Jack Ewing
"Yeah, I can write that."

These are some useful links gleaned from collected Favorites. They deal with writing, references, related topics, and other subjects interesting to me that might be of possible interest to you.

Advertising

Ad Age

http://www.adage.com/page.cms?pageid=601

Antique Ads

http://www.tias.com/stores/lehmann/

Copywriting

http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/lane/xxc54/copy/cop_adv1.htm

 History of Advertising

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/index.html

http://www.pertinent.com/articles/marketing/index.asp

Online Advertising

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20041206.html

Political Advertising

http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/pol_ads.html

Print ads—archive from the last 60 years

http://www.adflip.com/

Psychology of Consumers

http://www.consumerpsychologist.com/

Sex in Advertising

http://www.tc.umn.edu/%7Eparkx032/syn-sex.html

http://healthymind.com/s-strung-out.html

http://www.girlposse.com/flip_side/past_flip_side/usingsextosell/sexinadvertising/sexinadvertising.html

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Etaflinge/sex.html

http://www.world-sex-records.com/sex-184.htm

http://www.nku.edu/%7Eissues/sexinadvertising/homepage.htm

Specialty/promotional/dimensional marketing products

http://www.buildapromotion.com/ncc/98nnc-creativeplan.asp

Subliminal Advertising

http://www.poleshift.org:16080/sublim/

Agents, literary

Everyone Who’s Anyone in Publishing: Gerard Jones’s entertaining web site, a tale of persistence and a portal to hundreds of individual agents

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

Lists of agents

http://www.agentresearch.com/agent_ver.html

http://literaryagents.org/

http://www.invirtuo.cc/prededitors/

http://www.writers.net/agents.html

http://www.aar-online.org/

http://www.booktalk.com/agents1.asp

http://www.fictionaddiction.net/agents.html

http://www.writersservices.co.uk/agent/us/

http://www.writers-free-reference.com/agents/index.html

Warnings about agents

http://www.writing-world.com/publish/agents.shtml

http://windpub.com/literary.scams/yudkin.htm

http://www.sfwa.org/Beware/agents.html

http://www.discord-aggregate.com/amolotkov/agenthell.htm

            Almanacs, chronologies, dates in history

A to Z encyclopedia of Ice Hockey

http://www.azhockey.com/Mo.htm

A & E Biographies

http://www.biography.com/

African-American Scientists

http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html

Airline Disasters

http://dnausers.d-n-a.net/dnetGOjg/Disasters.htm

American Authors on the Web

http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html

American Cultural History—20th century

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html

American Forts

http://www.geocities.com/naforts/eastforts.html

American Presidents

http://www.americanpresidents.org/22.asp

Ancient Calendars

http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/ancient.html

Anthropologists (biographies)

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/

Any Day in History

http://www.scopesys.com/cgi/today2.cgi?askmonth=01&askday=01

Artcyclopedia—Italian artists

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/nationalities/Italian.html

Art history—famous artists/art movements

http://wwar.com/artists/

Art movements

http://www.artmovements.co.uk/home.htm

Artist Index

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/artist4.html

Artist Names on line

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/

ArtNet Research Library (artist’s biographies)

http://www.artnet.com/library/index.asp

Assassinations and attempts chronology

http://users.commkey.net/fussichen/otdassi.htm

Astronomers (Sky & Telescope index)

http://www.nd.edu/~kkrisciu/st.html

Author Anniversaries

http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/aa/aa.htm

Authors—Hall of Famous Authors

http://www.virtualology.com/virtualpubliclibrary/halloffamousauthors/

Baseball Almanac

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/

http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/baseball/

Battles that changed history

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769941.html

BBC—On This Day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/

Big bands database/musical calendar

http://nfo.net/calendar/jan01.htm

Biographies (chronology)

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html

Biography—miscellaneous resources (American Library Association)

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2002/january/biographyresources.htm

Biologist biographies

http://www.biologybrowser.org/bb/Subject/Publications/Biographies/

Born on this day in history

http://www.born-on-this-day.com/

British & Irish authors

http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/UK-authors.html

British history chronology

http://www.bestofcolumbus.com/fussichen/otdbrit.htm

Broadway Database

http://www.ibdb.com/default.asp

Calendar information/almanac

http://www.copi.org/craig/events/today.html

Calendar of Saints of the Day

http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/cal-ss.htm

Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1726-ii.htm

Caskets on Parade

http://www.msu.edu/~daggy/cop/bkofdead/index.htm

Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent)

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03738a.htm

Catholic Online—Saints & Angels

http://www.catholic.org/saints/

Celebration of women writers, 1901-2000

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_generate/1901-2000.html

Celebrity Obits

http://www.voy.com/45481/2/

Chronological reference of sailing vessels

http://www.infa.abo.fi/%7Efredrik/sships/register-chronologic.html

Civil War battles (by campaign)

http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bycampgn.htm

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/cwinfo2.htm

Classical composer biographies

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/music/composers.html

Composer Master Index—Classical Net

http://www.classical.net/music/mstrindx.html

Composers—Dr. Estrella’s Incredibly Abridged Dictionary

http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/index.html

Composers—classical, rock, jazz, soul, pop, etc.

http://www.composers.net/

Composers—Naxos

http://www.naxos.com/newdesign/fcomposers.files/bcomposers.asp

Composers web sites & searches

http://academy.d20.co.edu/ees/composers.htm

Congressional biographies

http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

Daily Almanac—CNN

http://www.cnn.com/almanac/daily/

Daily Almanac—Infoplease

http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/daily

Daily Almanacs & holidays—Links to various sites

http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/nsf/holidays.html

Dates in history—daily almanac

http://www.datesinhistory.com/

Dave’s Datebook: Today in history (multiple links to other date sites, sports celebrity birthdays)

http://www.davesdatebook.com/6000.htm

http://a2z.davesdatebook.com/651az101.htm

Dead or Alive?

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf

Dead Rock Stars Club

http://users.efortress.com/doc-rock/deadrock.html

Disasters—by types (Infoplease)

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001437.html

Distinguished women of past and present

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

dMarie Time Capsule (headlines, birthdays, etc. for each day in history)

http://www.dmarie.com/timecap

Entertainment Insiders

http://www.einsiders.com/features/columns/jan03obituaries.php

Fact of the Day

http://www.factoftheday.com/

Famous authors, poets and playwrights

http://www.educators.co.uk/famous_authors_and_playwrights.htm

Famous battles (English history)

http://www.wearetheenglish.com/battles.html

Famous battles (Hussars)

http://landofthewingedhorsemen.homestead.com/battles.html

Famous battles (Scotland—other Scottish information)

http://www.electricscotland.com/history/battles.htm

Famous battles in history (worldwide)

http://www.bible-history.com/resource/fb_gen.htm

Famous birthdays (by name, year, occupation, etc.)

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/

Famous paintings/artists

http://www.art-and-artist.co.uk/famous-painting.htm

Famous people (Cyndi’s list—by categories)

http://www.cyndislist.com/famous.htm

Famous persons (French)

http://www.terrace.qld.edu.au/academic/lote/french/try2celeb.htm

Famous scientists

http://www.ziplink.net/~pik/Famous%20Scientists.html

http://www.crystalinks.com/scientists.html

Famous writers (Nerd Wide Web)

http://www.nerdworld.com/nw9777.html

Fifteen decisive battles of the world

http://www.standin.se/fifteen1a.htm

First ladies

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/

Generals of the Civil War—biographies & pictures

http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/default.htm

Geologist biographies

http://geology.about.com/od/biographies/

Great Writers & Poets

http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.html

Historical battles

http://britishbattles.homestead.com/files/index/HistoricalBattlesconsolidated.htm

History Channel—world timeline & more

http://www.historychannel.com/

History Channel—this day in history

http://www.historychannel.com/today/

History is Bunkum (what happened/who was born on this day)

http://www.castlebar.ie/cgi-bin/today/todayxyz.pl

Hockey—dates & trivia related to Chicago Blackhawks

http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/3815/diduknow.htm

Important people—Freereality biography links

http://www.freeality.com/biograph.htm

Indexes of biographies

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html

Internet Movie Database

http://www.imdb.com/

Inventors (Inventors Hall of Fame)

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp

Jewish history

http://www.geocities.com/buddychai/Religion/Alas.html

http://www.davidsconsultants.com/jewishhistory/history.php?startyear=1230&endyear=1239

http://users.commkey.net/fussichen/otdJews.htm

Lake Superior shipwrecks

http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/shipwrecks/

Land Star (various references—chronology, daily almanacs)

http://www.chamber2u.com/300Almanac00.asp

Lesser-known facts of World War II

http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/facts.html

Life in Legacy (pictures, short bios)

http://www.lifeinlegacy.com

Literary anniversaries in 2006

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/12/31/boll.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/12/07/bomain.html

Lives, the biography resource

http://amillionlives.com/

http://amillionlives.com/links.html

Lycos—links to reference sites

http://sjc-search.sjc.lycos.com/default.asp?loc=searchbox&query=reference&tab=web&adv=1&adf=on

Mexican Authors (directory)

http://www.arts-history.mx/literat/li.html

Military battles & campaigns

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/milmapquery.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/milmapPlaces04.html

Musical Calendar

http://nfo.net/calendar/jan01.htm

National Museum of Women in the Arts

http://www.nmwa.org/library/archives.asp

Natural disasters (by type)

http://ndrd.gsfc.nasa.gov/

New England shipwrecks

http://wreckhunter.net/

New General Catalog of Old Books & Authors

http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/ngcoba/ngcoba.htm

Nobel Prize Internet Archive

http://almaz.com/

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes for Literature (with bios and bibliographies)

http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.html

Obituaries

http://www.inthe70s.com/generated/obit1974.shtml

On this day (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/archive.html

On this day (BBC)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/

On this day

http://www.on-this-day.com/

http://www.yarranet.net.au/OnThisDay/otd.htm

Panlog

http://panlog.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?c=ro

http://panlog.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Papal births/deaths

http://www.bestofcolumbus.com/fussichen/otdpope.htm

The Peerage

http://www.thepeerage.com/

Philosopher biographies

http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/OTHERREFERENCE/PHILOSOPHY/MajWrldPhilsop.html

Physicist & astronomer biographies

http://www.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/

Poets

http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Literary/BiosPoets.htm

Poets’ Graves

http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/

Political Graveyard

http://politicalgraveyard.com/

http://politicalgraveyard.com/special/trouble-disgrace.html

Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1674-1834)

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/

Professional football

http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0103717.html

RefDesk (Daily Almanac)

http://www.refdesk.com/quote.html

Roman Emperors

http://www.ancient-coins.com/shop/agora.cgi?cartlink=emperors.htm&cart_id=9546508.896*bM8Xq1?

http://www.niester.de/g_antike/roemer/kaiser/kaiser.html

http://www.roman-emperors.org/

Roman Emperors (and their coins)

http://www.roman-emperors.org/

Rulers (worldwide)

http://rulers.org/index.html

Saints

http://users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/ss-index.htm

Scientists

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/science_and_nature/scientists/

Shipwrecks & maritime disasters

http://www.webandwire.com/

Shipwrecks—California

http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/

Sports almanac

http://www.infoplease.com/sports.html

This day in history (links to sites)

http://history1900s.about.com/od/todayinhistory/

Those were the days/today in history

http://www.440.com/twtd/today.html

Timeline (1831-1840)

http://timelines.ws/1831_1840.HTML

Timeline of significant names in western culture

http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/timeline.htm

Timelines of history/Today in world history

http://timelines.ws/

Today in Literature

http://www.todayinliterature.com/stories.asp?id=4/1/2003

Today in Medieval history

http://www.locksley.com/Today/

US Civil War Generals—biographies

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/generals.html

US Presidents—POTUS

http://www.potus.com/

US Senate history

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Senate_Historical_Office.htm

Virtual American biographies

http://www.famousamericans.net/dukeofalbemarle/

Web Museum artist index

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/

What happened all those years ago?

http://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jan02.htm

Women in Science

http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/summary.shtml

Women’s Legal History Biography Project

http://www.law.stanford.edu/library/wlhbp/

World War I battles

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWbattles.htm

World War I document archive

http://www.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/

World War II timeline (and posters)

http://learnaboutmovieposters.com/WW2/articles/Timeline.asp

Worldwide shipwreck database

http://users.accesscomm.ca/shipwreck/

Year’s Days of Poems

http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display_rpo/yeardays.cfm

            Alternative news, culture and events

Alternative humor

http://www.obscurestore.com/

Bizarre Magazine

http://www.bizarremag.com/

Cruel Site of the Day

http://www.cruel.com/

The Ethical Spectacle

http://www.spectacle.org/

Mondo Times

http://www.mondotimes.com

            Animals

Animal Facts

http://www.animalfact.com/

Bird Dictionary

http://www.birdcare.com/bin/searchdict

Cat Dictionary

http://www.obliquity.com/cats/diction.html

Fish Catalogue

http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/species/

            Archaeology

Archaeology of the Americas

http://www.ancientamerican.com/

British Museum

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=compass&search-form=graphical/main.html&submit-button=search

            Art and cartoons

Album Covers

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/K/king_crimson_court.html

Art Deco

http://www.artdecoworld.com/

http://www.adsw.org/resource/websites/Books_and_Magazines/

http://www.the-artists.org/artshop/art-deco.cfm

Cartoons, Comics & Graphic Novels

http://www.bcdb.com/

http://www.comic-art.com/

http://www.fantagraphics.com/

http://www.collectortimes.com/~comichistory/Platinum.html

http://www.lambiek.com/artists/index.htm

http://Moderntales.com/

Fruit Crate Labels

http://www.fruitcratelabels.com/cfflx.html

Graffiti

http://www.graffiti.org/

Mad Magazine Covers

http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/index-covers.html

Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

http://www.kb.nl/kb/manuscripts/

Newspaper Mastheads

http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whoweare/exhibits/mastheads/

