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National Do Not Call Registry ..... This is the National Do Not Call Registry
National Do Not E-Mail Registry ..... This is the National Do Not E-Mail Registry
Free E-Mail Filter Program ..... This is Frontgate MX, a program used to filter and stop unwanted E-Mail or SPAM
Free web page hosting ..... A list of Internet hosts systems providing free web pages
Free Internet ..... free isp - free internet access from Free and Hot.com
Free Banners ..... Create a free banner for your website from Chocolate Cat Fanciers
Free URL Submission ..... Submit your webpage to major search engines free with @Submit
Another Free URL Submission Service ..... Submit your webpage to 20 search engines free with AddPro
HTLM Color Chart ..... This is gives you the HTML codes for screen colors
Another HTLM Color Chart ..... This HTML color chart has more colors, from maranGraphics
Names of Colors ..... Click on the name of a color and the screen changes to that color
Meta Tag Analyzer ..... Free Meta Tag Analyzer from Widexl.com
Webpage Spell Check ..... Spell check your web pages
Pop-Up Killer ..... This is POW, a pop-up killer. You have to register, but it's free.
WhoIs ..... Use the WhoIs command to find out who owns a website or a domain name
Free Hit Counters ..... List of free hit counters for your webpage
Free Clip Art ..... Barry's Free Clipart pages
Free Link Checker ..... This is a free webpage link checker for your website from W3C
Bad Link Checker ..... Check for bad links on your webpage from SiteOwner.com
Meta Tag Analyzer ..... Uses spider technology similar to search engine robots
Website Spell Checker ..... Free webpage spellchecker from SiteOwner.com
HTML Index ..... Good HTML glossary with many HTML definitions and HTML usage
HTML Purpose and Placement ..... HTML definitions and HTML usage
Search Engines ..... Popular Search Engines for the Internet
Internet Keywords ..... List of popular keywords used in searches on the Internet
Visual search of the Internet ..... Use Ditto to visually navigate the World Wide Web
Internet Service Providers ISP ..... Extensive list of Internet Service Providers, ISP list, including the U.S. and many other countries
Reverse Phone Number Lookup ..... Put in the phone number, find the listing. Also addresses
Mobile Phone Number Lookup ..... Cellular phone or Cell phone or Mobile phone number lookup
Kelley Blue Book ..... New and used car prices on line
Automotive History ..... History of the automobile and many other links from Michigan Elibrary MEL
Proofreading ..... Proofreading Symbols and Abbreviations
Addall ..... Search and Compare among 40+ sites, 20,000 sellers, millions of books
Chambal Book Prices ..... Compare new and used book prices across major online bookstores
FetchBook ..... New & used books - Find the lowest price - Compare 90 book stores, 40,000 sellers, in a click.
BookFinder 4U ..... Compare book offers from 55 different book stores
Book Prices ..... Compare book offers on the Internet
Best Book Buys ..... Search dozens of bookstores for the best price
Book Parts ..... Parts of a book, such as Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction and so on.
Authors Signatures ..... Verify an author's signature in a book at My Book House
Sites for Teachers ..... sitesforteachers.com - Top educator sites ranked by popularity
University of Phoenix ..... Adult education at The University of Phoenix
Collegeboard SAT Testing ..... Learn more about the SAT, register online, and get the latest information about the SAT Program from the College Board.
College e-mail addresses ..... E-mail addresses for colleges and universities all over the world
Ancient Literature ..... Many complete texts
Iliad ..... The Iliad by Homer
Odyssey ..... The Odyssey by Homer
Legends .....Robin Hood, King Arthur, Beowulf, Pirates & Privateers, Ballads & Broadsides, Swashbucklers & Fops, Fairy Tales, Shakespeare's Stories, Sagas & Sea-Kings, Paladins & Princes, Poets & Painters, Erin & Alba from Paula Katherine Marmor
The Free Dictionary ..... The Freedictionary at Freedictionary.com combines English, Medical, Legal, and Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one
Dictionary of Difficult Words ..... Search the Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words' A-Z index of over 13,900 difficult words to increase your vocabulary or just find out what those words really mean
Language Dictionaries ..... Look up words in English, French, Spanish and more
OneLook Dictionaries ..... 4,849,562 words in 803 dictionaries indexed --- Really, and it's quick too
Etymological Dictionary ..... Explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.
Technical Glossary in Nine European Languages ..... From The European Commission .....
Thesaurus ..... Thesaurus at Merriam-Webster on-line
Internet Encyclopedia ..... Wikinfo is a universal open content encyclopedia with 20792 Wikinfo articles. Wikinfo is a wiki.
Encyclopedia ..... Encyclopedia Britannica
LoveToKnow ..... LoveToKnow Free Online Encyclopedia aslo known as the 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia.com ..... 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia
Freesoft Encyclopedia ..... Information on the Internet from Freesoft.org
Who's alive and who's dead .....Extensive list of famous people, dead and alive
Bird Songs ..... Digitally recorded Bird and Animal sounds from Naturesound.Org
Research Guide for Students .....A Virtual Library of useful URLs arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification
AFI 100 Years 100 Lists ..... American Film Institute the 100 best lists; 100 Best Songs, 100 Best Heroes & Villains, 100 Best Passions, 100 Best Thrills, 100 Best Laughs, 100 Best Stars and 100 Best Movies
CIA World Fact Book ..... This is the World Fact Book from the CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
Research Tools ..... iTools include; Search, Language, Research, Finance, Maps, Internet and more
Infoplease ..... Vast array of information including dictionaries, Internet encyclopedia, atlas, almanac, statistics, world records, US sports, U.S. sports, United States sports, entertainment, biography, biographies, population, countries, maps, reference, definitions, business facts, news, history black history month and much more.
