Writers' Research Page
A compilation of
various suggested URLs for researchers
- Favourite General Searchers
- Lists, Groups and Experts
- Other Search Facilities -
Directories, Search Engines, Search Facilities, Multiple
Searchers
- Subject Guides and Libraries
- Arts/Humanities
- General Texts
- Writers & Researchers
Resources
- Media Archives
- Movies
- News
- Ready Reference - Facts
& Data, General, Literary & Publishing, and World
- Academia
- Law, Crime, Politics, Government
- Science,
General Knowlege and Internet
- Scripts and Writers
Disclaimer: No guarantee is
given that any URLs are still operative, or are any use, or that
any information supplied is accurate. In fact we take no
responsiblity whatsoever for anything at all, so it's on your own
head for good or ill.
Recommendations,
criticisms, alterations and corrections should be sent to
charlie@harris.u-net.com.
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Favourite General Searchers
Lists, Groups and Experts
Other Directories, Search
Engines, Search Facilities and Multiple Searchers.
Directories
Search Engines
Search Facilities
Multiple Searchers (Meta-Search Engines)
- Aliweb: Search Form
- All4one allows simultaneous searching of four major
search engines with a single click. Results are displayed
in four frames side by side
- All-in-One - with a research link for
dictionaries,thesaurus, maps, telephone directories, etc.
- Debriefing - efficient, removes duplicates, English and
French
- Freeality - includes some less usual search sites
- Internet
Sleuth - masses of categories
- IPL - grades the top
search engines by their strengths and weaknesses
- MetaCrawler - search across multiple engines at once
Arts/Humanities
General Subject Guides
- Ancient
World Web
- Coombsweb - Social
Sciences and Asian Studies (updated daily)
- Electric
Library - publications, TV and
radio transcripts, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps,
pictures and classic works. Note: monthly/annual
subscription with free trial
- Encyclopedia
Brittanica - The
encyclopedia. Monthly/annual subscription with free
trial
- Encyclopedia.Com - Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
- Escotet - links to
sites in every category - humanities, social sciences,
economics, etc, but takes time to find your way around
- Genealogy and Family History Archives - useful links for genealogical or other
historical/community research
- History: Guide to Internet History Resources
- Internet
Public Library - online books,
magazines and newspapers from all over the world
- Information
Research FAQ - how to find
information fast, online and off
- LibWeb: libraries worldwide
- OLIG
- Oxford Libraries Internet Gateway - Sciences, Social Sciences & Humanities:
General Texts
Writers & Researchers
Resources
- Alice's
Virtual Restaurant - useful
resources, in particular covering history, archaeology,
social issues, Ireland and kids *
- The Children's Literature Web Guide- includes info on movies/tv based on children's
books
- CWRC
RESEARCH CENTER - direct links
to search engines, best research sites, newsgroups, etc.
- Fiction Writers Connection - links for writers and researchers
- Froberg Writers' Resources - links and research advice
- InkSpot - includes research pointers, market
information, Inklings Newsletter, young writers' section
- Jane Dorner: Writers' Links
- John McDonnell's Researcher's Toolkit - plus free weekly e-mail updates about the
best Web sites for research
- Key Resources for Journalists/Researchers
- OnLine Media West -
loads of links covering style, grammar, acronyms,
quotations, journalism, playwriting, etc.
- Random Word Generator
- lesser known words of interest to writers, works
off-line too
- Writers
Guild of America
Media Archives
Movies
News
Ready Reference
- Facts & Data, General, Literary & Publishing, and World
Reference: Facts
& Data
Reference: General
- General Reference Resources
- Internet
Public Library Reference Center
- Martindale's Reference Desk - you won't believe the wealth of odd and
unusual, and timely, references you'll find there
- My
Virtual Reference Desk - - inc.
encyclopaedia, quick ref, fast facts, almanac
- No Junk Reference Page
- reference, news, finance, kids, genealogy, maps
- Reference Shelf - inc.
geographic, phone, words, scientific, perpetual calendar
- Research It! -
currency converter, a language translator, dictionary,
thesaurus, zip code retrieval, biography searcher, bible
search, quotation search and package tracking plus a lot
of other stuff you might need now and then
- Virtual Reference Desk -
census data, dictionaries, technical dictionaries, maps
and travel, science data
Reference: Literary &
Publishing
Reference: World
Academia
Law
& Crime, Politics & Government
Law & Crime
Politics & Government
Science,
General Knowledge & Internet
Science and General
Knowledge
- British
Medical Journal - high level
medical archive
- HealthGate - more medicine for the layperson, including
295 medical procedures explained in full
- HealthWorld Online -
articles on health and medicine across the spectrum, from
general to specialist
- Learn2.com - how to do all kinds of things from food and
drink to catching mice
- Medicinet - medical information for the lay public
- Nursall,
Alan: Science North - personal
answers to scientific questions: wildlife, biology,
geology, meteorolgy, electronics, human physiology,
astronomy
- Nursall, Alan - alternative address
- Science Daily
- Science Magazine
- ScienceNet - Search
the database for essays on any science based topic or
send questions to the scientists behind the site
- VolcanoWorld
Internet
Recommendations, commendations, corrections
and criticisms to charlie@harris.u-net.com.
Credits: URLs supplied and compiled by Charlie Harris,
Laurence A. Moore, Steven Blacher, Yvonne Hewett and others.
© Charlie Harris 1996-1998
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