Posters

http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/sun/

Pulp Art

http://www.pulpgallery.com/

http://www.mansstory2.com/

http://thepulp.net/

http://www.oldsfbooks.com/pulpgal.html

http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/epb/coverart.asp

http://linesonpaper.tripod.com/PULPMags.html

http://www.fact-index.com/p/pu/pulp_magazine.html

http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/softwork.html

http://pulprack.com/index3.html

http://www.pulpworld.com/timeline/timeline_01.htm

Russian Revolutionary Posters

http://www.internationalposter.com/thumbdir.cfm?StartPage=1&Period=Bol&Country=
RU&NavBar=PosterFinder+%3A+Country+%26+Period+%3A+Bolshevik+Era

http://www.russianarchives.com/rao/gallery/posters/

http://www.ngart.com/plakat/

http://www.bl.uk/collections/easteuropean/russposters.html

http://www.iisg.nl/exhibitions/chairman/sovintro.php

            Authors

Academy of American Poets

http://www.poets.org/

Piers Anthony (provides lists of publishers & self-publishers)

http://www.hipiers.com/publishing.html

Auctorial Ego Tracker (search engine for books)

http://www.benhammersley.com/tools/auctorial_ego_tracker.html

Author Connection

http://www.fictionaddiction.net/connection.html

Author Direct (birthdays, Web sites, e-mail addresses)

http://www.authdir.com/

Author Pseudonyms

http://www.trussel.com/books/pseudo.htm

http://go.to/realnames

http://www.myunicorn.com/authlink.html

http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex

http://getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/

Authors Internet Database

http://isbndb.com/authors/

Authors on the Web (biographical sketches)

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jbh/author.html

AuthorZone (by genre)

http://www.AuthorZone.Com/

Crime Writers

http://www.unusualsuspects.co.uk/

Mexican Authors

http://www.semananegra.org/autores/autores1.htm

Specific Authors   

            Jack Bludis

            http://www.jackbludis.com

            Michael Bracken

            http://www.CrimeFictionWriter.com/

DL Browne (AKA Diana Killian)

            http://www.girl-detective.net/

            Raymond Chandler

            http://www.levity.com/corduroy/chandler.htm

            Agatha Christie

            http://christie.MysteryNet.com/

            Mat Coward

            http://hometown.aol.co.uk/matcoward/myhomepage/newsletter.html

            David Gardiner

            http://freespace.virgin.net/d.gardiner/SIRAT.html

            Dashiell Hammett

            http://members.aol.com/MG4273/hammett.htm

            http://www.transki.freeserve.co.uk/

            Richard Helms

            http://richardhelms.net/

            J.A. (Joe) Konrath

            http://www.jakonrath.com/

            David Scott Milton

            http://www.geocities.com/davidscottmilton_writer/

            Marcia Muller

            http://www.marciamuller.com

            Bill Pronzini

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            Kevin Burton Smith

            http://www.kevinburtonsmith.com

            Domenic Stansberry

                http://www.domenicstansberry.com/newsletter.htm

            Robin Tamblyn

            http://www.robintamblyn.com/

Donald Westlake/Richard Stark

            http://www.violentworldofparker.com/

            Charles Willeford

            http://www.oivas.com/witsend/

            Cornell Woolrich

            http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/Robert_Root/Eng326/WindowBib.htm

 Book Publishers (mostly print—fiction, no agent necessary; a selection, but by no means comprehensive)

Andrew Scott

http://www.mysterypublishers.com/AndrewScott/index.html

Andrich Publishing

http://www.andrichinc.com/

Arcade Publishing

http://arcadepub.com/about/index.cfm

Arsenal Pulp Press (Vancouver)

http://www.arsenalpulp.com/

http://www.arsenalpulp.com/submit.php

Atlas Press (UK)

http://www.atlaspress.co.uk

Avari Press

http://www.avaripress.com

Avocet Press

http://www.avocetpress.com/SUBMIT.HTM

Baen

http://www.baen.com/

http://www.baen.com/FAQS.htm

Bancroft Press

http://www.bancroftpress.com

Beagle Bay Books

http://www.beaglebay.com

Bella Books

http://www.bellabooks.com

Bleak House Books

http://www.bleakhousebooks.com/submissions.htm

http://www.bleakhousebooks.com/

Boson Books

http://www.cmonline.com/boson/

http://www.bosonbooks.com/boson/information/authors.html

Carnifex

http://carnifexpress.net/welcome.php

http://carnifexpress.net/subguide.php

Champion Press

http://www.championpress.com/catalog.htm

Changeling Press

http://changelingpress.com/

http://changelingpress.com/submissions.php

City Lights Books

http://www.citylights.com/CLpubmanu.html

http://www.citylights.com/

Clued-in Publications

http://clued-inpublications.com/

Coffee House Press

http://www.coffeehousepress.org/resources.asp

Creation Books

http://www.creationbooks.com/frameset.asp?p=fiction-main.html

Dalkey Archive Press

http://www.centerforbookculture.org/pages/contact.html

http://www.dalkeyarchive.com

Dark Cloud Press

http://www.darkcloudpress.com/submissions.htm

Four Girls Publishing

http://www.4girlspublishing.com/mystery_sub_guideline.htm

Gale—Five Star (First Edition Mysteries)

http://www.gale.com/fivestar/

http://www.gale.com/servlet/BrowseSeriesServlet?region=9&imprint=305&titleCode=TP906&edition=

http://www.gale.com/fivestar/contact.htm

Hard Case Crime

http://www.hardcasecrime.com/

Harlequin Romance

http://www.eharlequin.com/cms/index.jhtml

http://www.eharlequin.com/cms/learntowrite/ltwArticle.jhtml?pageID=021101wu00001

Impetus Press

http://www.impetuspress.com

Intrigue Press

http://www.intriguepress.com/sub.htm

Justin Charles & Co.

http://www.justincharlesbooks.com

Leaping Dog Press

http://www.leapingdogpress.com/index2.html

Leisure Press/Dorchester Publishing

http://www.dorchesterpub.com/

http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SubmissionGuidlines.cfm

Ludlow Press

http://www.ludlowpress.com/booksubmisions.htm

Manic D Press

http://www.manicdpress.com/submissions.html

McPherson & Company Publishers

https://www.mcphersonco.com/

Medallion Press

http://www.medallionpress.com/submission.html

http://www.medallionpress.com/

Meisha Merlin

http://www.meishamerlin.com/meishamerlin.html

Melville House

http://melvillehousebooks.com/submissions.html

Memento Mori Mysteries

http://www.avocetpress.com/

Midnight Ink Books

http://www.midnightinkbooks.com

Milkweed Editions

http://www.milkweed.org/

New Directions

http://www.wwnorton.com/nd/contact.htm

http://www.wwnorton.com/nd/

New Victoria

http://www.newvictoria.com/

Oak Tree Press

http://www.oaktreebooks.com/guidelines.htm

Orbit Press (UK)

http://www.orbitbooks.co.uk/

Perseverance Press

http://www.danielpublishing.com/perseverance/perseverance.html

http://www.danielpublishing.com/perseverance/ppguidelines.html

Poisoned Pen Press

http://poisonedpenpress.com/guidelines

Rogue Publishing

http://www.roguepublishing.com/author.html

Rue Morgue Press

http://www.ruemorguepress.com/authors.html

Runetone Publishing

http://www.runestonepublishing.com/forauthors.asp

Savvy Press

http://www.savvypress.com/main.html

Shoelace Press

http://www.shoelacepublishing.com/sub.html

Silver Dagger Mysteries

http://www.silverdaggermysteries.com/index2.html

Soft Skull

http://www.softskull.com/index.php

Soho Press

http://www.sohopress.com/submit.html

http://www.sohopress.com/

http://www.sohopress.com/fall2005/sohocrime_frontlist.html

Suspect Thoughts Press

http://www.suspectthoughts.com

Telos Publishing (UK)

http://www.telos.co.uk/

Timberwolf Press & Productions

http://www.timberwolfpress.com

Toby Press

http://www.tobypress.com/submissions.htm

Tor, Forge and Orb Books

http://www.tor.com/

http://www.tor.com/torfaq.html#submitting

Transworld Publishers (UK)

http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk

Ugly Town

http://www.uglytown.com/balls/

http://www.uglytown.com/publishing/business.html

White Turtle Books

http://whiteturtlebooks.com/contact.htm

Willow Tree Press

http://www.willowtreepress.com/

Wizards Books

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/opencall2004

W.W. Norton & Company

http://www.wwnorton.com/

http://www.wwnorton.com/area4/contact.htm#man

            Books

Bestsellers (from 1900)

http://www.caderbooks.com/bestintro.html

http://www.publishersweekly.com/index.asp

Grave Matters Mystery & Detective Fiction (reference)

http://www.gravematters.com/

History of Paperbacks

http://paperbarn.www1.50megs.com/Paperbacks/msg3.htm

Library of Congress Online

http://catalog.loc.gov/

Coins

Coin Gallery

http://coin-gallery.com/

Johnny Burrito—Ugly money

http://www.johnnyburrito.com/uglymoney.htm

Money Trackers

http://www.doshtracker.co.uk/

http://www.eurobilltracker.com/

http://www.osatsu.net/index-EN.cfm

http://www.wheresgeorge.com/

http://www.whereswilly.com/

United Kingdom—coin questions

http://www.24carat.co.uk/coinquestionstheyaskus.html

US Bureau of Printing & Engraving

http://www.moneyfactory.com/

            Crime

Albert Fish

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/fish/gracie_1.html

American Academy of Forensic Sciences

http://www.aafs.org

American Bail Coalition (bounty hunter laws)

http://www.americanbailcoalition.com/new_html/compendium.htm

Anarchy

http://www.textfiles.com/anarchy

Anatomy of Drowning (Air Search Rescue)

http://www.airsearchrescue.org/drowning.htm

Army Law Enforcement Field Manual

http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-19-13.pdf

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

http://www.cfenet.com/home.asp

Autopsies

http://www.le.ac.uk/pa/teach/va/titlpag1.html

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/forensicmedicine/links.html

Best Pretexts (how private investigators obtain information)

http://www.pimall.com/nais/n.pretext.html

Bureau of Justice

(Prison statistics)

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm

            (Homicide statistics)

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/homtrnd.htm

Car Thieves

http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/vin.asp

Casebook: Jack the Ripper

http://www.casebook.org/about_the_casebook/cbindex.html?showindex=Sawney%20Beane

Cell phone scams & viruses

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/phreakers.html

Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/codis/index1.htm

Computer & intellectual property crime

http://www.cybercrime.gov/ip.html

http://www.cybersleuths.com/news/00__1999news/07201999.htm

http://www.cybersleuths.com/features/features0100.html

Court TV’s Crime Library

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

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serialkillers.htm

Crime Fiction (Al Hubin’s comprehensive bibliography from 1749 to 1995)

http://www.locusmag.com/index/addendm2.htm

Crime Fiction Canada Reference

http://www.brocku.ca/crimefictioncanada/index.html

http://www.brocku.ca/crimefictioncanada/publishers.html

Crime Lab Project

http://www.crimelabproject.com/

Crime Library (serial killers & other criminals)

http://www.crimelibrary.com/

Crime Magazine, An Encyclopedia of Crime

http://www.crimemagazine.com/

Crime News

http://www.crimenews2000.com/

Crime Scene Evidence Files

http://www.crimescene.com/

Crime Scene Investigation

http://www.icsia.com/

http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/

http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/csi-collection.html

http://www.feinc.net/cs-inv-p.htm

Crime-Stoppers

http://crime-stoppers.us/index.php?page=coldcase&news=no

Crimes of Persuasion: schemes, scams & frauds

http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/

http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

http://www.Scambusters.org

http://www.scamorama.com/

Crime Through Time

http://www.crimethrutime.com

Crime Writers of Canada (member bios)

http://www.crimewriterscanada.com/files/bios.html

Criminal Justice (Links)

http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/

Criminal Profiling

http://criminalprofiling.com/

Dumb Criminals

http://www.dumbcriminalacts.com/criminals.php?site=criminals

Electric Law Library

http://www.lectlaw.com/

European Crime Scene

http://www.weatherwax.co.uk

False Confessions

http://www.sciammind.com/article.cfm?articleID=000635C8-590A-128A-982D83414B7F0000

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/index.cfm?journal=pspi&content=pspi/5_2

http://jackhardway.com/referencelinks2.htm#law

Family Watchdog (national sex offenders registry)

http://familywatchdog.us/

http://familywatchdog.us/ShowMap.asp

FBI Underwater Recovery

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2194/is_9_69/ai_66035866

Firearms (reference, database)

http://www.securityarms.com/

Forensic Entomology

http://www.br.cc.va.us/academy/training/Forensic%20Science%20Training%20Materials/forensic_science_lesson_7.htm

Forensic Paternity Testing

http://www.paternityexperts.com/forensic.htm

Forensic Psychology

http://flash.lakeheadu.ca/%7Epals/forensics/index.html

Forensic Science

http://forensics.ca/phpcode/web

http://csbs.csusb.edu/anthro/wesn/forensics/guides/Chapter5.htm

http://www.forensicartist.com

http://www.forensicpage.com/

http://www.dplylemd.com/Questions/fortnight.htm

http://www.dplylemd.com/submit.htm

http://forensic.to/forensic.html

            Forensic Evidence E-News

            http://forensic-evidence.com/site/MasterIndex.html

            Forensic Science Society (UK)

            http://www.forensicsciencesociety.co.uk

            Forensics (bodies recovered from water)

            http://www.dundee.ac.uk/forensicmedicine/llb/water.htm

Frauds associated with national disasters

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/technology/08fraud.ready.html?th&emc=th

