Copyright
- 10 Copyright
Myths
- Copyright myths explained
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- Copyright Clearance Center
- A non-profit organization helping individuals and organizations to
comply with copyright laws
- US Copyright Office
- Official site of US Copyright Office
People
- Biography
- Companion site to A&E's award-winning Biography program
Directories
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- 555-1212
- Find e-mail addresses, telephone numbers and Web sites
- AT&T Toll-free Internet
Directory
- Toll-free telephone numbers of more than 150,000 businesses and
organizations
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Reverse Directory
- If you have a number, it may give you the right name and address
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Media Tracker
- Need to know who owns your local newspaper, magazine, or radio or TV station?
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White Pages
- Find phone number and address of individuals
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USPS Zip Code Locator
- Need to know the zip code--find it here.
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References
- Astronomy
- "Your Astronomy source on the WWW"
- Business Information
- Access Business Online
- CBC Journalists and Broadcasters WWW
Resources
- Reference shelf, news and more
- City Search
- Reference shelf, news and more
- Bartlett's Quotations
- Bartlett's Famous Quotations
- Flip's Search Resources for finding people,
addresses, phone numbers, e-mail etc.
- How Stuff Works Good information and explanations
- Digital City
- Job Search Searches all the top job sites
- Tucows News Directory Online Magazines
- MagPortal Source for online articles
- Criminal Records Search County, state or federal criminal background checks
- Trade Magazines Information about major Trade Magazines
- Postage Calculator
- Currency Calculator How much is your money worth in other countries?
- Metric to English Length, weight, pressure, volume and temperature
- Universal Currency Converter
- MSDS Find out about the toxicity or other dangers from common household chemicals.
- Time Conversion Worldwide Time Conversion
- Relocation Essentials Cost of your lifestyle in another city
- Demographics Populations, statistics of American Cities
- Languages of the World
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Computers
- Computer
Almanac
- A collection of interesting and useful numbers about computers
- Facts and statistics about the internet
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Dictionaries
- On-line
Dictionaries and Glossaries by language
- Acronyms, Russian words, film terms, sign language, medieval
Latin and much more
- WWWebster Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Glossaries
- Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate dictionary
- Language Tools
- Online Rhyming Dictionary
- The Elements of Style
- Free Translations
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Encyclopedia
- Wikipedia
- Free Online Encyclopedia
- Foundation for American
Communications
- Sources and background on public policy issues
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History
- 18th Century
Resources
- Search or browse the 18th century
- History of
Science, Technology and Medicine
- Links to most of the medeival information on the Web
- Primary Historical Texts
- Primary historical documents
- US Army Military History Institute
- "US Army's central repository for historical materials"
- My Virtual Reference Desk
- Links to almost anything you'll want to find
- Publishers Weekly Interactive
- News, reviews, discussion, industry calendar, classifieds...
- Reed Reference Publishing
- Publishers of "Books in Print," "Literary Marketplace" and "Who's Who"
- One of the largest collection of reference books (and more) online
- Sidewalk
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- SurveyNet
- Opinions and demographics of the Web
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Thesaurus
- Roget's Internet Thesaurus
- Easy to use classic thesaurus
- Links to subject-specific thesauri
- USNO Time Service
- Home of the nation's most accurate clock
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Search Engines
- HotBot
- Tips for advanced searching with the most popular search engines
- USPS Zipcodes
- Find zipcodes around the country
- Google sites for writers
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Professional Societies
- Academy of American Poets
- American Library Association
- American Society of Journalists and Authors
- Children's Book Council
- Horror Writers Association
- International Food, Wine and Travel
Writers Assoc.
- International Women's Writing Guild
- National Association of Science Writers
- National Writers Union
- Poetry Society of America
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Society for Technical Communications
- Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
- Writers Guild of America
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Writing Communities
- Authorlink
- BookWire
- HollywoodU
- Writing.com
- Poets and Writers Online
- Working Writers
- Writers Write
- Writers.Net
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Writing Workshops
- Gotham Writers Workshop
- On-line classes for fiction, screenplays, stageplays, non-fiction,
poetry, comedy and sit-coms
- Resources and links for many on-line writing courses
- Purdue's OWL
- Purdue's Online Writing Lab
- Spectrum Virtual University
- "Largest on-line learning hub on the internet"
- Writers on the Net
- For those who "have a passion for writing and would like to write
better"
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Plotting and Story Building
- Collaborator
- StoryCraft
- WritePro
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Scripting
- Final Draft
- Screenplay
- StorySpace
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Software Sources
- Download.com
- Links to many tools for writers
- PC World
- Up to date information
- Shareware.com
- Tucows
- Writer's Guild of America
- Follow the "Tools of the Trade" link for software information and
reviews
- WinZip
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Libraries
- Library of Congress
- Libweb
- LoC--American Memory Collection
- Project Bartleby
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Tips for Film Scripts and Video
- Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- Wordplay Columns
- Drew's Scripts-O-Rama
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