January 2010 Archives

Search Engines Page

BLOG AND SOCIAL SITE SEARCH TOOLS

Google Blog Search Tool

Technorati.com
Search tool scans thousands of blogs. Search by directory or by posts.

BlogNetNews.com
Offers a specialty blog aggregator designed to help busy editors and news execs keep an eye on the blog conversation about the future of news. It offers a targeted search engine that will let you search all the blogs included, a daily digest of what news stories the news innovation blogs are linking to, excerpts of the latest posts (updated every 15 minutes) and links to the posts where the most robust discussions are going on in comments.

BlogPulse

Ice Rocket
Similar to Google! in structure. Has a great advanced search page.

Geobloggers
Google maps and Flikr use a global image map to show updated blogs in various cities.

Website-Watcher
Put in the URL of a page you want to keep tabs on and it automatically checks to see if the content has changed.

BlogDigger
Sort of a Google feel to this blog search tool. Basically, it's a blog directory and aggregator all in one.

MonitorThis
Subscribe to 15 different search engine feeds at the same time. Enter a search term and click the 'make monitor.opml' button to get a list of RSS feeds in OPML format.

BloggingNetwork.com
Blogging Network is the easiest way to blog and the only site where you earn money blogging. You'll get readers right away, since your blog is automatically listed in the Blogging Network directory. The blogging system has a full set of features, from Microsoft Word-like rich text editing and up-to-date search to customizable templates and syndicated headlines. All you need is a Web browser -- there is no software to download.

Wink
A search tool that pulls results from social-networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn. The site also pulls results from other sites where users keep public profiles.

Suite101.com: Journalism
Resources from Daryl Lease.

Scour.com
Social search.

ContentSummit.com

Blogcritics.com

EBNA.org

MSNBC: Weblog Central
The site claims is "serves as a perch from which you can observe and participate in the brave new world of personal news." Will Femia writes a daily Blogspotting Weblog.

Livejournal.com
Lets users create blogs.

Twitter Search
Look up thousands of Twitter feeds.

SEARCH GUIDELINES AND TRENDS

Web Search Techniques for Journalists
A great set of tips, both basic and advanced.

George Washington University: Space Policy Institute
Benefits of space research, satellites, etc.

NuevaSchool Search Tips and Links
A great quick-reference index of how to use search engines and other online research tools.

Google's Search Tips
Guidelines for using Google and other search engines.

Searching Tips
A short, but thorough quick reference on searches.

WatchThatPage.com
This site lets you automatically collect new information from your favorite Web pages when they?ve been updated. You?re then sent an e-mail or a personal Web page collects your updates.

Gary Price: Web Research Tools for Journalists
A great collection of Web site tools from guru Gary Price.

HotBot Quick-Search Deskbar
The free tool sits at the bottom of your computer screen and lets you make searches without an open browser.

Clusty
Organizes searches into folders and groups similar items together.

SearchEnginewatch.com
Detailed info. on search engines.

SearchDay
A free newsletter from Search Engine Watch featuring web search news, reviews, tools, tips, and search engine headlines from across the web. SearchDay is published daily, with headlines only on Fridays.

SearchEngineGuide.com
Full of tips and other resources.

Power Reporting.com: Tips for Using Search Engines

Google Labs
Check out Google technologies in development.

Google Hot Trends
Track what people are searching for on the web.

PC Magazine's Undiscovered Websites: Info, Reference and Search
From November, 2007, a great collection of sites that provide shortcuts on the web.

Local Website Archive
This free download offers a fast and easy way to store websites from your browser permanently for future reference. Information on the web often vanishes quickly, sometimes before you even have a chance to make use of it. Let Local Website Archive store the information you're interested in.

MetaSpy.com
Get a list of 10 in-progress searches being conducted on the MetaCrawler search engine. It's updated every 15 seconds.

Altavista Real Searches
Top recent searches in specific categories.

Ask Jeeves: Peek Through the Keyhole
Get a list of 10 in-progress searches being conducted on this search engine. It's updated every 30 seconds.

Forbes.com: Best of the Web
Tracks trends in many e-industries and includes lists of links.

Websearch.About.com
Wendy Boswell's About.com page on on web search.

Links2go: Journalism

Mixx.com
Latest news and top videos/photos from the web.

Google Zeitgeist
An archive of what people are searching for online.

AltaVista Search Trends

The Search Engine's Search Engine
Listings of search engine links as well as ranking of the
21 top search engines and search directories in the United States.

The Yahoo! Buzz Index Top 20 Searches

The Lycos 50
Track search trends for the week.

Google Search Trends
Tracks patterns and gaining queries.

SearchEngineLand
News about search marketing and search engines.

SEARCH ENGINES

Google.com
One of the Web's hottest specialized search sites.

Google Toolbar
It's worth the download. Makes surfing the Web much easier.

Google: Government Sites
Search government-only sites with this special Google feature.

Google Labs
A "how to" section on Google that looks at the site's emerging technologies, including Google Spreadsheets and Google Transits, where you can track public transportation.

Google News Archive Search
Search newspapers, magazines and article databases such as Factiva, LexisNexis, etc.

Bing.com
MSN's search tool that launched in June 2009.

Cuil.com
This site, created by some former Google engineers, claims to search more web pages than any other search engine, and three times as many as Google. The site "searches for and ranks pages based on their content and relevance. When it finds a page with the keywords, it stays on that page and analyzes the rest of its content, its concepts, their interrelationships and the page's coherency.

YouTube.com

Yahoo

Ask.com
The new, improved version of AskJeeves.com.

YoySearch.com
A very simple search tool that has special sections for films, etc..

FindHow.com: How to Become a Journalist
Great resource for aspiring journalists.

NewsJobs.Net
Online job classifieds at all levels.

PR Talent
An excellent job-hunting site. Includes job alerts, RSS feed, forum page and job-hunting tips.

Career One-Stop
Tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals.

Indeed.com
A meta-search job site.

MediaJobPod.org
A job/internship site tailored to college students looking for multimedia jobs. Watch imbedded videos from professionals on how to find jobs, interview, write cover letters, etc. If you are interested in Web reporting/production or TV production, take advantage of the advice on this site.

Academic Employment Network
Online job classifieds at all levels.

Career Infonet
State profiles, occupational and employment information.

AdvancingWomen.net
Career advancement for professional women, with free, anonymous resume posting.

Best Jobs USA
USA Today?s jobs database.

Career Journal
Thousands of job listings.

Career Resource Center
Great tips and search tools.

Career Builder
Post a resume.

SnagaJob
Part-time and freelance opportunities.

Wall Street Journal Job Listings
A deep, searchable database.

ResumeDoctor.com
Great tips on how to assemble one and avoid jargon and meaningless phrases.

Craigslist
A great job postings site.

MSN: Jobs and Paychecks by County
Track the best and worst for jobs, pay, pay increases, etc.

Job Web
Another solid database.

JournalismNext.com

Jobstar.org
Preparation resources and listings.

43 Weird Things Said in Job Interviews

Yahoo! Summer Jobs Directory
Includes some internships.

Monster.com Online Career Center
Searchable listings by geographic location.

Top 100 Electronic Recruiters
Ranking of top job sites.

FreelanceJournalism.com
Hire/post freelance positions.

UK Journalism Job Search
Full-time, freelancers, etc.

UK Journalism: Recruiting Editorial Staff?

Freelance Writing Organization International
A free site that hosts thousands of writing resources and writing links in a massive online database. 40+ genres, funds for writers, job listings, education, news, submission calls, research library. Writing resources range from adventure to westerns, agents to publishers. Professional resources for all writers, editors, journalists of all mediums.

SunOasis Jobs Board

Authorlink Jobs Available

MediaBistro Job Listings
Extensive list of writing, editing and journalism jobs.

The Write Jobs

Writerfind Jobs
Looking for work? These jobs can be done from a home office.

WritersWeekly.com
Offers extensive job listings, plus a free weekly e-mail newsletter update.

JournalistUSA Jobs Page

Associated Collegiate Press Jobs Page

Atlanta Association of Black Journalists Jobs Page

Louisiana Press Association Jobs Bank

New Jersey Press Association Jobs Bank

Hold the Front Page UK Jobs Page

The Riley Guide Jobs Page

Annual Surveys of Journalism and Mass Communications
From the University of Georgia Grady Center, this site samples recent journalism graduate about issues such as the job market.

Journalism Job Sites
A listing of about 30 sites.

Writing Job Center

Journalism.co.uk
Resources for international journalists, including extensive job listings for editors, writers, and other media-related professionals (primarily in the UK).

The Media Network
This UK site offers a great selection of writing and editing jobs and gives journalists a place to post their resumes and "jobs wanted."

IwantMedia.com Job Layoffs Page
News industry gossip and stories on cutbacks.

CJR: Media Layoffs

Society for Technical Communication
Members include writers, editors, illustrators, printers, publishers, educators, students, engineers and scientists. Both national and chapter sites include permanent and contract job listings.

Media Layoffs
Lists and tracks layoffs in the industry.

I Want Media: Media People
Interviews with various folks in the media, including CEOs, editors and media writers.

SLA News Division Jobs and Internships Page
Site is primarily news librarian jobs and internships.

JobMag.com

The Riley Guide Job Listings

The Riley Guide Resumes & Cover Letters

Linked In
A business site that networks thousands of professionals. Helps you find jobs, locate employees and close deals.

Presscard.com's Print Jobs

InternshipPrograms.com

CollegeGrad.com

Indeed.com
One-stop search tool covers job web sites, newspapers, and company career pages by keyword and location to fit your needs. You can search jobs alphabetically by state, job title, company, etc.

Gradlink's Careers in Journalism

MIT's Knight Science Journalism Fellowship

Western Kentucky's Journalism Jobs Page

Pittsburg State's Journalism Job Listings
Dozens of great links!

HRM News Careers.com
A listing of news jobs several areas.

Medialine Jobs Page
Broadcast jobs and resources galore: Agent directory, talent listings, links and mailing list.

SalaryList.com
A free real job salary data information site.

Media Job Pod

CareerBuilder

DMGT Recruitment Site
Has some journalism jobs.

Quint Careers Writing Resources

Quint's Careers Toolkit
Links, tips and more .

WritersWeekly.com

FlipDog.com

PRWeekJobs.com

Online Public Relations
The site offers lots of links, including links to research sites, career resources and public affairs resources.

Jeff Gaulin's Canadian Journalism Job Board

Workopolis
Canada's biggest job site.

HireDiversity.com

South Asian Journalists Association Job Bank
Journalism job listings and more!

Association of Health Care Journalists Job Site
Must be a member to use.

Society of Environmental Journalists Career Page

Monster.com
Check the Monster Board regularly.

Inserttexthere.com
A great listing of journalism jobs.

Yahoo! Club's Journalism Careers Page and Chat

Knight International Press Fellowships
The organization aims to improve the quality of journalism worldwide, and trains its participants to establish free press models overseas in conjunction with the local media. Seminars, programs and fellowships with an international focus are also available.

Knight Journalism Fellowships in Business, Medicine, Law and Education

Knight Science Journalism Fellowships
MIT's mid-career program is designed for experienced journalists who cover science, technology, medicine or the environment, or for journalists who wish to prepare themselves to cover these fields. Fellows spend an academic year on campus, attending courses and participating in twice-weekly seminars with top researchers.

Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism
Up to 10 fellowships are awarded each year to qualified journalists interested in enhancing their understanding and knowledge of economics, business and finance through study at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Nieman Fellowship
Twelve mid-career U.S. journalists and 12 from other countries are awarded the annual fellowship, which includes a yearlong individualized program of study and weekly seminars at Harvard University.

CyberSearch: Writer's Guide to Finding Jobs Online

The Resignator
This fun tool helps you draft a resignation letter.

MyJobHunter.com

Morning Coffee: Freelancing Writing Jobs Newsletter
From FreelanceWriting.com.

FreelanceWriting.com

ACES: CopyDesk.org
The American Copy Editors Society site offers editing tips, contests, quizzes, headline writing exercises, conferences and much, much more.

TheSlot.com
A must-see reference site for copy editors.

CopyEditor.com

AssignmentEditor.com

Thsrs: The Shorter Thesaurus
A great tool for headline writing. This thesaurus gives you synonyms the same length or shorter than the word you enter. This helps if you're stuck on a headline and can't think of a concise word to use on a tight headline count.

Newsthinking.com
An excellent site on newspaper writing and reporting from Bob Baker of the LA Times. The site offers a dynamic e-newsletter on writing, editing and newsroom collaboration.

Editors Weblog

Editing a Web Site: Extending the Levels of Edit
Describes lessons learned by a university editing class when they edited a web site.

Yale's World Wide Web Style Manual
Describes lessons learned by a university editing class when they edited a website.

NewsCoach2
A social network for newsroom trainers, started by Steve Buttry of No Train, No Gain. The site grew from the old Newscoach listserv.

GrammarGuard.org

American Heritage Dictionary

ACES Copy Editing Tests

ACES Iraq Information Page

The Elements of Style

NewsCollege
Loaded with tip sheets and articles, this site features work previously published in "The Write Way," some of which have been updated and revised for NewsCollege. Started in early 2006, the site covers many writing basics, such as tightening copy and eliminating weak quotes.

RegretTheError.com
Blog promotes a book but also offers some classic mistakes in print journalism.

Word Police
Barbara Wallraff, The Atlantic Monthly's copy editing guru, writes a "Word Court" column that offers super advice.

RegrettheError.com
Reports on media corrections, retractions, apologies, clarifications and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in the press. It was launched in October 2004 by Craig Silverman, a freelance journalist and author based in Montreal.

AIM: Accuracy in Media
Explores fairness and balance in news stories. Covers recent issues with blogs and other updates.

Media Standards Trust
An independent, not for profit organization that promotes high standards in news on behalf of the public.

Stinky Journalism
Journalism, online journalism ethics and accuracy blog.

SlipUps.com
Mistakes in movies, books, etc.

Institute for Mid-Career Copy Editors: Grammar Smackdown!
Instructions on how to run a two-round test of your staff's knowledge of punctuation, spelling, grammar, style and, if you want, their ability to content edit. Developed by Ron Hartung of The Tallahassee Democrat and Debbie Gump of Ohio University.

Confusing Words
A database opf more than 3,000 words that get confused with other, or are difficult to understand. It?s great for sorting out small grammar issues, too.

Professor Charles Darling's Grammar Site
Outstanding to use as a quick reference for your grammar questions.

Your Dictionary.com: 100 Most Mispronounced Words

Your Dictionary.com: 100 Most Misspelled Words

SearchSpell.com
Check your spelling as you submit a query.

The Vocabula Review

FreeSpeling.com (with one "l")
A fun little site on how the Web is revolutionizing spelling.

BBC Styleguide
.PDF format.

Economist Style Guide

CJR's Language Corner

Slanguage: Slang Terms
A collection of regional, national and international slang terms.

RhymeZone.com
Packed with useful word search tools, enter whatever related word you can think of and the site will help you find what looking for. You can find words that rhyme, similar spellings, synonyms and antonyms, similar sounding words, match consonants and more.

Poynter.org: Why Copy Editing Matters

Reuters Handbook of Journalism

Poynter.org: Why Reporters Should Sit on the Copy Desk

Copy Editing Web Sites

NY Times Weekly News Quiz
Do you read the newspaper? You better!

Copy Editing Training
A lot of training material for copy editors on our Web site, which also provides information on a summer institute program, funded by the Knight Foundation.

AP Style Exercises Online
Developed by Ron Hartung, writing/editing coach at the Tallahassee Democrat.

Pantheon: Encyclopedia of Myths

Encyclopedia of Television
Simple-to-use site for fact-checking.

Grammar Resources Online
A quick guide to several grammar tools from the University of Chicago's writing program.

AP Stylebook Online
You make the call: A one-year subscription to the online version is $20. You can buy the print copy for $12.50. The site does have some "web-only" content.

Jack Lynch's Guide to Style

The Vocabulary Review (Vocabula.com)

The Writing Center's Online Handouts

Phaster Lookups Reference Database
Do quick searches for reference tools: encylopedias, economic terms, legal dictionary, biblical reference, quotes and more. Great one-stop reference shopping.

Dictionaries on the Web
More than 100 links to dictionaries in 40 languages

Gallery of Misused Quotation Marks
Copy editors are into sites like this.

Slipup.com
Today's Media Bloopers.

Newswriting Cliches

Cliche of the Day

West Egg ClicheFinder Search Engine
More than 3,300 indexed cliches. Look them up and edit them out of stories.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Tips on writing, punctuation, grammar, usage, etc. Great podcasts where GG answers user-submitted questions.

Guide to Grammar and Writing

PoliticalQuotes.org: Eigen's Political & Historical Quotations
Great for fact-checking. More than 40,000 free quotations from more than 11,000 different historical and political figures in a searchable database.

RhymeZone Shakespeare Search Engine

The Virtual Chase: Checklist for Fact-Checking Web Site Information
A legal research site offers tips on evaluating information quality.

Cornell University: Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

KPlay Reference Tool
This site makes it simple to use different online reference works.

The Canadian Press Stylebook

The New York Times Manual of Style and Libel
You have to register. Then click on store, then books.

EditTeach.org
Resources for journalism instructors at many levels: high school, college, newsroom, etc.

JPROF.com
Resources for college journalism instructors.

JTeacher.com

Avoid Holiday Cliches
From the American Copy Editors Society.

CopyEditorJobs.com

Editing for the Web
Covers design and editing tips, as well as training for web editors and offers pointers on how to make web products work.

My Favorite Word

Techniques for Writing Good Web Documents
An extensive list of specific do's and don'ts, with examples. Many of these tips are familiar to technical communicators but are often news to other writers. Includes a good discussion on when and how to use frames.

Worldwide Words
Michael Quinion writes about international English from a British perspective. Fun with pop culture catch phrases.

RegrettheError.com: 2008 -- The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

CopyBlogger
A great site for copywriting tips. Targeted to marketing/advertising but it also has resources for editorial copy editors.

Sun Microsystem's Style Guide

Forbes Investopedia
Dictionary of business terms, articles, tutorials, calculators and other helpful tools.

Tim Berners-Lee's CERN Style Guide

Martindale's Reference Desk
All kinds of resources.

Dictionary.reference.com/tools
Dictionary.com offers a free toolbar search (much like Google's). Comes in handy when Word's thesaurus fails.

American Heritage Dictionary

Your Dictionary.com: 100 Most Misspelled Words

Your Dictionary.com: 100 Most Mispronounced Words

NinjaWords.com
A fast, accurate dictionary. Great for looking up words quickly.

Urban Dictionary
Urban slang dictionary. You can subscribe to daily updates of new submissions.

One Look Dictionaries
Search nearly 4 million words.

NetLingo.com Internet Dictionary
This is a modern dictionary of everyday jargon used at work, in cyberspace, and in "the real world." Easy-to-understand, its mission is to help all computer users learn some basic concepts about what the Internet is, how the Web works, and what you need to know to take part in the online world.

Thsrs: The Shorter Thesaurus
A great tool for headline writing. This thesaurus gives you synonyms the same length or shorter than the word you enter. This helps if you're stuck on a headline and can't think of a concise word to use on a tight headline count.

Forbes Investopedia
Dictionary of business terms, articles, tutorials, calculators and other helpful tools.

Confusing Words
A database of more than 3,000 words that get confused with other, or are difficult to understand. It?s great for sorting out small grammar issues, too.

Webopedia.com
Ever wonder what the tech department is talking about?

D-Lib Magazine (Digital Librarians)

S9.com
Biographical dictionary with 33,000 entries.

HowStuffWorks.com
Look up just about anything in this online encyclopedia.

National Archives
Thousands of public records and historical documents.

Info - Encyclopedia and Reference Resource
Browse articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History, Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion, Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life, and more. Includes Country Studies and North America Gazetteer.

Think Exist
A free quotations search engine with more than 90,000 quotes.

Jewish Encyclopedia

Guinness Book of World Records

University of Tennessee at Martin: Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This resource allows users to look up philosophy topics.

WordIQ
A handy all-in-one lookup tool.

America's Library
A great research tool for kids and adults from the Library of Congress.

The Vocabula Review

RhymeZone.com
Packed with useful word search tools, enter whatever related word you can think of and the site will help you find what looking for. You can find words that rhyme, similar spellings, synonyms and antonyms, similar sounding words, match consonants and more.

Fagan Finder Quotations and Proverbs Search
This site helps you find large sources of quotes, sayings, etc.

Answers.com
Free access to millions of topics from the world's leading publishers. Includes libraries, dictionaries, encyclopedias and other tools.

Astronomical Almanac

PBS Animal Encyclopedia
Hundreds of helpful facts and stats.

PhobiaGuide.com
Not sure of a definition of a phobia? Look it up in this database.

Reference Universe
Lists encyclopedias and other online reference books. Very handy site for launching a search on a specific topic.

Wikipedia
Users write encyclopedia entries. Double-check all facts.

Google Knol
Similar to Wikipedia, this online encyclopedia lets users enter their own "knols" (similar to Wikis) and edit/update them. Be careful with information from these sites and double-check facts.

