MARGARET'S REFERENCE LIBRARY FOR SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS
CONTENTS
Citation aids/copy editing
Copyright
Dictionaries, glossaries and a thesaurus
Encyclopedias
Genealogy
Human assistance
Internet Safety/hoax information
Miscellaneous facts/information
Online tools for
reference/bibliography
Oral history/human subject
research guidelines
Translation help
Writing guides: grammar, style
etc.
Locate individuals and send
them mail
CITATION
AIDS/COPY EDITING
Copy editing Links
from CopyEditor online newsletter
The Slot: A spot for
Copy editors: entertaining personal page by a self-described
"curmudgeon."
A
brief citation guide to internet sources in history and
the humanities originally written for H-Africa, based on
Turabian's Manual
Citation
Styles from the website for Online! A Reference guide to using Internet
Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger. Offers information on
electronic source citation in both MLA/Chicago and scientific
notation styles.
Forms
of Citation from the Internet Archaeology Newsletter
includes additional references, discussion of citation
problems specific to the internet.
Cataloguing
Internet Sources: a manual and practical guide. Written
by Nancy Olson for OCLC, this manual explains to librarians
how to catalogue Internet sources in the same way that they
would catalogue books: for example, how to establish title,
authors, edititon numbers, physical description, access
information, notes, key words, and MARC fields.
Research,
Writing and Style Guides from A Research Guide for Students.
Includes APA, MLA, Chicago and several other styles. Recommended
WWW
Style Manual from Yale: How to write a website, organize
it, select colors, pictures, and layout styles and typefaces.
Electronic References and
Scholarly Citations of Internet Sources from the World Wide Web Virtual
Library, edited by Anita Greenhill. A set of links to citation aids,
arranged chronologically.
COPYRIGHT
NCSU Libraries
Scholarly Communication home page
Copyright
FAQ from the Library of Congress
"Copyright and
Fair Use" from Stanford Univeristy
Copyright and
Intellectual Property links from Voice of the Shuttle
Digital
Watermarks: An article explaining the use of digital
"watermarks" to protect original works on the WWW
from unauthorized appropriation.
Copyright
links from Cyndi's list, a major geneaology website
Copyright
on the Internet from the Franklin Pierce Law Center. Easy
to read discussion of copyright issues specific to the
internet such as: Can Websites be copyright? Is it o.k. to
forward e-mail?
"Contracts
Watch" from the American Society of Journalists and
Authors provides freelance authors with information and
advice about what rights/protections are included in
contracts with various publications.
"Just
Can't Hardly Give it Away" Generosity versus Copyright by Carol
Ebbinghouse, Western State University College of Law. A readable,
straightforward account of the open-source and free information movements
and the problems posed by new copyright laws with many additional sources
and references. Recommended.
Ten Big Myths
About Copyright by Brad Templeton. A very brief and readable
summary of the most common copyright issues
DICTIONARIES, GLOSSARIES, AND A THESAURUS
Free Online
Dictionary of Computing created by Denis Howe. Can also be
downloaded for use when offline.
A Web of Online
Dictionaries: exploits the Web to link many dictionaries
together. Also provides links to numerous specialized
dictionaries. Recently moved to a new site at YourDictionary.Com Recommended.
OneLook Dictionaries. Nearly
5 million words and over 700 online dictionaries. Offers choice of
dictionaries, wild card spelling and translations. Fast and well
organized. Also searches some encyclopedias. Recommended
Dictionary Net: Searches
several sources including the popular 1913 Webster's. Good for new,
high-tech words.
Online Medical Dictionary Created by Dr. Graham Dark and provided by the
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. No frills definitions of a huge
catalog of medical and scientific terms.
Acronym Finder:
searchable index of 60,000 acronyms and their meanings
ArtLex: Dictionary of
Visual Art. Over 2,600 terms are indexed, with a
pronounciation guide, and illustrations of the medium or
technique described. Fast to load. Recommended.
ARTFL's Roget's
Thesaurus: Provides a search form for synonyms
ARTFL's 1913
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
The Glossarist: A
collection of 4577 glossaries of which 679 have been catalogued into 130
categories.
Hypertext
Webster's Dictionary Interface: Enter a word and it will
return a dictionary entry
WordNet:
This is hard to describe. It is an experimental lexical
interface that groups words with definitions and synonyms
using linguistic theory. It is like a combination of a
thesaurus and a dictionary.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Britannica Online:
Behind the noisy commercial front lies a lot of solid
information. Use the "search" feature to find what
you need.
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Eleventh Edition A somewhat cumbersome interface and less than ideal
reproduction of the text, but a wonderful resource nevertheless. The
classic edition of 1911.
