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you need to research a fact, check the meaning or usage
of a word, translate some foreign expression or improve
your surfing skills, this is the place for you. Search
by category. If you know of any good
resources for this section, please contact
us.
Hot link
of the month
The Quotations Page
www.quotationspage.com/
This site is great if you're looking for a quote
but can't remember who said it, or if you want a quote
on a particular subject. If you're looking for inspiration,
you can click the random quote button and see what you
get.
facts
and statistics; current affairs;
style, usage and vocabulary; writers'
block; miscellaneous.
About
about.com/
A huge site which contains information of a wide variety
of topics from Attention Deficit Disorder to Zoology.
Each section is written and maintained by a specialist
guide.
The Film
Council
www.filmcouncil.org.uk
The film council's website.
How Stuff
Works
www.howstuffworks.com/
A useful site for writers who need to research technical
or mechanical areas. There is a wealth of information
here from airport security to DNA evidence, from mummification
to X-rays.
Info please
www.infoplease.com
This is an online American encyclopedia and more.
Lives, the
biography resource
amillionlives.com/
Advertises itself as 'the largest guide to posthumous
biography sites on the Web'. Helpful for any kind of
historical research.
National
Statistics
www.nationalstatistics.gov.uk
A good site for finding official statistics about the
UK and its economy, population and society.
Online Newspapers
www.onlinenewspapers.com
If you want to read any online newspaper in the world
to get the local low-down, this is the site for you.
Just click on a box to choose the country you want and
up will come a list of all the online papers there.
The Quotations Page
www.quotationspage.com/
This site is great if you're looking for a quote
but can't remember who said it, or if you want a quote
on a particular subject. If you're looking for inspiration,
you can click the random quote button and see what you
get.
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Current Affairs
Europe Daily
www.europedaily.com/
Daily European news from the World News Network, linking
to news sites from around the world.
Independent
Media Centre
www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml
A site written and run by independent journalists worldwide,
offering up-to-date coverage of world affairs, and a
large archive of news articles.
Media UK
Directory
www.mediauk.com/
The independent media directory for the UK, listing
radio stations, magazines and newspapers.
Spiked
www.spiked-online.com/
Spiked is an independent current affairs site with 'the
modest ambition of making history as well as reporting
it'. With articles on science, IT, culture and health,
there is something here to interest everyone.
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Guardian Styleguide
www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide
The Guardian’s useful style guide to confusing
words and their spellings. It can be downloaded.
Commnet
ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
Everything you ever wanted to know about grammar, punctuation,
structuring and editing your writing. It is aimed at
students but relevant to all writers. It also contains
interactive quizzes.
Dictionary
dictionary.reference.com/
This is an online dictionary and thesaurus. Other sections
include a translator, a written style guide and a games
and puzzles section.
WSU
www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html
This contains an extensive list of commonly confused
words, their meanings and spellings.
Wordsmyth
www.wordsmyth.net
Type in the word you are looking for and it will define
it. If you are not sure of the spelling, it will bring
up a list of possibilities.
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Ideas4writers
http://www.ideas4writers.co.uk/
Useful advice on all types of writing with daily ideas
to get you started
Instant Muse story starter
www.elitelit.com/pages/inspiration.html
If you are stuck for inspiration, try this site. Click
on the button and the ‘Instant Muse Story Starter’
will give you a main character (job and gender), an
archetype, a key object, a setting and a theme. The
rest is up to you…
Names
www.babynames.com
This American website is brilliant for finding those
all important character names for works of fiction.
Sort by initial, popularity, soap stars or Tolkien characters
or just simply find the meanings and roots of almost
any name.
The Quotations Page
www.quotationspage.com/
This site is great if you're looking for a quote
but can't remember who said it, or if you want a quote
on a particular subject. If you're looking for inspiration,
you can click the random quote button and see what you
get.
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A9
a9.com
A new search facility from Amazon.com that can search
the text of books for keywords as well as the web. Very
useful for research.
A Groat's Worth of Wit
www.hometown.aol.com/groatsworth/index.html
Open University's Shakespeare society
Babelfish
babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/
A site which enables you to translate blocks of text
(of up to 150 words) from English into other common
languages such as French, German, Spanish, Japanese
and Chinese, or vice versa.
Boldtype
www.boldtype.com
Take a break from writing and read some reviews of some
of the best in contemporary writing, sent direct to
your mailbox. If you're feeling inspired, they do accept
submissons.
Brain Candy
www.corsinet.com/braincandy/
An eclectic site. It contains famous dying words,
celebrity insults, proverbs, quotations, word play and
a whole lot more...
Cool-Reads
www.cool-reads.com/
A book review website for children and teenagers, created
and run by two teenage brothers. Useful reading for
those interested in writing for this market and also
a good place to find something interesting to read.
Merriam-Webster's word game of
the day
64.15.203.20/game/
If you've got time to kill and want to brush up on your
wordpower, try this game site. But be warned, it's addictive!
Web searching skills
www.learnwebskills.com/search/main.html
This site has a good web tutorial which will help you
improve your web-searching skills. It shows you how
to use several of the major search engines and contains
an information scavenger hunt at the end.
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