Who, What, When Database
Great for quick fact-checking. A database of "key people and events from 1000 A.D. to the present." Create graphic timelines of periods in history and of the lives of individuals.

eHow
Tips and how-to.

So You Wanna
Tips and how-to.

Xrefer
Search 35 reference titles in one place.

DoubleTongued
Catchwords and phrases.

Yahoo! Education: Shakespeare's Complete Works

WorldClock Time Zones
sTrack your time zone from any other city/zone in the world.

NASA Images Library

NewspaperArchive.com
Millions of historical newspaper articles, dating back to 1759. Includes "Today in History" and a newsletter archive.

MAPLight.org: Money and Politics
Database makes connections between legislative votes and campaign donations.

RegrettheError.com
Reports on media corrections, retractions, apologies, clarifications and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in the press. It was launched in October 2004 by Craig Silverman, a freelance journalist and author based in Montreal.

AIM: Accuracy in Media
Explores fairness and balance in news stories. Covers recent issues with blogs and other updates.

Encyclopedia of Chicago
Terminology, history of the city, from the Chicago Historical Society.

CB Gazette Slang Dictionary
CB radio lingo definitions. Learn what a "Kojak with a Kodak" is.

FindHow's Writing Page
A great resource for accomplishing everyday tasks with a particular emphasis on writing topics.

Media Standards Trust
An independent, not for profit organization that promotes high standards in news on behalf of the public.

RegrettheError.com: 2008 -- The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Stinky Journalism
Journalism, online journalism ethics and accuracy blog.

Encyclopedia of Mathematics
More than 8,000 entries.

RefDesk Fast Facts
A great collection of online encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.

EurekAlert: Science Dictionaries and Glossaries

OneLook Dictionary Search

Encyberpedia
Atlases, glossaries, and many specialized encyclopedias.

Cyberlaw Encyclopedia

Learner.org: Math in Daily Life

Institute for Analytic Journalism

Water Calculator
Form helps you determine how much water you use in a day.

CPI Inflation Calculator

Flowing Data: 30 Resources to Find the Data You Need
Data on government and politics, geographic information, etc.

NASA AND ASTRONOMY

NASA

NASA Earth Image Database
Thousands of pictures of earth and other research materials.

NASA Images Library

Space.com
Great research and interactive tools.

NASA: Space Shuttle and International Space Station

Spaceday.com

SpaceWeather.com
Tracks solar wind, meteors, planet temps, etc.

Space Station Page

Astronomy.com

SpaceBusiness.com
Links to several industry sites.

Accuweather.com: Astronomy Center

NASA Watch
Track articles that criticize NASA.

NASA: Apollo 11

NASA Histories

NASA: History of Missions

NASA Apollo Gallery

We Choose the Moon
Cool Flash animation of the Apollo 11 mission. Includes a desktop tracker.

NASA Restored Footage of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

CNN: Apollo 11 at 30

Space.com: The Story of Apollo 11

PBS Nova: To the Moon

Newseum: Dateline Moon

Poynter: History of U.S. Space Flight Links and Bibliography

NASA: Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Regular updates on the findings of the shuttle crash.

The Center for Orbital and Re-entry Debris Studies

Space Shuttle: Thermal Stress
A 1987 .PDF report about thermal stress on the orbiter upon re-entry.

The Hubble Site
Space research and astronomy galore. Includes the telescope, education/museums, reference desk, photo galleries and more.

Shuttle Independent Assessment Team(SIAT)Report, 2000 (.PDF file)

CNN:Shuttle Independent Assessment Team

CNN: NASA Summary of Shuttle Independent Assessment Team(SIAT)Report

IRE: Federal Contractors/Space Shuttle Database

NASA: STS 107 Press Kit
157 pages of .pdf.

NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia: Quick Facts and Issues for Congress
Six pages in .PDF format.

CRS Issue Brief: Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports
Twenty pages in .PDF format.

CRS Issue Brief: Space Stations
Twenty pages in .PDF format.

NASA: International Space Station

Space.com: Photos and Background of Columbia Crew
Interviews with each crew member while they were in space on this mission.

SAJA: Bio of Astronaut Kalpana C. Chawla
A detailed biography and links to stories about her.

NASA: STS-107 Overview, Bios

NASA: STS-107 Media Archive (Photos)

NASA: Shuttle Photo Archive

NASA: STS-107 Research Mission

Columbia Missions (with STS-107)

Google: Columbia Shuttle Links

NASA Shuttle Press Kit on STS 107
In .PDF format.

A Primer for Journalists Covering Space
An excellent master's thesis full of tips and ideas.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Goddard Space Flight Center (Maryland)

Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville, Ala.)

Howstuffworks: How Space Shuttles Work

Google Search on Shuttle Re-Entry

Houston Chronicle: .PDFs Shuttle Coverage
Every page of the Chronicle's Shuttle disaster coverage, from Saturday's Extra edition through today (Wednesday).

NASA: Space Shuttle Mission Basics

George Washington University: Space Policy Institute
Benefits of space research, satellites, etc.

Presidential Commission Report on Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
Rogers Commission Report - not all parts are online at this location.

NASA Space Shuttle Challenger: Observations on the Reliability of the Shuttle
A part of the Rogers Commission Report.

Houston Chronicle Space Page
In-depth coverage of the explosion.

IRE Space Shuttle Disaster Resources
There are at least 13 stories in our Resource Center about the Space Shuttle that might be of assistance.

Orlando Sentinel Coverage of Columbia

MSNBC: Space Shuttle Timeline 1981-2002

Google Moon
Use the image map to track past Apollo missions and zoom in on various areas.

Google Earth
Free site that allows you to zoom in on your address/zip code from a satellite image.

PhysLink Astronomy and Physics Online

CyberJournalist.net: Sites Covering the Columbia
A gallery of cover snapshots from a sampling of sites and analysis of the effectiveness of their approach.

National Academy of Sciences
Links to publications, news and other resources.

Astronomical Almanac

International Dark Sky Association

NASA Space Shuttle Challenger: Federation of American Scientists
A part of the Rogers Commission Report.

NASA: Space Shuttle Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 7.

Google: Challenger Accident Links

Yahoo!: Challenger Accident Links

Fear of Physics
Covers fundamentals, teaching resources.

National Center for Atmospheric Research: Radar Loops
Shows debris trail from shuttle.

CBS News: Stats on Space Fatalities
Features many key stats.

SpaceFlightNow: Radar Images
Radar image of debris field and links to data on mission.

Sky High Pix
NASA's Remote Sensing Tutorial offers a big collection of overhead shots across the country.

Science@NASA

Space.com
Great research and interactive tools.

NASA: Space Shuttle and International Space Station

American Meteor Society

Space Station Page

Vanderbilt Space & Science Exploration Site

Stardate.org
McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas offers stargazing tools, moon calculator, search and other resources.

Vanderbilt Space & Science Exploration Site

Hubble Space Telescope
The official website.

Sky High Pix
NASA's Remote Sensing Tutorial offers a big collection of overhead shots across the country.

Science@NASA

Earth Observatory
These satellite images allow you to see things such as bush fires in southeastern Australia and air pollution over China.

Windows on the Universe: Astronomy

Harvard's Interactive Observatory

NASA's Earth Observatory

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab

Thinkquest.com

Sciencemaster: Space and Astronomy

CNN.com's Space Page

Hubble Telescope Press Releases and Images

USA Today: Solar Storms
Origins of solar wind, etc.

Exploratorium.edu
This online museum features a collection of more than 600 innovative, interactive exhibits about science, nature, art, technology, etc.

ScopeReviews.com: Basics of Telescopes

Heavens Above
A very cool site. Register and identify your location, and the site tells you when to look in the sky for satellites, space station or shuttle.

Franklin Institute Inquirer's Guide to the Universe

Check Your Weight on Other Planets

Space Station Tracker

The Center for Science in the Public Interest
Articles, studies, news releases, safety tips.

Florida Today Space Section

Marshall Center Newsroom
The official Newsroom for Marshall Space Flight Center.

Space Station Science Operations News
The latest news about Space Station Science Operations, managed by the Marshall Center.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory News
NASA's official site for news and photos on the latest discoveries by the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Sky & Telescope
This site offers a simulated view of the nighttime sky from anyplace on earth.

Stardate.org
A top-notch astronomy site.

Space Calendar

Digital Globe.com

SpaceMediaInc.com
A great Flash presentation of space exploration.

U.K. National Archives: UFO Files
Documents and research on whether UFOs exist.

Lunar Journals
Read nearly all of the audio transcripts from the Apollo moon missions, as well as images and backgrounders on each.

StarsAcademy.com
Educational space site.

Powers of 10
Interactive site explains the universe and interrelationships.

Mars Odyssey Image

100 Useful Search Engines for Science
A great quick-reference site if you're looking for a specific topic.

Space Media Inc.'s Movies in Orbit

Astronautix Soviet Space History
Dozens of links to background, chronology and more.

Virtual Space Museum
History, canceled projects, etc.

University of Iowa: Space Audio

To The Moon
Apollo astronauts on the moon's surface provide 360-degree panoramas at this companion site to the PBS special that chronicles the untold science and engineering story of how they got there. (QuickTime plug-in required.)

U.S. Naval Observatory
Sun and moon data by year (from 1700 to 2100).

NASA: Apollo 8 Spaceflight Anniversary

Chicago Tribune: Apollo 8 Revisited

Smithsonian: The Apollo 8 Mission
Images, audio/video, facts, crew and mission summary.

Exploring the Moon: Apollo 8 Mission Quick Facts
Images, audio/video, facts, crew and mission summary.

Apollo 8 Video Search
YouTube video, images, etc.

SCIENCE NEWS SITES

Newswise
News releases from medical and science research.

Space.com: Leonid Meteor Showers

Stanford University's Highwire Press
Links to databases of 150,000 articles from medical and scientific journals. Many full text articles are free.

The Scientist
A bi-weekly magazine for life scientists. In addition to bi-weekly print content (free with registration), the site also features a daily news service in which users can get a daily e-mail digest.

NewScientist.com
Health, environment, etc. Includes articles, research, statistics, podcasts and more.

Physical Sciences Information Gateway
Launched on Sept. 17, 2001, PSIgate is the physical sciences hub for the UK's Resource Discovery Network (RDN). From this page, users can search the PSIgate database, search an expanded catalog (PSIgate+) generated by harvesting pages from the PSIgate database, or search across RDN databases. Returns include resources focused on astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, history of science, and more.

PBS Bloodlines
This is an independent discussion site that accompanies the show about how conflicts at the intersection of science and the courts are defining the ways Americans will deal with the ethical, legal and social dilemmas created by new life technologies. The official site for the show is at PBS.org

The Why Files
From the National Science Foundation, this site looks at the science, math and technology questions behind the news.

Harvard's Research Matters Site
It is a portal to news articles about research. Right now there are about 214 articles in it and it will grow weekly. It's contents span the range of research fields, from the humanities to social science to science to technology to medicine.

National Science Foundation News Page
Links to a digest, publications, legislative affairs and more.

Science News
One of the first and most reliable science news sites on the Web.

Artigen Science News
A great search engine with regular news updates.

WeeklyScientist.com

CNN.com's Science Tech Page

Google's Science News Directory

SciCentral
Provides links to the best science news in a variety of topic areas. It is an ideal site for a journalist seeking story ideas.

Cyanova Science News
An easy-to-use table of science news stories.

Stem Cell Research Archive
A great collection of stories from the Washington Post.

National Council for Science and Environment

EurekAlert: Science Dictionaries and Glossaries

Cal Berkeley Lab Library

Environmental Information Resources

USC GIS Research Laboratory

Exploratorium
A site run by the Museum of Science, Art and Perception offers webcasts, a science news wire, a digital library and cool studies and presentations.

SelectSurf Science-Technology Links
Links to several great science sites.

Fagan Finder: Science Resources

Inside Science News Service
This site from the American Institute of Physics publicizes science stories that may have been missed by the general press. All of the material in the "Stories" section is original reporting that is available for journalists to use as source material. The "links" section has stories from elsewhere that may be of interest to journalists.

ScienceNewsforKids.org

Center for Science in the Public Interest
Newsletters, studies and more.

Fusion Power
A British research site on a new type of energy that could make oil obsolete.

LOCATE RESEARCH/ORGANIZATIONS/EXPERTS/AGENCIES

Community of Science
Search a free database of science experts.

Media Resource Service
Search a database of reputable sources on science info. from the Scientific Research Society.

American Association for the Advancement of Science

WebElements.com
From Cyberjournalist.net: The WebElements interactive periodic table allows you to click on any of the elements to get in-depth information. The information includes not just detailed descriptions and specifications of all the elements, but an audio clip describing the element, photos of the elements, and video clips in some cases. The site also includes a printable periodic table and a version for Palm Pilots.

The Office of Naval Research
This office manages the science and technology programs for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

MDTV Medical News Now Inc.
A New Jersey-based organization that presents a television medical news program that airs on cable in about 20 states.

Access Research Network
A great science and design portal.

SciTopics
Research summaries by science experts.

Center for Science in the Public Interest
A consumer-watchdog group in Washington.

Genomic Glossaries and Taxonomies
Biotechnology & pharmaceutical terms (& definitions) not found in most dictionaries. About 3,500 + definitions for applications, biochemistry, bioinformatics, cheminformatics, drug discovery and development, genomics, molecular biology, proteomics (and beyond), tools and technologies.

National Science Foundation

ActionBioScience.org: Ethics on Human Cloning

National Academy of Sciences

The Federation of American Scientists

INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE SITES

Journalism UK Science and Environment Page
Dozens of links to issues in Great Britian.

Megastories
Find cool global news pieces.

PSCI
This Web site is a gateway to high-quality Internet resources on science communication and public engagement with science.

European Science Links
It's somewhat limited compared to the Journalists Toolbox, but you can give it a try.

Europe's Science Media Center
Links to hundreds of research studies and stories.

American Math Society: What's New in Mathematics
Includes a 'Feature Column' monthly essays on mathematical topics), 'Math in the Media' (highlights of math news from science literature and the current media), 'Math Digest' (summaries of articles on mathematics), and the 'AMS Public Awareness Office'(press releases, contacts for journalists, and more).

MISCELLANEOUS SCIENCE SITES

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Martindale's The Reference Desk
An extensive set of health science links.

100 Useful Search Engines for Science
A great quick-reference site if you're looking for a specific topic.

Eco-Labels.org
Resources that monitor a company's claim on a label. Also helps customers decipher what?s on a label. Very handy in covering consumer issues.

Online Science Museum
Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, England, has virtual exhibits on everything from aircraft and locomotives to photography and scientific instruments. You'll need a Shockwave plug-in to run it.

Biology Online
A comprehensive dictionary of biology facts contains links to related terms within its definitions. It also offers detailed tutorials on biology-related topics.

FuelCells.org
Answers basic questions about fuel cell technology and links to companies and universities doing research in that area.

Knight Science Journalism Tracker
Provides a broad sampling of the past day's science news and, where possible, of news releases or other news tips related to publication of science news in the general circulation news media. Posts are up by 2 p.m. Eastern time most weekdays.

Knight Center Beat Guide: Energy Resources

Science Blog
Science news straight from the source. The site provides helpful links to press releases from research organizations.

Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT

National UFO Reporting Center
Continuous reporting site since 1974. Double-check sourcing on anything pulled from this site.

USGS: Track Invasive Plant and Animal Species

BIOME
A British biosciences site.

InstantAnatomy.net
An anatomy education site.

Physics of Baseball Web Site
Links to academic research and studies about various aspects of baseball physics.

Baseball Research Center
Describes itself as the "Center of Excellence for the Science and Engineering of Baseball" for both experimental and analytical methods. The center focuses on baseball bat performance and durability, and the Center is the official certification center for all NCAA baseball bats and Major League Baseball bats.

Center for Science in the Public Interest

U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library
More than 400,000 photographs taken during geologic studies of the United States, from 1868 to present. Search through earthquakes, volcanoes, state parks, etc.

MediaResource Linking Journalists and Scientists

Disaster Finder
Run by the NASA Solid Earth and Natural Hazards Program, this service was created for the disaster community at-large so that the best links in disaster information could be found quickly and easily. Links are categorized within the Disaster Finder database according the Disaster services section of the Taxonomy of Human Services: A Conceptual Framework with Standardized Terminology and Definitions for the Field.

MSNBC/Live Science: How Earthquakes Work

Molecular Weight Calculator
Just input the formula, and it returns the molecular weight to 13 decimal places.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

BBC: Science of Superheroes
The BBC examines the "science" behind comic-book superheroes. How can they do what they do.

Towards Electronic Journals: Realities for Scientists, Librarians and Publishers
This academic research focuses mostly on scientists' perspective as authors and readers, how changes over the years by publishers and librarians have affected scientists, and what they should expect from electronic journal and digital journal article databases. We describe some myths concerning scholarly journals and attempt to assess the future in a realistic manner.

PBS: The Gene Hunters
Companion site to the documentary on the mysteries of human disease.

All Species: Whole Earth Catalog
An attempt to name every plant, animal in microbe on earth.

Visual Physics
Interactive simulations and quizzes help you mine basic physics answers.

PhysicsCentral.com

Stephen Hawking's Universe
Topics ranging from cosmology to real unsolved mysteries, including an "Ask the Experts" section.

NewScientist.com
Features, research and tools from the magazine site.

BioSeeker

eFunda

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Internet Connections for Engineers
An extensive listing of engineering and science resources.

American Engineering Campaign
Facts on engineering (an engineer created the snowboard, you know) and the 20 greatest achievements in engineering (Hint: The snowboard wasn't one of them.)

BBC SciTech

Harvard's Research Matters Site
A portal to news articles that span the range of research fields, from the humanities to social science to science to technology to medicine.

Discovery.com

Popular Science
Tech news with some focus on science and medicine.

Scientific American
Magazine focusing on domestic science issues.

Science Week
A weekly that posts daily news briefs with science content.

SciTechResources.gov
This site provides scientists, researchers, engineers, and others with easy access to government resources related to science and technology.

Info - Encyclopedia and Reference Resource
Browse articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History, Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion, Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life, and more. Includes Country Studies and North America Gazetteer.

American Journal of Physiology

Advanced Cell Technology
A cloning business that is simply "giving Mother Nature a hand in producing duplicates of animals.

How Stuff Works: Human Cloning

Grossology: The (Impolite Science of the Human Body)

Rachel Carson Institute: Environment
Carson is considered the mother of the environmental movement. Learn more about her and her career.

Longevity Web Site

PhysLink.com
Links to dozens of great physics education and reference sites.

Library of Congress: Science Reference Guides

ScienceResearch.com
Science research portal features news, conferences, studies and more.

Scitopia.org
Research and data from more than 15 science associations and publications.

UK: Recycle This

ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online
From George Mason University this site offer links to more than 5,000 history sites about science, technology and industry.

National Biological Information Infrastructure [NBII]
Federal, state, and local government agencies, and their partners from universities, nonprofit agencies, industry, have created this "broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources."

SciTopics
Current information for researchers on scientific, technical and medical topics.

Science.tv

Library of Congress: Science Tracer Bullets
Research guides that help you locate information on science and technology subjects.

Greenpeace: Stop Greenwashing
Greenwashing describe the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service. This Greenpeace site is a great resource to find more case studies of companies' greenwashing as well as other criteria and how to suggestions for businesses to go green ethically.

Public Library of Science
A nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.

WorldWideScience.org
This site is a "global science gateway connecting you to national and international scientific databases and portals."

Online Periodic Table
An award-winning site that lists and explains all the periodic tables.

Becoming Human
A great site on paleoanthropology, human evolution and origins. Flash 5 is required and a high-speed connection recommended for the video.

AndreaCampbell.com
A forensic scientist, Campbell will soon have a book out, "Legal Ease: A Guide to Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedure" and is offers contact information as a source at her Web site.

ScienceStuff.org

PBS Animal Encyclopedia
Hundreds of helpful facts and stats.

Science Republic

Women in Technology International
Active group in promoting women in the science and tech industries.

Center for Science in the Public Interest: Smart Mouth
A site about food science for kids.

USGS: Track River and Stream Flows
Helpful in covering floods, hurricanes.

Museum of Science and Industry
Promotional site for Chicago museum.

StarScientific.com
Tobacco processing tech company.

Northwest Science Writers Association
Geared toward the region, but the site has many resources helpful to science writers anywhere.

Archaeology Info.
Glossary, gallery of fossil examples, timeline of human evolution.

ResourceShelf: Tips on Free Science Search Tools

Discover Magazine: Top Science Stories, 2008

European Organization for Nuclear Research: Large Hadron Collider
Milestones, safety, facts and figures, background, how it works, etc.

Wikipedia: The Large Hadron Collider

Large Hadron Collider Home Page

ScienceDaily
News and articles on science, health, environment and technology.

WorldChanging: Global Warming Animations

NPR Science Friday: SciFri Videos

Chicago Council for Science and Technology

American Lung Association: State of the Air We Breathe
.PDF format of 2009 report.

Science U
A spinoff site from the Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota, this site explains science in basic terms.