ProQuest Digital Dissertations .....access the last two years of citations and abstracts in the Dissertation Abstracts database
Technical Definitions .....Technology terminology from Whatis.com at TechTarget Network
Freedom of Information ..... This is from the Freedom of Information Act, produced by the FBI
New York Times Navigator ..... Reference page used by the newsroom of the New York Times
Basics of DNA Fingerprinting ..... By Kate Brinton and Kim-An Lieberman at the University of Washington
Law Library ..... Law Library at Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University Law School
Military and Nautical History ..... Many links to military, nautical, naval, maritime, value of money through history and much more
The Encyclopedia of World History ..... Ancient, Medieval, and Modern from Bartleby.com
Researching History ..... This page has many links to all areas of history
History ..... The 20th Centry, year by year
Elephants ..... Information about elephants
Life in Elizabethan England ..... What they ate, what they drank, the games they played and much more
Ask The Expert ..... Links to experts on many different subjects
Sources and Experts
..... Extensive list of experts on the Internet such as think tanks, expert
witnesses, consultants, spokespersons, appraisers of art, jewelry and real estate,
health care, biotech, communications, advocacy groups, aging issues, biochemistry,
economics, sociology, Alzheimer's disease, cellular and molecular biology, nutrition,
antioxidants, body composition, calcium metabolism, agriculture, drought, animal
diseases, bugs, forests, plant pathology, soil, aviation, aerospace, census,
demographics, population trends, fertility, family planning, race and ethnicity,
telecommunications, electronic intellectual property, arms control, base closings,
children in war, defense contractors, intelligence community, military budget,
affirmative action, acetaminophen, oil spills, pesticides, water quality, biochemistry,
bioengineering, cancer biology, genetics, climate prediction, earthquakes, physiology of
marine animals, beach erosion, marine mammals, hurricanes, tourism, seafood, solar
science, space weather, comets, magnetic fields, biodiversity, fisheries, sustainable
agriculture, ecosystems, solid waste management, recycling, ethics, human genetics, HIV,
AIDS, cross-cultural issues, rationing, medical ethics, human rights, gay and lesbian,
taxation, dermatology, genetics, geriatrics, nicotine, adolescents, asthma, diet,
epidemiology, genetics, folklore, emerging markets, microcredit, poverty, women's health
and nutrition, death penalty, estate planning, philanthropy, high-risk students,
respiratory infections, alternative fuels, transportation safety and many more
by Kitty Bennett of the St. Petersburg Times
FEDSTATS ..... Statistics from more than 70 US Government agencies
Internet Stats ..... Internet statistics from Cyber Atlas
Global Internet Stats ..... Global Internet statistics by language from from Global Reach
CDC Wonder System ..... A wide variety of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports, guidelines and numeric public health data
Acronyms ..... The Acronym Database
Acronym Decoder ..... Acronym Decoder from The Acronym Finder
Unit Conversions ..... Convert any unit of measurement to any other unit
Convert Plus ..... Convert many units of measurement, even avoirdupois and quite exotic terms like Ancient Greek and Roman.
Convert It ..... Convert just about anything to anything else
The Old Farmer's Almanac ..... Published since 1792, The Old Farmer's Almanac has useful information for people in all walks of life
Today's births, deaths, historic events ..... Births, Deaths and Events That Happened on Today's Date in History
The Internet Public Library ..... Reference Center. Ready Reference CollectionReference Works ..... Extensive List of Reference Works From The English Server
Periodic Tables ..... Nice, clickable table plus a search function
World POPClock Projection ..... Up to the minute estimate of world population
United States Patent Office ... Extensive list of U.S. Patents since 1790 -- US Patent and Trademark Office
FBI Files
Files from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
... FBI Files made available through the Freedom of Information Act
Grammar
English Grammar
..... Instructions on grammar
Grammar Slammer ..... Grammar Help for The University of Maine
Grammar ..... Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch
Common Errors
Common Errors in English
..... By Paul Brians Professor of English Washington State University
Commonly Confused Words ..... A list of commonly confused words and what they mean
Quiz on Commonly Confused Words ..... From Dr. Richard Lederer
Homework Help
Punctuation Marks
..... Click on a punctuation mark to see how it is used. From Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut
PMS -- Punctuation Made Simple ..... Punctuation Made Simple PMS is a service of USF, The University of South Florida at St. Petersburg
Compound Words .....Spelling compound words with or without hyphens from Stephen Wilbers
Synonym .....Synonyms lookup, look up synonym -- a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word
Antonym .....Antonyms lookup, look up antonym -- a word that is opposite in meaning to another word
Research Guide for Students .....A Virtual Library of useful URLs arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification
States and Capitals ..... Enormous amount of information from 50states.com on all 50 states plus commonwealths and territories
Homework ..... Help with your homework from BigChalk.com
Curriculum Resources ..... High School, Middle School and Elementary school
Facts ..... Huge collection of facts and stats from fact monster
Literature on line ..... Many books online
Arthur's Classic Novels Free e-books ..... 2500 novels online from Arthurs Classic Novels on-line free ebooks
The Baldwin Project ..... 200 Children books on-line
History ..... Nice history pages.
100 Most Important People ..... The 100 most important people of the 20th Century, according to Time Magazine
SpellCheck ..... Free Online Spell Checker for a word or a paragraph - gives suggestions for word choice
Spell Check Spanish ..... Spell check in Spanish, English, Italian, French or Portuguese
Countries of the World ..... Abbreviations, Facts, Flags, and Maps for all the countries of the world
Animal Diversity Web ..... Animals of every type from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Zoo Animals ..... Great pictures of zoo animals also lots of information
NASA Mars Missions ..... Latest News From Spirit and Opportunity, JPL -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mars Lander Spirit and Mars Lander Opportunity
Maps from all over the world ..... Electronic Maps from the University of Texas
Clickable map of the world ..... Click anywhere on the globe to enlarge the view
Maps ..... Hundreds of maps from The University of Minnesota
More Maps ..... Maps and information from The University of Iowa
World Time Zones ..... Map of World Time Zones
Local time ..... Check the local time anywhere around the world
TimeServer ..... Or check the local time at TimeServer
Driving Directions for Any Place in the U.S. ..... Provided by Mapquest
How far is it? ..... Gives you the distance between any two countries or cities in the world
Clickable map of U.S. ..... Zoom in and out and use 21 optional layers such as counties, highways, railroads and more
Zip Code Map ..... At the bottom, put in a zip code then use a zoom factor of 6 to get a map of surrounding zip codes
Zip Find ..... Find all zip codes in a given radius, also distance between two zip codes
NASA Satellite Photos ..... Pictures from space of almost any place on Earth
Flight Tracker ..... Put in airline name, flight number and departure date for a visual flight path
On-line Books
Aesop's Fables
Aesop Fables
..... Over 600 Fables on-line
Classic Short Stories .....