Gun Laws (state-by-state)

http://www.nraila.org/media/misc/compendium.htm

H2S (Hydrogen sulfide)

http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic258.htm

http://www.h2ssafety.com/hydrogen_sulfide.htm

http://www.alken-murray.com/H2SREM9.HTM

http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad53.htm#6.2

History of firearm and tool mark identification

http://www.firearmsid.com/A_historyoffirearmsID.htm

Identity Theft

http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/

International Association for Identification

http://www.theiai.org

Internet Crime Archives (mass & serial murderers)

http://www.mayhem.net/Crime/archives.html

Internet Scams

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/05/swnetforce.htm

Iowa DCI – Criminalistics Laboratory

http://www.state.ia.us/government/dps/dci/lab/index.htm

IPD Homicide Branch

http://www6.indygov.org/ipd/cid/homicide/homicide.htm

Knowledge Solutions (forensics & criminal profiling)

http://www.corpus-delicti.com/

Landscapes of Crime (mystery settings)

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gjdemko

Law and Fiction

http://lawandfiction.com/index.html

Law Enforcement agencies:

FBI

http://www.fbi.gov

DEA

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea

SECRET SERVICE

http://www.ustreas.gov/usss

US MARSHALS

http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals

US BORDER PATROL

http://www.cpb.gov

TEXAS RANGERS

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/texas_rangers/

INTERPOL

http://www.interpol.com

SCOTLAND YARD

http://www.met.police.uk/

Law Enforcement Equipment & Gear

http://www.chiefsupply.com/police_gear.html?AID=4129039&PID=646848

Los Angeles County Coroner

http://www.lacoroner.com/

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

http://www.lasd.org/

Mugshots

http://www.mugshots.com/index.php

Murder demographics

http://benbest.com/lifeext/murder.html

Murder in the Grove (Mystery conference held annually in Boise, ID)

http://www.partnersincrimeboise.com/murder.htm

Murder Victims.com

http://www.murdervictims.com/

Murder Weapons (unusual)

http://www.waterborolibrary.org/mystlists/weaponsmysts.htm

Nerve agents/nerve gas

http://www.vdes.state.va.us/prepare/terrorismtoolkit/terrguide/weapons/chemtypes.htm

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/weap.html

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/summaries/nerve-agents072004.asp

Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists

http://www.neafs.org

Organized crime & corruption (resources & links)

http://www.yorku.ca/nathanson/Links/links.htm

Penalties for theft, fraud & extortion (Canada)

http://www.criminal-lawyer.on.ca/penalty-dishonesty.html

PhoneBusters (Canada—fraud)

http://www.phonebusters.com/

P.I. Museum

http://www.pimuseum.com/

Plagiarism 2005

http://www.regrettheerror.com/

Poisons (abrin & ricin)

http://www.asanltr.com/newsletter/01-4/articles/Abrin&RicinRev.htm

Police (Links)

http://www.copscops.com/

Police body language & behavior (Reference)

http://www.hodrw.com/cop2.htm

Practical Guide to Suicide

http://www.satanservice.org

http://www.satanservice.org/coe/suicide/guide/#III.A.2.d

Private Investigator Blog

http://yourpinews.blogspot.com/

Rotten Eggs (Pranks)

http://www.rotteneggs.com/r3/show/se/45312.html

http://www.rotteneggs.com

Sex offender database

http://www.criminalcheck.com/

Signs of Death (reference)

http://www.llcc.cc.il.us/justice/forensic/signsdeath.htm

Southern Poverty Law Center

http://www.splcenter.org/center/about.jsp

State recording laws/taping conversations

http://www.rcfp.org/taping/quick.html

http://www.rcfp.org/taping

Tangled Web (UK crime & mystery fiction reference)

http://www.twbooks.co.uk/

Toxicology & poisoning

http://www.feinc.net/cs-inv-p.htm

            Ricin Toxin

http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/ricin/ricin.html

Unsolved homicides, cold cases (various jurisdictions & references)

http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us/services/departments/apd911/unsolved/index.cfm

http://www.dothan.org/depts/police/police14.html

http://www.crimespider.com/cgi-bin/ilink/ilink.cgi?Category=Unsolved_Crimes%7CCold_Cases

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/homicide/ward1/

http://www.monterey.org/mpd/unsolved/unsolved_homicides.html

http://www.seminolesheriff.org/unsolved_homicides/index.php

http://www.i91.ctc.edu/crimestoppers/murder/default.asp?cotw=murder

http://www.fallenwall.org/

http://www.unlovedcrimes.com/

http://www.city.winnipeg.mb.ca/police/Unsolved%20Cases/unsolved%20cases.htm

http://www.nmsoh.org/scripts/unsolved.asp

http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us/dci/unsolved_cases.html

http://www.unsolved-crimes.com

http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/osi/unsolved/

http://members.aol.com/Tweet24798/unsloved.html

US Justice Department (guide to services)

http://www.governmentguide.com/officials_and_agencies/agencies/u.s./executive/justice.adp?id=16101818&layer=&last_tally=33

The Zodiac Case

http://members.aol.com/Jakewark/

http://www.zodiackiller.com/

            Death

Asylum Eclectica

http://asylumeclectica.com/

Caskets on Parade

http://www.msu.edu/~daggy/cop/bkofdead/index.htm

Celebrity Morgue

http://www.CelebrityMorgue.com/

Celebrity Obits

http://www.voy.com/45481/2/

Cemetery Culture

http://gazissax.best.vwh.net/city.html

Chapel Perilous (severed head gallery)

http://www.sepulchritude.com/chapelperilous/decollete/

Choose Death

http://choosedeath.free.fr/Pages/Main.htm

Dead or Alive?  The Burton Tomb Restoration Fund

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf

Dead Rocks Stars Club

http://users.efortress.com/doc-rock/deadrock.html

Death mask gallery (Thanatos)

http://thanatos.net/deathmasks/

The Burton Tomb Restoration Fund (Richard & Isabel)

http://www.burtonfund.org/

Entertainment Insiders

http://www.einsiders.com/features/columns/jan03obituaries.php

Find a Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11860

Mausolea and Monuments

http://www.mausolea-monuments.org.uk/

Rue Morgue

http://www.ruemorgue.com/

                E-Zines

Lists of ezines

http://www.e-zine-list.com/

http://www.electricfrontiers.com/electricpen/ezines.asp

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art3219.asp

http://writesuccess.com/ezines_and_discussion_groups.htm

http://www.homeincome.com/search-it/ezine/

Newsletters (electronic—by topic)

http://www.ezinehub.com/

            Fun & Games

Bad Puns

http://badpuns.com/

Cat Art

http://home.wanadoo.nl/annekebroenink/maukie2.swf

Christmas card

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=GE13110856

Computer Assisted Sentence Production

http://www.manythings.org/casp/

Darwinian Poetry

http://www.codeasart.com/poetry/darwin.html

Disembodied Voices

http://www.disembodiedvoices.com

Fun with Randomly Generated Sentences

http://www.manythings.org/rs/

Geek Test

http://www.innergeek.us/

GoogleDuel – Business Tools For Internet Marketers

http://www.googleduel.com/original.php

IQest

http://a.tribalfusion.com/p.media/RQILNOQQIHMOMSORRNPMPCBRKHIPPRPRJAIEIPOLEMELBCTVQCVTKLLVNLGRLJILBQIHPNTQLOKVM/
107886/pop.html

Live-shot

http://www.live-shot.com/

Madlibs – Fun Stuff at Writerspace

http://www.writerspace.com/weblibs/input3.html

Mecca Games—interactive games

https://www.meccagames.com/bluehaht/mgcelebrity.shtml

Movie Quiz

http://www.hugemoviequiz.com

Monkey Shakespeare Simulator

http://user.tninet.se/%7Eecf599g/aardasnails/java/Monkey/webpages/index.html

Naked Novelist/Literature laid bare FUN/Poetry Generator

http://www.nakednovelist.com/

Poetry Generator

http://www.webcom.com/wordings/artofwrite/poetrygenerator.html

Santa Tracker

www.noradsanta.org

Shannonizer (editing)

http://www.nightgarden.com/shannon.htm

Snowglobe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/snowglobe/globe.swf

”Useless Knowledge” Website

http://www.useless-knowledge.com/

Venice Arts Virtual Screenplay

http://www.venicearts.com/dat/story.html

Word Games

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/freeplay.pl?game=ci

                Grammar

Dr. Nad’s Prig Page

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/5229/p_.htm

EditAvenue.com

http://www.editavenue.com/writingtip.asp?cid=12426

Jordan:  Gorilla Paper

http://weber.ucsd.edu/%7Edkjordan/resources/gorillapaper/gorilla.html

QUIZ – Newsroom Exercises

http://www.longleaf.net/newsroom101/

Style Guide

http://newark.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Writing/index.html

            History

American Broadcasting – History of

http://members.aol.com/jeff560/jeff.html

The British Conspiracy (Hitler and the occult)

http://www.members.aol.com/LeonardIngrams/britishconspircacy.html

Sir Richard Burton Tomb Restoration Project

http://www.burtonfund.org/

Comando Supreme: Italy at War

http://www.comandosupremo.com/

America 24/7

http://www.america24-7.com/index.shtml

Ancient Rome – Language & Writing

http://www.crystalinks.com/romelanguage.html

Copyright law—history

http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/timeline.html

http://copyright.mnscu.edu/law_history.htm

http://www.musicjournal.org/01copyright.html

Cossack Pirates of the Black Sea

http://www.thehistorynet.com/mh/blcossackpirates/

Crusader States, Naples

http://www.friesian.com/outremer.htm

Deb’s Historical Research Page

http://home.insightbb.com/~d.lawson/

Directory of the Nuremburg Military Tribunals

http://home.t-online.de/home/RIJONUE/occwc.htm#H

The Domesday Book

http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/

Explorers & Settlers of North America

http://oz.plymouth.edu/~lts/wilderness/explorers.html

The Fifties

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fifties.htm

First World War.com

http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm

Historic Western Frontier Forts

http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/wf_forts.htm

History—General (Gas prices/rationing)

http://apiec.api.org/filelibrary/Historical%20Trends%20in%20Gasoline%20Pump%20Prices%201918-2002.pdf

http://www.bookrags.com/history/americanhistory/gas-rationing-ahwt-01/

http://www.alumnibhs.com/old%20geezer%20photos/ww2%20ration%20stamps.htm

http://antiqueshoppefl.com/archives/rnuhn/rations.htm

http://www.prewarbuick.com/id389.htm

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_382b.html

http://users.snip.net/~cgf172/DC_Station/chapter9.html

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyfulton/Salute/WWIIrations.html

History Buff Home Page

http://www.historybuff.com/

History Channel

http://www.historychannel.com/today/

History of American Broadcasting

http://members.aol.com/jeff560/jeff.html

History of paperback publishing

http://web.utk.edu/~wrobinso/561_lec_pb.html

Internment camps

http://www.nps.gov/manz/ccdoj.htm

Liberty!  The American Revolution/PBS

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/

Medieval Sourcebook

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/domesday1.html

Mexican History

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history.html

National Museum for Funeral History

http://www.nmfh.org

Nazi Posters:  1933-1945

http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters2.htm

The Other Holocaust: Nanjing Massacre

http://www.skycitygallery.com/japan/japan.html

Pedro de Alvarado

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0803550.html

Sacred Text Archive

http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm

The 1960s (excellent resources & links)

http://www.thepipedreamers.com/

South American history

http://www.hostkingdom.net/samer.html

Spartacus Educational

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/

The Museum of Jurassic Technology

http://www.mjt.org/

The Patriot Resource:  History – American Revolution

http://www.patriotresource.com/history.html

Third Crusade

http://www.ordotempli.org/third_crusade.htm

Titanic Encyclopedia

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/index.php

Unit 731 (Japanese atrocities during World War II)

http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/NanjingMassacre/NMU731.html

U.S. Armies in Uniform

http://www.tekawiz.com/

U.S. Presidents – The Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/usgrant.html

Victorian Society in America

http://www.libertynet.org/vicsoc

http://www.victoriansociety.org/

Victorian Station

http://www.victorianstation.com

The Victorian Web

http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/victov.html

Wartime rationing

http://www.johndclare.net/wwii10_rationing_longmate.htm

White House Tapes (1940-1973)

http://www.whitehousetapes.org

Who Was Who in Roman Times

http://www.romansonline.com/

Women of Waterloo

http://www.thehistorynet.com/mh/blwomenofwaterloo/

Woodstock Music Festival

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/3869/woodstock.htm

The World at War—World War II

http://www.euronet.nl/users/wilfried/ww2/1940.htm

World War II

http://www.teacheroz.com/wwii.htm

            Humor

Bad Writing Contest

http://www.miami.edu/phi/misc/badwrite.htm

Brains4Zombies.com

http://www.brains4zombies.com/

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/

http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2003.htm

http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2004.htm

http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2002.htm

bungee.swf

http://www.nix-glop.com/toons/bungee.swf

Crazy Uses for Coca Cola!

http://members.tripod.com/%7EBarefoot_Lass/cola.html

Cruel Site of the Day

http://www.cruel.com/

Drew Curtis’ FARK.com

http://www.fark.com/

George W. Bush – GWBUSH.COM

http://www.gwbush.com/

INSULTS – Funny and clever insults

http://www.insultmonger.com/insults.htm

JERKCITY!