National Science Foundation

Sense about Science

Encyclopedia of Life

National Library of Medicine Rapid Research Notes
Access to research shared through online forums. Great for health and science writers scanning for latest research. Low-graphic, so it works well on mobile media.

Energy Information Administration Energy Statistics
Official stats from the U.S. government.

Google Scholar
Search journals, articles, academic papers and more.

Scirus
Science search tool is "the most comprehensive scientific research tool on the web."

Online Journal Science Search Engine

The Organic Center

American Wind Energy Association

American Wind Energy Association: Wind Entergy Basics

PubGene
Biology and genetics research.

NCBI: Entrez
Search life sciences publications.

LA Times Science Section

Futurity
News source featuring the latest discoveries in science, engineering, the environment, health, and more from North America's leading research universities.

Women in Science and Technology: Past, Present and Future Blog

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Cooking.com

Cooking Light

Food Network
The site that accompanies the TV network.

KitchenMath.com
Conversion tables for cooking measurements.

Center for Science in the Public Interest's Food Additives Guide

SauteWednesday: Links to Newspaper Food Sections
A great collection of links to newspaper food sections.

Food Timeline: Prices Over the Years
Track prices of various food items over decades.

The Grocery Game.com
Tracks prices of more than 10,000 grocery items. Great for cost comparison studies over time.

National Restaurant Association

GrubHub
Look up what restaurants deliver in specific cities.

HungryGirl.com
Great site on food and nutrition. Includes an e-newsletter.

ChefAdventures.com
Recipes, nutrition information and cooking techniques.

National Center for Food Safety and Technology

MyFoodPyramid.gov: Dietary Guidelines

BacteriaMuseum.org
From the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

WhyBiotech.com
Food technologies and stories by farmers and food researchers.

CooksIllustrated.com
Look up any entree, snack, or side dish and get a recipe. The site charges a $25 annual online-only fee.

Association of Food Journalists

World's Healthiest Foods
Run by nonprofit George Mateljan Foundation, this site provides the latest information on how foods impact health.

Top Secret Recipes
Cook Todd Wilbur shares the secret recipes of popular restaurants.

FoodProof
Videos, recipes, blogs and more. Covers a wide range of food and cooking.

MenuPages.com
Search a database of thousands of restaurant menus.

Extra Tasty
Search a database for drink recipes.

PizzaMarketplace.com
Great facts, figures and trend story ideas from the pizza industry.

Epicurious.com
Recipes for anything.

World Food Store
All kinds of ethnic foods. Look up recipes, read articles on quality foods and find out inexpensive ways to get healthy. Research nutritional information and fat content.

Zagat.com: Search Restaurant Reviews

EatingWell

Recipezaar
More than 384,000 recipes to the database.

TheDailyPlate.com
A helpful calorie-counting site.

Canning and Freezing Summer Fruits and Vegetables
Tips galore.

Better Homes and Gardens: Gardening Tips

The Food Reference
Cooking tips galore!

Timeout.com
Cooking and lifestyles portal.

OnlineChef.com
Another cooking and lifestyles portal.

WineSpectator.com
Wine and lifestyles portal.

Nutrition.gov
This government site offers tips and all sorts of nutritional facts, including dieting.

Restaurant.com
A site for restaurant owners, it features a searchable database of restaurant listings.

Gallery of Regrettable Food

Dinner Unplugged
An easy-to-use recipe site.

Recipe Box

A Pinch of ...

Saveur.com
Online magazine full of recipes and tips from the world of food and drink.

Global Gourmet

Delicious Decisions

FoodReference.com: Food Festivals and Food Show Index

Web MD Health

VegEats

Low-FatRecipes.com

U.S. Census: Stats on Turkeys
A more detailed collection of statistics on consumption, etc.

USDA Meat and Poultry: Holiday Food Safety
Look under featured topics menu and pull down to Holiday Food Safety.

National Turkey Federation
Two dozen recipes from various chefs, including prep tips and video.

Zeer
Consumer review for healthy eating, organic food and green products.

Wine Library TV
Gary Vaynerchuk's daily wine video blog.

Reynolds Turkey Tips Line

Butterball Turkey Tips

Perdue Farms

Restaurant.org Food Safety
From the National Restaurant Association.

The Food Section

American Pie Council
An organization that promotes "pie as part of our American heritage." Celebrates National Pie Day on Jan. 23 of each year. Includes a press resources page.

Food Reference

HealthyDiningFinder
Search by location, price range, etc.

World Wide Sushi Restaurant Reference
Glossary of sushi terms and a global restaurant locator.

USDA: Holiday Food Safety Tips

Center for Science in the Public Interest: Leftovers

Food Timeline
Prices of various foods, dating back to the 18th Century.

PC Magazine's Undiscovered Websites: Food
From November, 2007, a great collection of sites that provide shortcuts to several food and lifestyle sites.

WineSpectator
Rankings, prices and news on the wine industry from the online version of the magazine.

National Ice Cream Retailers Association
Stats and research on ice cream, yogurt sales, experts, product safety, etc.

CheckPlease.TV
Website for the television program. Archive of restaurant reviews from all over the country.

Holiday Calorie Counter
Calculate how much you would have to walk to burn off the calories that you eat on Thanksgiving. The meal I anticipated would force me to walk 25 miles. I am rethinking my plan.

HealthyDiningFinder.com
Searchable database of thousands of restaurants around the nation.

FoodandWaterWatch.org
Track studies, findings. Includes newsletter and RSS feed.

Spatulatta
Video clips and tips for kids' cooking.

Garden Writers Association

National Gardening Association

EatDrinkorDie
From the FunnyorDie creators, this site combines cooking expertise with humor.

Chowhound
Foodie website features a newsletter and a well-organized listing of restaurants (by state, region, country, type, chains, etc.)

Chicago Tribune Recalled Food Database
More than 2,800 products recalled related to food allergens.

American Beverage Association
Industry news, studies, consumption statistics, experts, etc.

Feeding America: Food Bank Locator
Search by ZIP code or state.

Feeding America: Hunger and Poverty Statistics

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Hunger Statistics
From 2007

BitterWaitress
Restaurant staff serve up the dish on nasty customers. A fun read.

Super Couponing
Coupons galore, but the site also offers consumer shopping and savings tips that are helpful for readers.

Coupon Mom
Coupons galore, but the site also offers consumer shopping and savings tips that are helpful for readers.

Yelp
Reviews of restaurants, shopping, etc.

Healthy Harvest Food Guides

LTH Forum
A Chicago culinary chat site.

BrokeHipster
Find cheap and free eats in Chicago. Mostly mid-week bar specials on pub grub, but there are some real finds.

U.S. Agricultural & Food Law and Policy Blog

GastroNomalies
Explores the policies and politics behind what we eat every day.

National Gardening Association: Food Gardening Guide

Eat Well Guide: Local Organic Food

Museum Directory of Food History News
Contains a recently augmented international listing of more than 1200 museums and collections, both public and private, dedicated to food and beverages.

American Beverage Association
Industry news, studies, consumption statistics, experts, etc.

Tips for Uncovering Sealed Cases

USCourts.gov: Journalist's Guide to the Federal Courts

CourtReference.com
Offers state-by-state links to online court record search services at trial courts and government agencies. Find court locations, other legal services offered and more.

Court Records Blog
Part of CourtReference.org's site, this blog covers some of the basics of court records, understanding documents, how a court room works, etc.

Free Public Records Directory
Free state court resources.

MegaLaw.com
A meta-search engine that scans law sites.

Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research

World Law
A comprehensive legal search tool. It gives you multiple ways to search legal opinions, legislation, law libraries, etc.

USACops.com
Handy image map links you to local law enforcement agencies. Great for sourcing out-of-state.

ExpertPages.com
A legal site that lists more than 140 expert witnesses on litigation issues. Can be helpful for sourcing stories on various topics, which are listed alphabetically.

Law Library of Congress
Links galore to research, other law centers, collections databases, reading room, bibliographies, etc.

Violence Policy Center
A libertarian public interest law firm offers several free legal resources off its site.

Institute for Justice
A libertarian public interest law firm offers several free legal resources off its site.

ElectionLawBlog.com
Run by a Loyola Law School professor.

Sunshine Week Open Meetings
Events the week of March 12 promote open records.

Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database
Hundreds of hours of audio materials delivered through a free player available from Real.com as well as summaries of cases before the court, organized by year.

2007 FBI Uniform Crime Report
Look up crimes by state, classification, population group, etc.

2006 FBI Violent Crimes Statistics
Review nationally, by region, state, county, city, universities, etc.

2005 FBI Uniform Crime Report

2004 FBI Uniform Crime Report

Law and Policy Institutions
This site provides access for legal and legislative information. In addition to domestic legal topics, this site provides information on significant international treaties, journals and legal databases etc.

USLegalForms.com
Database has more than 36,000 documents written to comply with the laws of each of the 50 states.

State-by-State Guide to Shield Laws
Poynter site offers image map for easy search.

National District Attorneys Association

Sports Law Blog

Ranchers and Cattlemen Action Legal Fund
R-CALF site offers industry info., links, contacts and an FAQ.

Institute for Justice
A libertarian public interest law firm offers several free legal resources off its site.

On the Issues: Rehnquist Decisions

U.S. Courts

Findlaw.com: 9-11 Legal Cases
A full listing of the civil and criminal cases. A valuable resource!

A Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System: Web-Based Publicly Accessible Sources

UScourts.gov
A good starting page for research on federal courts.

Pacer's U.S. Courts
Search district and bankruptcy courts.

Federal Courts Finder
Image map guide to courts from Emory University.

Department of Justice: Office of Solicitor General
Search government briefs filed with the United States Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Collection
A database of upcoming Supreme Court cases compiled by Cornell Univeristy.

Syllabi of Current U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

On the Docket
A database of upcoming Supreme Court cases.

CNN.com: Supreme Court Candidate Bios

C-SPAN Judiciary and Supreme Court Resources

Yahoo!: Supreme Court Nominees

PBS Newshour: Supreme Court Candidates
Full of quotes from politicos on who should be named.

PollingReport.com: Supreme Court Candidates
Full of quotes from politicos on who should be named.

Supreme Court Historical Society

Law.com's Supreme Court Monitor

On the Issues: Rehnquist Decisions

Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals
Links to the full-text opinions of all 11 U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Federal Laws and Regulations
The National Archives and Records Administration has a database of public laws, presidential orders and more.

Center for Information, Law and Policy
Information on federal and state courts.

JudgePedia.org
A great election resource that tracks state supreme courts, their elections and news on judges.

National Center for State Courts: Listing of Courts
Links to state appellate, circuit and county courts Web sites organized by states.

Junk FAX Laws by State

360Degrees.org: The U.S. Criminal Justice System
Perspectives on the U.S. justice system.

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Several tools for journalists needing legal resources.

Legal Directories

LawCrawler
Powered by Google, the Web?s best search engine, it hunts down anything legal online.

Old Bailey Online: History Site
From the famous British courthouse, this online database covers more than 22,000 trials dating between 1714 and 1759. Read the actual transcripts from historic proceedings, view the original documents, etc.

Lawyer Locator
Search a free database of legal experts.

Federal Judicial Center: Judge Bios
Search federal court judge bios, past and present.

Attorney Finder

International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Directory
The International Center for Not-For-Profit Law has a searchable directory of legal documents, court cases, reports, and other civil society resources from countries around the world. ICNL's Online Library currently contains 2,300 resources from 144 countries in 37 languages. The center is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes an enabling legal environment for civil society, freedom of association, and public participation around the world.

Lawyers.com
Look up a lawyer's credentials.

USLegalForms.com
Database has more than 36,000 documents written to comply with the laws of each of the 50 states.

State-by-State Guide to Shield Laws
Poynter site offers image map for easy search.

American Law Sources Online (ALSO)
This site provides "a comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to all online sources of American law."

Law and Policy Institutions
This site provides access for legal and legislative information. In addition to domestic legal topics, this site provides information on significant international treaties, journals and legal databases etc.

LegalSurvival.com
A comprehensive source of legal information, tools and news covering 30 topics. The site features a newsletter, forms, FAQs, checklists, bookstore, legal plans, Find an Attorney, attorney marketing services and helpful links.

Internet Legal Research Guide
More than 4,000 sites from 238 countries, this site lists law firms, legal experts, journals and more.

WhoRepresents.com: Agent Database
A great shortcut for sourcing, enter celebrity names into the database and get the managers or agents who represents them.

Westlaw.com

Global Legal Information Network
Part of the Library of Congress, this site features hundreds of legal links and resources.

The Law Engine
A free site with dozens of legal resources.

Counsel.net
A collection of chat rooms and discussion groups for lawyers, legal resources and job boards.

All Law
Search engine and legal directory that has state resources.

Finding Law-Related Resources
Dozens of global law links.

Medical Privacy State Laws

Legal Transcript Library, Inc.
A legal research tool for medical defense attorneys containing thousands of transcripts of medical expert testimony.

The Avalon Project
Yale Law School site that offers digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.

Expert-Testimony.com

Yahoo! Law Directory

Bankruptcy Law
A directory of state, national and international bankruptcy laws.

National Association of Drug Court Professionals

Electronic Law Library
Targeted to small business owners, but it has a lot of helpful research for anyone.

ElectionLawBlog.com
Run by a Loyola Law School professor.

HG Law Directory
Search more than 500 law directories worldwide.

Strategic Research Investigative Services
Specializes in discrete, sophisticated, and cost-effective fact-finding for law firms, corporations, governments, news organizations and individuals.

Class Action Database
A collection of class action lawsuits broken down by topics.

BRB Public Records online.
A huge sites with links to free and pay public records sites.

Cornell University: Legal Information Institute
Links, libraries, constitutions, codes, legal opinions and some legal news.

Prairie Net: Full-Text State Statutes and Legislation

Law Library Resource Xchange

Fagan Finder
A great search tool that added several new features in May 2002. Journalists will be especially interested in the search engines, reference, news and law sections.

Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents
Contact information for more than 25,000 attorneys.

Jaffe Legal News Service
The JLNS is a free weekly email tipsheet with sources and story ideas from some of the top law firms in North America and the UK. Each issue has a section providing expert commentary on some of the key issues of the day, an area where by-lined articles written by some of the top legal experts on North America and the UK are available for free, and a wire-like service that lists law firm press releases. Each e-mail also features a link to a form where reporters can request help with specific stories.

TVSpy's Agent List
Includes client names, companies and agent contact information.

Legal Databases, Documents and Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics

State Laws Database
Searchable index of state laws and legislation for all 50 states.

WHO@ (Working to Halt Online Abuse)
Resources, stats, facts and protection tips about online stalking.

Gender Law Library

Covering Crime and Justice: A Guide for Journalists

National Lesbian and Gay Law Association

National Asian American Bar Association

SmallTownMisfit
Colorful crime news stories from a roundup of police blotters throughout the nation.

Dumb Laws Database
Titled: Big Government. Small Brains. Dumb Laws. A collection of silly laws in the United States and othe countries. Good for news feature writing.

FBI 2004 Uniform Crime Report

Findforms.com
A database of thousands of free legal forms.

Cornell University State Laws Database
Look up laws by industry/topic.

Legacy Tobacco Documents Library
A great database from Cal-San Francisco that contains 11.2 million fully searchable documents from the1930s to the 1990s -- previously secret stuff from tobacco industry files obtained as part of the Minnesota AG and Blue Cross lawsuit settled in 1998.

Legacy Drug Industry Document Archive
More than 2,500 documents from drug companies about industry-sponsored clinical trials, publication of study results, pricing, marketing, relations with physicians and involvement in continuing medical education.

Sunshine Week Open Meetings
Events the week of March 12 promote open records.

Info - Encyclopedia and Reference Resource
Browse articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History, Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion, Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life, and more. Includes Country Studies and North America Gazetteer.

Jury Verdict Research
A for-profit company that maintains a database of nearly 200,000 verdicts and settlements resulting from personal injury claims.

ABA Administrative Procedures Database ABA Administrative Procedures Database
This site "is designed to facilitate the exchange of information about federal and state administrative law among legislators, lawyers, hearing officers, judges, and citizens. (It) contains links to federal and state Administrative Procedure Acts (APA), reform proposals, and organizational and other resources."

North America's Largest Class Action Law Site
Lots of pending class actions and class action settlements. Updated daily. Also offers ability to register for possible class actions.

Catalaw
Organizes legal and government sites into a basic catalog.

State Sex Offender Registries
Thirty-four states have them, but many are under review for accuracy.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Jail Population Study
Study: More than 6.5 million adults were jailed, on probation or on parole at the end of last year, a record-high number that represents 3.1 p of the country's total population or 1 of every 32 adults. Look up your state.

LexisWeb Legal Search Engine

LawCommerce.com Recommended Law Database
A list of sites you can use to look up federal and state laws. A great shortcut..

FBI Crime Statistics: 2001 Summary
Also available as a full-text document.

University of Tennessee: Legal Information
A set of helpful journalism and law links from professor Dorothy Bowles.

Legal Associations and Organizations

American Bar Association

American Bar Association Lawinfo.org

American Civil Liberties Union
Material on FOI and Sunshine laws.

Association of Trial Lawyers of America Links Page
Dozens of great links to law schools, law organizations, attorney referral sites and more.

National Board of Trial Advocacy

International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Directory
The International Center for Not-For-Profit Law has a searchable directory of legal documents, court cases, reports, and other civil society resources from countries around the world. ICNL's Online Library currently contains 2,300 resources from 144 countries in 37 languages. The center is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes an enabling legal environment for civil society, freedom of association, and public participation around the world.

The Innocence Project
A searchable database of states offering projects to free wrongfully accused prisoners through DNA and other evidence. Run by the Cardozo School of Law in NYC.

National Center for State Courts

National District Attorneys Association

National Center for State Courts
Readers First is an E.W. Scripps initiative for readership-builders in all departments of newspapers.

SPJ Legal Advocacy
Legal defense fund, annual report, other resources.

National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
Statistics on the homeless, links, public policy, child abuse, health, job training, minimum wage and more.

Institute for Justice
A law firm site with helpful online resources.

National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)

National Women's Law Center
A great resource with tips, research and news stories on a variety of topics, including sexual harassment, athletics, women in the military and more.

Ranchers and Cattlemen Action Legal Fund
R-CALF site offers industry info., links, contacts and an FAQ.

National Resources Defense Council
Environmental issues

Student Press Law Center
Legal issues facing high school and college students.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund

Police Executive Research Forum
News page, free document library, sources.

Center for Identity Management and Information Protection
Part of Utica College, the site offers a media center, research projects and can connect you with expert sources.

Identity Theft Resource Center
A nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to the understanding and prevention of identity theft. Site includes a media page and a resource library.

PhotoEnforced.com
Allows users to upload locations of photo-enforced traffic lights around the country.

National Campaign to Stop Red Light Running

U.S. Public Interest Research Groups
Transportation, healthcare, money and politics, media reform, tax and budget, law, higher education and environmental issues.

Child Welfare Information Gateway
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Has sections on abuse, library search, statistics, online catalog, adoption information and more.

Law Journals and News

Legal Journals Online
A listing of hundreds of journals from all over the world.

National Law Journal

Findlaw.com
Legal publications and state/local bar association information.

Findlaw News

VineLink: Who's in Jail/Prison
Use this image map to select a state, then sort through the listed jails and prisons to track who's in jail and who is about to be released. A great resource.

National Center for State Courts
Research, newsletter, links to other organizations.

NPR: Justice Talking
Debates, polls, resources on justice issues.

The Business Lawyer
An online business law magazine from the American Bar Association.

National Law Journal: Survey of the 250 Largest Law Firms
Contact information for more than 25,000 attorneys.

University Law Review: Search Law Journals
Links, listings and search.

States with Sex-Offender Registries

In the News
Blog by a forensic psychologist about psychology and the law.

The Jurist: Terrorism Law & Policy Guide
The legal education and information portal at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, has posted an online guide to Terrorism Law & Policy. The guide features breaking news, U.S. policy documents, Executive Orders and federal legislation, academic commentary and an extensive bibliography.

Truth in Justice
A private investigations site with several recent case studies, news stories, trend pieces, related links, a discussion forum and more. A great resource.

Sports Law Blog

Law.com Newswire
Updated several times a day with great stories.

Nolo.com
A super legal site.

CNN.com's Law Page
Several good trend pieces, some breaking news.

Medical Liability Monitor
A monthly online publication on trends and issues in medical malpractice.

LLRX.com
Bills itself as "the premier free web-zine on research and technology related issues for the legal community.

LLRX.com 9-11 Legal Site

Jeff Flax's Super Legal Links Page

JustInfo Newsletter
An online newsletter sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Government Sites

SEC Law
Securities legal resource includes message boards, links to other sites, bookstore and more.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
The official government site has a myriad of resources, including a way to track the status of patents and trademarks pending.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Jail Population Study
Study: More than 6.5 million adults were jailed, on probation or on parole at the end of last year, a record-high number that represents 3.1 p of the country's total population or 1 of every 32 adults. Look up your state.

Library of Congress: A Century of Law Making
Annals of the House and Senate, bills and resolutions.