E-Books Free ..... 1,800 publicly-available e-books including classic British and American fiction, major authors, children's literature, the Bible, Shakespeare, American history, African-American documents, and much more from the University of Virginia. You'll need Microsoft Reader and Microsoft Reader Text-to-Speech, both free at; MSReader and Text to Speech
Classics Greek and Roman ..... Greek and Roman Classics plus more, complete texts from Tufts University.
The Baldwin Project ..... James Baldwin 200 Children books on-line
Classics On-Line Free ..... Free classics on-line books from Classic Bookshelf.
On-Line Books ..... Hundreds of Books On-line by John Mark Ockerbloom
Electronic Text ..... University of Virginia -- English, French, German, Spanish, Latin, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Apache, Greek, Hebrew, Tibetan, Icelandic, Italian and Portuguese
Free books ....... Listing over 20,000 free books on the Web from The University of Pennsylvania
EServer ..... Iowa State University -- over 18,000 texts on every subject; art, education, culture, drama, literature, fiction and many more
Banned Books on line ..... Many books online
Beowulf ..... Complete text of one of the first stories in English .....
The Voyage of The Beagle ..... Complete text .....
War of The Worlds ..... Complete text .....
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs ..... Complete text .....
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington ..... Complete text
Emily Dickinson's Poems ..... Poems by the great poet
Glossary of Poetic Terms ..... A Guide for the Study of Poetry
Rhyming words ..... A good rhyming dictionary .....
Poetry Kit ..... Poetry events worldwide also listings and magazines
Poetry Superhighway ..... Poetry awards and links
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Brewer's Phrase & Fable .............. This is a long list of phrases and their origin
LitQuotes ..... Great website for literary quotes with hundreds of quotes
Great Quotes ..... Over 54,000 Famous Quotes, Famous Sayings & Proverbs
Good Quotes by Famous People ..... Many Quotes by People You Will Recognize
The Quotations Page ..... Over 15,000 Quotations
Find A Quote ..... Search for quotations in several different databases --- Pop-ups, but worth the hassle
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Museums ..... Long List of Museums from around the world
The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc ..... This is the famous prehistoric cave paintings in France. It has a very good presentation of the artwork
Translation
Free Dictionary
..... Look up words in African, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French,
Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish and get their English meaning
Latin Dictionary ..... Good Latin Dictionary
Fagan Finder ..... Translate between many languages
Translation with Systran ..... Translate a word or a paragraph between languages
The Language Site ..... Translate between many languages
Free Translations ..... Translate between English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Norwegian
Linguistic Atlas ..... Linguistic Atlas of the World -- Clickable map to see the languages of any country
Webpage Translation ..... Free web page translation from SDL International
Historical Research ..... Teresa's Historical / Romantic Fiction & Research Site. A well-maintained website with lots of links for research
Passive Voice ..... How to identify passive writing
Carve Magazine ..... Submit your short story to one of the world's most popular fiction magazines
Writing for Business and Pleasure ..... Good advice on writing from Stephen Wilbers
How to Critique Fiction ..... A great article by Victory Crayne
The Write Resource ..... Internet Resources, Helpful Articles, and more
Problems With Your Story Plot ..... The top ten plotting problems by Alicia Rasley
Ten Mistakes ..... Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do) by Pat Holt
Anthologies Online ..... Where editors, writers and readers converge. You don't have to subscribe, but if you do then you may submit a writing sample to be considered.
Deb Stover ..... Publishers, Authors, Booksellers, Research and many more links useful to writers and readers
Writing A Synopsis ..... How to Write a Synopsis by Marg Gilks
Novel Synopsis ..... How do I write a Book Synopsis?
Electronic Publishers ..... A list of non-subsidy electronic publishers
My Hidden Talent ..... Publish your work and get reviews from all around the world.
The Standard Deviations of Writing ..... A list of common mistakes made in writing by Roger MacBride Allen
Pseudonyms ..... A list of famous pseudonyms
Writer Pseudonyms ..... Writers pseudonyms as well as actors pseudonyms and many more from Nom de Guerre
Literary Terms ..... Literary and Rhetorical Terms By Jack Lynch, Rutgers University
The English Server ..... A list of sources of information
The Writers' Page ..... A showcase for writers
Journals ..... Several writers' journals
The King's English ..... By H. W. Fowler
Images Inscript ..... Free feedback on poems or short stories....you may be considered for publication
The Write Market ..... Writing news plus hundreds of listings for print magazines, book projects, contests, webzines, and publishers
Writers Information ..... From Books 'n Writers .....
Robin's Nest for Writers ..... A large, well organized site with many resources for writers
Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. ...... From Bartleby.com
English Grammar Clinic ...... From Education Resources
Women's Writing ..... A Celebration of Women Writers from the University of Pennsylvania Library
Word Frequency ..... Put in any text and it will sort the words, showing the most used at the top. From Georgetown University.
