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ACRONYMFINDER.COM

Sources various acronyms and their definitions

ADVENTURE HOUSE
A great source of pulp books and magazines

ALA.ORG

The American Library Association

ALIBRIS.COM
Source of used and rare book

ALLREADERS.COM
Choose from plot. character or setting to find the book you're looking for

APPLETON'S CYCLOPEDIA OF APPLIED MECHANICS
Listing of mechanical tools including drawings, usage & information

ANCESTRY.COM
Sources for genealogical data

ANCIENT WORLD WEB
Sources sites to do anything and everything with the Ancient World

ASTROLOGY
Everything you wanted to know about astrology and numerology

ASTROWEB
A source of sites related to astronomy

ATLAPEDIA
Source of physical, political maps & statistics from world countries

ARTCYCLOPEDIA
The Fine Arts search engine

 

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BIBLE GATEWAY
Source for the Bible and Bible quotes

BIBLIOFIND.COM
Sources and lets you order old, rare or used books.
BIOGRAPHY.COM

Sources famous names and their achievements

BIOMEDNET
Biological medical researchers

BLACK OPS
A compendium of conspiracy theories

BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE
The UK's national film centre

BRITISH LIBRARY
The British Library's own website
 
 
 

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CLASSICS ARCHIVE
Source of translated classical texts

CHATTERS JARGON DICTIONARY
Find out what all those chatroom acronyms mean


CHILDRENS WRITING RESOURCE CENTER
Advice, reports and articles for established or novice writers

COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE
All of the Bard's plays online

COMPENDIUM OF TERMINOLOGY
Source of terms, abbreviations etc related to shooting

COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY
Source of copyright information and services

COUNCIL FOR BRITISH ARCHEOLOGY
Gateway to British Archeology online

CULTURE JAMMERS ENCYCLOPEDIA
A guide for all things subversive, fraudulent and anti-commercial

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DARWIN AWARDS
Find about Man's stupidity to Man

DIASTERIUM
The living almanac of disasters worldwide

DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
A source of definitions covering 130 scientific fields

DISINFORMATION.COM
Source of the largest alternative news and underground culture

DUMBLAWS.COM
Find unique ways to break the law

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EHOW
Learn how to do just about everything

ENCYCLOPEDIA.COM

Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia of general reference

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DAYS
Source of national public holidays from all over the world

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LYRICS
Find the words to your favourite song

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MONSTERS
Source of monsters, mythical and fabulous beasts

ENCYCLOPEDIA MYSTICA
Source of the occult, mysticism, magic and more

ENCYCLOPEDIA MYTHICA
Source of world mythology

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY
A source of theories and publications of philosophy

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PSYCHOLOGY
A source of history, theories and publications of psychology

EVERY RULE
Sources any known rules for any games or sport known in the universe

 
EXPERTS.COM
Various experts answer questions on various subjects

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FBI: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
Instant criminal background checks, DNA & fingerprint records & more

FLAGS OF THE ALL COUNTRIES
Has images and histories of worldwide flags

FEDSTATS
Sources stats for over a 100 US Federal Agencies

 

 

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GARBL'S WRITING RESOURCES
A compendium of English usage, language, grammar, style & writing processes

GLOSSARY OF POETIC TERMS
A guide for the study of poetry

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HANSARD
The official daily record of debates in the British Parliament

HERBAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
A source of herbs and their usage

HISTORYCHANNEL.COM

Sources historical events or topics on any given day

HOW STUFF WORKS
Everything you wanted to know about everyday objects

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
Information and pictures from the Space Telescope

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ILOVELANGUAGES
The biggest and best guide to foriegn language websites

INKSPOT
A great writers' resource and online community.
INTELPROLAW.COM

Intellectual Property Law: source of legal reference and links

INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE
Vast source of movie information

INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY
Helps you find information and research on the web

ITOOLS
A great collection of language tools

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LABYRINTH
Resources for medieval studies

LEGENDS
Source of swashbuckling heroes from balladry, myths, fiction and films

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

The Library of Congress website: huge reference arena

LIBRARY SPOT
Simplifying the search for the best library for a particular reference

LIVES
Largest guide to biography resources

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MAD SCREENWRITER
Massive resources for writers, actors, artists, musicians and filmmakers

MEDICAL DICTIONARY
A source of medical terms

MEDICAL WORLD SEARCH
Complete source of medical infor
mation with latest reports and articles

MINDGAMES
Interactive exercises to help you unleash your creative skills

MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA
Source for mystery writers, with info, reports and conferrences

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NATIONAL WRITERS UNION
Union for freelance writers working in the US markets

NEWSD.COM

News Directory: source any English language magazine or newspaper

NITPICKERS.COM
For all you movie buffs out there, who've watched that movie once too many times...

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OFFICER.COM
A comprehensive guide to how the police works & operates

OLD FARMERS ALMANAC
Source of all sorts of general useful information

ONELOOK.COM
OneLook Dictionaries:searches over 500 dictionaries for correct spellings.

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PHOBIAS
An alaphabetical list of phobias

PHRASEFINDER
Find the phrase for a particular word

POETLIBRARY.COM
Comprehensive collection of modern British poetry.
POETRYSOCIETY.COM

The Poetry Organisation of America

POLISCI.COM
A comprehensive political reference source for American politics

POLITICAL DICTIONARY
A source of terms used in discussing national & international politics

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
The UK's national archives

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QUOTATIONS PAGE
Sources all your favourite famous quotes

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ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA
Sources on writing romance, reports, news and articles

ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE
Information on lectures, discussions and readings

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SCIENCE-FICTION AND FANTASY WRITERS OF AMERICA INC.
Source for Sci-fi writers and home to the Nebula Awards

SCIENCE-FICTION FOUNDATION COLLECTION
The research library of the UK's Science-Fiction Foundation

SCRIPTORIUM
A useful site with monthly newsletter offering writers' resources, articles, reviews etc

SEARCHEDU.COM
Source of over 20 million university & education indexed pages

SEX GLOSSARY
A source of sexual terms

SHARK TALK DICTIONARY
Translates legal jargon into plain
English

SPECFICWORLD
A resource guide for the Sci-fi, fantasy & horror writer

SPORTSCLICHE.COM
All your favourite sports cliches and jargon

SYMBOLS.COM
World's largest encyclopedia of graphic symbols

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TECHENCYCLOPEDIA
A source of more than 20000 IT terms

THESAURUS.COM
Roget's Thesaurus website

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UNIVERSAL CURRENCY CONVERTER
Change one currency to another

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VESALIUS
Extensive source for surgical education using graphics & image archives

VIRTUAL GUMSHOE
Sources investigative resources on the web

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WEBWRITER
Advice on how best to write for the web

WITCHES WEB
Sources for witches and pagans, includes history of ancient & modern folklore

WORDPLAY
Advice & essays
on how to write screenplays

WORLD ANTHEMS
An extensive list of worldwide anthems with their lyrics

WORLD FACTBOOK
The CIA's information service on the world's countries

WORLD MAPS
Comprehensive rang
e of world maps and specialist info maps

WRITE4KIDS
The children's writing resource center

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ZENO'S FORSENSIC SITE
Source of forensic information and relevant links

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