Library of Congress: Religion and the Government
Takes effect October 2002.

Cyberspace Law

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers

LegalTech

Cyberspace Law and Regulation

UCLA Cyberspace Law and Policy

Intellectual Property and Technology Forum
Boston College Law School site offers current news and in-depth articles on intellectual property and technology law.

Publishing Law Center
Links and articles on intellectual property and legal issues..

TechnoLawyer Community
Free subscriptions to TechnoRelease Tuesdays.

Treatment Advocacy Center
Studies on mental illness, treatments, and various laws and legal interpretations.

Copyright Law

Internet Law Library
A free collection of articles, statutes, cases and resources on Internet issues such as copyright law, trademark law, domain name law, cookies, data retrieval, etc.

U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright Renewals

Copyright Law and Fair Use

GigaLaw.com

Miscellaneous Sites

FBI Uniform Crime Report (.pdf)
The site features an image map that helps locate stats from major cities. Sort stats by type of crime, too.

2007 FBI Uniform Crime Report
Look up crimes by state, classification, population group, etc.

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: Juvenile Hearings
Guidelines on access to juvenile courts.

Criminal Justice Links
Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

TheSmokingGun.com
Tips for filing FOIAs, "Document of the Week."

The Stanford University School of Law
The school's site has full-text complaints, summaries and briefs on securities class action complaints.

60 Sites in 60 Minutes
A site full of legal research tools on one page.

IRE and NICAR: Legal Databases
There is a fee for the legal databases.

U.S. DOT: Fatal Accident Reporting System Database
This links to details and samples of the data. NICAR charges for the full database. The data covers 1975-2001 and contains information on automobile accidents on public U.S. roads that resulted in the death of one or more people within 30 days of the accident.

Law and Policy Institutions Guide
A great collection of legal and legislative information.

PI Newslink
A blog for private investigators/researchers.

DogBiteLaw.com
Developed by an attorney specializing in dog bites, this is an extensive research site for dog bite victims, dog owners, parents, journalists and others. Covers topics such as the legal rights of victims, how to protect children, and other aspects of the dog bite epidemic.

Cool Sites for Lawyers

PBS Frontline: Criminal Justice
A collection of companion Web sites on various crime, legal system and justice topics.

Tobacco Links
Dozens of links in alphabetical order about pro and anti-smoking, farming, etc.

Law Library of Congress
Law guides, databases and historical documents back to 1774.

PoliceForum.org
Site features cops from large jurisdictions and has done lots of stuff on police shootings, etc.

Criminal Justice Journalists

The Lindbergh Case

Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act
Takes effect October 2002.

Stanford University: Prison Experiment
An online tour of a 1971 psychology experiment on California college students sent to prison. Photos, video, background. Interesting research.

LLRX: Clustering With Search Engines

LLRX: Latest Links
An archive of reviews of legal sites.

MyLemon.com
The site contains an informative guide to the lemon law as well as answers to frequently asked questions. Focuses on New Jersey and Pennsylvania law, but it has helpful resources for anyone.

Purportal.com
This site can quickly assist you in sorting the myths from the half-truths and the actual facts. The site consists of database search engines to check keywords from e-mails you have received, the latest headlines on hoaxes, special reports on 9-11 misinformation, and links to official and commercial sites on fraud, hoaxes and scams.

LLRX.com: 9-11-2001 Related News and Legal/Legislative Resources
This site is updated daily.

Newsaic
Legal issues behind TV shows.

LemonLaw.com
Laws on auto purchasing.

Overlawyered.com
This site chronicles the high cost of the legal system.

Police Foundation Research Brief: Catching Career Criminals

The Florida Medical Malpractice Web Site
Focuses on medical malpractice matters, primarily from a Florida perspective, but also contains info of more national interest. Handy for looking up malpractice information about doctors.

JusticeLink

LawMall
A collection of legal links for lawyers and people not associated with the legal system.

Web Journal of Current Legal Issues
Site from the UK.

Capital Defense Network
The ultimate resource for federal death penalty defense practitioners.

CivicMind.com
Civic resources for lawyers and journalists.

Equal Justice Network
An information source for lawyers and advocates involved in providing legal assistance to low-income people.

Military Law and Justice

IJ.org Media Links
Links to stories and cases of national and local interest. Great place to look for offbeat trend stories. Also has a media center, other links.

CrimeLynx.com
Legal resource center with expert links, policy and research links.

National Coalition Against Censorship

National Center for State Courts

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Benedict Copyright Site

Copyright Management Center

Copyright Clearance Center

CyberLaw Encylopedia: Copyright Law

Crash Course in Copyright Law

Intellectual Property Primer

Sports Law Links
Some great resources from Professor Walter T. Champion, Jr., author of Fundamentals of Sports Law and Sports Law in a Nutshell.

Multimedia and Entertainment Law Online News (MELON)

Medicine Malpractice Links
Part of the Electric Law Library.

Index of State Malpractice Laws

Malpractice Litigation News

SafeShopping.org: Tips
Tips on online shopping safety tips from the American Bar Association.

Dog Bite Law Center

ElderWeb.com
This site offers legal, insurance and medical advice (regional and national) for people facing elder-care options.

Mother Jones.com Prisons Study

Lemon Law America
Lists legal rights for car buyers.

Chicago Council of Lawyers
Evaluations of judicial candidates and much more.

Oklahoma State Court Network
Search legal files from divorces, civil, criminal and every document filed at the court clerk by date. You can search by last name, first name, case number.

NRA: State Gun Laws
Use this image map to check gun laws state by state.

CrimeLibrary.com
CourtTV site with news stories, backgrounding, etc.

National Assn. of Legal Professionals
Resource center, studies on employment, etc.

Law Library of Congress
Links galore to research, other law centers, collections databases, reading room, bibliographies, etc.

Insurance Information Institute
Public safety, crime and other stats.

USACops.com
Handy image map links you to local law enforcement agencies. Great for sourcing out-of-state.

ExpertPages.com
A legal site that lists more than 140 expert witnesses on litigation issues. Can be helpful for sourcing stories on various topics, which are listed alphabetically.

Automated Access to Court Electronic Records
Provider of United States bankruptcy data to attorneys, lenders, employers and individuals. Has a helpful press center with statistics, news and trends.

NFL Player Arrests 2000-Present
List compiled by the San Diego Tribune and published in May 2007. Great for reference.

Courts and Law Coverage Beat Guide
From the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism. Simply go to the website and page click on "Learn more" on the "New Resource" box.

Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration
Has several helpful resources, including a blood alcohol content calculator.

Tips for Uncovering Sealed Cases

FBI Violent Crimes Statistics 2006
Review nationally, by region, state, county, city, universities, etc.

Death Penalty Information Center
Opposes capital punishment.

Federal Hate Crime Legislation

DocStoc
Free business forms and legal templates.

TopClassActions.com
Search through top class-action lawsuits. Includes an RSS news feed.

Brennan Center for Justice

National Council on Crime and Delinquency
"The oldest criminal justice research organization in America, NCCD promotes effective, humane, fair, and economically sound solutions to family, community, and justice problems. The organization conducts research, promotes reform initiatives, and seeks to work with individuals, public and private organizations, and the media to prevent and reduce crime and delinquency."

American Library Association: Notable First Amendment Court Cases

Knight Center Beat Guide: Courts & the Law

Center on Wrongful Convictions
Northwestern University School of Law site about a group freeing prisoners wrongfully accused of serious crimes. Includes resources, experts, news and events page and bios of many of the people freed.

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers

Podcasting Legal Guide

Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society

Knight Center: A Beat Guide to: Courts and the Law
From the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the University of Maryland.

Cornell: Courts Federal Law Materials and Judicial Opinions

Cornell Law: State Courts Opinions

National Runaway Switchboard
Media page and expert sources on the topic.

National Legal Aid & Defenders Association

Cyberjournalist.net: Legal Issues
Feed of stories and blog posts on web legals issues, etc.

Poynter: Tips for Covering Mass Shootings
Track who is tweeting a site or blog.

Sunshineweek.org

Legal Information Institute: First Amendment Overview

Federal Citizens' Information Center: Privacy Resources

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Technology/civil rights site. Great for finding cases against the FCC and the record industry.

World Intellectual Property Organization

BlogInsurance FAQ
Stream video straight from your cell phone.

Library of Congress: Sonia Sotomayor Resources
Articles and books by her, congressional documents, cases and web resources by the Supreme Court nominee.

Chicago Law Blog
Chicago Tribune blog on legal issues in the city.

The Wayback Machine
Tied to a database of 10 billion archived Web pages that go back five years. See what old and defunct sites looked like. Heavy use, so download may be slow.

Time Capsule
Type in your birthdate -- or any date you're interested in for that matter -- and get a digest of news headlines, top song titles and other timely factoids covering that era.

Who, What, When Database
Great for quick fact-checking. A database of "key people and events from 1000 A.D. to the present." Create graphic timelines of periods in history and of the lives of individuals.

Search Systems
A free database that has business information, corporate filings, property records, unclaimed property, professional licenses, inmates, criminal and court filings and much more. You can even see aerial photographs of your home.

Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
This site will be a boon to anyone studying issues related to information technology or electronic publishing. The site has been publishing the index since 1997, and this latest version contains more than 1,400 citations as well as an introduction that explains how to use the site. The bibliography and index reference both online and print sources, including books, articles, monographs, and chapters. Librarians in particular will want to bookmark this site.

ZabaSearch.com
This site provides basic information for free, including birth year, month, phone number and address for free and deeper background information for a fee. There is a fee for queries that return a wealth of info sometimes dating back more than 10 years: residential addresses, phone numbers both listed and unlisted, birth year, even satellite photos of people's homes.

The Scoop: CAR Stories Database
A browsable database that has individual pages for papers, topics, dates and bylines. Nearly everything has an RSS feed for it, so you can subscribe to specific reporter's byline, topic, etc.

Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography
This site will be a boon to anyone studying issues related to information technology or electronic publishing. The site has been publishing the index since 1997, and this latest version contains more than 1,400 citations as well as an introduction that explains how to use the site. The bibliography and index reference both online and print sources, including books, articles, monographs, and chapters. Librarians in particular will want to bookmark this site.

DeadorAliveInfo.com
A handy quick-reference, fact-checking site for copy editors. Find out if a celebrity is dead or alive.

Obituaries Help
Access newspaper obituaries and discover your genealogy online. Discover obituary resources like old newspaper obituaries archives and Download free genealogy forms and printable family tree charts.

Energy Saving Tips
With rising energy costs, this site offers tips on heating and cooling.

PC World: 30 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do on the Internet

Zotero
Firefox extension to help you collect, manage and cite your research sources. Developed by George Mason University, the extension provides users with automated access to bibliographic information for online resources.

Neil Reisner: Using the Web to Search for Records
A great set of search tips from Florida International professor.

Neil Reisner: Finding Almost Anybody
Tips on tracking down people, databases, etc.

Fagan Finder
Journalists will be especially interested in the search engines, reference, news and law sections.

Vital Records Database
Lists links to all the state and county agencies that keep vital statistics such as birth, death andmarriage records around the country. Also lists the fee the states charge for the records.

Online Public Records
Find public records data.

HighBeam.com
Access 1.5 million articles from more than 200 sources for free.

SearchingtheInternet.info

Academic Scholar Search Engines
A great collection of search tools.

Resource Shelf?s DocuTicker
A helpful research blog run by several top researchers.

Pantheon: Encyclopedia of Myths

PI Newslink
A blog for private investigators/researchers.

ResourceShelf: DocuTicker
A daily update of new reports from government agencies, ngo's, think tanks, and other groups.

Copyscape
Track who has lifted content off your website. Just type in the URL of your site.

Ehow.com
A how-to guide that makes for great trend stories and features.

Leadership Directories
Find leaders in government, foreign affairs, legal, media, etc.

Virtual Library Museums
Find whatever you want, whether it's art, history, science or a natural park.

CountryReports.org
Stats and facts on countries. More than 26,000 pages.

FedStats
Studies and stats on federal government research..

Wikipedia: State Agency Databases
A wiki on state databases that feature information on businesses, licensed professionals, etc.

WordSpy
Looks for new words popping up in English usage.

Omgili
Searches more than 100,000 message boards and forums.

WhyFiles.org
A science explanation site.

HookedOnFacts
An "engine" that generates random, interesting facts. Helpful feature ideas, notebook items, etc.

CityTownInfo.com
A collection of information on U.S. cities and towns. The site includes almanac-like reference data, property statistics, local weather reports, links to the official city web sites and maps for about 3,500 cities. The site also includes a summary article on about 50 major cities.

City-Data.com
This site has collected and analyzed data from numerous sources to create profiles of all U.S. cities. It featuresthousands of pictures, maps, satellite photos, stats about residents (race, income, ancestries, education, employment...), geographical data, crime data, housing, businesses, political contributions, weather, hospitals, schools, libraries, houses, airports, radio and TV stations, zip codes, area codes, user-submitted facts, similar cities list.

OCLC Libarian's Toolbox
Resources, some free and some by perscription.

Obits 101
A national obits clearinghouse of links.

UN.org
Has reports with individual country statistics on many topics.

NationMaster.com
Has reports with individual country statistics on many topics.

International Center for Journalists

Social Security Death Records

Encyclopedia & Reference Resource
Browse articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History, Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion, Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life, and more.

Poynter.org: Summer Resources
Fourth of July, other factual sites on the summer solistice.

Deadlineonline.com
A must-bookmark for any journalist.
A clearinghouse of sourcing links from the Schlein News Bureau.
Broken down by people, sources, documents and background.

Voice of the Shuttle
Compiled by the UC Santa Barbara English Department, this is an outstanding general links site. Resources include anthropology, women's studies, literature, philosophy, business theory, cyberculture and more.

Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
An online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.

Lost in Translation
Takes your phrase in and out of English and other languages and gives you results.

Modern Language Association: Language Map Data Center
Provides maps and data babout the many languages spoken in the United States.

Database of Learning Sites
Site checks dozens of search engines and newsgroups.

Easybib.com
A free site that allows you to enter a source you wish to cite, where you found it (e.g., online or print), the author and other details. You then get an instant bibliography entry that you can reuse as you need.

Refdesk.com
A blizzard of topics, from zip quotes and stock quotes to sports.

National Personnel Records Center
A central repository of personnel-related records, both military and civil service. The site provides service to "government agencies, military veterans, former civilian Federal employees, family members, as well as researchers and historians."

Howstuffworks.com
Look up just about anything in this online encyclopedia.

PBS Animal Encyclopedia
Hundreds of helpful facts and stats.

Phaster Lookups Reference Database
Do quick searches for reference tools: encylopedias, economic terms, legal dictionary, biblical reference, quotes and more. Great one-stop reference shopping.

TradeStats
See what each state exports and where they are shipping. Who Is trading with Iraq.

BBC: Languages
Glossaries and helpful sound files.

Anecdotage: Anecdote Database
A handy database of stories about famous people. Be sure to double-check all facts found in the database.

Bartleby Reference Page
Features dictionairies, encyclopedias, thesauri and usage guides.

Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections

Acronym Finder
"The web's most comprehensive database of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. 212,000-plus definitions!"

Newswords.com
A global headline search site.

YourDictionary.com
Glossaries, quick-reference look-ups. Translation tools as well.

Modern Language Association: Language Map
Search by language and state for an interactive map of how many people speak that language by county, zip code, etc.

Speech & Transcripts Center
Current and past speech transcripts.

Historychannel.com: Speech Transcripts
Historical transcripts and audio.

Vanderbilt: Exploration Online Research Journal

Towards Electronic Journals: Realities for Scientists, Librarians and Publishers
Focuses mostly on scientists' perspective as authors and readers, how changes over the years by publishers and librarians have affected scientists, and what they should expect from electronic journal and digital journal article databases. We describe some myths concerning scholarly journals and attempt to assess the future in a realistic manner.

BuzzDash
Online polls on news, politics, sports, celebrities, etc.

Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty
"A full-service research and evaluation resource. Our aim is to provide dynamic research and analysis on today's most pressing social issues and solutions to help equip you in your work toward a just global society."

Peoplespot.com
A good fact-checking site. Biographies, vital records, demographics, population and census statistics, e-mail, phone, reverse and professional directories, newsgroups, chat rooms.

Everyzing
Provides transcript searching (every spoken word) in some YouTube categories. Searches can currently be performed in a limited number of categories (sports, entertainment, etc.)

TVEyes
The site offers "transcript search" of podcasts. The site is fee-based service and allows you to search nearly all major TV networks and some local stations. The site also has a free transcript search of TV news video available on the open web from MSNBC, Reuters, etc.

ResearchBuzz.com

RoboForm
This software remembers every password, various addresses (which you control by creating different identities) and unlike Gator, contains no spyware. Although the basic version is free, the pro version is available for about $30.

Dialect Survey
A survey quiz from Harvard that studies dialect dispersion in modern America. See how much you differ from folks in your hometown (or adopted locale), or examine the maps to find out how people say what, where, etc.

British Library Archives
The British Library owns the world's largest collection of research materials. You can search 20,000 journals for free and order full text for a small fee.

New York Times: TimesMachine
Browsable access to the Times from 1851 to 1922, but is only available to home delivery subscribers.

PoliticalQuotes.org: Eigen's Political & Historical Quotations
More than 40,000 free quotations from more than 11,000 different historical and political figures in a searchable database.

WorldStatesmen.org
Though this site is run by a hobbyist, it features complete lists of the heads of state and government for every country and colony in the world over the past 300 years. It also has pocket histories of each country/colony, images of each country and colony's flags, and in many cases links to constitutions, national anthems, and so on. Also updated fairly regularly. Again, double-check the information you find on this site, but it appears to be very, very helpful.

BBC News Country Profiles
Features include an overview, historical timelines and links to the media from each country. Also some audio of newsmaking moments.

Geographic Encyclopedia

West Egg's Cliche Finder

The Library Files
Links by beat from the intranet of the Wisconsin Capital Times.

TVEyes.com
Keep track of keywords mentioned on TV. You can do a free demo try, but it costs for a user log-in.

World Time Server

The U.S. Constitution

American Community Network
This site has a large amount of data on many U.S. communities.

GotoCity.com
Organized by state and city, explore data on many U.S. communities.

Biography.com
The TV show on A&E has a database of bios on famous people. Good for fact-checking.

American National Biography Online
The American National Biography (ANB) offers portraits of more than 17,400 people. The site includes feature illustrations, hyperlinked cross-reference, links to selected Web sites and powerful search capabilities. It requires a user name and password, though.

HistoryChannel.com
A great site for fact-checking.

Voycabulary
Don't know a word used on a site? Enter the URL into this page and it gives you a new page in which you can click on any word on the page to find it's meaning.

Ajeeb.com
This site provides instant, free translation of Arabic Web sites into English.

Adobe .PDF Conversion Tools

Editor's Web.org
News release galore, many from federal agencies.

Rootsweb.com
A free genealogy site. Social security, birth and census reports.

Yahoo! Almanacs/Calendars
Links to online almanacs and other calendar Web sites.

Los Angeles Times Data Desk
Databases galore, from tropical storm names, charities, entertainment, politics, etc.

Time Magazine: 50 Best Websites of 2008
Links galore to helpful web tools.

TimeTicker.com
Use this database to check what time it is anywhere in the world.

Guiness Book of World Records
If your momma claims it's a world record, you better check it out.

Brain Track
Search British universities.

ExpertClick.com
A searchable site for authorities on particular topics. 14,000 topics covered and more than 1,500 individuals, associations, corporations and public interest groups.

OtherTimelines.com
A chance to rewrite history, giving the user the chance to write their own scenarios and sequels to historical events. Example: What would have happened had JFK not been killed?

FindSame
A plagiarism finder.

CredoReference.com
This cross-reference site does a search of 50 reference titles.

Martindale's Reference Desk
All kinds of resources.

Internet Public Library's Pathfinders
University of Michigan librarians organize subject pages that included annotated suggestions for both the Web and library books. A great starting point for any story.

SearchSpell.com
Check your spelling as you submit a query.

Columbia Encyclopedia
The sixth edition has 51,000 entries and 80,000 cross references and search capabilities.

BookFinder.com
Links to 20,000 independent book-sellers and lists more than 30 million books (new, used, rare, etc.).

Online Arabic Translation Tool
Translate content on Arabic sites to English using this resource. Plug in the text or the URL to get the translation.

Systransoft.com
Instant translation for several languages.

WorldTime
An interactive world atlas, information on local time as well as sunrise and sunset times in several hundred cities, and a database of public holidays worldwide.

National Digital Library
Detailed multimedia presentations on significant historical events provide access to the highlights of the collections at the Library of Congress.

World Almanac for Kids Online

SoYouWanna.com
Teaches you how to tackle hundreds of life's problems.

Internet Resources for Writers
A great one-page stop for helpful writing and reporting links.

Social Science Research Network
This site covers the worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences.

Lycos Multimedia Search
This site offers photos and more.

Freeality
Various search tools, people locator.

PC Magazine: Top 101 Websites to Engage, Entertain and Inform
Covers topics such as computing, business, finance, etc.