Promote your book ..... Information about marketing, promoting, selling your book
Book Review ..... Collection of websites dealing with book reviews
Promote your book at NorthWestWriters.com ..... This is a web site dedicated to promoting the authors of: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska & British Columbia, Canada
On-Demand Publishing ..... Trafford's On-Demand Publishing, sometimes called Print on Demand or POD
POD Publishers Compared ..... Self-Publishing.org compares types of self-publishing and helps writers choose a POD publisher
iUniverse ..... iUniverse Print on Demand Publishing
Arnold Book Publishers ..... Hodder Arnold publishes books and journals for students, academics and professionals
PublishAmerica ..... PublishAmerica is a traditional royalty-paying publisher specializing in work from new authors
How ISBN numbers are assigned ..... R.R. Bowker, the leading provider of bibliographic information in North America assigns ISBN numbers to publishers
World Records ..... Guinness Book of World Records
Baby Names ..... Lots of names for baby, but nice for writers also
Behind the Name .... The Etymology and History of First Names
What does your name mean .... 525,000 names and their meanings from the Kabalarians
Name of all kinds .... Names for your characters or your pets
Name Generator .... Generate any kind of name; ships, planets, dwarfs, taverns, heros or just regular people
Internet Movie Data Base ..... Great website for movie information, both old and new
CineMedia ..... TV, Movies, Radio plus 17 more categories with a search function
DVD Best Sellers ..... DVD Bestsellers list at Wal-Mart.com
Song Lyrics ..... Places to find the words to that song you're trying to remember
Biography.com ..... database for over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present
Game Rules ..... (Click on "Rules" under the little shopping cart) Rules of the game for many games such as Board Games, Backgammon, Trictrac, Carroms, Chequers, Chess, Crokinole, Draughts, Go Joseki, Tesuji Wei-Chi, Halma, Mancala, Reversi, Pachisi, Rouletter, Scrabble, Shogi,Tiddlywinks, Xiang Qi Tile, Dice Games, Craps, Dominoes, Mah Jongg, Rummikub, Sic Bo, Yahtzee, Casino Games, Black Jack, Baccarat, Chemin de fer, Craps, Three Card Poker, Roulette, Sic Bo, Wheel of Fortune, Card Games, Baccarat, Bezique, Black Jack, Black maria, Brag, Bridge, Canasta, Chemin De Fer, Commerce, Consequence, Crazy Eights, Draw poker, Euchre, Fan Tan, Faro, Gin, Cribbage, Hearts, Hold E'm,vKalooki, Loo, Michigan, Newmarket, Pinochie, Piquet, Poker, Pope Joan, Rummoli, Rummy, Samba, Scapone, Schafkopf, Skat, Solo, Stud, Trumps, and Whist
Daily General Newspapers ..... Several Current Newspapers
U.S. Government Copyright Website ..... Copyright Office of the Federal Government, United States Copyright Office
The Copyright Website ..... Copyright Information
Answers about Copyright myths ..... Copyright myths explained by Brad Templeton
UK Copyright Service ..... This is a copyright service company in England. Their pages contain lots of information
Ship Zip Codes ..... Ever Want to Know the Zip Code for a US Navy ship?
Zip Codes ..... All the other Zip Codes
Zip Code Map ..... At the bottom, put in a zip code then use a zoom factor of 6 to get a map of surrounding zip codes
Zip Find ..... Find all zip codes in a given radius, also distance between two zip codes
International Postal Codes ..... Zip Codes & Postal Codes of the World from the EscapeArtist Reference Section
Worldwide Postal Codes ..... Extensive list from EventMe
Art Resources ..... World Wide Art Resources
Healthopedia ..... medical and health information on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focussed health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and medications
Health Resources ..... Lots of information about your health, featuring Dr. Dean Edell
The Merck Manual ..... Excellent and extensive source of medical information including symptoms and diagnosis
Anatomy ..... Very nice anatomy website
Virtual Body Tour ..... Interactive Body Guide, Virtual Body Systems and Interactive Human Atlas by Merck
Whole Brain Atlas ..... Atlas of the brain from Harvard University
Gray's Anatomy ..... Anatomy of the Human Body, 1918 by Henry Gray.
Medical Terminology Glossary ..... Good list of medical terms and medical definitions
On Line Medical Dictionary ..... a free online medical dictionary search engine for definitions of medical terminology, pharmaceutical drugs, healthcare equipment, health conditions, medical devices, specialty terms and medical abbreviations
Medical Dictionary Search Engine ..... A very large list of medical terms and definitions
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics ..... By C.R. Wheeless MD. An excellent reference of Orthopaedics
Kings and Rulers ..... Kings, Rulers and Presidents of all Countries
Royalty ..... Cyndi's List of Kings and Royalty
British Monarchs ..... British Kings and Queens from the British History Club
Telephone Directories ..... Telephone Directories from all over the world
Currency conversion ..... XE.Com currency calculator
2000 U.S. Census Lookup ..... Data from the last census
U.K. Census ..... Birth, Marriage, and Death data from 1837 to 1983 --- UK Census
1-800-lookup ..... Directory of toll-free 800 numbers
Area Code Lookup ..... Find an area code, or enter an area code and find the city
Large Phone Directory ..... WorldPages phone directories find anything, anyone, anywhere
Switchboard ..... Find a Person, Business, E-mail and more
AT&T ..... AT&T phone directories
Yahoo ..... Yahoo e-mail search, put in a name, get their e-mail address
Magazines ..... Several magazines
Best Sellers ...... Best selling books From the New York Times Best-Seller List
Bestsellers Lists .... From USA Today
The White House ..... Just in case you have any literary questions for George
Write to Your Representative ..... Find your Representative by Zip Code and send him or her an e-mail
Write to Your Senator ..... Find your Senators by state and send him or her an e-mail
Slang ..... Words making their way into common usage .....
Journalism ..... Internet Journalism Resources .....
