Writing	General	Reference Portals
Search Engines	Meta-search Engines	Web Directories
Ask the Expert	Encyclopaedias	Dictionaries
Quotes/Phrases	Science	Geography
Law	Online Newspapers	Literary
Crime	Internet Newsgroups

 

Writing

Internet research for writers

The World of Writing

Writers Free Reference

Writers' Resource Centre

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General

Journalism UK

OJR's Guides to Journalistic Resources

Reference sites

Internet Public Library

British Library

Library of Congress

Infoplease

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Reference Portals

Xrefer
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri & books of quotations from the world's leading publishers. All cross-referenced.

I-Tools

Refdesk

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Search Engines

Search Engine Watch

Altavista

Alltheweb

Google

Hotbot

Lycos

A Collection of Special Search Engines

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Meta-search engines

Dogpile

IxQuick

Metacrawler

37

Beaucoup

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Web Directories

About

Excite

Webcrawler

Yahoo!

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Ask Experts

Ask an Expert

About

eHow

Learn2.com

Karnak

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Encyclopaedias

Britannica

Encyberpedia

Encyclopedia

Encarta Online

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Dictionaries

Dictionary.com

Merriam-Webster Online

Thesaurus.com

Free Translation

Majstro's Translating Dictionaries

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries

AltaVista Translation

Your Dictionary.com

OneLook Dictionaries

Lookwayup.com Dictionary/Translating

Eponym
Offers names for your characters from different periods of history and countries

Online Computing Dictionary

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Quotes/Phrases

Quotation Search

Familiar Quotations

The Phrase Finder

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Science

New Scientist

NASA

Mad Sci Network

Scientists on the Web

Discovery Channel

Elsevier Science

National Science Foundation

Institute of Physics

National Geographic

How Stuff Works

How Things Work

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Geography

Atlapedia

Expedia Maps

The World Factbook

Country Reports

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Law

FindLaw United Kingdom

Free Lawyer

Desktop Lawyer

Lawrights

Legaldocs

UK Law Online

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Online Newspapers

The Paperboy
Over 4000 newspapers from over 140 countries

The Guardian

The Financial Times

The Independent

The Daily Telegraph

The Times

The Washington Post

The New York Times

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Literary

The English Server
This offers over eighteen thousand works, covering a wide range of interests.

Pilot-Search
This literary search engine features more than 11,000 writing links, from anthologies to zines, views and MFA programs.

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Crime

Crime Library

Criminal Justice Links
Florida State University, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice

Zeno's Forensic Guide

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Internet NewsGroups

Also known as Usenet, these consist of thousands of free discussion forums where you may find the answer to a problem by searching archives, reading the group's FAQ or by posting a question yourself.

You can access these groups via your ISP but not all ISPs provide all the available newsgroups. Dejanews, Supernews and Remarq have all the available groups and allow free access via their websites and email.

Google Groups

Supernews

Forte's Agent
Free popular program for reading newsgroups

Usenet rules and information

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions") and PIPs (Periodic Informational Postings)

UseNet FAQs index

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