U.S. National Archives

The Capitol.net: Online Resources
Lists of helpful reporting links by category.

HookedonFacts.com
This site generates offbeat facts and stats. Click the fact generator repeatedly for a list of of fun, interesting facts.

LinkPopularity
Check how many sites link there are to a particular sit.

Excite's World Facts and Global News Directory

Truth or Fiction?
This site takes "rumor mill" e-mails we all receive and determines if they are true or false. There is a good list of Attack on America information.

Quoteland.com
A links page put up by an individual. Fact-check anything you find on the site.

NewsWise
Newswise maintains a comprehensive database of news releases from top institutions engaged in scientific, medical and business research. Allows reporters to search, browse or download any article or abstract.

100 Places To Connect with Other Bibliophiles Online

Deloitte Press Room
Several interesting studies by the consulting firm.

All in One Search Page
Search more than 800 databases, directories and more.

Lexis-Nexis
Search hundreds of periodicals. Password and ID required.

Edirectory.com
A global directory of search engines.

Good Quotations
Gabriel Robins' Good Quotations by Famous People has some super material.

Docusearch.com
This site claims to be "the place to find, locate & track down anybody! We offer locate searches, DMV driver & vehicle searches, telephone record searches, financial and bank searches, criminal and property records. Some searches are free, others you must pay for.

Onelook Dictionary
A glossary of 743 subjects.

World Book Online
The digital version of the encyclopedia.

Artcyclopedia
The fine arts encyclopedia. One of the top reference sites around, according to the American Library Association. Search by artist, etc.

ADAM: Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway
A searchable list of 2,500 links.

Free Translation
This site translates English into other languages. Very cool! And free.

HyperStat Searchable Stats Database
Powered by Rice University.

Back Issue Finder
Marketplace for finding periodical information.

ReporterPitch.com
Similar to Al's morning meeting on Poynter.org, only with e-mail. The e-mail-based story idea exchange for working journalists acts as a distributor of stories or generated in daily work.

OneLook Dictionary Search
A very handy, quick-search resource. Type a word or phrase into this search engine and it will match your clues with the word you need.

The Quotations Page
Check sources of famous quotes.

Ask.com
Known as AskJeeves.com, you use natural-language search fields. You can pose questions and you'll get answers!

The Avalon Project
Yale Law School site that offers digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.

Librarians Index to the Internet

The Virtual Library
Links to dozens of indexed library resources.

IBB Voice of America: Pronunciation Guide
An invaluable tool to broadcasters on deadline.

Law Library Research Exchange

The Internet Public Library
Search an extensive research database.

American Library Association Libraries Page
Links to several large libraries around the United States..

Librarian's Index to the Internet

Research and Style Guides for Students
Nearly 100 links to helpful research sites.

Special Libraries Assn. News Division
Newsroom librarian site on archiving, online references, research materials.

Library of American Broadcasting
A collection of audio and video recordings, books, pamphlets, periodicals, personal collections, oral histories, photographs, scripts, and vertical files devoted exclusively to the history of broadcasting.

Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
Deals with all aspects of electronic publishing and include print and non-print materials, periodical articles, monographs and individual chapters in collected works. Each edition includes about 1,500 indexed titles. Both the index and the bibliography are continuously updated.

Instructions on How to use the Subject Index and the Bibliography

Internet Journalism Resources
From Minnesota State University.

Online Literature Library
Search through hundreds of titles and authors.

Presidential Libraries

E-journals.org
Search for journals on hundreds of wide-ranging topics.

Museum of Hoaxes
Don't be fooled by urban legends and if it sounds too good to be true, it is.

StrangeFacts.com
A cool resource for offbeat stats and facts.

One Look Dictionaries
Search nearly 4 million words.

Famous Name Changes
Track celebrities, politicians.

The Gutenberg Bible Online

Forbes People Tracker
Track more than 120,000 executives and members of the Forbes rich and celebrity lists. Customized e-mail alerts (free!), research public companies and news updates!

The British Library
Portal to more than 150 million items from history.

Institute for Public Accuracy
As a nationwide group of policy researchers. Great source for public policy issues!

Kalends.com
A free consumer-oriented, searchable site that features, general interest, business, holidays, and trade show events set to occur in the U.K. and elsewhere. There is some U.S. material.

Online Internet Sources Link List
A super alphabetical listing to hundreds of sites. Just scroll through to find your subject.

Ersys
A comprehensive collection of demographic, lifestyle, and economic data covering over 2,600 U.S. cities portrayed as thematic maps, informative reports, detailed tables and colorful charts --- all freely available.

Edhead: Simple Machines
Learn about gears, levers, inclined planes and how things are engineered.

Lewis Mumford Center: Census Research
This site lists some census research analysis that is used by many reporters, especially those covering census information. It is run by Merci Miglino of the Lewis Mumford Center at the Research University at Albany, SUNY.

Genomic Glossaries and Taxonomies
Biotechnology & pharmaceutical terms (& definitions) not found in most dictionaries. About 3,500 + definitions for applications, biochemistry, bioinformatics, cheminformatics, drug discovery and development, genomics, molecular biology, proteomics (and beyond), tools and technologies.

OnlineHomeBase.com
A web-based service that lets you store research notes and reminders for interviews etc with a user interface that looks like a simple notepad sheet.

SlipUps.com
Mistakes in movies, books, quotes, TV shows, etc.

Clock Your Typing Speed

FindTutorials.com
Learn how to do just about anything.

Dogpile.com

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

University of Michigan Documents in the News
Search safety reports from many areas -- transportation, environment, etc.

Smarting Surfing Links
A Columbia University professor offers tips on searching on the Web.

Cal-Berkeley: Journalism Research Tools
Links to online almanacs, encyclopedias, directories, subject guides, etc.

Internet Resources for News Librarians and Others
Links galore, grouped by topics and types of tools.

Law Library of Congress
Links galore to research, other law centers, collections databases, reading room, bibliographies, etc.

FASCNET Internet Resources
A searchable database of hundreds of helpful sites, organized by beats and topics.

SearchSystems.net
Great one-stop shopping for links to public records databases.

Acronym Finder
A helpful database of more than 200,000 acronyms, abbreviations, etc.

USPS: Quick Zip Code Search

AreaCodeDownload.com
Quick reference area codes and zip codes.

S9.com
Biographical dictionary with 33,000 entries.

National Archives
Thousands of public records and historical documents.

Art Science Research Laboratory
A New York based, not-for-profit organization that creates intellectual environment and advocacy of interdisciplinary study, encompassing the areas of research, collections and publishing. On a daily basis, art historians, scientists, artists, designers, and programmers contribute ideas, participate in a dynamic environment, and challenge the outdated but still prominent structures of practices in the arts, sciences, and humanities.

Nobel Prize Winners' Research
A database of their papers.

Dietary Supplements Labels Database
From the National Library of Medicine, this database offers information from the labels of over 2,000 brands of dietary supplements in the marketplace, including vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, and other specialty supplements.

HelpaReporterOut.com
Run by blogger and PR pro Peter Shankman, is a free subscription site that allows reporters to submit a query looking for sources. Simply enter your query into a form, and it will get posted on the site's next e-mailing. Queries are sent out three a day to a list of more than 18,000 global sources. If a source has knowledge of a specific query, that source can just e-mail the reporter directly. Note that PR people are kicked off the list for off-topic pitching.

PDFTextOnline.com
Site lets you download to a ZIP file.

Zamzar Conversion Tool
A free service that turns a .PDF into flat-file text.

PC Magazine's Undiscovered Websites: Info, Reference and Search
From November, 2007, a great collection of sites that provide shortcuts on the web.

Library of Congress: Ask a Librarian
Submit questions to a librarian. Includes a chat feature and links to various collections.

Chicago Reader: The Straight Dope
Answers to dozens of offbeat (sometimes silly) questions. Good for looking for quirky story ideas.

Worldwide Words
Michael Quinion writes about international English from a British perspective. Fun with pop culture catch phrases.

Pali Research

Friend or Follow
A helpful database for tracking Twitter followers and to track who's following you.

Tweetake
Lets you back up your followers and people you are following.

Topify
Receive an e-mail notification that someone is following you on Twitter. It includes information about that person (how many followers, updates, etc.)

ZipWho.com: Free Zip Code Demographics
Stats and demographic information in an easy-to-search format.

Library of Congress Webcasts
News and reviews of the latest documentary films.

U.S. Public Interest Research Groups
Transportation, healthcare, money and politics, media reform, tax and budget, law, higher education and environmental issues.

Academic Earth
Videos of academic lectures by top scholars on various topics.

Neat New Stuff on the Web
A super list of new resources updated weekly by librarian Marylaine Block.

Library of Congress: State Resource Guides
Provides links to external Web sites and a bibliography containing selected works for both general and younger readers. This site will be updated on a regular basis.

Library of Congress: State Digital Resources
Includes memory projects, online encyclopedias, history and cultural materials.

Research Channel
More than 3,500 videos from "a consortium of leading research and academic institutions to share the valuable work of their researchers with the public."

National Press Club Library

Columbia University Online Library

Northwestern University Journalism Library Collection

University of California, Berkeley Journalism Library

University of Texas Journalism Library

Library of American Broadcasting

Museum of Broadcast Communications

Library of Congress Newspaper and Current Periodical Room

University of Washington Library Resources for Communication Studies

British Library

Association of UK Media Librarians

NewsliBlog

SLA Newspaper Archives on the Web

Indianapolis Star Library

Portland Oregonian Research Blog

Liz Donovan's Behind the News Blog

Poynter Institute's Eugene Patterson Library

Policy Archive
More than 12,000 public policy documents.

North American Transportation Statistics
Sort by country or type of stat. Includes passenger travel, safety, vehicles, infrastructure, etc.

SpinSpotter
An interesting piece of software tool that claims to expose news spin and bias, misuse of sources, and suspect factual support. Uses algorithms to spot spin keywords on sites you surf .

Bioinformatics: A Brief Review of Resources on the Web
A nice collection of links to journals and books from the American Library Association.

Footnote
Uses the National Archives to digitize and upload every document housed there. You can cull through thousands of famous documents.

St. Ambrose Library: Best Information on the Net
Thousands of resources from the web, just a click away.

World Name Profiler
Enter a surname to view its map and statistics.

GrammarGuard.org

Press Think
Blog from NYU's Jay Rosen on new media and other timely topics.

able2act
A service from Infosphere that delivers information and records on military warfare, terrorism, organization profiles, company profiles, long reports on global countries, cybercrime, etc. More than 2,000 records are added each week.

Wolfram

AARP: AgeStats Worldwide Database
Comparative statistical data on the situation of older adults, projections, etc.

Encyclopedia of Television

Special Issues: List of Lists
Links to rankings in many consumer, political and other categories.

World Names Profiler
Use this tool to track a surname and map the results.

Translation Crawler
Sites indexed for interpretation, etc.

Listable
Social network for people who make lists.

Google Timeline
Calendar of news site RSS feeds.

The Globalist
Articles, facts and book quotes of the day are browsable by countries and regions, and by globalization topics such as children, development, markets, religion, technology, etc.

Arrangeonline.com: National Obituary Archive
With more than 55 million individual entries on file.

Atlas Obscura
Search, or browse by categories or places.

HelpaReporterOut.com
Run by blogger and PR pro Peter Shankman, is a free subscription site that allows reporters to submit a query looking for sources. Simply enter your query into a form, and it will get posted on the site's next e-mailing. Queries are sent out three a day to a list of more than 18,000 global sources. If a source has knowledge of a specific query, that source can just e-mail the reporter directly. Note that PR people are kicked off the list for off-topic pitching.

Center for Gaming Research Media Guide
From the UNLV library. Great for sources for gambling revenue statistics, experts and issues related to the casino industry. The site includes a special media page.

Social Science Research Network
Search this database of abstracts and papers on hundreds of topics.

Gallup
Surveys and research.

Harris
Surveys and research.

Zogby International
Polling information on elections and other issues. Has a good newsroom section.

NPD Group Global Insight
Marketing firm media page posts dozens of retail trends and surveys.

Trilby Lundberg
Surveys and research.

Kelton Research
Consumer marketing research firm.

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

National Geologic Map Database
From the USGS, this is a geoscience resource for maps and related data to geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology and marine geology.

Smith Travel Research
Lodging industry tracking firm. Great source for tracking how the economy has impacted hotel occupancy, etc.

Expedia
Commercial site that's valuable for journalists tracking airfares, travel trends, pricing, other travel issues.

Travelocity
Track airfares, travel trends, pricing, other travel issues.

Orbitz
Track airfares, travel trends, pricing, other travel issues.

Kayak
Track airfares, travel trends, pricing, other travel issues.

TravelZoo
Track airfares, travel trends, pricing, other travel issues.

AirGorilla
Airfares, travel trends, pricing, other travel issues.

SideStep
Track airfares, travel trends, pricing, other travel issues.

Mobissimo
International airfares and travel issues.

Hotwire
Track hotels, pricing, other travel issues.

Priceline
Track hotels, pricing, other travel issues.

BetterBidding
Guidelines for using Priceline and Hotwire.

BiddingforTravel
Guideline for using Priceline.

Quikbook
Follow hotels, pricing, other travel issues.

TripAdvisor
Look up customer comments about hotels, etc.

Hotelchatter.com
News on hotel fees, etc.

USA Today: Hidden Hotel Taxes
Great list of hidden hotel-bill fees.

World Tourism News

American Resort Development Association

BusinessofMotherhood.com
Tips and tactics for organizing and managing a home.

MomsRising.org
This community brings together "millions of people who share a common concern about the need to build a more family-friendly America. Started in May of 2006, the site has more than 150,000 citizen members and is rapidly growing. Topics include motherhood and family issues.

WorkingMomsAgainstGuilt.com
A good work-life balance blog.

RepairClinic.com
Do-it-yourselfers get tips on home repair.

UglyDress.com
A site about ugly bridesmaids dresses. Links like this can add some humor to a boring weddings special section.

LivingOprah.com
Woman blogs about "Living Oprah" - for one year taking all of the advice given by Oprah Winfrey, her magazine, text updates, etc. She buys products Oprah endorses on the show, eats the food recommends and follows medical and lifestyle advice given on the show.

Holidays.net
Read about holiday histories and traditions.

Media Kitty
A newly launched business information exchange that unites journalists with PR professionals in travel and lifestyle industries worldwide.

DIY: Do It Yourself Network
The site that accompanies the TV network offers step-by-step instructions on anything from cooking, sewing and landscaping to photography.

LiveManuals.com
Here's an adventure: tips for figuring out your household appliances.

Society of American Travel Writers

BedandBreakfast.com

Spatulatta
Video clips and tips for kids' cooking.

Poynter.org: Summer Resources
Includes several July 4th and other links.

BackCountryMaps.com
A Google Maps-based map with great information for all the backroads and by-ways.

National Geographic's Map Machine
Allows users to scan hundreds of street maps, satellite images, etc. The cover page focuses on current events and links to related maps.

Mapquest.com
Get lost all the time? This will help you search by address and zip code and get driving directions.

Mapsonus.com
Search by address and zip code.

MapTech
This site claims to be the largest online mapping resource for topographic maps and charts for land, sea, and air. It's all free, too.

EmbassyWorld Maps
Claims to have online maps for every country.

Iraq: Map Sources
In .PDF formats.

The National Atlas of the United States
A set of interactive maps, including some special maps on volcanoes, exotic species, vegetationgrowth, federal Indian land areas, hazardous waste, nuclear sites, etc. The site is updated weekly.

Safe Road Maps
An amazing site from the University of Minnesota that allows users to enter their address and see a map or satellite image of all the road fatalities that occurred in their area. Search can be narrowed to determine the age of the driver, or whether speeding, drinking or seatbelts were factors.

OutsideIn Story Maps
Allows you to map where you did your stories. Great tool to add to a blog.

Yahoo: FireEagle Real-World Location
Send updates from your phone to let people know where you are (city, area, etc.)

Placeopedia.com
Jon Dube has pointed out this site: Wikipedia has entries about towns and geographic locations. This site links about places in Wikipedia with Google's map tool.

MapBlast.com
Search by address and zip code.

Atlapedia Online
Full-color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

National Geographic's Map Machine
Maybe the best online atlas on the Web.

Geographic Encyclopedia

Simulated DC
A 3-D graphic map to Washington D.C. and all of the sights.

Time.com: Where We Live
This interactive map examines population distribution in the United States.

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

National Geologic Map Database
From the USGS, this is a geoscience resource for maps and related data to geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology and marine geology.

Rethinking Schools: Online Geography Test
A good quiz to give young

Yahoo! Maps
Allows you to pick any address and automatically map businesses and other entities in more than 50 categories.

Multimap
Online maps to everywhere.

Library of Congress: Maps Archives
The Library of Congress offers a massive collection of maps spanning more than 1,000 years.

Google Moon
Use the image map to track past Apollo missions and zoom in on various areas.

Google Earth
Free site that allows you to zoom in on your address/zip code from a satellite image.

AirPhotoUSA.com
Provides satellite photos and aerial maps. Popular among TV news, this site charges a fee.

EmbassyWorld
Claims to offer every online map to every country in the world. You be the judge. Note: the main site is a directory for every embassy and consulate.

National Geographic: Afghanistan Maps
A political map and a satellite view of the country.

Metro Planet
Mass transit guides for any site in the world.

Manhattan Address Locator
Helps you find the cross streat to the avenue and number. Easy to use.

Terrorist Attacks: Regional Maps of Afghanistan
Several maps of Afghanistan, Kabul and several other places in the country and region. From the University of Texas at Austin.

Historical Maps of Afghanistan

Ersys
A comprehensive collection of demographic, lifestyle, and economic data covering over 2,600 U.S. cities portrayed as thematic maps, informative reports, detailed tables and colorful charts --- all freely available.

The Geography Network

CNN Interactive Maps of Sept. 11

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Maptitude: Zip Code-Based Maps
Does zip-code based maps on everything from brownfields to public-assisted households to entitlement zones.

USNaviGuide.com
ZIP code finder. Look up all of the zip codes for a specific area.

Maporama.com

How Far Is It? Distance Calculator

USPS: Quick Zip Code Search

AreaCodeDownload.com
Quick reference area codes and zip codes.

Yahoo: FireEagle Real-World Location
Send updates from your phone to let people know where you are (city, area, etc.)

Biography.com
The TV show on A&E has a database of bios on famous people. Good for fact-checking.

The History Channel
A good fact-checking database from the TV network.

Best History Sites
A portal of more than 1,000 history sites. Great one-stop site. Organized by periods, wars, etc.

History and Politics Out Loud
A database of famous political speeches, including John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon. Search by speech title, speaker's name or date. Note: Your browser may need plug-ins to hear the audio.

Poynter.org: Past Presidential Debates
An archive of links to media coverage, books, etc.

The Presidential Debate Blog

Museum of Broadcast Communications: History of Presidential Debates

Commission on Presidential Debates

Footnote
Uses the National Archives to digitize and upload every document housed there. You can cull through thousands of famous documents.

University of Texas: Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers

Cold War Civil Defense Museum
Historical site about civil defense in the 1960s and 1970s.

National Archives and Records Administration
Look up just about anything on this government-run database.

PBS' Power of an Illusion
Explore traits of all races. Sit includes many interesting statistics and facts.

Veteran's Day
History of the holiday and teaching resource guide.

National Museum of American History
Part of the Smithsonian Institute, the site offers collections, research and a timeline. A commercial site with some research uses.

Atlas Missile History

Library of Congress: A Century of Law Making
Annals of the House and Senate, bills and resolutions.

Notable Names Database
More than 20,000 bios of famous people.

Who, What, When Database
A cool tool that allows you to quickly search historical timelines.

Biography of America
A great historical timeline site. Easy-to-use and in-depth on major events in American history.

Library of Congress: Time Capsule
An online collection of broadsheets, pamphlets and more, which lets you examine early American life as it was lived.

Ancient Mexico
A great Flash presentation of Mexico's history.

History Detectives
PBS series that explores historical mysteries.

American Family Immigration History Center
A cool database that helps you trace immigration through NYC. Example: Enter the name of a passenger who came to America through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924.

Archaeology Info.
Glossary, gallery of fossil examples, timeline of human evolution.

OurDocuments.gov
Defining moments in American history, famous documents.

Constitution Facts
This site provides insights into the men who wrote the Constitution and how it's been interpreted over the years.

ExplorePAHistory
A historical online tour of Pennsylvania.

Moment in Time
NPR radio show's site offers transcripts, audio and a daily history list.

Speech & Transcripts Center
Current and past speech transcripts.

HistoryChannel.com: Speech Transcripts
Historical transcripts and audio.

Native American Rhymes
A history site full of great, hard-to-find facts.

Hyper History Online
More than 3,000 pages of historical facts. Very cool site.

HistoryBuff.com
Stories, facts and audio from famous moments in history. Good quick-reference tool.

Cold War Museum
A complete history of the cold war. Stories, photos, etc.

American Built
American Memory exhibit documents achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the USA.