Pulitzer Prize ..... All the Pulitzer Prize winners since 1917
Europa ..... The European Union On-Line
Albania ..... What's new in Albania today
Arabia Online ..... Portal for the Arab world
How Stuff Works ..... Interesting web pages about how things work
How to do things ..... From How to Feed Your Pigs to How to Make a Puppet -- More than 15,000 How-to Solutions at eHow.Com
Trivia ..... Celebrity Trivia, Superstitions, Unusual Facts and more by Brian Candy
Folklore and Mythology ..... From D. L. Ashliman, University of Pittsburgh
Cliche Finder ..... Type in a word and find every cliche with that word in it
Movie Cliches ..... From the Movie Cliche List --- Really funny
Useless Information ..... Tons of useless information from Cool Quiz
Museum of Hoaxes ..... First Human Clone Born Hoax plus many more frauds, hocus-pocus, humbug, imposture, rumor, sleight, wile and so on.
Science Made Stupid ..... Written and Illustrated by TOM WELLER
Encyclopedia of Monsters ..... Monsters, Mythical Creatures and Fabulous Beasts by Gareth Long
I Can Eat Grass ..... How to say "I can eat glass, it doesn't hurt me" in 110 languages. Why? Only Ethan Mollick, Harvard class of 1997, knows for sure
Hieroglyphics ..... Type in your name and see it in hieroglyphics
Computer terminology in Chinese ..... With text and voice in Chinese .....
Urban Legends ..... Lots of interesting, funny and useless information
News of the Weird ..... Weird but true --- News from all over
A Dictionary of Useful Research Phrases .....What do Research Phrases really mean
Alphabetical Listing of all links
1-800-lookup ..... Directory of toll-free 800 numbers
100 Most Important People ..... The 100 most important people of the 20th Century, according to Time Magazine
Acronym Decoder ..... Acronym Decoder from The Acronym Finder
Acronyms ..... The Acronym Database
Addall ..... Search and Compare among 40+ sites, 20,000 sellers, millions of books
Aesop Fables ..... Over 600 Fables on-line
Albania ..... What's new in Albania today
Anatomy ..... Very nice anatomy website
Ancient Literature ..... Many complete texts
Animal Diversity Web ..... Animals of every type from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Another HTLM Color Chart ..... This HTML color chart has more colors, from maranGraphics
Anthologies Online ..... Where editors, writers and readers converge. You don't have to subscribe, but if you do then you may submit a writing sample to be considered.
Antonym .....Antonyms lookup, look up antonym -- a word that is opposite in meaning to another word
Arabia Online ..... Portal for the Arab world
Area Code Lookup ..... Find an area code, or enter an area code and find the city
Art Resources ..... World Wide Art Resources
Arthur's Classic Novels Free e-books ..... 2500 novels online from Arthurs Classic Novels on-line free ebooks
Ask The Expert ..... Links to experts on many different subjects
AT&T ..... AT&T phone directories
Authors Signatures ..... Verify an author's signature in a book at My Book House
Automotive History ..... This is about the history of the automobile
Baby Names ..... Lots of names for baby, but nice for writers also
Bad Link Checker ..... Check for bad links on your webpage from SiteOwner.com
Baldwin Project ..... 200 Children books on-line
Banned Books on line ..... Many books online
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Basics of DNA Fingerprinting ..... By Kate Brinton and Kim-An Lieberman at the University of Washington
Behind the Name .... The Etymology and History of First Names
Beowulf ..... Complete text of one of the first stories in English .....
Best Book Buys ..... Search dozens of bookstores for the best price
Bestsellers ...... Best selling books From the New York Times Bestseller List
Bestsellers Lists .... From USA Today
Biography.com ..... database for over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present
Bird Songs ..... Digitally recorded Bird and Animal sounds from Naturesound.Org
Book Doctors ..... Are Book Doctors Legitimate?
BookFinder 4U ..... Compare book offers from 55 different book stores
Book Parts ..... Parts of a book, such as Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction and so on.
Book Prices ..... Compare book offers on the Internet
Brewer's Phrase & Fable .............. This is a long list of phrases and their origin
British Monarchs ..... British Kings and Queens from the British History Club
Carve Magazine ..... Submit your short story to one of the world's most popular fiction magazines
Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc ..... This is the famous prehistoric cave paintings in France. It has a very good presentation of the artwork
CDC Wonder System ..... A wide variety of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports, guidelines and numeric public health data
Chambal Book Prices ..... Compare new and used book prices across major online bookstores
CIA World Fact Book ..... This is the World Fact Book from the CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CineMedia ..... TV, Movies, Radio plus 17 more categories with a search function
Classics On-Line Free ..... Free classics on-line books from Classic Bookshelf. Authors include Aesop, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Sherwood Anderson, Jane Austen, Francis Bacon, Frank Baum, William Blake, Anne Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, John Bunyan, Francis Hodgson Burnett, Lewis Carroll, Miguel de Cervantes, Erskine Childers, Kate Chopin, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Joseph Conrad, James Fenimore Cooper, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexandre Dumas, George Elliot, Gustave Flaubert, Kenneth Grahame, Thomas Hardy, Homer, Thomas Hughes, Victor Hugo, Jerome K. Jerome, Charles Kingsley, D.H. Lawrence, Gaston Leroux, Hugh Lofting, Lucy Maud Montgomery, E. Nesbit, Omar Khayyam, Edgar Allan Poe, Edmond Rostand, Walter Scott, Anna Sewell, William Shakespeare, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Johanna Spyri, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jonathan Swift, Anton Tchekhov, Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Trollope, Mark Twain, Jules Verne, Edith Whorton, Oscar Wilde
Classics Greek and Roman ..... Greek and Roman Classics plus more, complete texts from Tufts University.
Classic Short Stories ..... Many calssic stories
Cliche Finder ..... Type in a word and find every cliche with that word in it
Clickable map of the world ..... Click anywhere on the globe to enlarge the view
Clickable map of U.S. ..... Zoom in and out and use 21 optional layers such as counties, highways, railroads and more
Collegeboard SAT Testing ..... Learn more about the SAT, register online, and get the latest information about the SAT Program from the College Board.