http://www.jerkcity.com/

Laugh Lab

http://www.laughlab.co.uk/topByCountry.html

Marry an American

http://www.marryanamerican.ca/aboot/

Modern Humorist

http://www.modernhumorist.com/mh/0202/suspense/

Naked Humorists are Here!!!!

http://www.nakedhumorists.com/

Plain English Campaign Awards

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/awards.html

Python Line (Monty Python Info & products)

http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/idle/index.shtml

Rejection Slip Blues

http://www.ralphmag.org/BN/rejection-slip1.htm 

Sign Slanguage (humorous signs from around the world)

http://www.signslanguage.com/

Something Awful – The Internet Makes You Stupid

http://www.somethingawful.com/

Talk Like A Pirate Day

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

The Dingo Online – Doggy-Style Humor

http://www.dingoonline.com/

The Straight Dope

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/index.html

http://www.straightdope.com/

The TRUE Stella Awards

http://stellaawards.com/

Ucomics

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/

Urban Legends Reference Pages

http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/takethat.asp

Urinal Dot Net

http://www.urinal.net/

Weapons of Mass Destruction

http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

V212WilliamLengeman2

http://newcamphorror.i8.com./V2I2/V2I2WilliamLengeman2.htm

William Safire’s Rules for Writers

http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/protein/pert/safire.rules.html

            Indians

Artists/Vircona

http://bbmsl.unm.edu/vircona/read.htm

Native American Culture of Maine

http://www.davistownmuseum.org/TDMnativeAm.htm

NativeTech

http://www.nativetech.org/news/index.php

NativeWeb

http://nativeWeb.org/

            Info (miscellaneous)

Australia - Vegemite

http://www.ozbird.com/oz/OzCulture/oz%5Fculture/vegemite/

Australian major media groups—history, bibliography, chronology

http://www.ketupa.net

Author signatures—My Book House

http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ecriswell/authors/agraphs.htm

Bad book covers

http://punkrockpenguin.net/waste/amuse/badcovers/

Best of the Web (new/interesting web sites)

http://best-of-web.com/index.shtml

Bestseller Book Lists

http://www.bestsellersguide.com/bs/bestsellers.htm

Bestseller Book Lists 1900-1995

http://www.caderbooks.com/bestintro.html

Bestselling Biographies

http://www.unleash.com/picks/books/booksbiographies.asp

Biographies & Memoirs – Book Search – Online Book Store

http://www.book-searches.com/

Birthdays—Comparison to celebrities

http://www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html

Blogs (state-by-state listing)

http://www.oscarjr.us/archives/000221.html

Book Crossing (book tracking)

http://www.bookcrossing.com/about

Book industry sales

http://www.fonerbooks.com/booksale.htm

Book Sense Bestsellers

http://www.bookweb.org/booksense/bestsellers/

Business plan archives (dot-com companies that rose and fell)

http://www.businessplanarchive.org/

http://CreativeDestruction.org/

Celtic – useful links

http://www.rovada.com/links.htm

Child abuse statistics

http://www.jimhopper.com

Cigarette girls

http://www.tributeproductions.com/ciggirls.htm

Colleges and Universities

http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ-full.html

Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence on Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction

http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd_2004/index.html

Condensed fairy tales

http://www.adlerbooks.com/fairyt.html

Costumes – The Costume Gallery Research Library

http://www.costumegallery.com/research.htm

Creative Pro (fonts)

http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/21157.html?cprose=5-14

Dark Side of the Net (links)

http://www.darklinks.com/

Dead Ohio (haunted/abandoned places)

http://www.deadohio.com/

Department of Defense—US military personnel who died in Iraq

http://www.defendamerica.mil/fallen.html

Desolation (photos of abandoned buildings)

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/4892/indds.htm

Dinosaurs – the DOL Dinosaur Omnipedia

http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/dmlf.htm

Easter Island Home Page

http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/rapanui.html

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=10404&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1052874106

Environmental Media Services (climate changes—facts)

http://www.ems.org/climate/facts.html

Escape Artist (living & working overseas)

http://www.escapeartist.com/

Face of Tomorrow

http://www.faceoftomorrow.com

Fact Check

http://www.factcheck.org

Federal Minimum wages

http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/chart.htm

Fonts – a type glossary

http://www.microsoft.com/truetype/glossary/content.htm

Freedom of Information

http://www.citizen.org/litigation/free_info/foic_aids/articles.cfm?ID=6352

FTC

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/dotcom/index.html

German Propaganda Archive (1931-1945)

http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/index.htm

Goodbye Gutenberg

http://www.goodbyegutenberg.com/

Gravestones

www.capcodgravestones.com

www.gravematters.com

Green Eggs Report

http://ger.ar.com/ger/sci/anthropology/content.html

Greg Site

http://www.vaxxine.com/mgdsite/

Guide to US States – SHG Resources

http://www.shgresources.com/

Halfbakery (new/odd/fun web sites)

http://www.halfbakery.com/

Heron of Alexandria

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Heron.html

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/HeronAlexandria.htm

http://alexandrias.tripod.com/hero.htm

http://www.thocp.net/biographies/heron_alexandria.html

http://www.stirlingengines.org.uk/pioneers/pion.html

http://www.grassyknoll.homestead.com/1085HeronTimeTraveller.html

http://www.wundersamessammelsurium.de/Heron/

Historic American Buildings Survey

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-

bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&fileName=ia/ia0000/ia0058/photos/browse.db&amp%3Baction=browse&amp%3BrecNum=0&amp%3Btitle2=Parsons%
20College,Ewing%20Hall,%20Fairfield,%20Jefferson%20County,%20IA&amp%3BdisplayType=1&amp%3BitemLink=D?hh

History of paper

http://www.paperonline.org/history/history_frame.html

History of televised US Presidential debates

http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/index.htm

Hitchhiking (gear & books)

http://www.digihitch.com/links-46-10-titleA-10.html

http://www.digihitch.com/links-46-0-titleA-10.html

Index of home pages (computer/internet topics)

http://www.ih2000.net/ira/

INS History, Genealogy, and Education

http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/articles/NameEssay.html

Institute for Women’s Policy Research

http://www.iwpr.org/

International real estate listings

http://www.planetproperties.com/

http://realestate.escapeartist.com/

http://www.bizzz.com/photoads7/viewads.html

http://www.land.net/

http://www.ired.com/

http://www.reals.com/

http://www.xmission.com/%7Erealtor1/

http://www.luxury-realestate.com/

International Type Index

http://www.point-central.com

Internet Public Library (text collections directory)

http://www.ipl.org.ar/cgi-bin/reading/colls.out.pl?ti=UVW

Interview with Abbie Hoffman

http://www.cafecancun.com/abbie/index.htm

Irish Culture & Customs

http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/

Irish Travelers

http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/gypsy/travell.htm

Islamic position on terrorism

http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/response.htm

I used to believe (childhood beliefs)

http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/

John F. Kennedy & Marilyn Monroe

http://www.lawmall.com/jfk.mm/index.html

Johnny Roventini, the Phillip Morris Bellhop

http://www.bellhop.org/

Law Enforcement, Police & Security Gear

http://www.chiefsupply.com/police_gear.html

Literary Locales

http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/places.htm

Lord Haw-Haw

http://www.sigtel.com/radio_hawhaw.html

Los Angeles County

http://lacounty.info/

Making furniture from books

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/26/furniture_made_from_.html

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2004/bedroom.html

http://www.writtenroad.com/archives/001699.shtml

Mausolea and Monuments

http://www.mausolea-monuments.org.uk/

The Memory Hole

http://www.thememoryhole.org/

Neat new stuff on the net (reviews of web sites)

http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html

New York Times Photo Archives

http://www.nytimes.com/nytstore/photos/index.html

Nostalgia Central

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com

Occult/ The Mystica

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/default.html

Ohio/Illicit Ohio

http://illicitohio.illicitohio.com/

Open Media Network (free public service for movies, TV and radio and more)

http://www.omn.org

Paper Paradise (fun things to do with paper—links)

http://www.paperparadise.com/articles/cool_links.cfm

Personal Home Pages

http://home.wi.rr.com/

Peter Rabbit (by Beatrix Potter) translated into Egyptian hieroglyphics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4137735.stm

Pew Internet & American Life Project (Spam, etc.)

http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=102

http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=106

Phrenology

http://pages.britishlibrary.net/phrenology/overview.htm

Psychoceramics (rants and tracts about many subjects)

http://dev.null.org/psychoceramics/collection/

Public Library Locator

http://nces.ed.gov/ncesglobal/customerrors/handle404.asp?404;http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/liblocator/library.asp

Publishing Trends

http://www.publishingtrends.com/

Random number generator

http://www.random.org/

Retecool (European—weird news from around the world)

http://www.retecool.com/

Robots in literature

http://www.jeffbots.com/bookbots.html

Rotten.com (weird web sites)

http://www.rotten.com/

SCI FI/Starship Dimensions!

http://www.merzo.net/

Science fiction inventions (Retro Future)

http://www.retrofuture.com/

Scotland/Kilts – Douglas House of Scottish Designs

http://www.douglashouse.net/

Scotland—Gazetteer for Scotland

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/gaztitle.html

Scotland/Gathering of the Clans

http://www.tartans.com/

Scotland/Great Scot – kilts, tartans and more

http://www.greatscotshop.com/

Scotland/kilts & highland dress by E-kilts

http://www.e-kilts.com/?source=usoverture

Scotland/Scottish Clans

http://www.scotlandsclans.com/clans6.htm

Scotland/Scottish Fairy Tales

http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/stories/index.htm

Scotland/Weescots.com

http://www.weescots.com/door.htm 

Scotsman.com News

http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm

Shrunken Heads (photos)

http://www.head-hunter.com/gallery.html

Sickroom

http://www.geocities.com/dark_angel_of_torture/sickroom.html

Site du Jour of the Day

http://sdjotd.tripod.com/

Slot Machines

http://www.oldtimeslots.com/

Social Security Online

http://www.ssa.gov/history/history.html

Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics

http://spj.org/ethics_code.asp

Stock photo directory

http://www.phylliscahill.com/greatsites/general.html

Storytelling—StoryCorps

http://storycorps.net/about/

Tarot Cards (using tarot cards to create characters)

http://www.tarottools.com/archives/000021.html

Terrorism knowledge base

http://www.tkb.org/Home.jsp

Til Ulenspiegel

gopher://ftp.std.com:70/00/obi/book/Fairy.Tales/Grimm/til.ulenspighel.txt

Til Ulenspiegel/Graphic Witness

http://www.graphicwitness.org/historic/masereel.htm#tyl1

Til Ulenspiegel/Hatter’s Classics

http://www.eldrbarry.net/roos/books/nood.htm

United Nations Research Guide

http://library.msstate.edu/resources/guides/unitednations.asp

US Army survival field manual FM-21-76

http://www.aircav.com/survival/asurtoc.html

US National Novel Writing Month

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

VOC (Dutch East India Company) wrecks

http://www.aair17.ukgateway.net/vocwrecks.htm#Geldermalsen

Wartime rationing

http://www.johndclare.net/wwii10_rationing_longmate.htm

Webby Nominees & Awards

http://www.webbyawards.com/main/webby_awards/nominees.html

What the Font (fonts, font matching)

http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont

WHOIS—Search for domain ownership

http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/

Woodstock Music Festival

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/3869/woodstock.htm

World Sex Records

http://www.world-sex-records.com/sex-184.htm

Writers in Prison (English PEN)

http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/

Zen-style World map

http://www.zen-style.com/

            Languages

Basic Guide to ASL

http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html

Alternative Latin Dictionary

http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Latin.html

Alternative Spanish dictionary

http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Spanish.html

Babel Fish Translator 

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr

Behind the Names (etymology & history of surnames)

http://surnames.behindthename.com/

The Best of British

http://www.effingpot.com/

Canadian online language toolkit

http://www.wordwizards.gc.ca/index.jsp

CLASSICAL/Perseus Digital Library

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

Colloquial & vulgar Latin

http://www.southwestern.edu/~carlg/Latin_Web/culture8.html

Cyberpunk Slang

http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/%7Ejcnewman/definition.html

Dialect survey results (on how people pronounce words)

http://hcs.harvard.edu/%7Egolder/dialect/maps.php

Dictionaries (translations from various languages to English)

http://www.freedict.com/

Dictionary of English slang and colloquialism

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

Dictionary of the Scots language

http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/

Dictionary of street drug slang

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html

Disappearing languages

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7856&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

English accents and dialects (audio)

http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/dialects/

English Spelling Rules

http://writing.englishclub.com/spelling.htm

Environmental terms (Green Home)

http://www.greenhome.com/toxipedia/

Everyday English & slang in Ireland

http://www.at.artslink.co.za/~gerry/irish.htm

Fonts in Cyberspace (Language)

http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/

Free Focusing on Words Newsletter (English words derived from Latin or Greek)

http://www.wordexplorations.info/subscribe-newsletter.html

Free Translation (language translator)

http://www.freetranslation.com

French Grammar

http://www.languageguide.org/francais/grammar/questions/info.html

Gangster/mobster slang glossary

http://www.bugsysclub.com/club/community/info_glossary.htm

Global Internet Statistics (by language)

http://www.glreach.com/globstats/index.php3

Heteronyms

http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ecellis/heteronym.html

Insults (Insult Monger)

http://www.insultmonger.com/index.htm

Language translation—English, French, German, etc.