Encyclopedia
Mythica: Searchable directory provides quick, brief
descriptions in mythology, folklore and legend.
Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Encyclopedia of Symbols
more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into groups according
to their graphical characteristics.
GENEALOGY
Family History and Genealogy
Internet Education Directory
Genealogy online:
The world genealogy website is friendly, informative and
comprehensive. Includes links to many national genealogy
sites.
US Genealogy
Sleuth. Genealogy links, broadly conceived. Includes
gazetteers, maps, cemetery sites, currency converters, census sites
etc.
International
Genealogy Sleuth. A "twin" to the US site.
Especially strong on Canadian resources.
Academic-Genealogy.com
Another comprehensive set of links.
HUMAN ASSISTANCE:
Ask a
Librarian: from the Internet Public
Library. Librarians and other experts answer e-mail reference
questions
Virtual Reference Desk:
Organized by ERIC, this is a gateway to a collection of
"Ask a" resources intended primarily for members of
the K-12 community, such as "ask a geologist,"
"ask a scientist," "homework help." Also
offers a gateway to the "Dig_Ref" listserv for
digital references providers such as librarians.
INTERNET SAFETY/HOAX INFORMATION
Hoax Information:
maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Computer Incident
Advisory Capability, provides information on real and
imaginary computer viruses. Check this site before forwarding
virus warnings.
Hoax and virus information from
F-Secure, formerly Datafellows. Searchable index.
Spybot:
Checks your computer for spyware and removes it.
Ad-Aware:
Checks your computer for spyware and removes it.
MISCELLANEOUS
FACTS/INFORMATION
Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations: Provides a search service and a
chronological list of authors quoted, as well as text from
the original
Simpson's Contemporary
Quotations: Homepage is filled with annoying ads, but the quotations are
well-organized and interesting. Quotations up to 1988.
The
Bible Browser from the Scholarly Technology Group,
provides instructions and access to the Bible Browser, a
search and retrieval service.
Quran
Browser from the Scholarly Technology Group
Bullfinch's
Mythology: Several editions are available on this page.
Calendars: Type in a
date between 1583 and 9999 to retrieve a calendar for that year including
days of the week
All You Ever Wanted to Know About
Calendars: a set of links to calendar sites
CIA
World Facts
Conversion:
feet to inches, pounds to kilograms, etc. Does not convert
currency from one country to another.
The Universal Currency
Converter A commercial product for translating one modern
currency into another
Ecola Newsstand:
Links to web sites for newspapers and journals printed on
paper
FAQ finder:
searchable guide to files for Frequently Asked Questions on
the Net.
Fast Facts:
Another compilation by librarian Gary Price
"Finding Data on the Internet"
by Robert Niles. List of places to find facts and data on various
subjects, primarily from the US Government. Intended for reporters.
Flying Inkpot: Links
to web sites for international news sources, newspapers and
news publications. Arranged geographically.
General Reference From the
World Wide Web Virtual Library
Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names: type in a geographic name and receive a
history of the name of that place with variants and a brief description of
the cultural importance of that place.
Google News Search
Engine
Government
Documents: Core Documents of American Democracy, from the
Government Printing Office: full text versions of the
Declaration of Independence, the Constitution etc. See also
Congressional
Research Reports provided by Gary Price
Government Statistics. See
also Price's list of lists below
State and Local
Governments on the Net Very handy lists not only of state and local
governments in each state in the U.S.A. but also of state government
agencies, selected national governmental associations, legislative sessions
etc. Recommended
Hoax Information:
maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Computer Incident
Advisory Capability, provides information on real and
imaginary computer viruses. Check this site before forwarding
virus warnings.
Hoax and virus information from
F-Secure, formerly Datafellows. Searchable index.
iTools. General reference site
that offers selection of search engines, dictionaries, encyclopedias,
people-finders etc.
Information Please:
Almanacs on the web. Use this to find a list of American Vice
Presidents, great disasters, all sorts of miscellaneous facts
on sports, countries, government, entertainment, business
etc.
Langenberg.com offers fast
retrieval of maps, search engines, dictionaries, encyclopedias, web
translators and people finders on a low-graphics site.
Latin
Names of Printing Towns: A searchable index, for those
who are having trouble figuring out where "Lugduni
Batauorum" was. Has link to glossary of common Latin
words on imprints
Price's
List of Lists: a database of ranked listings of companies, people and
resources freely available on the Internet. lists. If it might be on
a "best 100" or "largest 10" list on the
internet, this is the place to look. Originally developed by Gary Price but
now maintained by SpecialIssues.com
List of Lists Lists of helpful
technical services such as encryption or clipboard tools. Not for
general information
Movie Index: Internet
Movie Database: a commercial site, provides a fast search
that can be queried by many categories, such as writer, plot,
title, character.
