busters
http://hoaxbusters.org
Hoover Institute (Think Tank)
www.hoover.org
HTML Goodies
www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/article.php/3478131
InfoSpace (People Search)
www.infospace.com
Intelius (People Search)
http://search.intelius.com
IngentaConnect (Scholarly Publications...Comprehensive)
www.ingentaconnect.com
Investigative Reporters and Editors
www.ire.org

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J Ideas (1st Amendment Institute)
www.jideas.org
Journalism Education Association
www.jea.org
Journalism Training
www.journalismtraining.org
Journalists Toolbox
www.journaliststoolbox.com
JSTOR (Digital Journal Archive)
www.jstor.org
Media Week
www.mediaweek.com
National Freedom of Information Coalition
www.nfoic.org
National Press Photographers Association
www.nppa.org
National Speakers Association
www.nsaspeaker.org
National Writers Union
https://nwu.org
NewsBasis (News Content Development)
http://newsbasis.com
NewsLab
www.newslab.org
NewsWatch
www.newswatch.org
Nielsen
www.nielsen.com
No Train, No Gain
www.notrain-nogain.org
Office Watch
http://news.office-watch.com
Online Journalism Review
www.ojr.org
Polling Report
www.pollingreport.com
PR Newswire
www.prnewswire.com
Pronounce Names
www.pronouncenames.com
Proofreaders Marks
www.inkwelleditorial.com/proofreaders_marks.htm
Public Records Online Portal
www.netronline.com
Purdue Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl
Purportal (Investigate Hoaxes and urban Legends)
http://purportal.com
QuoteLand
www.quoteland.com
Rand Corporation (Research and Analysis)
www.rand.org
Reporter Connection (Expert Sources)
www.reporterconnection.com
ShortTask (Research and Writing Solutions)
www.shorttask.com
Snopes (Rumors and Urband Legends)
www.snopes.com
So You Wanna

Ready Reference
www.soyouwanna.com
Social Explorer (Demographics)
www.socialexplorer.com
Society of Professional Journalist
www.spj.org
Sources for Journalists
www.sources.com
STATS (Numbers Behind the News)
www.stats.org
Switchboard (Yellow Pages Directory)
www.switchboard.com
The American Copyeditors Society
www.copydesk.org
The Authors Guild
www.authorsguild.org
The Blue Book
www.grammarbook.com
The Center for Public Integrity
www.publicintegrity.org
The Editorium
www.editorium.com/index.htm
The Electric Editors
www.electriceditors.net/index.php
The Farmers Almanac
www.almanac.com
The Jewish Network
www.shamash.org
The Newspaper Guild
www.newsguild.org
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
http://people-press.org
The Slot
www.theslot.com
The Tongue Untied
www.grammaruntied.com
The Word MPV Site
http://word.mvps.org/index.html
Thinking Critically Tutorial
http://online.santarosa.edu/philo/tutorial/index.html
Vital Records (Birth Certificates, Death Records and Marriages)
http://vitalrec.com
Web Style Guide
www.webstyleguide.com/index.html?/index.html
White Pages (People Search)
www.whitepages.com
Wink (People Search)
http://wink.com
Word Counter (Text Analysis)
www.wordcounter.com
Word Tips by Allen Wyatt
http://word.tips.net
World Airport Codes
www.world-airport-codes.com
Writers Handbook
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/index.html
Writing Center
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html
YouSwear (Swear Words in Various Languages)
www.youswear.com

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ZabaSearch (People and Public Information)
www.zabasearch.com
Zamzar (File Conversion Tool)
www.zamzar.com
Note: A nationwide list of grammar hotlines and writing help are available at
www.tcc.edu/students/resources/writcent/GH/hotlinol.htm