http://www.glreach.com/globstats/index.php3

Latin Dictionary & grammar aid

http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/WORDS.EXE

Latin-English online dictionary

http://dictionaries.travlang.com/LatinEnglish/

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/latindictionaries/

http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm

http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romevd/html/derivmain.html

http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romevd/html/game.html

http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/

Latin-Greek-Italian

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lang=Latin

My favorite foreign slang

http://members.aol.com/scplayoff/

Slanguage.com (worldwide slang)

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

Tarjim (Arabic-English-Arabic translator)

http://tarjim.ajeeb.com/ajeeb/elogin_ET.asp

Travalang’s translating dictionary (multiple languages)

http://www.dictionaries.travlang.com/

Women-only language

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040329/womenlanguage.html

            Law

AuthorsLawyer.com—Piracy

http://www.authorslawyer.com/c-pir0.shtml#dmca

CataLaw—Index of law and government

http://www.catalaw.com/

Contract Workers Bill of Rights

http://www.cehandbook.com/cehandbook/cwbor.html

Copyright infringement—“fair use” vs. cease and desist letters

http://www.fepproject.org/commentaries/ceaseanddesist.html

Copyright renewal search engine

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~lesk/copyrenew.html

Defamation

http://www.ivanhoffman.com/defamation.html

Digital media, the state of

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/files/wp2005.pdf

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/files/wpsupplement2005.pdf

Electronic Information System for International Law

http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=361842967&t=index

Entertainment Law

http://www.marklitwak.com/resources/

First Amendment Center

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/

FreeLawLinks

http://www.freelawlinks.com/

Gun laws state-by-state

http://www.nraila.org/media/misc/compendium.htm

Intellectual property: art or utility

http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01TAW190105

Law and Fiction
 

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

Law and Legal Resource Center

http://www.hg.org/

Lawguru

http://www.lawguru.com/

LawInfo—Lawyers, attorneys, free legal forms

http://www.lawinfo.com/

Lawsuits—current, involving intellectual property

http://www.tlc-i.com/texis/tmp/litcases3

Legal Information Institute

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/personal_information.html

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2703.html

Legal Information

http://www.nolo.com/

Legal Information—newsletter

http://www.manatt.com/newsletterslist.asp

Literary Agency Contract alert

http://www.sfwa.org/news/contractalert.htm

Literary Law Guide

http://literarylawguide.com/podblog.htm

Nineteenth Century British and American Copyright Law

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/pva/pva74.html

Public Domain

http://www.copylaw.com/new_articles/PublicDomain.html

Royalties

http://www.ivanhoffman.com/royalties.html

Starving Artists Law

http://www.starvingartistslaw.com

Uniform Code of military justice

http://www.army.mil/references/UCMJ/

Writer’s Legal issues

http://www.ivanhoffman.com

Writer’s rights

http://www.thescriptorium.net/on_writing.html

            Maps

Historic Cities

http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/

MapQuest

http://www.mapquest.com/

MSN—Maps & directories

http://mappoint.msn.com/(yf0ygu33m0mw3v55heodctzu)/home.aspx?mapblast=true

National Scenic Byways

http://www.byways.org/

Roadside America (offbeat tourist spots)

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/

Movies

Drew’s Script-o-Rama (free scripts_

http://www.script-o-rama.com/

American Film Institute

http://www.afi.com/default.aspx

Based on the Book—Books and stories made into movies

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/

Brian’s Drive-in – B Movie Bios

http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/tomneal.html

Movie Cliché List

http://www.moviecliches.com/

Moviemistakes.com

http://www.moviemistakes.com/

Movie Quiz

http://www.hugemoviequiz.com

Noir Cinema.com

http://www.noircinema.com

Nostalgia Central

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/features/20moviethings.htm

Nostalgia Factory (movie posters)

http://www.nostalgia.com/

Production Hub (jobs in movies)

http://www.productionhub.com/

http://www.productionhub.com/jobs/listings.asp?cat_id=3

Razzie Awards

http://www.razzies.com

The Search for Smithee

http://www.smitheeawards.com/smithee_search.cfm

Trivia Hollywood

http://rajubist.tripod.com/journo/id7.html

Turner Classic Movies

http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/

Zoetrope Virtual Studio

http://www.zoetrope.com/

Music

All Lyrics

http://wiredmasses.iwarp.com/lyrics.htm

American Music Classics

http://www.americanmusicclassics.com/songalp.htm

American Song Online

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/Songs/online.html

AnyWho (song titles/lyrics search links)

http://www.anywho.com/cgi-bin/webdrill?catkey=gwd/Top/Arts/Music/Lyrics

Center for Popular Music

http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/research.html

Country music proverbs

http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/flonta/DPbooks/FOLSOM/Preface.html

Duke University library (sheet music collections—links)

http://www.lib.duke.edu/music/sheetmusic/collections.html

Hip Country & Western Song titles

http://www.petelevin.com/countrytitles_home.htm

Index of song title indexes

http://www.playpiano.com/music-articles/IndexOfSongTitleIndexes.htm

Instrument Encyclopedia

http://homepage.mac.com/davidahmed/makingmusic.html

Internet Public Library (links to databases of song lyrics)

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ent55.00.00/

Lyrics Collection (links to song titles/lyrics lists)

http://www.lyricsconnection.com/lyrics/lyricgen.html

Lyrics Library—song search sites

http://members.fortunecity.com/lyricslib2/lyrics_lib/SongSearch.html

LyricSearch (song lyrics search engine)

http://lyricsearch.net/

Max Yasgur’s Farm—1969 Woodstock Festival site

http://www.yasgurroad.com/history.html

http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/easyrider/data/pages/woodstock/yasgur.htm

Music Box Moments—song list

http://www.giftsonline.net/song_list.html

Music from TV commercials

http://www.songtitle.info/

Music Library (research links)

http://www.lib.unc.edu/music/research/other.html

MusicMoz—song lyrics from around the world & links to sites

http://www.musicmoz.org/Lyrics/World/

Number 1 Song on this date in history

http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

Pop Music Charts (Top 40—by decade)

http://www.gramble.com/music/top40.html

Popular song database

http://www1.lib.washington.edu/dbtw-wpd/docs/popsong/

Popular song index

http://pml.suffolk.lib.ny.us/songindx/pmlsong.htm

Popular song titles

http://www.michaelerb.net/a-e.html

Public Domain Music

http://www.pdinfo.com/list.htm

http://www.pdinfo.com/

Quiz – 80’s Lyrics

http://www.yetanotherdot.com/asp/80s.html

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/allinductees.asp?sort=ln%2Cfn

Songsearch

http://www.songsearch.com/

Songwriters Hall of Fame

www.songwritershalloffame.org/inductees_by_era.asp

Warner Chappell Music (online database of titles and writers)

http://warnerchappell.com/wcm/song_search/search_menu/help.jsp

Web resources (song title links)

http://www.sjvls.org/songs/sng_web.html

Woodstock Music Festival

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/3869/woodstock.htm

Mystery

Black Mask Magazine

http://www.blackmaskmagazine.com/fiction.html

http://www.blackmask.com/page.php

Books ‘n’ Bytes (Mystery & science fiction resources & reviews)

http://www.booksnbytes.com/

Classic Mystery and Detection (Reference—lists & essays)

http://members.aol.com/MG4273/classics.htm

Clue Lass (mystery/crime/suspense reference

http://www.cluelass.com/index2.lasso

http://www.cluelass.com/DDO

Crime Fiction Database (Reference—authors, detectives & links)

http://www.crimefiction.com/

Crime Scene (Scotland—e-zine)

http://www.crimescenescotland.com/

http://www.crimescenescotland.com/guidelines.htm

Crime Thru Time

http://www.crimethrutime.com

Crimson Dagger magazine

www.crimsondagger.com.

Dorothy L (organization & forum)

http://www.dorothyl.com/

Drood Review (mystery reviews & interviews & affiliated press)

http://www.droodreview.com/

Euro Crime (British & European crime writers)

http://www.weatherwax.co.uk/

Film Noir Reader (nonfiction articles & essays)

http://members.aol.com/alainsil/noir/

Golden Age of Detective Fiction (authors & websites)

http://westwood.fortunecity.com/ozbek/338/Authors/index.htm

Gumshoe Review

http://www.gumshoereview.com/

The Gumshoe Site (news)

http://www.nsknet.or.jp/~jkimura/index.html

Gunwriters (reference—firearms)

http://guns.connect.fi/gow/QA6.html

Hardboiled Glossary

http://www.miskatonic.org/slang.html

Hardboiled Heaven (crime & mystery checklists)

http://members.tripod.com/%7Ewriter89/

Hardluck Stories (hardboiled and noir e-zine)

http://www.hardluckstories.com/

I Love a Mystery Newsletter (Reviews)

http://www.ILoveAMysteryNewsletter.com/

Jack Hardway Mystery Writer’s resources

http://jackhardway.com/

January Magazine (reviews & interviews)

http://www.januarymagazine.com/

Kiss of Death (workshops, news & reviews)

http://www.rwamysterysuspense.org/

Lady M’s Mystery International (news & reviews)

http://www.mysteryinternational.com/

Landscapes of Crime (geography of crime fiction)

http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Egjdemko/

http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Egjdemko/toc.htm

Lester Dent’s Master fiction plot for pulps

http://www.miskatonic.org/dent.html

Murder Mystery Writers and Authors

http://www.host-party.com/authorprogram.asp

Mysterical-e

http://welcome.to/mysterical-e

http://www.mysterical.bizland.com/index.html

Mysterious Writ (Bay Area Writing Group—links to book publishers)

http://www.mysteriouswrit.org/page2.html

http://www.mysteriouswrit.org/

Mystery Circus

http://www.mysterycircus.com/

Mystery Connections (links & resources)

http://emporium.turnpike.net/%7Emystery/crime_pursuits.html

Mystery File

www.lewis-books.com/Mfile.htm

MysteryGuide.com (news & reviews)

http://www.mysteryguide.com/

Mystery Lovers Corner

www.mysteryloverscorner.com

Mystery Magazines in Print (Markets)

http://www.gaslightbooks.com.au/mystmags/Magsintro.htm

MysteryNet. Com (books, games & reviews)

http://www.mysterynet.com/

Mystery News (Reviews & updates)

http://www.blackravenpress.com/whatsnew.htm

http://www.blackravenpress.com/

Mystery Place (forum)

http://www.mysteryplaceonline.com/

Mystery Radio Network (audio)

http://www.mysteryradio.net/

Mystery Readers International/Mystery Readers Journal (reviews & interviews)

http://www.mysteryreaders.org/

http://www.mysteryreaders.org/period.html

Mystery Scene Magazine (reviews & news)

http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/guidelines.html

Mystery Vault (quote resource—under development)

http://www.mysteryvault.net/

Mystery Writers’ Pseudonyms

http://www.hycyber.com/MYST/writer_pseudo.html

Nefarious (Ezine)

http://www.thewindjammer.com/nefarious/html/submissions.html

Noir City (Author site—Eddie Muller—and links)

http://www.noircity.com/home.html

100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century

http://www.mysterybooksellers.com/favorites.html

Outlined in Chalk (Random House—newsletter)

http://www.randomhouse.com/email/oic/

http://www.randomhouse.com/email/oic/dedicatedknopf/

Poisoned Pen Press (mystery publisher)

http://www.poisonedpenpress.com/

The Rap Sheet

http://therapsheet.blogspot.com

Rara-Avis (Mailing list for noir & hardboiled fans + glossary)

http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/

State Private Investigator Associations

http://secretsoftopprivateeyes.com/resources_page2.htm

States’ requirements for private investigator/detective licensing

http://www.crimetime.com/licensing.htm

Thrilling Detective

http://www.thrillingdetective.com/fiction/guidelines.html

Thriller UK (UK—Pulp & Vintage magazine

http://www.thrilleruk.fsnet.co.uk/latest.htm

http://www.thrilleruk.fsnet.co.uk/wanted.htm

Ultimate Mystery/Detective Web Guide (magazines, bookstores, publishers, news)

http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateMystery/index.html

US Federal Patches (reference)

http://www.webscope.com/patches/collection/fedpat.htm

Van Dine’s Rules for writing mysteries

http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/vandine.htm

Virtual Gumshoe (links to investigative information)

http://www.virtualgumshoe.com/

Wicked Company

http://community.iuniverse.com/mystery/

Writer’s Forensics Medical Lab

http://www.dplylemd.com/

Myth

AFU & Urban Legends

http://www.urbanlegends.com/

Algonquin Legends

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext04/lgqlg10.txt

Encyclopedia Mythica

http://www.pantheon.org/

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Mythic Journeys

http://www.mythicjourneys.org

Myth Web

http://www.mythweb.com

Sumerian Mythology

http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/D8.HTM

The Holy Fool

http://www.paganlibrary.com/reference/holy_fool.php

Till Eulenspiegel Was Here

http://www.fairietales.com/till2.html

Urban Legends Reference Pages

http://snopes.com/

Yahoo! Urban Legends Directory

http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/mythology_and_folklore/folklore/urban_legends/

