RESEARCH
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
Storybook characters have to eat. I
wonder if there's a searchable menu
Beaucoup
The "BIG" Page (500+ engines on this
page)
http://www.beaucoup.com/engines.html
Antisemitism (Vidal Sassoon Center for the Study of)
Calendar of events for what's happening in the world of Jewish
Studies. Current bibliographies, academic news, searchable library
databases, and a few scholarly reports on anti-Semitism
http://www2.huji.ac.il/www_jcd/top.Html
Architecture
Select from among specific regions, time
periods, and sites
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/architecture_form.html
Protected Areas in Brazil
Fundacao Tropical de Pesquisas e
Tecnologia
Contains searchable databases of info about National
Forests/Parks
http://www.bdt.org.br/bdt/english/
Central Intelligence Agency (Two searchable databases)
The
first is the CIA's World Factbook (1996) a compendium of
publicly-available information on population, government, terrain,
and other information on every nation in the world
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/nsolo/wfb-all.htm
Then check out the Factbook On Intelligence 1997 -- CIA intelligence
activities, history, and other facts
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/facttell/index.html
Entomology Index of Internet Resources
This searchable
resource tool offers hundreds of links
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/List/
Finnish-English-Finnish Dictionary
Finnish-English-Finnish
dictionary, Finnish-English-Finnish
thesaurus, and a Bryssel-sanasto
(Mofile)/ Brussels dictionary.
All of these databases are searchable
by keyword
http://mofile.fi/-db.htm
Digital Tradition Folk Song Full Text Search
Song lyrics
found in folk songs. Lyrics for over 5000 folk songs
and searchable
database by keyword
http://www.deltablues.com/dbsearch.html
Practical France (France Pratique)
Provides a myriad of
documents and French cultural references on so
many fields that it's
almost overwhelming
http://www.pratique.fr/
Soundex Conversion Program (Genealogy)
Converts surnames of
the same and similar sounds but of
variant spellings to consistent
codes
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/Genea/soundex.sh
Perseus Atlas Project (Resources related to Ancient Greece)
Cartographical and geographical element in the Perseus Project
http://perseus.holycross.edu/PAP/Atlas_project.html
Linguistics, Language, Literature - BUBL Information Service, UK
List of electronic text sources, including English, Scottish,
German,
French, Italian, Spanish and Classical literature
http://bubl.ac.uk/
Medieval Databases
A very large index and repository of
medieval resources
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/medieval/medieval.databases.html
Menu Online
National Restaurant Register's search device
http://www.onlinemenus.com
Plant Tracker by Plants For A Future
Searchable database
of over 7000 species of plants, unique in that it also allows searching by
the uses of a particular plant--edible, medicinal, cleaner, etc.
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/index.html
UK search engine at:
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/D_search.html
USA search engine at:
http://www.sunsite.unc.edu/pfaf/D_search.html
The Internet Sleuth (a parallel search engine)
Connects to
over 1,500 searchable databases and indexing tool
Input a keyword, or
choose a specific search engine to query
http://www.isleuth.com/
Mind's Eye Fiction
http://tale.com
ON SPEC Magazine
http://www.greenwoods.com/onspec/subguide.htm
Poets & Writers
http://www.pw.org/
Pulp City
http://www.pulpcity.com/
WRITERS' MAGAZINES, ZINES, NEWSLETTERS and NEWSLISTS
MAGAZINES
World Wide Words
On-line magazine featuring intriguing
points of English language and usage.
http://clever.net/quinion/words/
NEWSLETTERS
Inklings
A good resource for writers.
http://www.inkspot.com/inklings/
The SCI-FILE
Science Fiction Weekly's "what's new"
newsletter. Every time a new issue is
posted, we'll send you a short
note letting you know what news, reviews,
interviews, etc., we're
covering. Science Fiction Weekly is available at:
http://www.scifiweekly.com/
To subscribe send mail to scifi-lists@scifi.com
with the following command
in the body of your email message:
subscribe sfw
NEWSLISTS
CORREX-L (Correspondents' Exchange Network)
International mailing list intended as a discussion forum for cooperation
in
which foreign writers, editors and publishers can meet to exchange
thoughts,
information and material with other professionals and
publications. It is a GLOBAL
list, linking foreign correspondents
around the world.
To join, send SUBSCRIBE CORREX-L message to
MAJORDOMO@TRUE.NET
Works-l WRITERS List Works Archives.
To subscribe, send a
generic subscription message [subscribe works-l Your Name] to:
listserv@vm1.nodak.edu. Human
administrator: works-l-request@vm1.nodak.edu.
Writers
To subscribe, send a generic subscription message
[subscribe writers Your Name] to:
listserv@vm1.nodak.edu. Human
administrator: writers-request@vm1.nodak.edu.
WritersTalk-L
A place to discuss virtually anything you
wish - Questions, Comments, Frustrations, Praises.
To subscribe send
a message with the word "subscribe" in the Subject Box to:
WritersTalk-request@niestu.com.
10 Big Myths about copyright explained
http://www.clari.net/brad/copymyths.html
Copy Editing for Magazines
http://www.well.com/user/mmcadams/copy.editing.html
The Copyright Handbook
http://www.nolo.com/COHA_2/index.html
Copyright Website
http://www.nolo.com/ChunkPCT/PCT.index.html#3
Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/
Grammar
http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.html
Grammar and Style Notes
Packed with info. Strunk and White
would be proud.
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/grammar.html
Grammar Hotline Directory
College and University writing
centers that provide "grammar hotlines" Some of the centers
accept questions via electronic mail.
http://www.tc.cc.va.us/vabeach/writcent/wchome.html
Grant Writing
http://chroma.med.miami.edu/research/UMich_Resources_for_Grant.html
Language and Linguistics
World Wide Words A fascinating
on-line magazine featuring brief essays on some of the more intriguing
points of English language and usage.
http://clever.net/quinion/words/
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
http://www.idbsu.edu/english/cguilfor/paradigm/about.htm
Publisher's Catalogues Home Page
http://www.lights.com/publisher/index.html
Query Letter
http://www.ceridwyn.com/queryreview/
Self-Editing
A Self-Editing Checklist contributed by
Barbara Dawson Smith
http://www.ninc.com/selfed.htm
The Slot
OK, maybe it's not proof that copy editors aren't
nitpicky and boring (I can joke about that because I'm one). But if f you
care about language, you should check this site out. Now.
http://www.theslot.com/
The University of Victoria Writer's Guide
Essays,
Paragraphs, Sentences, Words, Documentation, Literary Terms
(Alphabetically), Literary Terms (By Category), Summaries, Logic, Grammar.
http://webserver.maclab.comp.uvic.ca/writersguide/welcome.html
A Word A Day (plus archives)
The music and magic of words
http://www.wordsmith.org:80/awad/home.html
Writing Tips, Guides, and Advice
http://www.missouri.edu/~wleric/writehelp.html
Essential Links for Writers
http://www.pinn.net/~calvino/essential.html
For Writers Only
http://www.webwitch.com/writers/
Inkspot
http://www.inkspot.com/
John Hewitt's Writer's Resource Center
http://www.azstarnet.com/~poewar/writer/writer.html
Resources of Writers
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/write.html
The Writers First Stop
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2519/
Writer's Resources
http://www.arcana.com/shannon/writing.html
Writing Tips, Guides, and Advice
http://www.missouri.edu/~wleric/writehelp.html