Common Errors in English ..... By Paul Brians Professor of English Washington State University
Commonly Confused Words ..... A list of commonly confused words and what they mean
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Compound Words .....Spelling compound words with or without hyphens from Stephen Wilbers
Computer terminology in Chinese ..... With text and voice in Chinese .....
Convert It ..... Convert just about anything to anything else
Convert Plus ..... Convert many units of measurement, even avoirdupois and quite exotic terms like Ancient Greek and Roman.
Copyright Website ..... Copyright Information
Copyright myths ..... Copyright myths explained by Brad Templeton
Copyright Office ..... Copyright Office of the Federal Government, United States Copyright Office
Countries of the World ..... Abbreviations, Facts, Flags, and Maps for all the countries of the world
Currency conversion ..... XE.Com currency calculator
Curriculum Resources ..... High School, Middle School and Elementary school
Daily General Newspapers ..... Several Current Newspapers
Deb Stover ..... Publishers, Authors, Booksellers, Research and many more links useful to writers and readers
Dictionary of Difficult Words ..... Search the Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words' A-Z index of over 13,900 difficult words to increase your vocabulary or just find out what those words really mean
Dictionary of Useful Research Phrases .....What do Research Phrases really mean
Driving Directions for Any Place in the U.S. ..... Provided by Mapquest
DVD Best Sellers ..... DVD Bestsellers list at Wal-Mart.com
Electronic Publishers ..... A list of non-subsidy electronic publishers
Electronic Text ..... University of Virginia -- English, French, German, Spanish, Latin, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Apache, Greek, Hebrew, Tibetan, Icelandic, Italian and Portuguese
Elephants ..... Information about elephants
Emily Dickinson's Poems ..... Poems by the great poet
Encyclopedia ..... Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia.com ..... 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Monsters ..... Monsters, Mythical Creatures and Fabulous Beasts by Gareth Long
The Encyclopedia of World History ..... Ancient, Medieval, and Modern from Bartleby.com
English Grammar ..... Instructions on grammar
English Grammar Clinic ...... From Education Resources
English Server ..... A list of sources of information
EServer ..... Iowa State University -- over 18,000 texts on every subject; art, education, culture, drama, literature, fiction and many more
Etymological Dictionary ..... Explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.
Europa ..... The European Union On-Line
Facts ..... Huge collection of facts and stats from fact monster
Fagan Finder ..... Translate between many languages
FEDSTATS ..... Statistics from more than 70 US Government agencies
Files from the Federal Bureau of Investigation ... FBI Files made available through the Freedom of Information Act
Find A Quote ..... Search for quotations in several different databases --- Pop-ups, but worth the hassle
Flight Tracker ..... Put in airline name, flight number and departure date for a visual flight path
Folklore and Mythology ..... From D. L. Ashliman, University of Pittsburgh
Free Banners ..... Create a free banner for your website from Chocolate Cat Fanciers
Free books ....... Listing over 20,000 free books on the Web from The University of Pennsylvania
Free Clip Art ..... Barry's Free Clipart pages
Free Dictionary ..... Look up words in African, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish and get their English meaning
Free Dictionary ..... The Freedictionary at Freedictionary.com combines English, Medical, Legal, and Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one
Free E-Mail Filter Program ..... This is Frontgate MX, a program used to filter and stop unwanted E-Mail or SPAM
Free Hit Counters ..... List of free hit counters for your webpage
Free Internet ..... free isp - free internet access from Free and Hot.com
Free Link Checker ..... This is a free webpage link checker for your website from W3C
Free Translations ..... Translate between English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Norwegian
Free URL Submission ..... Submit your webpage to major search engines free with @Submit
Free URL Submission Service ..... Submit your webpage to 20 search engines free with AddPro
Free web page hosting ..... A list of Internet hosts systems providing free web pages
Freedom of Information ..... This is from the Freedom of Information Act, produced by the FBI
Freesoft Encyclopedia ..... Information on the Internet
Game Rules ..... (Click on "Rules" under the little shopping cart) Rules of the game
Global Internet Stats ..... Global Internet statistics by language from from Global Reach
Grammar ..... Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch
Grammar Slammer ..... Grammar Help for The University of Maine
Gray's Anatomy ..... Anatomy of the Human Body, 1918 by Henry Gray.
Great Quotes ..... Over 54,000 Famous Quotes, Famous Sayings & Proverbs
Health Resources ..... Lots of information about your health, featuring Dr. Dean Edell
Healthopedia ..... medical and health information on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focussed health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and medications
Hieroglyphics ..... Type in your name and see it in hieroglyphics
History ..... The 20th Centry, year by year
History ..... Nice history pages but be aware of many pop-ups. See the pop-up killer under Free Webpages
Homework ..... Help with your homework from BigChalk.com
How far is it? ..... Gives you the distance between any two countries or cities in the world
How Stuff Works ..... Interesting web pages about how things work
How to Critique Fiction ..... A great article by Victory Crayne
How to do things ..... From How to Feed Your Pigs to How to Make a Puppet -- More than 15,000 How-to Solutions at eHow.Com
How to Incorporate in Navada ..... Nevada Secretary of State Corporate Information
HTLM Color Chart ..... This is gives you the HTML codes for screen colors
HTML Index ..... Good HTML glossary with many HTML definitions and HTML usage
HTML Purpose and Placement ..... HTML definitions and HTML usage
I Can Eat Grass ..... How to say "I can eat glass, it doesn't hurt me" in 110 languages. Why? Only Ethan Mollick, Harvard class of 1997, knows for sure
Iliad ..... The Iliad by HomerInfoplease ..... Vast array of information including dictionaries, Internet encyclopedia, atlas, almanac, statistics, world records, US sports, U.S. sports, United States sports, entertainment, biography, biographies, population, countries, maps, reference, definitions, business facts, news, history black history month and much more.