Names

Baby Names

http://www.kabalarians.com/cfm/surf-by.cfm

Behind the Names (etymology & history of surnames)

http://surnames.behindthename.com/

Common Russian Names

http://www.doukhobor.org/Commonnames.htm

Etymology and history of first names

http://www.behindthename.com/

Random Name Generator

http://www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm

Surname Origin List ****

http://www.familychronicle.com/surname.htm

ThePeerage.com – Surname Index of the peerage of Britain & the royal families of Europe

http://www.thepeerage.com/surname_index.ht

Organizations

American Screenwriters Association

http://www.asascreenwriters.com/topfeaturefilmscripts.shtml

American Society of Business Publication Editors

http://www.asbpe.org/

American Society of Journalists & Authors

http://www.asja.org/

Crime Writers Association (UK)

http://www.thecwa.co.uk/

National Association of Science Writers

http://nasw.org/

National Coalition against Censorship

http://www.ncac.org/

National Commission on Writing

http://www.writingcommission.org

Pacific Northwest Writers Association

http://PNWA.org/

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

http://rmfw.org/

Short Mystery Fiction Society

http://www.shortmystery.net/

Personalities

Randy B. Fowler

http://www.spaceysbrother.com

Radio

CBS Mystery Theater

http://cbsrmt.mousetrap.net/

Fresh Air Online

http://freshair.npr.org/

Jaweb – Old Time Radio

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jaweb/index.html

Jezner Studios – Old Time Radio

http://www.jezner.com/old_time_radio/

Old Time Radio Show Server 

http://senior.billings.k12.mt.us/cgi-bin/otrvdyn.pl

Old-Time Radio, Good Ol’ Days

http://home.hiwaay.net/%7Eajohns/retro/Radio.htm

RadioLovers.com

http://www.radiolovers.com/

Scripts/Stage Show Productions 

http://www.stageshadows.com/

Sounds of Yesteryear

http://www.soundsofyesteryear.com/

Reference

Absolute Write (Agents reports & markets)

http://www.absolutewrite.com/

African-American Women Writers of the 19th century

http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19

A.K.A.  (Author pseudonyms)

http://www.trussel.com/books/aka.htm

Alpha dictionary (Search 992 online dictionaries at once)

http://www.alphadictionary.com/index.shtml

American Indian Tribes

http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/6524/civiliza.htm

AnyWho (Internet Directory Assistance/Yellow Pages)

http://www.anywho.com/

Art & Architecture Thesaurus

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/

Australian resources, contacts, and experts, etc.

http://journoz.com

Author Pseudonyms

http://www.myunicorn.com/pseudos.html

Baby names by category

http://www.kabalarians.com/cfm/surf-by.cfm

Bartleby.com (Encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, quotations, etc.)

http://www.bartleby.com/

The Best of British

http://www.effingpot.com/

The Bible (biblical references in crosswords)

http://members.cox.net/chuxwords/bible.html

Bigfoot Field Research Organization

http://www.bfro.net

Biological & chemical weapons

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/0109/biochem.terrorism/frameset.anthrax.exclude.html

The British Library

http://www.bl.uk/

British neologisms

http://pages.zoom.co.uk/leveridge/dictionary.html

Calligraphy

http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_kenny/20050420.html

Celebrity database—50,000 celebs + contact info

http://contactanycelebrity.com

Chicago Manual of Style

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.html

CIA World Factbook

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

http://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Cliché finder

http://www.westegg.com/cliche/

Columbia Guide to Standard American

http://www.bartleby.com/68/

Common errors in English

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

Copyright (What every writer should know)

http://www.literarylawguide.com/co-001.htm

Copyright and Fair Use

http://www.uncg.edu/cha/UNIVERSITY_COUNSEL/FAQ/copyfaq.html

Copyright Law

http://www.companynewsletters.com/copyright.htm

Copyright registration facts & fiction

http://www.writersstore.com/article.php?articles_id=532&discount=ezine&source=ezine

Court TV’s Crime Library

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

Creative Quotations (and bio info for 3000 famous people)

http://www.creativequotations.com

Crime Thru Time

http://www.crimethrutime.com

Definitions and explanations for one million topics

http://www.answers.com

Department of Justice—Freedom of Information Act

http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/referenceguidemay99.htm

Dictionaries (English to various languages: Danish, Dutch, French, Swedish, Russian, etc.)

http://www.freedict.com/

Dictionary.com (foreign, grammar, thesaurus, translators, word of the day)

http://dictionary.reference.com/

Dictionary of Heraldry

http://digiserve.com/heraldry/pimbley.htm

Dictionary of Slang (British)

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

Directory of Experts

http://www.ExpertsWhoSpeak.org/directory.html

Double-Tongued Word Wrestler (dictionary of old and new words from the fringes of English)

http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/guide/

Dream Dictionary

http://dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/

Editing Terms

http://www.avid.com/freedv/avideditingglossary.pdf

Elements of Style (White & Strunk)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=I85137

Eminent Quotables (quotations)

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quotes/quotes_frames.htm

English as we speak it in Ireland.

http://indigo.ie/~kfinlay/Joycenglish/joyceindex.htm

EnglishClub.Com (various references—Roman numerals, colors, many online dictionaries—for ESL students)

http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/index.htm

English Dictionary in Limerick form

http://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php

Espionage Glossary

http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/spies/framesource_mainglossary.html

Etymology dictionary

http://www.etymonline.com

European Companies (data on 18 million companies)

http://www.euroinfopool.com

Farmers almanac – full moon names

http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/fullmoonnames.html

Favorite fictional characters

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/features/story.jsp?story=616202

Fiction Writer’s Resource Page (Agents, articles, tips, ideas, etc.)

http://mailer.fsu.edu/%7Etjp4773/writersresources.html

Film and television terms (glossary)

http://www.screenonline.org.uk/education/glossary.html

Finding military records

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=32&aid=70316

http://www.military.com/Registration/QuickRegistration?member_internal_source=BUDDYFINDER&strGotoURL=http%3A//

www.military.com/Military/Locator/New/Splash/%3Floc%3DL2

http://aad.archives.gov/aad/title_list.jsp

http://aad.archives.gov/aad/file_unit_description.jsp?file_id=3475&coll_id=null

http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records.html

http://www.archives.gov/research_room/vetrecs/index.html

http://www.archives.gov/records_of_congress/index.html

First lines from novels

http://www.litline.org/ABR/100bestfirstlines.html

Folding (all about different folds for brochures)

http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/23091.html?cprose=6-26

Free Trade magazines

http://www.tradepub.com

Freedom of Information submissions

http://www.citizen.org/litigation/free_info/foic_aids/articles.cfm?ID=6417

FTC

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/dotcom/index.html

Geneva Convention

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm

Geography (PlacesNamed.com)

http://www.placesnamed.com/

Global Terrorism glossary

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/ydglos.html

Glossary: information security and computing terms

http://www.yourwindow.to/information%2Dsecurity

Glossary of printing terms (Melbourne Museum of Printing)

http://home.vicnet.net.au/%7Etypo/glossary/glossary.htm

Glossary of publishing terms

http://romancedivas.com/writers%20resources/GlossaryofPublishingTerms.pdf

Glossary: Terms relating to domain registration, maintenance, and Web hosting

http://www.domainsarefree.com/glossary

Grammatical terms (glossary)

http://englishplus.com/grammar/glossary.htm

Heraldry    

http://www.infokey.com/index.htm

Highways TV (maps, weather, other travel resources)

http://www.highways.tv/

History of printing

http://www.hotlinecy.com/Granger/anatomy%20of%20book.htm

How Stuff Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

How to file a Freedom of Information request

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=14750

Idioms (what they mean and why)

http://idiomsite.com

Illustrated story of copyright

http://www.edwardsamuels.com/illustratedstory/index.htm

Independent Press Guide

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dee.rimbaud/aaipg.html

Infobel World (world telephone directories)

http://www.infobel.com/teldir/default.asp

InfoMine (scholarly internet resources—by subject)

http://infomine.ucr.edu/

InLibris (links to thousands of writer’s resources)

http://www.inlibris.com/s.pl

International Paper Historian database

http://www.paperhistory.org/database.htm

International Spy Museum

http://www.spymuseum.org/index.asp

International Who’s Who

http://www.worldwhoswho.com/LOGIN?sessionid=00a443f0f1826037f34c19c3567382ca&authstatuscode=400

http://www.worldwhoswho.com/views/browse.html?id=har-0230

Internet Broadway Database

http://www.ibdb.com/

Islamic terms and concepts (glossary)

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/glossary.html

Journalism glossary

http://www.journalism.co.uk/glossary.shtml

Knights of the Garter

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm

Knowledge Centre

http://www.transparency.org/knowl_intro.html

Law Dictionary

http://www.duhaime.org/Dictionary

Library of Congress (many resources)

http://www.loc.gov/

Library of Virtual Reference Sources

http://freerangelibrarian.com/archives/093004/virtual_reference_st.php

Library Reference Service

http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/

LinkSwarm (links to a variety of web sites)

http://www.linkswarm.com/

Literary & Rhetorical terms

http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Terms/

Literary Locales

http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/places.htm

Literary Marketplace (lists & links to US & International agents & publishers)

http://www.literarymarketplace.com/lmp/us/index_us.asp

Literary Terms (glossary—Virtual Salt)

http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm

Major League Baseball    

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp

Marketing Plan—outline

http://www.bambooweb.com/articles/m/a/Marketing_plan.html

Merriam-Webster

http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/04words.htm

Miscellaneous links—Jack Hardway’s References

http://jackhardway.com/referencelinks2.htm/%23reference

Monthly statistics—world’s economic, political and cultural climate (Harper Index)

http://www.harpers.org/HarpersIndex.html

Most frequently used English words (statistically)

http://www.wordcount.org/about.html

Most popular search keywords

http://labs.patrickgaskill.com/googlealphabet

Moving Image Collection

http://mic.imtc.gatech.edu

Musical instruments

http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument

Mystery Writer’s Resources

http://jackhardway.com

Names from around the world

http://www.20000-names.com/

New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy

http://www.bartleby.com/59/

New York Public Library

www.nypl.org

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/technology/circuits/09libr.html?th

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/

Nom de Guerre (author pseudonyms)

http://go.to/realnames

http://authorities.loc.gov

Objects/products from the 1950s to the present

http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1950/objects/index.html

Online Paper Database

http://www.paperspecs.com

Online Text Formatter

http://www.fwointl.com/FWOFormatter.html

OneLook (dictionary search)

http://www.onelook.com/

Opening Hooks (database of first sentences of published books)

http://www.openinghooks.us/cgi-bin/sentences.cgi?start=0&orderby=date

Organized crime & corruption (resources & links)

http://www.yorku.ca/nathanson/Links/links.htm

PC World (free dictionary/thesaurus download)

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,4726,00.asp

Paper

http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/amp

Paperback book history

http://www.crcstudio.arts.ualberta.ca/paperbacks

Paper glossary

http://www.paperonline.org/glossary/paperglossary/paperglossary_frame.html

Paper grades and products

http://www.paperonline.org/grades/grades_frame.html

Passive/active verbs

http://www.penwomanship.com/Active-vs-Passive-Moore.htm

The Peerage.com

http://www.thepeerage.com/

Peter’s Place of Freelance Journalism (various resources for writers and researchers; also genealogy resources)

http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/%7Epetersplace/index.htm

Plays & playwrights (Doollee—since 1956)

http://www.doollee.com/Index1.htm

Poetic Terms (glossary)

http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/pmglossary1.html

Poetry Connection

http://www.poetryconnection.net

Political Dictionary

http://www.fast-times.com/politicaldictionary.html

POW/MIA Search

http://www.scopesys.com/powmia/powsearch.html

Preditors & Editors (agents, resources, warnings)

http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/

Pseudodictionary (made-up words, slang, colloquialisms, web speak etc.)

http://www.pseudodictionary.com

Public Records—online resources and people-finding tools

http://www.virtualchase.com/people/index.html

Public Records Directory—FREE (business information, corporate filings, property records, unclaimed property, professional licenses, offenders, criminal and civil court filings, etc.)

http://www.searchsystems.net

Publishing Terms

http://www.bookzonepro.com/glossary.html

PubSub Government (government official locator)

http://www.pubsub.com/features/government

Quotations

http://www.creativequotations.com/

Quotations—H.L. Mencken

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/h_l_mencken.html

Real Names of Famous Folk

http://www.famousfolk.com/

RefDesk (multiple resources)

http://www.refdesk.com/

http://www.referencedesk.org/expert.html

Resources for writers & writing instructors (links to usage, style, grammar guides, dictionaries, etc.)

http://newark.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Writing/links.html

Reverse Dictionary

http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml

Rhetorical Terms (glossary, with examples)

http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html

Rhyming Dictionary (RhymeZone—also quotations, Shakespeare, famous documents, other resources)

http://www.rhymezone.com/

Rhyming Dictionary (WriteExpress)

http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html

Rhyming Dictionaries

http://www.rhymezone.com

http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html

http://rhymes.ansme.com/

http://www.wordcentral.com/mus/musblank.html

http://dictionary.langenberg.com/

Shakespeare’s plays—digitized

http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/homepage.html

SilvaRhetorica (rhetoric & rhetorical devices)

http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm

SJSU English Department Home Page (various resources, plus Bulwer-Lytton Contest)

http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/

Slang Links

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wrader/slang/index.html

http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/

http://whttp://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/slang

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/SearchSlang.aspx

http://www.miskatonic.org/slang.html

Slang (Urban Dictionary)

http://www.urbandictionary.com

Slang Dictionary

http://www.OCF.Berkeley.EDU/~wrader/slang/

Sound effects—online library

http://www.sounddogs.com/start.asp

SpecFicWorld (resources for Science Fiction writers)

http://www.specficworld.com/

Speech & Transcript Center

http://www.freepint.com/gary/speech.htm

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://plato.stanford.edu/

Statistically Improbable Phrases

http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,67430,00.html

Street Drug Slang Guide

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/SearchSlang.aspx

Teen lingo

http://www.thesource4ym.com/teenlingo/index.asp

Thesaurus.com (plus dictionaries, translators, other references)

http://thesaurus.reference.com/

Thesaurus & Dictionary (WordWeb software—free download)

