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The Reference RoomAll Words: Language research and advice Ask A Reporter: At the New York Times, no less, you get to throw questions at scribes Ask The Expert: Part of the great Reference Desk site Barbara's News Researchers Resources: Fine package of research tools Bartlett's: Someone said it more brilliantly, just look it up Basic Math: It might be embarrassing to consult, but writers are not always numerate Biographies: Strong reference tool on lives lived and living Britannica Online: The definitive work of the Encyclopedia Britannica online Business Sources: A Canadian government service to link you to business experts Canada 411: Save your 75 cents Canadian Almanac's Canadian Index: Nothing more need be said CanLaw: A solid reference tool to find Canadian legal information CIA Worldbook: Intelligence on the world from the world's best intelligence gatherers Corporate Investigative Services: Online retrieval service for industrial records EHow: A sharp service on how-to-do Electronic Documents: A massive index to electronic documents, journals and records online Elements of Style: Strunk's definitive guide to writing and editing, still vital after all these years Encyberpedia: A fine desktop resource Encyclopedia Mythica: Great resource on mythology and folklore Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Outstanding resource from the institute EncycloZine.com: A new but sturdy reference work Experts: A solid online source of smart, accessible folks Experts, Authorities and Specialists: Great advice on the wiseacres from Yearbooknews.com FACSNET: Highly recommended research device for journalists Fact Books and Reference Books: The title says it all FedStats: U.S. federal data galore FedWorld: Access to U.S. government data galore Finding Data Online: Excellent resource for, as the title says, finding data online Funk and Wagnalls: Just a few thousand reference points Grammar Lady: Expert advice from a finicky grammar History on the Net: Terrific helper on dates, places, names, context How Stuff Works: Exactly as the title suggests How2.com: New site on how to do things Infoplease: Authoritative, accessible source for research Infospace U.S. Phone Directory: Save your long-distance directory charges International Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Outstanding reference guide to the thinkers Internet Encyclopedia: A good reference a double-click away Internet Thesaurus: When the appropriate bons mots won't manifest Journalist's Resources: Carleton professor with a fine site of resources Kennedy School of Government One-Stop Journalist's Stop: Need we say more? Landings: Intriguing site about aircraft data Law Experts: A good reference tool to find those in the know about law in Canada Learning Network: An archival resource of the New York Times Learn2.com:The utility of ability, it calls itself---better to just think of it as a place to learn ListsNet: A good utility to find the mailing list you want Lizst: The List of Lists: Find the discussion group you want in this list of lists List of Lists II: A list of discussion groups and resources MacroReference: An excellent, albeit cumbersome, encyclopedia MapBlast: A fine resource of North American maps MapMachine: Great maps from National Geographic MapQuest: Some three million maps at your disposal. Surely you can't need more Maps in the News: A great concept, well-executed, for journalists in a hurry Martindale's Reference Desk: One of the original Internet heavyweights Media Link: Experts, accessible by password, for journalists National Archives and Records Administration: Huge resource of U.S. records online National Security Archive: Substantial U.S. vault of data Navigator: Fine resources from the New York Times NewsMaps: A good service with maps in the news One Look: An omnibus dictionary and search engine Online English Grammar: Excellent advice on how to write and speak ProfNet: A vital resource to find experts quickly PubMed: Millions of medical and science abstracts online free Ready Reference Sites: Nicely compiled list of Web and Net resources for research Reference Desk: A terrific desktop whack of guides and definitive sources Research Central: Startup: A good beginning to research on the Net Research-It: A can-do site on finding the facts you need Roget's Thesaurus: The word-chooser of choice Sources: The definitive Canadian guide to contacts Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Great guide to the ideas and their creators Statistics Canada Daily: The daily release of federal surveys Stats: Provides some numerate advice to journalists on statistical stories TerraServer: Large map site for downloading at a small fee Thomas: The extraordinary resource from the Library of Congress Dean Tudor's Megasources: A journalism professor who can't resist a good link U.S. Phone Directory: Save your long distance charges Webgator: Massive list of research resources Webreference.com: A humungous site of references, dictionaries, and directories World Datebook: A good resource to tell you when things happen where World Leaders: One day you're in, next you're out, and someone has to keep track World Political Database: Handy, comprehensive data on systems and machinations World Telephone Directory: All-inclusive phone listing, searchable by country WWWebster's Dictionary: WWWonderful for wwwords Yearbook of Experts: A strong helping hand to find the person you need |
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