HistoryWorld
This interactive resource offers a vast array of tools designed to "make history make sense."

2012: Six End of the World Myths Debunked

Smithsonian's History Explorer

Park Histories: National Park Service
Ken Burns' documentary.

British Library: Archival Sound Recordings
Music, speeches, natural sounds.

101 Historical Moments on YouTube
Events from both political and cultural history.

Library of Congress: State Digital Resources
Includes memory projects, online encyclopedias, history and cultural materials.

World War I Diaries
Listed by subject, author, period.

Old Bailey Online: History Site
From the famous British courthouse, this online database covers more than 22,000 trials dating between 1714 and 1759. Read the actual transcripts from historic proceedings, view the original documents, etc.

Early Manuscripts
This site "provides access to over 80 early manuscripts now in institutions associated with the University of Oxford. Between 1995 and 2000 the Early Manuscripts Imaging Project created high resolution digital images from manuscripts which were selected as major treasures from their respective libraries."

Time Capsule
Type in your birthdate and get a digest of news headlines, top song titles and other timely factoids covering that era.

Ease History
This Michigan State University website features videos and photographs from 1900 to the present. The site connects historical events, campaign ads and core democratic values. Users can search on over 600 videos and photographs and view them inside three different interfaces. It's built from an environmental perspective and includes ad campaigns from the 1950s to present.

HookedonFacts.com
This site generates offbeat facts and stats. Click the fact generator repeatedly for a list of of fun, interesting facts.

National Digital Library
Detailed multimedia presentations on significant historical events provide access to the highlights of the collections at the Library of Congress.

World History Compass
Explore by topic, geographic region or categories such as math and medicine.

Library of Congress: Maps Archives
The Library of Congress offers a massive collection of maps spanning more than 1,000 years.

Virtual Library Museums
Find whatever you want, whether it's art, history, science or a natural park.

JHistory: A Discussion Site For History of Journalism & Mass Communications

Top 100 Political Speeches

World War II in Color
A great collection of rare photographs from WWII.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation
This newszine follows preservation of landmarks and buildings. It allows you to browse through a list of historic properties for sale, etc.

PoliticalQuotes.org: Eigen's Political & Historical Quotations
More than 40,000 free quotations from more than 11,000 different historical and political figures in a searchable database.

History Happens
A collection of music videos about characters from American history.

OtherTimelines.com
A chance to rewrite history, giving the user the chance to write their own scenarios and sequels to historical events. Example: What would have happened had JFK not been killed?

The Avalon Project
Yale Law School site that offers digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.

USPresidency.com
Bios and facts on past presidents.

Presidents of the United States

Library of Congress: Wise Guide
This portal is designed to introduce you to the many fascinating, educational and useful resources available from the nation's library and one of the most popular Web sites of the federal government.It is monthly, much like a magazine, offering links to the best of the Library's online materials.

Exploratorium.edu
This online museum features a collection of more than 600 innovative, interactive exhibits about science, nature, art, technology, etc.

Sonic Memorial Project
An open archive on the history of the World Trade Center.

Past Inaugural Addresses

BYU: World War One Document Archives
From the Brigham Young Library.

History of the Eugenics Movement

Art of World War I
An archive of photography and artwork.

Library of Congress: American Memory

EyeWitness
Discover the past through narratives and first-hand sources.

Internet History
The Internet Society offers some authoritative pieces on Internet history. The site also chronicles current net-related issues.

Yahoo! Netrospective: 10 Years, 100 Great Web Moments
Part of the Yahoo! 10th-anniversary celebration.

DeadorAliveInfo.com
A handy quick-reference, fact-checking site for copy editors. Find out if a celebrity is dead or alive.

BBC: WWII - The Peoples War
An in-depth historical site.

Writers on America
Fifteen writers enlisted by the State Department to contribute essays (for overseas consumption) on what it means to be a writer in America.

Natural History Notebooks
A directory of animals, nature, etc. from a Canadian site.

Groceteria
The history of grocery stores.

UK National Archives

FirstWorldWar.com
Encyclopedia, maps, documents, photos, etc.

Poynter.org: History of U.S. Space Flight

Veterans Day History

Mostly Medieval
A collection of research articles on medieval religion, festivals, ballads, etc.

Afghanistan Digital Library
Search texts and various projects organized by the library.

Conversations With History
UC Berkeley site provides "lively and unedited interviews, distinguished men and women from all over the world talk about their lives and their work."

HistoryLink
An encyclopedic history of Seattle and surrounding communities. The site contains sourced essays, photo features and a detailed timeline of regional history, including live webcam footage of the WTO riots.

Women's History Museum
National Museum of Women's History offers an online tour of the political culture and imagery of American suffrage.

Labor Day History

British Newspapers (1860-90)
More than 2 million pages online from the British Library.

National Geographic: Treasures of Egypt

The National Trust for Historic Preservation
Site features 11 most endangered historic places, encompassing Urban districts, sports arenas and Native American landmarks.

Historical Timelines
This site links to more than 230 various timelines about major historical events.

The Oregon Trail: A Virtual History

NPR: Middle East Conflict
A seven-part series on the history of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict

Travel in America 1750-1920
This Library of Congress site features 253 published narratives from American travelers.

Roots Web
Provides a listing of searchable indexes for family history as well as a listing of federal and state resources, such as the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).

MyTrees.com
This site allows you to search other popular sites simultaneously for family names which are then returned in alphabetical order.

Chronicling America
Library of Congress database of historic newspaper pages from 1880 to 1922. Part of the National Endowment of the Humanities.

Best of History Web Sites

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Find out who said it.

Center for History and New Media
George Mason University site offers links to other history sites, other history departments and more.

Afghanistan Yesterday
A flashback to the 1960s and '70s in this photo essay.

The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
An online exhibition produced by the Chicago Historical Society and Academic Technologies of Northwestern University to mark the 125th anniversary of one of the most famous events in American history, as well as the most formative event in the history of Chicago.

African Burial Ground
This site looks at the graveyard containing the remains of more than 400 17th- and 18th-century African in New York and how they should pay respects to them.

EyeWitness First Person History

PBS: Reconstruction - The Second Civil War
A great site of historical resources.

Future Just Just Happened BBC Site

Library of Congress American Memory Project
A great source of American history data.

Roman-Empire.net
Stories, photos, dates and more.

AmericanHistory.com

Archives and Museum Info.

Archives of Canada

Current History

Guggenheim.com
Online exhibits of art, etc.

Shattered! 50 Years of Silence
An informative site about the Romanian Holocaust.

History of Religion

The History Place

NPS: History and Culture

U.S. History

Virtual Jamestown

A Curriculum of United States Labor History for Teachers
Sponsored by the Illinois Labor History Society, this site offers a decade-by-decade chronology of labor history.

History of the United States Capitol
The site's described as "a chronicle of design, construction, and politics. "

Military History Encyclopedia
Reference for wars, individuals, weapons, concepts behind the wars, etc.

Urban Legends Reference Pages
Think a story or tip might be made up? Use this page to search for some urban legends.

International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience

TheCommunity.com Peacemakers Speak Site
Seventeen living Nobel Peace Prize winners issue statements on 9-11.

Historic Government Publications from World War II [.pdf]
This new site from Southern Methodist University boasts more than 200 government documents from World War II.

Annenberg's Biography of America
Site is organized by different industrial and cultural eras. It accompanies the video series and telecourse.

Stanford Women's Legal History Biography Project
Bios of 100 prominent women in the legal industry.

Rosetta Project
Archive of lost languages, pronunciation guides and writing samples.

Conelrad.com
A historical site dedicated to the cold war.

National Geographic Underground Railroad
Convert English to several comic dialects. Hilarious.

UK: Cold War History

CNN's Mideast 101
Stories and video backgrounding the Mideast conflict. Great history and quick-reference resource that should come in handy for fact-checking. Includes a timeline, maps, refugee locator, list of key players, etc.

CNN.com: Israeli-Palestine Links
A list of about 20 key Web sites.

Women In World History Curriculum

American Women's History: A Research Guide

Internet Women's History Sourcebook

About.com's Women's History Month Special

Smithsonian Institute: History of Disability Rights Movement

Disability History Museum

Disability Social History Project

C-SPAN: The Nixon Tapes
An archive of what went on in the White House during the Richard Nixon years.

The Internet Sacred Text Archive
A religious tolerance and scholarship site that has deep resources on the human race's religious heritage.

The British Museum: Currency History

Encyclopedia Titanica: Titanic Research
A wealth of historical information, including passenger lists, crew bios, survivors, deckplans, articles and more.

Occultopedia: Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences and Knowledge
An A to Z encyclopedia of metaphysical, curious and supernatural people, things, practices and events; an online treasury of unusual and occult knowledge and information.

Salem Witch Trials Archive
History of the trials, including maps, transcripts, bios of notable people, etc.

Noble Sanctuary/Temple Mount Guide
This online guide is a tour of what's called the Temple Mount by Jews, the Noble Sanctuary by Muslims.

Medical History of American Presidents
Chronicles illnesses of past presidents and other well-known people.

The Letter Repository
A database of historical personal letters from the early 1700s through to the 1940s.

The History Channel: Fireworks History
Uses video and text to explain celebrations from China to the U.S.

Black Baseball History

LatinoBaseball.com
Traces the history of Hispanics in the big leagues.

Medals of Honor
A list of all military medal winners from the Civil War up to the War on Iraq.

Footnote.com: World War II Archives
Footnote and the National Archives assemble a collection of photos, news articles, case files about war crimes, accounts of air battles and much more.

Library of Congress: Chronicling America -- Historic American Newspapers
An ever-expanding database of newspaper archives.

The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
More than 2,500 pages on black history.

State Library of North Carolina: African-American History Database
Education and religion in post-Emancipation America. Free content includes biographies, and institutions databases, or you can purchase a book.

National Voting Rights Museum

Library of Congress: Votes for Women Timeline

Poynter.org: Backgrounding Gerald R. Ford

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
Links, documents, photos, news announcements, statements, etc.

Gerald R. Ford Historical Photographs
Links, documents, photos, news announcements, statements, etc.

National Cartoon Museum

Ohio State: Cartoon Research Library

AARP Magazine: 1968 - The Year That Rocked Our World

PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

President Obama's Inaugural Address
Video and text.

AskSam.com: Database of Obama Speeches
From 2002 to present.

New York Times: Most-Used Words in Presidential Inaugural Addresses
From 1789 to the present.

Inauguration Blog

Bartleby: Inauguration Speeches of Past Presidents
Searchable database of speeches.

Library of Congress: Presidential Inaugurations
"I Do Solemnly Swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations is a collection of approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files relating to inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's inauguration of 2001. This presentation includes diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music.

Library of Congress: Inauguration Dates
Great for quick reference.

infoPlease: Inauguraton File
A treasure trove of facts and background, including media coverage, famous addresses, inaugural trivia, and life after the presidency.

WikiPedia: Inauguration Day
Includes history and traditions with the ceremony.

WikiPedia: Inauguration Day
Scroll to the bottom of the page for a chronological chart of details of details from past ceremonies.

TeacherVision: History of Presidential Inaugurations

CNN: Interactive Inauguration Event Map

ABC News: Inauguration Site

ABC News: Obama's CabinetTruman Library & Museum: Inauguration Quiz

CIA Office of Strategic Services

National Archives: Office of Strategic Services Personnel Files

History Matters: FDR's 1933 Inauguration Speech
Famous speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt given in Washington, D.C., March 4th, 1933. "We have nothing to fear ... but fear itself."

Poynter.org: Inauguration Resources List

MSNBC: Estimating Large Crowds
Steve Doig of Arizona State University uses a process to estimate large crowds. He uses Obama's Presidential Inauguration as an example.

National Museum of American History

ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online
From George Mason University this site offer links to more than 5,000 history sites about science, technology and industry.

National Biological Information Infrastructure [NBII]
Federal, state, and local government agencies, and their partners from universities, nonprofit agencies, industry, have created this "broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources."

History Crawler
A history search engine that includes audio, forums, magazines, podcasts and more.

HistoricAerials
Provides free online access to historic and current aerial photography.

History House
Online magazine devoted to history: column archives, book reviews, forums, mailing lists and much more.

Encyclopedia of Chicago
Terminology, history of the city, from the Chicago Historical Society.

Watson.org
African-American history, ancient Egypt, Celtic Europe, Greek history, Shakespeare, etc.

Photos that Changed the World
Archive of famous news photos.

TV History

Museum of Broadcast Communications

History Cooperative
A nonprofit humanities resource offering top-level online history scholarship.

Digital History
A new Web resource that aims to cover the latest trends in digital history and to keep up with the state-of-the-field. From the New Media Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the site is a clearinghouse of current events and news items of interest, and provides selected bibliography of resources. Targeted to scholars, the site has many helpful tools for journalists.

American Journalism Historians Association

American Women's History: Journalism

History of Computing Project

WWW-VL: Internet History

Hobbes' Internet Timeline

Poynter: New Media Timeline

The Online Timeline
From David Carlson at the University of Florida.

FCC: The Internet: A Short History of Getting Connected

TV History
Links, FAQ, decade-by-decade breakdown the evolution of television and TV manufacturers. Look at past TV guides, TV models, etc.

Reporting Civil Rights

Newseum

Encyclopedia of USA History: Journalists

FCC: Historical Periods in Television Technology

University of North Carolina: History of Business Journalism

Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture

JHistory

Media History Monographs

Media History Project

PBS: Soldiers Without Swords -- The Black Press

PBS: Yellow Journalism

White House Museum
Unaffiliated with the government, this site gives a tour, stats, details about the building and surrounding area.

Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works
Tips on caring for documents, works of art, historic buildings, etc.

National Museum of American History Blog

The Great War Archive
Materials on WWI.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

National Institute of Medicine: Military & Veterans
Studies, breaking news stories and experts.

MaptheFallen
This site uses Google Earth to enable the user to pinpoint where, when and how each service member died since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan. A line connects the service member's approximate location of death to his or her hometown. You can download the map off of this blog.

SAJA: Mumbai Attack Resources

Military.com
Latest headlines from U.S. military.

Armed Forces.com

U.S. Army

Army Technology

U.S. Marine Corps

Air Force

Air Forces in Europe

U.S. Navy

The Office of Naval Research
This office manages the science and technology programs for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard News
Designed to give journalists a one-stop resource for Coast Guard information.

Air National Guard

Stratfor.com Defense Information
The site charges a fee, but you can still get a decent amount of stories for free, and sign up for a free e-mail.

Paralyzed Veterans of America
Research, education, veteran's benefits, issues and expert sources.

Internet Resource Collection: Terrorism
UC-Irvine U.S. Government Librarian Kay Collins librarian gathered this great collection of links and references. It's easy to scan and offers some real gems, including an RSS feeds from the Department of Homeland Security.

USA.gov: Defense and International Relations Agencies
This site helps you identify government agencies at local, state, federal and international levels.

U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute
Publishes security and strategic reports that bridge the military and academia, and covers terrorism issues.

United Nations Action to Counter Terrorism

Homeland Defense Journal
Full archives of publications, special reports, etc.

Center on Conscience and War
A nonprofit in Washington, D.C., that provides legal advice to U.S. troops.

Veteran's Day
History of the holiday and teaching resource guide.

Department of Defense: Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
A 734-page .PDF dictionary. It?s hard to print, but use a direct link or save to a hard drive or a CD-ROM.

ReligionLink: Iraq Resources
A great collection of organizations, information and links on values, ethics, etc. as they're applied to the war.

Iraq Deaths: Military Deaths by State
From the Vermont Valley News, deaths per capita by state, etc.

IRE: Terrorism-Related Materials
Information includes resources on terroist organizations and attacks, international reporting sources, guidelines on international sources and articles written for The IRE Journal and Uplink about covering international stories and terrorism.

Media Coverage--Iraq
Department of the Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia.

BYU: World War I Document Archives
From the Brigham Young Library.

War in Iraq -- Economics
Department of the Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia.

Network for Good: U.S. Troops Support
A great collection of links to troop support and resource sites.

Homeland Security Page
Tom Ridge's page gives the Current Nationwide Threat Level.

PBS Frontline: Foreign Affairs and the Military

United Nations Counter-Terrorism Online Handbook

Afghan Recovery Report
Afghan journalists, working with support from the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and Media Action International (MAI) offer a free service aimed at providing local and international media outlets with "objective and reliable news from local sources.

National Coalition of Homeless Veterans

Department of Veteran Affairs Homeless Page

MilitaryPhotos.net
Shots from Iraq, etc.

Veterans Day History

U.S. Army: Digital Video & Imagery Distribution System
Search through past stories.

Center for Security Policy

Department of Defense

DefenseLink
Site from the U.S. Department of Defense. Releases, photos, transcripts, speeches, e-mail advisories and more.

National Terrorism Alert Page

Heritage Foundation's National Security Page

PBS NOVA: Combat Hospital
Story of a war zone hospital.

Inside Defense
Defense industry news.

Military Tribunals

FirstWorldWar.com
Encyclopedia, maps, documents, photos, etc.

About.com: Listing of Military Marriage Sites

America's New War
Track the Terrorism conflict for a "good news, bad news" perspective.

GlobalSecurity: Track Troops in Middle East

American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services

Army Emergency Relief

Navy/Marine Relief Society

Air Force Aid Society

Coast Guard Mutual Assistance

Cyberjournalist.net 9/11 Attack Resources
Dozens of great resources.

The War in Context
News and commentary from the global press and alternative media relating to the war on terrorism and the Middle East conflict.

PBS Frontline: Terror and Tehran

Military Bomb Disposal Techniques

Armed Forces Epidemiological Board

Army Medical Monthly Surveillance Report

Naval Health Research Center

World War I Diaries
Listed by subject, author, period.

Defenselink: Department of Defense Almanac
A breakdown of the departments, employment stats, budgets and more.

CNN Fact Sheet: U.S. Attacks Terrorism
FAQ, bios of key players and background on the retaliatory attacks.

About.com's U.S. Military Page

About.com U.S. Newspapers Terrorist Links

MSNBC Interactive War Map
A great explanatory site that includes history, interpretations, etc. of the Islamic faith.

Marine Corps History and Museum Division
All sorts of historical information.

U.S. Use of Pre-emptive Military Force
A .PDF file.

Global Beat: NYU's Center for War, Peace and the News Media
This site is useful for anyone who is interested in international news. Each week, Global Beat runs stories and backgrounders on important areas of the world, such as Iraq, Chechnya, South Asia, etc.

Military Photojournalism Projects

Terrorist Attacks: Regional Maps of Afghanistan
Several maps of Afghanistan, Kabul and several other places in the country and region. From the University of Texas at Austin.

U.S. Army: Soldier Stories
Run by the U.S. Army, this site focuses on interesting stories that might not have made the mainstream news.

Pentagon Memorial
From MilitaryCity.com.

CIA Maps

EarthExplorer Maps Via USGS

Military History Encyclopedia
Reference for wars, individuals, weapons, concepts behind the wars, etc.

List of POW/MIAS
The Library of Congress has a list of prisoners of war and MIAs.

Not Forgotten
Track the Pentagon's efforts to clear up uncertainties about POWs.

National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
The site includes a state-by-state listing of the missing.

Kitchen Table Gang: Helping Veterans
A veteran's group that helps hospitalized veterans.

Military Family Support Center
Links to dozens of organizations.

Medals Of Honor
The U.S. Army Center of Military History has a database of more than 3,400 Medals of Honor that ave been awarded since the decoration's creation in 1861. Transcripts are categorized by war.

CyberSeals.org
This site "outs" people falsely claiming to be a part of the elite Navy unit.

Military Law and Justice

Military Press

Center for Defense Information

Art of World War I
An archive of photography and artwork.

MilitaryCity.com (U.S.)
Links to all the official Armed Forces Web sites.

Inside Defense

Interagency Civil-Military

Pacific Stars & Stripes

Army Times

U.S. Army Association

U.S. European Command

U.S. Military Academy

Military Chaplains Association of the USA

National Funeral Directors: Military Funeral Section

Military Funeral Honors

Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans burial sites
This site offers information about funerals, ceremonies and sites.

Wartime Contracting Commission

Veterans National Archives

Veteran's Day Home Page
The page includes a patriotic fact sheet, a listing of scheduled events in Washington DC, and links to other regional sites.

American Legion

Korean War 50th Anniversary
Great research on the "forgotten war."

Vietnam War History

Vietnam Vets

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project

The Virtual Wall
An interactive tour of the Vietnam Memorial.

Veterans History Project
A great collection of military facts, stats and figures.

Online Vietnam Memorial
Features a database of more than 58,000 names.

D-Day Memorial

Desert Storm

U.S. Naval Observatory
Sun and moon data by year (from 1700 to 2100).

Korean War: 50th Anniversary
Dramatic images, maps, and online recollections from those who served.

Civil War Portal
Facts on units, weaponry, battles, etc.

20th Century Castles: Missile Bases

War Times Journal

Military: Surveying Engineering and Mapping Center of Expertise

Historic Government Publications from World War II [.pdf]
This new site from Southern Methodist University boasts more than 200 government documents from World War II.