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,4726,00.asp

TIME Magazine Archive (all articles from1923 forward)

http://www.timearchive.com

Today’s Calendar & Clock page

http://www.ecben.net/calendar.shtml

Units of Measurement

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/

Urban Dictionary

http://www.urbandictionary.com

US Copyright Office (call for “orphan” works information)

http://www.copyright.gov

http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2005/70fr3739.html

http://www.orphanworks.org

US Military acronyms and glossaries

http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/military.html

US National poetry almanac

http://www.poets.org/almanac/

US Printing Office Style Manual

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/stylemanual

US Publishers Index

http://paperbarn.www1.50megs.com/publishers/PublishersAlph.htm

U.S. state election laws & administration

http://www.nass.org/electioninfo/laws&admin.htm

Vocab Vitamins (grammar and phrasing reference)

http://www.vocabvitamins.com/reference/index.php

Vocabulary list for reporters and editors

http://www.newsthinking.com/story.cfm?SID=108

War Research Portal

http://www.g2mil.com

Watermarks

http://ada.cath.vt.edu:591/dbs/gravell/default.html#1

http://www.gravell.org

http://www.paperhistory.org/wmclass.htm

Webopedia (computer and Internet terms)

http://www.webopedia.com/searchtool/

Web Scrapbook (clipping file, poll/survey builders, etc.)

http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/scrapbook

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

The Word Detective

http://www.word-detective.com/

Word Web (thesaurus)

http://www.wordweb.co.uk

Words used in the book trade (glossary)

http://www.bookmine.com/verse.php

World Book Encyclopedia

http://www2.worldbook.com/

World Sex Records

http://www.world-sex-records.com/sex-184.htm

Writer’s Forensics Lab

http://www.dplylemd.com/

Writer’s Guide

http://writersguide2002.tripod.com/guide/

Yiddish Dictionary

http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com

Science

Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago

http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/

Annals of Internal Medicine

http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/125/5/398

The Art of detecting deception

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040731/bob8.asp

BBC News - Science/Nature

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3038368.stm

Biomedical journal

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/312/7023/71

California Academy of Sciences – Skulls

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/

Einstein Archives Online

http://www.alberteinstein.info/

Global Historical Climatology Network

http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/ghcn/ghcn.html

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

http://www.giss.nasa.gov/data/update/gistemp/stationdata

http://www.giss.nasa.gov/

Insects

http://www.insects.org/

Public Library of Science – Biology

http://www.plosbiology.org/plosonline/?request=index-html

Real Climate

http://www.realclimate.org

Reference—Plants

http://www.rain-tree.com/guaco.htm

Science @ NASA

http://science.nasa.gov/

Science News

http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/archives/

Smithsonian

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/

The Scientist – News Journal for the Life Sciences

http://www.the-scientist.com/

United States Historical Climatology Network

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/ushcn/ushcn.html

University of Kentucky Dept. of Entomology

http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/bugs/stinkbugs/stinkbugs.htm

Screenwriting

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (screenplay format samples)

http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/format.html

Creative Screenwriting

http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/

The Daily Script—free movie & screenplay scripts

http://www.dailyscript.com/

How to create real-life dialogue

http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/Tips/tips.html

Raindance

http://www.raindance.co.uk/

Screenwriters Online

http://screenwriter.com/

Screenwriter’s Utopia

http://www.screenwritersutopia.com/

Screenwriting checklist

http://zakka.dk/538.htm<http://zakka.dk/538.htm

Screenwriting Museum Project

http://www.screenwritingmuseum.org/frames.htm

Screenwriting tips for Playwrights

http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/screentips.html

Script Crawler (free scripts)

http://www.scriptcrawler.net/

Scripting Audio Drama

http://www.irasov.com/Scripting%20Audio%20Drama.htm

Scriptologist

http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/News/news.html

http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/Interviews/interviews.html

http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/Interviews/interviews.html

Script Writer
 

http://scriptwritermagazine.com/legal9.htm
 

Simply Scripts (free movie scripts & screenplays)
 

http://www.simplyscripts.com/

Search Engines

(Specific topics)

            Book History Online

http://www.kb.nl/kb/bho/index2.html

Book Standard (films adapted from books)

http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/search/booktofilm/index.jsp

The Book Standard (books by pub. date, titles, editors, etc.)

http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/search/books_authors/index.jsp

            Book Standard (films adapted from books)

http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/search/booktofilm/index.jsp

Song Lyrics

http://lyrics.astraweb.com/

LyricFind.com 

http://www.lyricfind.com/

Papal Encyclicals 

http://www.hismercy.ca/content/church_docs/encyclicals/encyclicals.html

Bill tracker (bills pending before UK Parliament)

http://nxtpresa.butterworths.co.uk/freelaw/billtracker/bills.asp

eCo Search (copyright search engine)

http://www.copyright.gov/newsnet/2005/273.html

Electronic Journal Miner

http://ejournal.coalliance.org/

Internet Broadway Database

http://www.ibdb.com/

Literary and film agents

http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/search/agents/index.jsp

Publisher’s catalogues search engine

http://www.lights.com/publisher/

Science fiction & fantasy search engine

http://engine.freeshell.org/

 (General)

A9 Search Technologies   

http://a9.com/-/search/home.jsp?nocookie=1

Alexa Web Search

http://www.alexa.com/

AltaVista

http://www.altavista.com/

Ask Jeeves

http://www.ask.com/

Dogpile

http://www.dogpile.com/

http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/

Exalead (in beta)

http://beta.exalead.com/search

http://www.exalead.com/search

Google

http://www.google.com/

Good Cheat Sheet (tips for searching)

http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html

http://www.sreetips.com/google.html

http://googlebar.mozdev.org

Google Print (Search full text of books)

http://print.google.com/

Google Scholar (beta)

http://scholar.google.com

Google search tips

http://www.sreetips.com/google.html

Google Uggest

http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en

Grokker (Beta)

http://www.grokker.com/

HotBot Web Search

http://www.hotbot.com/

INFO/Search Engine Index Check

http://www.marketleap.com/siteindex/

Internet Search Tips

http://www.journalismnet.com/tips

http://www.journalismnet.com/search/index.htm

Karnak

http://www.karnak.com/

LookSmart

http://search.looksmart.com/

MagPortal—article search engine

http://www.magportal.com/

Making a custom search page

http://websearch.about.com/b/a/155842.ht

MetaCrawler

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

Microsoft

http://search.msn.com

Neighbor Search

http://blog.outer-court.com/neighborsearch

PEOPLE/White Pages Listings on Lycos

http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/

Personalized search (results based on what has been researched before)

https://www.google.com/psearch/login?prev=/psearch

RedLightGreen (search engine for best resources on subject)

http://www.redlightgreen.com

Rocketinfo

http://www.rocketnews.com/2corporate/searchengine.html

Snoople – easy search in Google

http://www.soople.com/index.php

Speegle

http://www.speegle.co.uk

http://www.speegle.co.uk/news.php

Turbo Scout (search many engines at once)

http://www.turboscout.com

Web Crawler

http://www.webcrawler.com/info.wbcrwl/

Web User (search full text of 125,000 books)

http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/66279.html

Yahoo

http://yq.search.yahoo.com/splash/start.html

Zeal.com

http://www.zeal.com/;jsessionid=VB0E31YHGOWMDLAQQBWWDNFMCCAD0YNN

Sport

A to Z Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey

http://www.azhockey.com/Mo.htm

Ballpark Digest

http://www.ballparkwatch.com/

Baseball Almanac

http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/baseball/

Baseball Front Page

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3032825/

Baseball Links

http://www.baseball-links.com/

CBS SportsLine (scoreboards)

http://www.sportsline.com/u/partners/aol/index.html?http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/scoreboard

ESPN

http://espn.go.com/

Football.com (almanac)

http://www.football.com/almanac/index.shtml

Major League Baseball

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp

Minor League Baseball

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/

http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/total.htm

MSNBC Sports scoreboards

http://www.scoreboard.msnbc.com/msnbc/main.asp?frames=0&sport=mlb&day=20030611&GameNum=20030611101&cat=GV

National Baseball Hall of Fame

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/library/

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/

Negro League baseball

http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com/

Sports Feed

http://www.sportsfeed.com/mlb/

Sports Links

http://www.geocities.com/mpsmlb/index2.html

Stamps

British Philatelic Trust, Rowland Hill

http://www.ukphilately.org.uk/bpt/whowaswho/whowaswho-l.htm

First issues

http://www.snap-dragon.com/first_issues_-_t.htm

Linns

http://www.linns.com/aboutus/writerguide/writers_guidelines.asp?=uID

List of people on US postage stamps

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/List%20of%20people%20on%20stamps%20of%20the%20United%20States

http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/List-of-people-on-stamps-of-the-United-States.html

http://www.free-definition.com/List-of-people-on-stamps-of-the-United-States.html

Philatelic Fiction (stamp mysteries)

http://www.themysterybox.com/store/phil1.html

Postal Rates

http://www.postalrates.info/

USPS

http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/home.jsp

Television

ABC

http://abc.go.com/

AMC

http://www.amctv.com/guide?CID=26-6-2004-D--N-MST

http://tv.channel.aol.com/listings/main.adp?tab=now

BBC America

http://www.bbcamerica.com

BBC Guide to Comedy (info on every TV comedy shown on BBC since 1936)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/

Cartoon Network

http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/

CBS

http://www.cbs.com/

College Bowl Valhalla

http://www.zebra.net/~tfm/gecbtmae.htm

Comedy Central

http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/search_results.jhtml

Court TV

http://courttv.com/

Direct TV

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/learn/Packages_TotalChoice.dsp

E Online

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

FX Network

http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/the_shield/

Jump the Shark

http://www.jumptheshark.com 

Lifetime

http://www.lifetimetv.com/movies/index.html

NBC

http://www.nbc.com/

The Lone Gunmen

http://www.thelonegunmen.com/

TZone

http://tzone.the-croc.com/twilight1.html

TV Tome

http://www.tvtome.com/XFiles/eplist.html

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-16761

The Simpsons

http://www.thesimpsons.com/

TNT

http://www.tnt.tv/

TV GUIDE

http://www.tvguide.com/listings/search/

http://www.tvguide.com/Listings/index.asp?I=62116&zip=83706

TV NOW

http://www.tv-now.com/http://www.tv-now.com/lance/jul2000.htm

TITAN TV

http://QuickGuide.TitanTV.com/QuickGrid.aspx?ReferrerId=1014539994

USA NETWORK

http://www.usanetwork.com/

ZAP 2IT

http://tvlistings2.zap2it.com/grid.asp?partner_id=national

ZAP2IT- TV NEWS

http://tvlistings2.zap2it.com/grid.asp?partner_id=national

Words

Acronym Finder

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

Acronym Server

http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym

Acronyms

http://www.cknow.com/ckinfo/

Alphabet history

http://carroll1.cc.edu/~tselle/aindex.html

Alternative English Dictionary

http://www.notam02.no/%7Ehcholm/altlang/ht/English.html

American and British English differences

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences

American English to British English

http://www.awclondon.org/newcomers/glossary.html

Ancient Scripts

http://www.ancientscripts.com/alphabet.html

Anagram Engine

http://www.easypeasy.com/anagrams/

Antagonyms

http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ecellis/antagonym.html

Antique Words

http://www.cherryh.com/www/antique1.htm

Aptronyms (names of people that match their profession)

http://educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/mla/doctor.htm

Banished Words List

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/archived_lists.php

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php

http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/285125262160860

http://www.lssu.edu/whats_new/articles.php?articleid=930

Behind the Names (etymology & history of surnames)

http://surnames.behindthename.com/

The Best of British

http://www.effingpot.com/

British & American Spelling

http://writing.englishclub.com/index.htm

Buzzwords (Buzzwhack)

http://www.buzzwhack.com/

Chiasmus

http://www.chiasmus.com/

College Slang

http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang/CSRP921.html

Colloquial and Vulgar Latin

http://www.southwestern.edu/~carlg/Latin_Web/culture8.html

Columbia Guide to Standard American

http://www.bartleby.com/68/

Common Errors in English

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Ebrians/errors/index.html

Common Russian Names

http://www.doukhobor.org/Commonnames.htm

Cyberpunk Slang

http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/%7Ejcnewman/definition.html

Dialect survey results (on how people pronounce words)

http://hcs.harvard.edu/%7Egolder/dialect/maps.php

Dictionary of street drug slang

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html

Drug-related street slang

http://www.cox-internet.com/dabster/slang.htm

Environmental terms (Green Home)

http://www.greenhome.com/toxipedia/

Etymology & history of first names

http://www.behindthename.com/

Etymology dictionary

http://www.etymonline.com/

Everyday English & slang in Ireland

http://www.at.artslink.co.za/~gerry/irish.htm

Forthright’s Phrontistery (obscure words)

http://phrontistery.50megs.com/

Freelance Writing Terms

http://freelancewrite.about.com/od/gettingstarted/a/glossaryix.htm?nl=1

Future Dictionary of America

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/features/story.jsp?story=579083

Gangster/mobster slang glossary

http://www.bugsysclub.com/club/community/info_glossary.htm

Hardboiled slang glossary

http://www.miskatonic.org/slang.html

Heteronyms

http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ecellis/heteronym.html

History of Writing

http://www.historian.net/hxwrite.htm

Insults (Insult Monger)

http://www.insultmonger.com/index.htm

Insults – Funny and clever insults

http://www.insultmonger.com/insults.htm

Internetworking terms and acronyms (IT)

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ita/index.htm

http://searchSmallBizIT.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid44_gci525723,00.html

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definitionsCategory/0,289915,sid9_tax1670,00.html

http://www.bitpipe.com/tlist/Help-Desks.html

Ka-BOOM! A Dictionary of Comic book Words

http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/200/300/ktaylor/kaboom/

Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournament Glossary of Terms

http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/glssindx.htm

Language—links to sites

http://lifeloom.com/language.htm

London slang

http://www.londonslang.com/

Military acronyms & abbreviations

http://www.fas.org/news/reference/lexicon/acronym.htm

Mobspeak glossary

http://www.uta.fi/FAST/GC/mobspeak.html

My favorite foreign slang

http://members.aol.com/scplayoff/

New words in English

http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/%7Eling215/NewWords/index.html

1960s Slang

http://cougartown.com/slang.html

Notorious confusables (words that are easily confused)

http://cctc2.commnet.edu/grammar/notorious.htm

100 Worst Groaners

http://www.newswriting.com/groaners.htm

OneLook (multiple dictionaries)

http://www.onelook.com/browse.shtml

Origin of company names

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies

Origin of Phrases

http://members.aol.com/MorelandC/Phrases.htm

Oxymorons

http://www.oxymoronica.com/

http://www.oxymoronlist.com/

Phrase Finder

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/16/messages/720.html

http://www.phrasefinder.co.uk/

Plain Language action & information network

http://www.plainlanguage.gov/

Prisoner’s Dictionary

http://dictionary.prisonwall.org/

Pseudodictionary (made-up words)

http://www.pseudodictionary.com/

Pun of the Day

http://www.punoftheday.com/funny021.html

Quotations

http://www.creativequotations.com/

Silicon Valley Slang (under development)

http://www.siliconvalleyslang.com/

Skeptic’s Dictionary

http://skepdic.com/

Slanguage.com (worldwide slang)

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

The Straight Dope (word origins)

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_268b.html

Teen lingo

http://www.thesource4ym.com/teenlingo/index.asp

Teen Slang

http://thesurrealist.co.uk/slang

Theatrical terms glossary

http://www.theatrecrafts.com/glossary/glossary.shtml

US as divided by pronunciation

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0601040213jan04,1,3865446.story?coll=chi-leisuretempo-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

US Government’s corruption of language (Salman Rushdie)

http://tinyurl.com/9nll9

http://www.smh.com.au/

Verbatim Language Quarterly

http://www.verbatimmag.com/writers.html

Victorian slang (lower-class and underworld)

http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html

Vocabula Review

http://www.vocabula.com/

Vocabulary updates

http://www.wordpool.co.uk

http://www.boston-online.com/glossary.html

http://www.effingpot.com

http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/az

Voice of America pronunciation guide

http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/

The Word Detective

http://www.word-detective.com/

http://www.word-detective.com/back-f.html

Word oddities and trivia

http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words.html

Word Origins

http://www.wordorigins.org/index.htm

Word Pirates (pirated words)

http://www.wordpirates.com/

Wordplay

http://www.wordplayer.com/columns/wp23.Points.for.Style.html

http://www.wordplayer.com/pros/pr10.Adams.Max.html

Words (from Latin)

http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/WORDS.EXE

Wordsmith

http://wordsmith.org

Words that should be banned (Banned for Life)

http://tommangan.net/banned/

Word Web (thesaurus)

http://www.wordweb.co.uk

World Wide Words

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-tou1.htm

http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm

Writing

Absolute Write (agent’s report & writer’s markets)

http://www.absolutewrite.com/

Amador Writer’s Links

http://www.amadorbooks.com/amsites4.htm

American English—styles, future of the language, etc.

http://www.pbs.org/speak

Aphorisms for writing science fiction

http://www.sfwa.org/writing/aphorisms.html

Arguments (structuring)

http://www.austhink.org/tutorials/default.htm

The Army writing style—guides

http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/military_science/spring/army_writing.html

Arts & Letters Daily (writing ideas, criticism, discussion)

http://www.aldaily.com/

Author Bio (how to create)

http://julieduffy.com/writing/inventing_the_author.htm

BBC Crime writing course

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/module12

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/mccrimefiction

BBC Script templates

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart/faq.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart/downloads.shtml)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity

BBC Writer’s Room

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html

Book Contracts

http://www.fonerbooks.com/contract.htm

Book Marketing

http://www.spawn.org/marketing/experiencewithbookmarketing.htm

Book packaging

http://www.underdown.org/packaging.htm

Book proposals

http://www.stenhouse.com/propletr.asp

http://www.talewins.com/Proposal.htm

Book tracking

http://www.booksandwriters.com

Books in e-mail format

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050425.wxemail25/BNStory/Entertainment

Bullet-Proof Your Short Mysteries

http://www.writing-world.com/mystery/bracken.shtml

Burry Man Writers Center (Ireland)

http://www.burryman.com/

Business Guide for Freelance Writers (Writers-Editors.com)

http://www.writers-editors.com/Writers/FAQ_Writers/BusinessGuide/businessguide.htm

Canadian Links of interest to writers

http://www3.sympatico.ca/susanio/WWClinks.html

Character-building workshop

http://www.writersvillage.com/character/index.htm

Character development

http://www3.baylor.edu/~Greg_Garrett/writing/character.html

http://www.author-network.com/lee.html

http://teenwriting.about.com/od/characters

Choosing a publisher

http://www.spawn.org/editing/howtopublish.htm

CineStory (screenwriter’s association)

http://www.cinestory.com/home.html

Clips—organizing into a portfolio

http://freelancewrite.about.com/od/freelancewriting101/qt/clipstips.htm

Clustering

http://www.gabrielerico.com/Main/ClusteringSampleVignettes.htm

Contracts

http://www.capcollege.bc.ca/dept/cmns/contracts.html

http://www.asja.org/pubtips/ewrongs.php

Copyediting

http://ce-l.technology-corner.com/index.html

Copy writing: Freelance vs. Agency

http://ezinearticles.com/?Making-a-Living-as-a-Copywriter%3B-Freelancing-%20%0AVersus-Agency&id=49377

Creating a Bestseller

http://www.bob-erdmann.com/article-2001-05.html

Creating conflict in a screenplay

http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/Tips/Conflict/conflict.html

Creative Commons (as an alternate to other publishing/copyright methods—publishing online)

http://creativecommons.org/

http://creativecommons.org/text/

Creative Nonfiction

http://www.pitt.edu/~bdobler/readingnf.html

Creative Screenwriting

http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/

Creative writing workshops & resources (Elite.Lit.com)

http://www.elitelit.com/

CyberJournalist.net

http://www.cyberjournalist.net/

http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/000768.php

Desktop publishing a book

http://www.spawn.org/selfpub/desktp.htm

Dialogue (writing—Fiction Factor)

http://www.fictionfactor.com/articles/packets.html

Do you really need an agent? (Fiction Factor)

http://www.fictionfactor.com/articles/agent.html

EasyBib (bibliography composer)

http://www.easybib.com/

Easy Guide to storytelling

http://www.storycenter.org/canada/index.html

Easy Reading Writing

http://www.elderhostelmysteries.com/ERW/

Editing made easy (Fiction Factor)

http://www.fictionfactor.com/articles/editing.html

Erotica

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/writing_erotica_101/112558

Essays on the craft of dramatic writing

http://www.storyispromise.com/

Every Writer (Ezine on writing)

http://www.everywriter.com/newwriters.htm

http://www.everywriter.com/

E-writer’s place (resources)

http://ewritersplace.com/

Exercises in grammar, usage and AP style

http://www.longleaf.net/newsroom101/

E-zine formatting tool

http://www.formatit.com

Fan Fiction

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A632062

Fiction Addiction (resources, markets)

http://www.fictionaddiction.net/

Fiction Factor (resources & links)

http://www.fictionfactor.com/scriptwriting/scriptcontest.html

Fiction Wise

http://www.Fictionwise.com

Fiction writer’s character chart

http://www.eclectics.com/articles/character.html

Finding a publisher (Bloomsbury.com)

http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/writersarea/Typescript.asp

Freelance Editorial Association—Code of Ethics

http://www.the-efa.org/CodeTOC.html

Freelance Writing.com

http://www.freelancewriting.com)

The Freelance Writing Organization (resources, jobs, links, calls for submissions, etc.)

http://www.fwointl.com/

Funds for Writers

http://www.shunn.net/writing/coach/format.html

Grammar Goddess

http://www.llrx.com/columns/grammar10.htm

Graphic Novels

http://www.cencom.org

Hot Selling Tips (Inspired2Write.com)

http://inspired2write.com/articles/cullins2.html

How to create a newsletter

http://www.resourcecenter.sbresources.com/SBR_template.cfm?docNumber=PL12_2600.htm

How to get book blurbs

http://www.yudkin.com/bookblurbs.htm

Idioms (what they mean and why)

http://idiomsite.com

InkSpotter News (information & support for creative writers)

http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/inkspotter_news

Internet resources (links for writers)

http://www.internet-resources.com/writers/

Hatch’s Plot Bank (ideas for stories)

http://www.angelfire.com/nc/tcrpress/plotbank.html

High concept pitches

http://www.themegahitmovies.com/highconcept.htm

http://www.hollywoodlitsales.com/cf/journal/dspJournal.cfm?intID=3081

How to write English (humorous)

http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/stuff/writing-guide.html

How to write in plain English

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/plainenglishguide.html

Idea a Day

http://www.idea-a-day.com/

Ideas for Writers (annual short story contests)

http://www.ideas4writers.co.uk/competition.htm

InkSpotter News

http://inkspotter.com/products/newsletters/inkspotternews

http://inkspotter.com

Institute of Children’s Literature (transcripts about writing)

http://www.institutechildrenslit.com/rx/tr01/index.shtml

Intellectual property agreements

http://www.ivanhoffman.com/written2.html

Introduction to Drama

http://www.bartleby.com/60/201.html

How to write English (humorous)

http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/stuff/writing-guide.html

How to write in plain English

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/plainenglishguide.html

Idea a Day

http://www.idea-a-day.com/

Ideas for Writers (annual short story contests)

http://www.ideas4writers.co.uk/competition.htm

InkSpotter News

http://inkspotter.com/products/newsletters/inkspotternews

http://inkspotter.com

Institute of Children’s Literature (transcripts about writing)

http://www.institutechildrenslit.com/rx/tr01/index.shtml

Intellectual property agreements

http://www.ivanhoffman.com/written2.html

Introduction to Drama

http://www.bartleby.com/60/201.html

Journalism.org (resources & principles)

http://www.journalism.org/resources/guidelines/principles/default.asp

Journalism for journalists

http://www.journalism.co.uk/

Lester Dent’s master fiction plot for pulps

http://www.miskatonic.org/dent.html

http://www.plansofmice.co.uk/destroyer/template.htm

Libel, slander and defamation

http://www.spawn.org/marketing/slander.htm

Links for Writers

http://jackhardway.com/

Literary Agency contract alert

http://www.sfwa.org/news/contractalert.htm

Literary Association (resources & services for writers)

http://www.LiteraryAssoc.com/

Literary Award Database

http://www.bookawarddata.com/

Literature and the Internet (Hypertext Kitchen)

http://www.hypertextkitchen.com/Features/Paris.html

Lit-Net (UK—writing news & resources)

http://www.lit-net.org/

LitOrg (publishing, ezines, resources)

http://www.lit.org/contests.php

Manuscript formatting

http://www.speculations.com/slush.htm

Marketing Nonfiction Books

http://www.spawn.org/marketing/bookprop

Mind Galaxy

www.mindgalaxy.co.uk

National Novel Writing Month (NANoWriMo—annual; sign up in October, write in November)

http://www.nanowrimo.org/index.php?s=10

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

National Writers Union—standard contracts, free downloadable templates

http://www.nwu.org/journ/jsjc.htm

Navy report writing style

http://web.ew.usna.edu/~aeroweb/report_writing_giude/

Negotiation tips

http://www.washwriter.org/resources/tips/negotiation.htm

New England Writer’s Network

http://newnmag.net/workshops.htm

Newsletters—How to design

http://www.creativepro.com/img/story/20050316newsletter.pdf

Nonfiction book proposal guidelines

http://www.thebukowskiagency.com/proposal_guidelines.htm

http://www.writing-world.com/publish/bookprop1.shtml

Novelists, Inc.

http://www.ninc.com/

NovelTalk (tips)

http://www.noveltalk.com/

Opening Hooks (of famous novels)

http://www.openinghooks.us/

http://www.openinghooks.us/cgi-bin/sentences.cgi?start=0

Oral Traditions (free online manual)

http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/research/otm/otrman.htm

Outlining

http://lifeloom.com/I3Sites.htm

Page Free Publishing (professional publishing tools for authors)

http://pagefreepublishing.com/

The Passivator (passive voice search engine)

http://www.ftrain.com/ThePassivator.html

Passive/active verbs

http://www.penwomanship.com/Active-vs-Passive-Moore.htm

Peter’s Place of Freelance journalism (resources for writers)

http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/%7Epetersplace/index.htm

http://freepages.writing.rootsweb.com/~petersplace/index.htm

Plagiarism & permission

http://www.writersservices.com/res/ml/r_factsheet_17.htm

Plagiarism sources

http://isb.ri.ccf.org/biomch-l/archives/biomch-l-2002-04/00016.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dig_ref/message/8071

http://lists.indstate.edu/guest/archives/ATHTRN-L/log0309a/msg00008.html

http://www.cni.org/Hforums/cni-copyright/1999-01/0372.html

http://www.cni.org/Hforums/cni-copyright/1998-01/0989.html

http://www.freelists.org/archives/nethappenings/11-2003/msg00041.html

http://www.freelists.org/archives/nethappenings/03-2003/msg00022.html

http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z4B3129C5

http://taurus.wested.org/hyper-discussions/wwwedu/2000/0105.htm

http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/plagiarism.html