Myths
and Legends: Site by Christopher Siren offers links to sites from Egypt
to Estonia, from Odysseus to Arthur, and includes Polynesia, the Americas,
and Asia. Comprehensive and well-organized. Last updated in 2003.
New
York Times Newsroom Navigator Intended for new journalists on the NY
Times.
Official Statistics on the Web: Searchable by Country, Region and Topic
Reference Desk
from the Michigan Electronic Library. The only word for this is
quirky. A very long list of all sorts of reference resources, listed
one after the other. Typical entries include Acronyms, Antiques
and Collectibles shops, Camps for Children, Lighthouses, Nobel
Prizes, Polls, and Trees all listed in alphabetical order.
Fun to browse.
Refdesk A commercial site but
packed with helpful miscellaneous information. Sources are easy to
find. A good place to go for quick facts.
Reference Aids from
EZ2Find. A similar collection to this one (thesauri, dictionaries,
world records)
Resource Shelf from the
resourceful Gary Price and a team of information specialists who select
web-based resources, including databases, lists and
rankings, real-time sources, and multimedia for a weekly newsletter.
Small Business Help from
the Small Business Administration. Large collection of helpful leaflets and
checklists
Travel
warnings, Y2K notes and Consular Sheets from the U.S.
State Dept. Similar information is also available from the
UK Foreign and
Commonwealth office. Both are helpful for travelers.
Yellow Pages. Allpages
offers listings of businesses, addresses and phone numbers (no links)
arranged by location and category. Listings don't include many museums
or non-profits but this is still a useful tool to find, for example, every
university in a given city, or a specific hotel phone number without wading
through tons of commercial sites.
ONLINE
TOOLS FOR REFERENCE/BIBLIOGRAPHY
Substitutes for the late lamented "Scholars Quest reference
project"
http://www.burioni.it/forum/ors-bfs/index.html
by Francesco Dell'Orso rates five major software products
Reference
Management Software: A brief article with links from Wikipedia
ORAL HISTORY, HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH
TRANSLATION HELP
Babelfish: a
well-established service now provided through AltaVista (also available
under "tools" in an AltaVista search)
Language Tools from
Google. Enter two languages and text or a webpage and it will provide a
translation (sort of).
http://www.google.com/language_tools
Translation links: from the British BUBL portal
Translators' links: by
J. Roque Dias. These are links FOR translators such as multi-lingual
glossaries, dictionaries and technical word lists. Search in English or
Portuguese
WRITING
GUIDES: GRAMMAR/STYLE ETC.
Brians' Errors: By Paul
Brians of Washington State University: alphabetic list of often misused or
confused words including a list of "non-errors".
The
Economist Style Guide: A guide for writers for that
distinguished journal. Very entertaining and full of pointed
examples and helpful advice for all writers. Try the section
on "americanisms" and learn why you can't raise
smart children in England.
Fowler's Complete
English: The classic 1908 text on correct usage
Grammar
and Style advice from Jack Lynch at Penn. Arranged
alphabetically. A modern American Fowler
Guide
to Grammar and Writing [Javascript, Java] A guide to
writing at the sentence, paragraph and essay level. Includes
an "ask a grammar" feature and a list of
entertaining misspellings.
A Research
Guide for Students By I. Lee, author of "how to survive the Internet".
Provides links to resources such as footnote guides, a collection of helpful
education/information websites arranged by Dewey Decimal order, and advice
on web design among other miscellaneous information
Research
Resources for Writers: From Writers Write.
Resources for Researchers from the University of Portsmouth.
Evidently intended for students working on Ph.D. theses and other advanced
work. Filled with useful links and highly recommended for every researcher
Resources for Writers
from Karen Rex and ComputerEase.
Strunk, William.
1918. The Elements of Style.
Webgrammar's Writing Center:
Provides newsletter with tips and a list of writing aids as well as an
idiosyncratic list of resources
Writers Write:
Commercial site for writers. Provides lots of writer's market
information, links to writer's homepages, writers' links,
searchable database of internet writer's guidelines.
Writing, grammar, usage
guides from RefDesk
EZ2Find list of Directories, Addresses and Phone numbers
Langenberg offers a quick and
easy to use set of people finders
People finders
from Windweaver
White Pages: Search
for e-mail, telephone, white and yellow pages listings for individuals
(replaces Four-11.com)
WhoWhere:
Another person finder, from Lycos
Yahoo People Search
Zip
Code Finder: from the U.S. Postal Service. Enter an
address and it will provide the correct zip code.
See also the section for Telephone and E-Mail Directories on the NY Times
Newsroom
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