Internet Encyclopedia ..... Wikinfo is a universal open content encyclopedia with 20792 Wikinfo articles. Wikinfo is a wiki.
Internet Keywords ..... List of popular keywords used in searches on the Internet
Internet Movie Data Base ..... Great website for movie information, both old and new
Internet Public Library ..... Reference Center. Ready Reference CollectionInternet Service Providers ISP ..... Extensive list of Internet Service Providers, ISP list, including the U.S. and many other countries
Images Inscript ..... Free feedback on poems or short stories....you may be considered for publication
International Postal Codes ..... Zip Codes & Postal Codes of the World from the EscapeArtist Reference Section
Internet Stats ..... Internet statistics from Cyber Atlas
ISBN numbers are assigned ..... R.R. Bowker, the leading provider of bibliographic information in North America assigns ISBN numbers to publishers
Journalism ..... Internet Journalism Resources .....
Journals ..... Several writers' journals
Kelley Blue Book ..... New and used car prices on line
Kings and Rulers ..... Kings, Rulers and Presidents of all Countries
Language Dictionaries ..... Look up words in English, French, Spanish and more
Language Site ..... Translate between many languages
Latin Dictionary ..... Good Latin Dictionary
Law Library ..... Law Library at Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University Law School
Law Library .....Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington --- Virtual Library-Law
Legends .....Robin Hood, King Arthur, Beowulf, Pirates & Privateers, Ballads & Broadsides, Swashbucklers & Fops, Fairy Tales, Shakespeare's Stories, Sagas & Sea-Kings, Paladins & Princes, Poets & Painters, Erin & Alba from Paula Katherine Marmor
Life in Elizabethan England ..... What they ate, what they drank, the games they played and much more
Literary Agents ..... An extensive list of literary agents with addresses and phone numbers
Literary Agents List 2 ..... Listings of Agents and other Representation
Linguistic Atlas ..... Linguistic Atlas of the World -- Clickable map to see the languages of any country
Literary Terms ..... Literary and Rhetorical Terms By Jack Lynch, Rutgers University
Literature on line ..... Many books online
LitQuotes ..... Great website for literary quotes with hundreds of quotes
Local time ..... Check the local time anywhere around the world
LoveToKnow ..... LoveToKnow Free Online Encyclopedia aslo known as the 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
Magazines ..... Several magazines
Maps ..... Hundreds of maps from The University of Minnesota
Maps from all over the world ..... Electronic Maps from the University of Texas
Medical Dictionary On Line ..... a free online medical dictionary search engine for definitions of medical terminology, pharmaceutical drugs, healthcare equipment, health conditions, medical devices, specialty terms and medical abbreviations
Medical Dictionary Search Engine ..... A very large list of medical terms and definitions
Medical Terminology Glossary ..... Good list of medical terms and medical definitions
Merck Manual ..... Excellent and extensive source of medical information including symptoms and diagnosis
Meta Tag Analyzer ..... Uses spider technology similar to search engine robots
Military and Nautical History ..... Many links to military, nautical, naval, maritime, value of money through history and much more
Mobile Phone Number Lookup ..... Cellular phone or Cell phone or Mobile phone number lookup
More Maps ..... Maps and information from The University of Iowa
Movie Cliches ..... From the Movie Cliche List --- Really funny
Museum of Hoaxes ..... First Human Clone Born Hoax plus many more frauds, hocus-pocus and more
Museums ..... Long List of Museums from around the world
Name Generator .... Generate any kind of name; ships, planets, dwarfs, taverns, heros or just regular people
Name of all kinds .... Names for your characters or your pets
Names of Colors ..... Click on the name of a color and the screen changes to that color
National Do Not Call Registry ..... This is the National Do Not Call Registry
National Do Not E-Mail Registry ..... This is the National Do Not E-Mail Registry
NASA Mars Missions ..... Latest News From Spirit and Opportunity, JPL -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mars Lander Spirit and Mars Lander Opportunity
NASA Satellite Photos ..... Pictures from space of almost any place on Earth
New York Times Navigator ..... Reference page used by the newsroom of the New York Times
News of the Weird ..... Weird but true --- News from all over
Novel Synopsis ..... How do I write a Book Synopsis?
Odyssey ..... The Odyssey by Homer
Old Farmer's Almanac ..... Published since 1792, The Old Farmer's Almanac has useful information for people in all walks of life
OneLook Dictionaries ..... 4,849,562 words in 803 dictionaries indexed --- Really, and it's quick too
On-Line Books ..... Hundreds of Books On-line by John Mark Ockerbloom
Periodic Tables ..... Nice, clickable table plus a search function
PMS -- Punctuation Made Simple ..... Punctuation Made Simple PMS is a service of USF, The University of South Florida at St. Petersburg
POD Publishers Compared ..... Self-Publishing.org compares types of self-publishing and helps writers choose a POD publisher
Poetic Terms ..... A Guide for the Study of Poetry
Poetry Kit ..... Poetry events worldwide also listings and magazines
Poetry Superhighway ..... Poetry awards and links
Pop-Up Killer ..... This is POW, a pop-up killer. You have to register, but it's free.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ..... Complete text .....
Problems With Your Story Plot ..... The top ten plotting problems by Alicia Rasley
Promote your book ..... Information about marketing, promoting, selling your book
Proofreading ..... Proofreading Symbols and Abbreviations
ProQuest Digital Dissertations .....access the last two years of citations and abstracts in the Dissertation Abstracts database
Pseudonyms ..... A list of famous pseudonyms
Publication Warning List ..... This is a warning list of publications who have refused to pay writers money owed to them.