ACES: Iraq Facts
Research from The American Copy Editors Society. Links to military, weapons, media outlets and more.

Washington Post's Dot Mil Column
Written by William Arkin, a former military intelligence analyst.

Washington Post: Fog of War

PhonyVeterans.com
Tips how to/what to do if you spot a phony veteran.

POW Network
How to spot phony POWs.

VeriSeal.org
How to check to make sure someone claiming to be a Navy Seal really is one.

Navy Frogmen
How to check to make sure someone claiming to be a Navy Frogman really is one.

Beliefnet.com: Memorial Day
Many features about Americans and the wars they fought.

DigitalJournalist.org: Bitter Passage: Kent State & the Fall of Saigon
A super multimedia package on the Vietnam War.

Sonshi.com: Sun--Tzu's "The Art of War"
Full translation of the 2,000-year-old Chinese book of strategy on and off the field of battle.

Photojournalism: A Record of War

Ancestry.com: Military Records
Organized by war or by timeline, the site offers thousands of records, old newsreels, etc.

Medals of Honor Breakdown
Stats on types of honors by military branch.

Military Brats Registry
This site is a riot: An online community for military brats to get in touch with one another.

Homeland Security Digital Library
Search engine allows you to scan more than 30 homeland security blogs.

G.I. Bill

British National Risk Register
Cabinet office assess threats to Great Britain, including flu, flooding, terrorist attacks, etc.

NYU Globalbeat Tips

Library of Congress: The Vietnam-Era Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Database
Search U.S. Government documents on U.S. military listed as unaccounted for as of December 1991.

The Great War Archive
Materials on WWI.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project
This site from Stanford is a "research effort to assemble and disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated." Includes text and audio of speeches, links, bio, publications and life chronology. Front page has a nice set of "Frequently Asked Documents" links.

MLKDay.com
MLK history, media information and information on current and past celebrations (includes dates, locations and times).

Seattle Times: Martin Luther King Bio
This in-depth biographical information was created to mark the 70th anniversary of King's birth. Includes a King timeline, civil rights timeline, photos, background and more.

MLKDay.org: Day of Service
An official 2002 holiday celebration site full of national news and resources about the day.

The King Center.org's Beloved Community Site
Group committed to preserving King's legacy and carrying his work forward.

History and Politics Out Loud
A database of famous political speeches, including John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon. Search by speech title, speaker's name or date. Note: Your browser may need plug-ins to hear the audio.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
See how the Atlanta paper is covering the celebrations.

LSU's MLK Writings Bibliography

Infoplease.com: Civil Rights Movement Timeline

Holidays.net: MLK Day
Some basic background links.

FamilyEducation.com's MLK Page
This site helps families broaden their knowledge of King's life and legacy as they celebrate his birthday. Includes quizzes, resources, activities and background on Black history.

Nielsen Ratings
Weekly and seasonal TV ratings.

Nielsen: 2008-09 TV Market Size Rankings

Federal Communications Commission
Places federal regulations on TV entertainment. The site offers handbooks, resources, press releases, bureau/office listings, contact information and more.

Screen Actors Guild
Union site with lots of news.

Producers Guild
Union site with lots of news.

Writers Guild
Another union site with lots of news.

TV Critics Association

TVGuide.com
Covers every aspect of the industry.

Variety.com
The bible of Hollywood trade papers.

Hollywood Reporter.com
Covers Hollywood business.

NATPE: National Association of Television Producers and Editors

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

Primetime Emmy Awards

Emmys.tv
TV news year-round.

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Emmys site, media center, news, archives and a schedule of upcoming events.

TV Watch
Opposes government control of TV programming and promotes the use of tools like content ratings and parental controls.

Parents Television Council
Another TV watchdog group.

WhoRepresents.com: Agent Database
A great shortcut for sourcing, enter celebrity names into the database and get the managers or agents who represents them.

ABCtelevision.com

CBS.com

NBC.com

TheWB.com

FOXWorld.com

NBCI.com
NBC's entertainment division.

UPN

Warner Bros. TV

Nick-at-Nite

HBO

Sci-Fi Channel

WTBS-Turner

USA Network

Association of Local TV Stations

National Cable TV Association

International Radio and TV Society

Broadcasting & Cable Magazine
Covers the business of television. "People on the move" section is great for tracking executives.

TVLink
Dozens of links to TV- and movie-related sites.

Entertainment Tonight

Access Hollywood

Hollywood.tv
Hollywood video/news site similar to TMZ.

TelevisionWeek
TV industry news, ratings and more.

TV Rundown
The TV Rundown reports on local television news and programming.

FirstShowing
A good Hollywood gossip blog that includes links to teasers and new trailers.

MeeVee
This site/blog provides listings for local and cable TV shows as well as customized show recommendations. Includes a news feed and message boards.

IwatchStuff.com
An entertainment/gossip site.

TV Party.com

TV Barn
Kansas City Star television columnist Aaron Barnhart writes a weblog about television.

TVEyes.com

TV Obscurities
A look back a little-known TV shows.

TelevisionWithoutPity
Recaps and news on all of your favorite TV shows.

IMDB Pro
Subscription section of Internet Movie Database lets you search for celebrity contacts and agents. Track films in production, actor/movie rankings, etc.

WhoRepresents.com
Another subscription service that lets you search for celebrity contacts and agents.

TVNewsday.com

Zap2It.com
News from the Hollywood industry.

Newsweek Pop Vox
Best and worst in movies, TV and books.

Archive of American Television Interviews
Anyone interested in the history of American television will want to check out these often extensive video interviews, posted in 30-minute segments.

Ultimate Reality TV
Has the lowdown on all the show gossip.

Footnote.TV
From Stephen Lee, a former Chicago Tribune reporter, offers a site that provides context and background to current events mentioned on such shows as "Saturday Night Live" on NBC, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Comedy Central, "The West Wing" on NBC, and "JAG" on CBS.

Entertainment Weekly Movies Database

BuzzDash
Online polls on news, politics, sports, celebrities, etc.

Star Links
Connect stars to each other.

Sitcoms Online
All kinds of resources about shows past and present. Some trivia.

TV Mistakes

TV Tattle
Listings of links to TV news and criticism from newspapers and Web sites.

The Tonight Show Archives
JohnnyCarson.com has a library of 5,000 past episodes.

Washington Post Television Page
Updates on the TV industry from the Post's crew of media writers.

Hulu.com
Portal to thousands of old TV shows you can watch online.

Fancast.com
Watch hundreds of TV shows and movies for free.

Blinkx Channel Browser
Download programming straight to your browser.

TV History
Links, FAQ, decade-by-decade breakdown the evolution of television and TV manufacturers. Look at past TV guides, TV models, etc.

BuddyTV.com
TV social networking site. It includes some news and spoilers, but fact-check what you read on here.

Syracuse University: Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture
Part of the Newhouse School of Journalism.

Ohio State: Cartoon Research Library
Print and TV cartoons.

The Ad Critic
A mecca for popular TV commercials.

RedEye Show Patrol Blog
Outstanding TV news blog from RedEye-Chicago Tribune columnist Curt Wagner.

ShowbizShelly.com
Blog and podcasts with celebrity interviews.

Strike.TV
Professionally produced web video skits. Started during the writer's strike.

Collider.com
Movie, DVD, music, video news, reviews and interviews.

PasteMagazine
Music, movie and entertainment news. Includes blogs on various topics.

News at Seven
A cool tool that allows you to create a virtual newscast pulled from stories, images, videos and blogs all linked by a common news topic. The site generates an avatar that delivers the newscast.

InContention.com
Entertainment awards site. News, predictions, etc.

Simply Scripts
Scripts from TV, movies, radio, etc.

CNN Entertainment Coverage

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

In Touch Weekly

The Futon Critic
TV blog with news, listings, ratings, reviews and more.

Hollywood Entertainment Museum

Advanced Television Systems Committee
An international organization establishing broadcasting standards for digital (including high-definition and data broadcasting) television.

Pitchfork Media TV
Quality music videos and more.

Fancast
Comcast site combines information about TV shows and playback of archived shows.

Veoh Networks
Has shows from some network and studios but also has some viewer-generated video.

Joost
Nearly 30,000 shows available.

Veoh
Search online videos and watch TV shows.

Entertainment Industry Foundation
Funds programs in a variety of areas, including education and children's services, the arts, community service, the environment, AIDS and literacy.

SitCom Locations

Chunnel TV
Showcases underground video and art on the Web.

Nizm Lab
Showcases popular online videos.

MySpaceTV
View short snippets from shows.

Online Video Guide
Watch hundreds of movies, TV shows, etc.

SnagFilms
Browse political programming and other videos.

MSN's Video Guide
Listings and coverage of what's new on TV.

AOL TV

U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects: Arts & Humanities
Thousands of documents on government communications, education, languages, literature, philosophy, religion, music, art, and other cultural aspects of humanity.

Archive of American Television

The WB
Watch archived shows from the network.

WildFilmHistory: 100 Years of Wildlife Filmmaking

ConvoTrack
A great new tool for tracking how social media is referencing a Web site. You can see what people on Twitter, Reddit, Digg and other online media are saying about your site.

BackTweets.com
Similar to ConvoTrack, this site tracks how social media is referencing a Web site. You can see what people on Twitter, Reddit, Digg and other online media are saying about your site.

30-Plus Free Multimedia Editing Tools

Aviary Myna Audio Editor
A great substitution for Audacity and Garage Band.

Dot Mobi
Test your Web site's content to see how it would appear on a mobile browser.

Society for News Design: Multimedia Toolkit
A great collection of resources, many of them free, to help journalists develop great stories online. Resources include audio, video, charts, mapping, databases and more. This is a must-bookmark and a great resource for student journalists learning to develop content for the Web.

Chunnel TV
Showcases underground video and art on the Web.

Nizm Lab
Showcases popular online videos.

How to Imbed Anything in Your Web Page

Quick Online Tips
Computers, gadgets and other tech tips.

Qik
Stream video straight from your cell phone.

BlogInsurance FAQ
Stream video straight from your cell phone.

World Intellectual Property Organization

Wall Street Journal All Things Digital

Online News Association: Interactive Narratives Blog

Yahoo! Pipes
A cool tool from Yahoo! That can help you with news gathering from a variety or resources. The site builds a page and collect posts, tweets, images, videos, RSS feeds and news related to a specific event or topic.

Tweetbeep
Track who is tweeting a site or blog.

Tech President
A great blog run by the Presidential Democracy Forum that tracks various campaign sites, postings on YouTube, etc. A great snapshot of how candidates are using the web.

PDFTextOnline.com
Site lets you download to a ZIP file.

Zamzar Conversion Tool
A free service that turns a .PDF into flat-file text.

K2PDF.com
Convert a Microsoft Publisher file.

Alternative Channel
A "unique news source where stories and perspectives come from you." Site is free to join.

PC World: 10 Most Useful Sites 2006
Mostly tech-service based, but some very helpful sites.

LinkPopularity.com
Check how many sites link to a particular site.

Pew Internet Study: What Bloggers are Writing

BuzzFeed
Like Digg, this site tracks funny, offbeat news and videos.

LALA
Similar to the iTunes store.

Delicious
Social bookmarking site lets you check bookmarks from any computer.

TinyURL.com

Tr.im
Shortens URLs and provides diagnostics/stats on hits.

Editor & Publisher: Developing Multimedia Skills
Tips from a Boston Globe Journalist.

TVEyes
The site offers "transcript search" of podcasts. The site is fee-based service and allows you to search nearly all major TV networks and some local stations. The site also has a free transcript search of TV news video available on the open web from MSNBC, Reuters, etc.

Pew Internet Study: What Bloggers are Writing

NY Times: Rewriting Headlines for Technology
How are news sites writing headlines to improve search?

Steve Johnson's Hypertext Weblog
Chicago Tribune columnist weighs in on all things technology.

TechDirt.com
Tracks blogs, news on the tech industry.

ConsumerAffairs.com
Tracks corporate sites, consumer affairs blogs.

SpinSpotter
An interesting piece of software tool that claims to expose news spin and bias, misuse of sources, and suspect factual support. Uses algorithms to spot spin keywords on sites you surf .

News at Seven
A cool tool that allows you to create a virtual newscast pulled from stories, images, videos and blogs all linked by a common news topic. The site generates an avatar that delivers the newscast.

Knight Citizen News Network
Resources for citizen media.

Center for Citizen Media
More resources for citizen media.

Press Think
Blog from NYU's Jay Rosen on new media and other timely topics.

How to Change the World
Guy Kawasaki's Blog on technology and communication.

The Digital Journalist

Twitter Search
Look up thousands of Twitter feeds.

Washington Post: e-QAEDA
A three-part special report that features video reports of experts talking about jihadists' use of the Web. They describe how al Qaeda and allied groups are using the Internet to recruit more fighters, spread their message and train their followers to commit acts of terror.

Wifi Freespot
Listing of wireless hookups around the country.

Time.com: 50 Coolest Websites

MyComputerIP.com
An easy way to check your network/computer IP address.

LearntheNet.com
Online learning company offers basics on sending e-mail, building a site and privacy protection.

Net Etiquette

101 Ways to Improve Your Media Website

Technet.org
Bipartisan tech network allows you to look up tech-related bills being considered in Congress.

CNET.com
The best and up-to-date tech news. Register for listserv daily digest of news.

CNET News.com Extra
Tech news stories with related headlines from other sites attached.

ZDNET.com
A great collection of magazine and daily news articles on the tech industry.

Yahoo! Netrospective: 10 Years, 100 Great Web Moments
Part of Yahoo!s 10th-anniversary celebration.

Slashdot.com
Tech writer's source for breaking Internet news.

Wired.com
Tech news headlines and other helpful tools.

The Wayback Machine
An archive of more than 10 billion Web pages dating back five years. It allows you to surf the page as it actually appeared at that time. Very cool!

Think Free
Allows you to access you documents from anywhere. This free online Microsoft Office-compatilbe software works in a web browser.

WiFi Location Finder + Local Info
A Boston company is giving away software that can turn nearly any laptop computer into a global positioning system, enabling users to find the nearest restaurant, hospital, or gas station at the touch of a button.

Electronic Advocacy

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers

Privacy Foundation
Internet privacy issues such as e-mail wiretapping, etc. Covers both federal government and workplace, consumer issues.

Center for Democracy and Technology

Mediametrix.com
Global tech news broken down by country. A very cool site.

Internet 2
A new, super, high-speed version of the internet being developed by a consortium of university, government and commercial scientists.

Media Survey
Tracks Web site performance. A good newsletter that offers "expert tech media analysis."

Brint.com Tech News

USA Today Tech News

SFGate.com

IT Facts Blog: Top Searches for 2005

Podscope
A search engine for podcast.

JiWire
Partnered with Yahoo! Maps to provide wireless Internet connection locations around the world.

WiFi Free Spot.com
Listings of provide wireless Internet connection locations around the world.

HotSpotList.com
Search this database by city or state in the U.S., or several other countries for places where you can connect to the Internet without plugging your laptop into the wall. Includes airports, restaurants, etc.

Slate

ScamBusters.com
This newsletter site is dedicated to fighting online hype and disinformation.

kuro5hin Tech Site

SpamCop.net
Report businesses and people who submit SPAM e-mails.

PC World: 30 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do on the Internet

Cyberjournalist: Newsroom Convergence Headlines
Stories on what's happening with digital/print/broadcast news.

Red Herring
Hard-core business and tech news.

MalekTips: Computer Help
Computer and technology help. Tweaking, Windows (including Windows XP), DOS, Microsoft Word, anti-spyware, Internet Explorer, electronic mail, the Internet, digital camera, HTML, buying tips, MP3 players, more.

Alley Cat News
Business news on Silicon Valley.

HotSpotList.com
Search this database by city or state in the U.S., or several other countries for places where you can connect to the Internet without plugging your laptop into the wall. Includes airports, restaurants, etc.

Enewswire.com's Tech News
Updates every 15 minutes.

Tekrati
Free and extensive resources on the IT and telecom industry analyst firms, findings and events.

G4
The online web program. Good trend stories and tools.

Tvmeetstheweb.com
Global technology site with newsletter, listserv, trends and more.

HTML Code Tutorial
Helps programmers with coding solutions. The site added a Help Forum, which you can click on from the home page and get personalized help.

SiliconValley.com
A good industry site with a Northern California perspective.

E-Bituaries: Home of Dead Dot-Coms
Look up dead sites.

NewsFactor.com
Online news magazine for tech news.

Newsbureau.com
Press release info. for business and technology editors. Click on "for the journalists" link to subscribe.

MyComputerIP.com
An easy way to check your network/computer IP address.

Podcasting Profs
Listing of college professors using podcasts to reach their students.

Podcasting News.com
News on cutting-edge ways of using podcasts.

Podcast Directory
Seach by genre, most-popular, language, region, buzz. Tips on creating a podcast, etc.

Webshots.com

Science and Technology News Network
Award-winning site with high-end news headlines.

Center for Democracy and Technology

Privacy Foundation

Epic.org's Electronic Privacy Information Center

Jupiter Communications

InformationWeek.com

SoapDetectives: Podcasts of Old Radio Programs
Use this site to download old mysteries to your iPod.

Internet Advertising Bureau
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is the only industry association devoted exclusively to promoting the use and effectiveness of advertising on the Internet.

Electronic Media Online

ContentSummit.com
Global Internet conferences, news and notes.

InteractivePublishing.net
Global Internet conferences, news and notes.

Newsbytes.com

RoboForm
This software remembers every password, various addresses (which you control by creating different identities) and unlike Gator, contains no spyware. Although the basic version is free, the pro version is available for about $30.

Dialect Survey
A survey quiz from Harvard that studies dialect dispersion in modern America. See how much you differ from folks in your hometown (or adopted locale), or examine the maps to find out how people say what, where, etc.

VirtualCity Magazine
A good IT magazine.

Atlantic Monthly's Digital Culture

San Jose Mercury News: Good Morning Silicon Valley

Internet Resources Newsletter

Website-Watcher
Put in the URL of a page you want to keep tabs on and it automatically checks to see if the content has changed.

Poynter.org: New Media Timeline
Background from the 1960s to the 1990s.

LetsGoDigital
Online magazine about digital imaging published in three editions (English, Spanish and Dutch).

Webopedia
An online dictionary of computing terms.

LightReading.com
Tech news and headlines.

PC Magazine: Top 101 Websites to Engage, Entertain and Inform
Covers topics such as computing, business, finance, etc.

BlogDrive: Set Up Your Own Blog

NetworkWorld.com
High-tech online magazine.

WhatIs?
Definitions of tech terms, links to articles and other resources.

HowStuffWorks.com's Computers Section

Spy on It.com
These "spies" notify you when a Web page changes or information on the page changes.

CNET Help.com
Advice on any computing topic.

MobileInfo.com
High-tech online magazine.

PCWorld.com
High-tech online magazine.

Akami: Net Usage Index
Track what parts of the world are consuming the most Internet news on this interactive map from Akamai. Also, take a peek at the most clicked on news stories.

TechDirt.com
Tracks blogs, news on the tech industry.

ConsumerAffairs.com
Tracks corporate sites, consumer affairs blogs.

Smart Playlists (iPod)
Discussion, tips for iPods.

Webwasher.com
Stops pop-up menus from crowding your screen. It's available free for personal use. Works on Mac, PC and Linux.

Panicware.com
Stops pop-up menus from crowding your screen. Costs $19.95 but has a free version as well, with fewer services.

StaySafeOnline.info
From the National Cyber Security Alliance, a group of business and government organizations, this site offers tips, educational materials and security tools to battle viruses, worms, etc.

ConsumerWebWatch.org
It's mission is to "investigate, inform and improve the credibility of information published on the World Wide Web."

OJR: Researching Technology Businesses

Online News Association
Good online newsletter with dot-com studies, more.

Inc.com's Industry News
Targeted to tech and small business.

Harvard's Research Matters Site
A portal to news articles that span the range of research fields, from the humanities to social science to science to technology to medicine.

Secure Digital Music Initiative

Electronic Frontier Foundation
An online free speech group.

Digital Music Protection Technologies Paper
This controversial paper by Princeton Computer Science Professor Edward Felten explores how he and a team of hackers broke the code for technology designed to prevent people from stealing digital music.

Reuters MediaFile Blog
A great blog on timely media and technology topics.

NetworkWorld
Technology news and blogs.

Beet.tv
Blog about technology and the media.

10000Words.net: Where Journalism and Technology Meet
A blog on technology and multimedia storytelling, written by Mark S. Luckie, a print journalist who studied multimedia journalism at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. He has produced multimedia and interactive projects for Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times and Contra Costa Times (Ca.).

Scribd.com
A site that invites journalists to publish their work and reach new audiences.

Forbes.com: Best of the Web
Tracks trends in many e-industries and includes lists of links.

Google Zeitgeist
An archive of what people are searching for online.

AltaVista Search Trends

Yahoo! List of Most Viewed News Content (U.S.)

Wikipedia.com
Wiki is an "open source collaborative server technology that enables users to access, browse, and edit hypertext pages in areal-time context." To see how it works check out Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia on the site. The software allows users to add an article or edit anyone else's article.