PublishAmerica ..... PublishAmerica is a traditional royalty-paying publisher specializing in work from new authors
Pulitzer Prize ..... All the Pulitzer Prize winners since 1917
Questionable Agents ..... Writer Beware from SFWA
Quotes by Famous People ..... Many Quotes by People You Will Recognize
Quotations Page ..... Over 15,000 Quotations
Quiz on Commonly Confused Words ..... From Dr. Richard Lederer
Reference Works ..... Extensive List of Reference Works From The English Server
Research Guide for Students .....A Virtual Library of useful URLs arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification
Research Tools ..... iTools include; Search, Language, Research, Finance, Maps, Internet and more
Researching History ..... This page has many links to all areas of history
Reverse Phone Number Lookup ..... Put in the phone number, find the listing. Also addresses
Resources for Screenwriters ..... Hundreds of links for screenwriting
Rhyming words ..... A good rhyming dictionary .....
Royalty ..... Cyndi's List of Kings and Royalty
Science Made Stupid ..... Written and Illustrated by TOM WELLER
Screen Site Dramatica ..... Film, Television and Video Reviews and information
Screenwriters ..... The Internet Screenwriters Network
Screenwriting ..... Lots of good information for the screenwriter from Visual Writer
Search Engines ..... Popular Search Engines for the Internet
Ship Zip Codes ..... Ever Want to Know the Zip Code for a US Navy ship?
Sites for Teachers ..... sitesforteachers.com - Top educator sites ranked by popularity
Slang ..... Words making their way into common usage .....
Song Lyrics ..... Places to find the words to that song you're trying to remember
Sources and Experts ..... Extensive list of experts on the Internet
Spell Check Spanish ..... Spell check in Spanish, English, Italian, French or Portuguese
SpellCheck ..... Free Online Spell Checker for a word or a paragraph - gives suggestions for word choice
Standard Deviations of Writing ..... A list of common mistakes made in writing by Roger MacBride Allen
States and Capitals ..... Enormous amount of information from 50states.com on all 50 states plus commonwealths and territories
Switchboard ..... Find a Person, Business, E-mail and more
Synonym .....Synonyms lookup, look up synonym -- a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs ..... Complete text .....
Technical Definitions .....Technology terminology from Whatis.com at TechTarget Network
Telephone Directories ..... Telephone Directories from all over the world
Telephone Directory ..... WorldPages phone directories find anything, anyone, anywhere
Technical Glossary in Nine European Languages ..... From The European Commission .....
Ten Mistakes ..... Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do) by Pat Holt
The King's English ..... By H. W. Fowler
Thesaurus ..... Thesaurus at Merriam-Webster on-line
TimeServer ..... Or check the local time at TimeServer
Today's births, deaths, historic events ..... Births, Deaths and Events That Happened on Today's Date in History
Translation with Systran ..... Translate a word or a paragraph between languages
Trivia ..... Celebrity Trivia, Superstitions, Unusual Facts and more by Brian Candy
U.K. Census ..... Birth, Marriage, and Death data from 1837 to 1983 --- UK Census
U.K. Copyright Service ..... This is a copyright service company in England. Their pages contain lots of information
University of Phoenix ..... Adult education at The University of Phoenix
U.S. Census Lookup ..... Data from the last census
Unit Conversions ..... Convert any unit of measurement to any other unit
United States Patent Office ... Extensive list of U.S. Patents since 1790 -- US Patent and Trademark Office
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington ..... Complete text
Urban Legends ..... Lots of interesting, funny and useless information
Useless Information ..... Tons of useless information from Cool Quiz
Virtual Body Tour ..... Interactive Body Guide, Virtual Body Systems and Interactive Human Atlas by Merck
Visual search of the Internet ..... Use Ditto to visually navigate the World Wide Web
Voyage of The Beagle ..... Complete text .....
War of The Worlds ..... Complete text .....
Webpage Spell Check ..... Spell check your web pages
Webpage Translation ..... Free web page translation from SDL International
Website Spell Checker 2 ..... Free webpage spellchecker from SiteOwner.com
Weird Words .....List of strange words such as, Hebetude, Higgler, Hobbledehoy, Honeyfuggle, Ichthyophagous, Incunabulum, Insinuendo, Interrobang, Jackalope, Jobbernowl, Katzenjammer and many more from World Wide Words
What does your name mean .... 525,000 names and their meanings from the Kabalarians
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics ..... By C.R. Wheeless MD. An excellent reference of Orthopaedics
White House ..... Just in case you have any literary questions for George
WhoIs ..... Use the WhoIs command to find out who owns a website or a domain name
Whole Brain Atlas ..... Atlas of the brain from Harvard University
Who's alive and who's dead .....Extensive list of famous people, dead and alive
Women's Writing ..... A Celebration of Women Writers from the University of Pennsylvania LibraryWord Frequency ..... Put in any text and it will sort the words, showing the most used at the top. From Gerogetown University.
World POPClock Projection ..... Up to the minute estimate of world population
World Records ..... Guinness Book of World Records
World Time Zones ..... Map of World Time Zones
Worldwide Postal Codes ..... Extensive list from EventMe
Write Resource ..... Internet Resources, Helpful Articles, and more
Write to Your Representative ..... Find your Representative by Zip Code and send him or her an e-mail
Write to Your Senator ..... Find your Senators by state and send him or her an e-mail
Writer Pseudonyms ..... Writers pseudonyms as well as actors pseudonyms and many more from Nom de Guerre
Writers Information ..... From Books 'n Writers .....
Writing A Synopsis ..... How to Write a Synopsis by Marg Gilks
Writing for Business and Pleasure ..... Good advice on writing from Stephen Wilbers
Yahoo ..... Yahoo e-mail search, put in a name, get their e-mail address
Zip Code Map ..... At the bottom, put in a zip code then use a zoom factor of 6 to get a map of surrounding zip codes
Zip Find ..... Find all zip codes in a given radius, also distance between two zip codes
Zip Codes ..... All the other Zip Codes
Zoo Animals ..... Great pictures of zoo animals also lots of information