Subscription Web Site Publishers Association
A resource for journalists covering the ever-growing trend toward paid online newsletters and subscription Web sites. Portions are open to the public.

SafeKids.com
Tips for safe and productive Web use for kids.

Providence Journal: NetRunner Column
Tech weblog by the Journal's Dave McPherson.

Providence Journal: Subterranean Homepage News
A good tech weblog from Sheila Lennon.

Deloitte & Touche: Fast500.com
Fastest-growing tech companies in North America.

Deloitte & Touche: Fast50.com
Fastest-growing tech companies in 20 regions in the United States and Canada.

CNET's Technology Enterprise Business Section

Harvard Journal of Law and Technology

Wired Magazine's Cybrarian

The DayPop Top 40 List

The Yahoo! Buzz Index Top 20 Searches

Center for Digital Government
Affiliated with Government Technology magazine, this organization has people who will talk to you, although they tend to be on the technology-is-the-solution side of things.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly or Why It's A Good Idea to Evaluate Web Resources
From Susan E. Beck of the New Mexico State University Library.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators at DiscoverySchool.com
Tips for evaluating web sites.

ProfessorDeVigal.org
Great primers and resources from Drew DeVigal, NY Times multimedia editor.

iLovePhotoBlogs
A collection of great photo blogs, tips and resources.

Viral Video Chart
Top 20 viral videos on the Web.

Bibliography on Evaluating Web Information
From Nicole J. Auer of the University Libraries at Virginia Tech.

Media Survey
Tracks Web site performance. A good newsletter that offers "expert tech media analysis."

TechTarget.com

iCopyright.com

Net User Demographics
University of Maryland and Princeton study on social and political habits of Web surfers. Interesting.

Tech Law Journal

Cyveillance.com
Tracks how brands, people are under attack on the Web.

PBS Frontline: Health, Science and Technology
A collection of companion Web sites to the documentary show.

ISP Rankings

Wall Street Journal Tech Column

Government Computer News

Potomac Tech Wire
An e-mail newsletter about technology stories in the DC area. Has about 30,000 subscribers.

New England Tech Wire
An e-mail newsletter about NewEngland tech stories. Has about 10,000 subscribers.

Saila.com
This site has a section devoted to Web journalism.

GILC.org
A group for organizations promoting online privacy and free speech.

Online Privacy Alliance

The Internet in Public Schools
The National Center for Education Statistics has survey results measuring Internet access in U.S. public schools from 1994 to 2000.

Internet/Web Country Domain Codes
A list of all the two-letter codes at the end of all Internet addresses.

GigaLaw.com

The451.com
A technology and media site.

Voike
A free Web application that allows users to post and share their spoken word, and music on blogs and other social networking sites including their own blog. Voike allows journalists to call in their reports: spoken word, text, and photos from their cell phones producing rich multimedia content.

Association Representing the Wireless Telecommunications Industry (CTIA)

Pew Internet & American Life Project
An initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life.

U.S. Public Interest Research Groups
Transportation, healthcare, money and politics, media reform, tax and budget, law, higher education and environmental issues.

Flock
Web browser that simplifies social and web-based applications by integrating them directly into the browser.

Tech Cocktail
Schedules informal social events with people in the tech industry.

Radio and Internet Newsletter
A great site developed by Kurt Hanson.

Usability.gov
Yes, the Feds have a set of Web design guidelines.

VentureWire
The daily e-mail newsletter from Technologic Partners is a way to get the skinny on dot-com companies and the high-tech sector.

Garage.com
A venture capital investment bank that features helpful news releases, a resources page and more.

Internet.com's Daily Stock Market Report
A daily e-mail "Internet Stock Report" presents news-driven analysis of what's happening with those dotcom evaluations.

CNNfn.com's Tech Stocks

Gahran.com
Web consultant Amy Gahran, who offers super tips on writing, editing and designing for the Web.

Internet.com

Internet Readership Studies
Links to several pay sites and services with data on how people surf the Web.

Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
This site will be a boon to anyone studying issues related to information technology or electronic publishing. The site has been publishing the index since 1997, and this latest version contains more than 1,400 citations as well as an introduction that explains how to use the site. The bibliography and index reference both online and print sources, including books, articles, monographs, and chapters. Librarians in particular will want to bookmark this site.

Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography
This site will be a boon to anyone studying issues related to information technology or electronic publishing. The site has been publishing the index since 1997, and this latest version contains more than 1,400 citations as well as an introduction that explains how to use the site. The bibliography and index reference both online and print sources, including books, articles, monographs, and chapters. Librarians in particular will want to bookmark this site.

Online Journalism Review: News Future Resources
Links to dozens of studies.

Journalism Publications and Think Tanks
Dozens of helpful resources from the Online Journalism Review.

IDG.net Tech News

TechWeb.com
Technology news site.

Silicon.com
The 5 W's of e-business.

Busting Online Hoaxes
Hoaxbusters site offers warnings about things like bogus e-mails about software that can steal the computer right off your desk.

Small Business Websites That Work
This is the companion site to my book of the same name and includes lots of helpful background material for writers researching how company Web sites can be made effective. There are a couple of full chapters available for download (including an internet backgrounder called "Getting to Know the Internet") and lots of links for businessmen and researchers.

ConnectNet
Provides access to an easily searchable database of more than 20,000 technology sites nationwide.

Intellectual Property and Technology Forum
Boston College Law School site offers current news and in-depth articles on intellectual property and technology law.

UCLA Cyberspace Law and Policy
Boston College Law School site offers current news and in-depth articles on intellectual property and technology law.

Society for Technical Communication
Members include writers, editors, illustrators, printers, publishers, educators, students, engineers and scientists. Both national and chapter sites include permanent and contract job listings.

Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet and Society

Digsby
E-mail, social networking and instant messaging.

All Things Digital
Tech blog by Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal.

Techmeme
Links to many breaking tech news stories.

Lists of Computer Viruses

HTML Writers Guild
Links, online courses and more.

About.com's Spam Tips

CAUCE, The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail

SPAM-L FAQ: How to Track Spammers and Complain to Their ISP

Cam Search Engine
Camcity lets you search thousands of Web-cam links.

Five Elements of Digital Storytelling
From the University of Minnesota's Institute for New Media Studies offers a site that provides a common vocabulary and structure for understanding new media content.

Adobe.com
Several tips sheets and software news.

MacroMedia Showcase
This page highlights four or five cool Web sites a day. Many are Flash presentations.

FlashChallenge.com
This is a contest site for Flash presentations. Log-in and evaluate different Flash sites, or enter your own. A very highly regarded site for Flash designers.

WorldPressOnline
"Dedicated to online press relations for corporate communicators and trade press editors in the packaging industry. It's a business-to-press site in which trade press editors, PR agencies and companies of the packaging industry can exchange information."

One Page Software
View multiple sites at once by using this software

Ad Elimination Software
Allows you to eliminate pop-up banner ads on your browser.

Interactive Advertising Bureau

RandallRothenberg.com
Blog from the president of the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

CrankyGeeks.com
A great technology blog by John C. Dvorak, a contributing editor at PC Magazine. Many entries on the future on online journalism.

MSN: Top Web News Gaffes
A few examples of publishing too soon.

NewsCoach2
A social network for newsroom trainers, started by Steve Buttry of No Train, No Gain. The site grew from the old Newscoach listserv.

Digital History
A new Web resource that aims to cover the latest trends in digital history and to keep up with the state-of-the-field. From the New Media Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the site is a clearinghouse of current events and news items of interest, and provides selected bibliography of resources. Targeted to scholars, the site has many helpful tools for journalists.

Consumer Electronics Association
Industry news, trends and statistics on use of certain electronics. Includes an e-newsletter.

PasswordMeter
Measure the strength of an online password you're using.

PasswordStrength.net
Measure the strength of an online password you're using.

PC Magazine Blog

FBI Cyber Scams
Tips on scams involving bogus e-mails, greeting cards, etc.

Time Magazine: 50 Best Websites of 2008
Links galore to helpful web tools.

DTV Answers
What you need to know about the Feb. 17, 2009 conversion to digital TV.

DTV 2009
Government site has information on digital conversion boxes.

AntennaWeb.org
Choose an antenna to pull in local stations with digital broadcast signals.

National Cable and Telecommunications Association

Get Ready for Digital TV

Electronics Takeback Coalition
Nonprofit group offers tips and ideas for recycling and disposing of electronics. Includes news/resources, corporate responsibility and legislation/policy sections.

ComScore
The site maintains massive proprietary databases that provide a continuous, real-time measurement of the myriad ways in which the Internet is used and the wide variety of activities that are occurring online. The company compiles site traffic, trends and shares some of the results in the site's press room and in company releases.

Color-Blind Web Filter
Enter a URL and it will show you what it looks like to someone who is color blind.

New Media Women Entrepreneurs
Enter a URL and it will show you what it looks like to someone who is color blind.

Sixthw
Brian Boyer's blog about the intersection of technology and journalism.

PBS: MediaShift Idea Lab
A group blog by "innovators who are reinventing community news for the Digital Age."

Old Media New Tricks
Run by journalists from the Chicago Tribune and Austin American-Statesman, this site offers hands-on advice from many in media who using social networking and Web 2.0 tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc. The site also offers great blogging tips.

Play the News
This interactive game helps readers understand current events and news. It's created by a company called Impact Games.

TagCrowd
Build free tag clouds of speeches and other text with this free resource, which generates HTML code for you to embed the cloud in your blog.

VueToo
Allows you to blend video, maps and other content into several view boxes on one page.

MattWaite.com
Blog, tips and resources from web developer and CAR expert from the St. Petersburg Times.

MacRumors.com

ReadWriteWeb
Tech trends, company index and more.

PageOnce Super Aggregator
Use the aggregation service as an overview for your online sites: social networks, financial services, e-mail, etc.

Google's AdWords Keyword Tool
Input a keyword or phrase and then it shows what search words Google users are using to find this particular subject. You can then use this data to place the right keywords into content of a story, PR release, photo, blog tags, etc.

TweetScan Real Time Twitter Search

Monitter
Tool for monitoring Twitter updates.

Yahoo! Site Explorer
Track site and feed traffic, online inlinking, etc.

Federal Web Managers Council
Offers guidelines to managing U.S. government Web sites. Helpful for following trends on how agencies are communicating with people and the media.

Friend or Follow
A helpful database for tracking Twitter followers and to track who's following you.

Tweetake
Lets you back up your followers and people you are following.

Topify
Receive an e-mail notification that someone is following you on Twitter. It includes information about that person (how many followers, updates, etc.)

InfoToday News Breaks
A flash news digest of technology information.

iHealthbeat.org
Covers technology's impact on healthcare.

George Mason University: Center for History and New Media

History of Computing Project

WWW-VL: Internet History

Hobbes' Internet Timeline

EduBlogs.tv
Store video and audio for free and use imbed code on your blogs and Web sites.

Information Valet Project
From the Reynolds Institute at the University of Missouri, the Information Valet Project is organizing an information-industry collaborative to build, own and operate a shared-user network layered upon the basic Internet.

Information Week
Business technology news, reviews and blogs.

Information Week: Seven Fantastic Internet Hoaxes

Ethical Hacker Network

Pownce
Send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. Create a network of friends and share stuff.

Cyber Mom's Tips
Web security tips for parents, teens and kids, written from a mom's perspective.

Poynter: New Media Timeline

Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society

The Online Timeline
From David Carlson at the University of Florida.

About.com Web Design Links

Internet Resources for Technical Writers

TravelInsider: Cell Phones and Travel
An easy run-down on what kind of phone you need for your type of travel.

TravelInsider: Cell Phones and Trav GSM World: Cell Phones and Travel
Site that tells you which country is on which GSM frequency.

Center for Independent Media

Nieman Journalism Lab
A project of Harvard University.

Internet Talk Radio Network

Society for News Design
Several great columns and tips on design, workshop schedule, membership database and more.

Society for News Design: Multimedia Toolkit
A great collection of resources, many of them free, to help journalists develop great stories online. Resources include audio, video, charts, mapping, databases and more. This is a must-bookmark and a great resource for student journalists learning to develop content for the Web.

Society for News Design: World's Best Designed Newspapers
Database of winners in various categories.

NewsDesigner.com
Links, industry news updates, contests, etc. for newspaper designers.

VisualEditors.com
A classroom for visual journalism, this site offers a job board, tips, ideas, etc. A super site.

NewsPageDesigner.com
A portfolio site for newspaper designers. Includes a job bank, tips and tricks.

NewsDesigner.com Blog
A blogger covers news and trends in the newspaper design world.

SportsDesigner.com
A blog for sports newspaper page designers. Great samples, tips, etc.

Mario Garcia: Garcia-Media.com
Design page from the nation's top page designer. News, speaking dates and more.

The Mario Blog
News design blog from Mario Garcia.

The Mario Classroom
Design and typography blog from Mario Garcia.

Ron Reason.com
A great tips, training and resources page for designers.

Media Storm
Brian Storm's multimedia and photojournalism site.

22 Things Never to Say to a News Designer

Devigal.com
A great Web design site by Andrew Devigal and Co. See the latest and best technology used on dynamite sites. Devigal is a former Chicago Tribune and Knight-Ridder Tribune Web designer who has done research and taught at the Poynter Institute.

Society of Professional Designers

Graphic Artists Guild

Society of Illustrators

Visual Edge
A journalism multimedia design seminar conducted by the Poynter Institute created this site that features 12 multimedia feature stories ranging from a tightly knit group of longtime domino players to handicapped sailors.

About.com's Graphic Design Page
A great page. Tips, resources and more.

Paul Nixon's Graphic Design Weblog
Has links to 9-11 graphics.

BrassTacksDesign
This site contains dozens of stories about what's going in with the newspaper business right now -- both in print and online -- and what newspapers and journalists should be doing about it. It includes a list of designs, which links to hundreds of examples of redesigned newspapers - all of which should serve as a source of inspiration to anyone considering a redesign. There's also a before-and-after gallery showing the extent to which newspapers and websites have been transformed.

MacroMedia Showcase
This page highlights four or five cool Web sites a day. Many are Flash presentations.

Poynter Online's Design/Graphics Resources

Digital Vision Network

FreedomToPhotograph.com
Created to allow photographers to tell their stories about run-ins with law enforcement agencies and what really happened. Sharing stories and trading experiences is what drives this site! It is important to know your rights.

Color, Contrast & Dimension in News Design
From the Poynter Institute.

FlashChallenge.com
This is a contest site for Flash presentations. Log-in and evaluate different Flash sites, or enter your own. A very highly regarded site for Flash designers.

DesignAddict.com

Font Bureau
One of the best type foundries around.

Bare Bones HTML Guide

ProfessorDeVigal.org
Great primers and resources from Drew DeVigal, NY Times multimedia editor.

iLovePhotoBlogs
A collection of great photo blogs, tips and resources.

HillmanCurtis.com
Great Web design resources from a leading authority on the topic. New York-based design firm's client list includes MTV.com, RollingStone.com, HP, Adobe, Macromedia, Ogilvy One and Sun.

Lynda.com
One of the leading design sites on the Web offers tip sheet, downloads, newsletters, training CD-ROMs and much, much more.

Strategy and Design: Developing the Photographer's Web Site
Tips and ideas from Don Luce.

DigitalJournalist.org: State of Photojournalism: Photojournalism and the Web

Gallery of Graphic Design
A collection of magazine designs from 1930-1969.

Data-ish Blogs You Should Know About
Links to 37 blogs on data, statistics, visualization, maps, design, etc.

NY Public Library Treasure Trove
A huge cache of 337,000 pieces of art . Browse by names, search history.

Olga's Gallery
Search artists by name.

Light Link Graphic Design Resources
Includes software tutorials, font resources, image viewers, Web design tools and much, much more.

Poynter.org: Design Desk
From Design Editor Anne Conneen.

Cyberjournalist.net: Design and Usability
Feed of stories and blog posts on web design trends, etc.

Museum of E-Failure
More than 800 screen shots of dot-bomb designs.

World Wide Arts Resources
Featured artists and other interesting materials.

DesignInMotion.com
Broadcast Designers Association offers the latest broadcast spots, film trailers, and video for the Web. Also has some interviews with designers and tech help.

BornMag.com
Web design and literature.

1001 Free Fonts

Design-Agency.com
Showcases new designers.

Digital Thread
This is another great site that showcases new work from designers all over the world.

NewsDesign.net
A great design site featuring several articles from various magazines that should beof interest.

E-Company's Web Site Design Page
Tip sheets, news stories, organizations and other resource links.

Illustrators.net
Search a database of great illustrators, some of whom are listed below.

Google Art Illustration Page
Tons of links to design portfolios, some of which are listed below.

Andrew Skwish
Illustrations, links and more from artist Andrew Skwish. His work has appeared in many newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune. He also has a portfolio at Poynter.org.

Office of Newspaper Design
A great set of global design links.

Michael Bartalos.com
More super illustration examples!

Wesley Bedrosian
Illustrations, paintings, drawings.

Lynne Bennett Portfolio

MyFonts.com
Links to about 25 news page designers.

Desktoppublishing.com's Graphic Designer's Paradise
Hundreds of links in alphabetical order.

Statistical Graphic Resources
A great site from the York University Math Department.

Excite's Computer Graphics Directory
Links to hundreds of sites.

3D Cafe
Dozens of links for graphic artists, including Web tools, newsletters, jobs and more.

VisualJournalism.com
A great design site from a UK journalist.

Digital Producer.com
Bills itself as a site that has "news, tools and techniques for content creation."

Director Online User Group
Articles, resource links and more.

LogoMotives
A good graphic design site.

Editing for the Web
Covers design and editing tips, as well as training for web editors and offers pointers on how to make web products work.

Web Page Design for Designers
This site is helps graphic designers make the transition from print to the web.

Web Review
Targeted to designers, this site covers various aspects of developing a web site, developing a database, news and Web tools and include columns about creating a site.

About.com Web Design Links

Excite's Web Designers in UK/Europe Directory

Tom Tomorrow's Weblog
A cartoonist's weblog.

Nolo.com
A legal site that includes a copyright protection page.

Critique Magazine

Communications Magazine

CoolHomePages.com: The Only Cure for Designer's Block

Cool HomePages.com: Design Resource Links
Links to design magazines, coding pages, tip sheets and more.

FineArtForum.org
A 14-year-old international news service specializing in new technologies in the arts and design. The majority readers are professionals in the arts and design world.

Kira's Web Toolbox
Dozens of great resources, from mail to javascript, to add to your site.

Photoshop Web Tips Database

MacWeek.com

Adobe.com
Several tips sheets and software news.

Web Clip Art

StockXchng
Stock photos of pretty much anything can be found here.

Stock Logos Download

Public Domain Images

Artcyclopedia
The fine arts encyclopedia. One of the top reference sites around, according to the American Library Association. Search by artist, etc.

Five Elements of Digital Storytelling
From the University of Minnesota's Institute for New Media Studies offers a site that provides a common vocabulary and structure for understanding new media content.

FlowingData.com: Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis

WebUrbanist

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

PicSearch
Searches the web for photos.

Kartoo
A great meta-search tool for visuals.

Multimedia Shooter
Workshops, e-updates, critiques, columns, featured video and galleries.

Multimedia Muse
Photojournalism and online visual storytelling site.

Online Photo Magazines to Follow

Kobre Guide
Web's best multimedia and video journalism.

Breaking News Online

Breaking Tweets
Global news delivered Twitter-style.

Google News Search

NewsCred
News aggregator links you to media outlets and blogs in the United States.

Newspaper Archives on the Web
A listing of archives from the Special Libraries Association.

Short Form Blog
Blog of short news items.

Directory of USA Newspapers Online

Breitbart.com
A quick scan of the day's top headlines.

Newser.com
A news site that publishes about 60 written new summaries each day. It's aggregated news but written and framed by editors. It includes top stories of the day and pieces from free-lancers around the world, and links to various news sources.

Kidon Media Link
A very comprehensive directory of news organizations from around the world.

HometownNews.com
Links to more than 2,600 U.S. daily and weekly newspapers.

Legacy.com
Obits and death notices from hundreds of U.S. papers.

Directory of Canadian Newspapers Online

Headlinespot.com
Search daily news headlines

LiveNewsCameras.com
Features more than 110 live streaming video channels from network affiliates around the world, as well as Sky News and the Pentagon Channel. Users stay updated through a Twitter feed and by live moderators that are based out of cities such as Chicago, Milwaukee, and Los Angeles. Users also can imbed the moderator feed into their blog, website or MySpace page. The site also features live weather channels, an RSS feed and a blog. The site can be particularly helpful to TV and radio journalists tracking stories in other cities.

Slate: Today's U.S. Papers
Summary of front pages of the biggest U.S. newspapers.Bookmark the web page or sign up for a daily e-update.

Slate: Today's International Papers
Summary of front pages of the biggest U.S. newspapers.Bookmark the web page or sign up for a daily e-update.

BackIssueFinder.com
Locate back issues of various periodicals and publications. A good stab-in-the-dark search tool.

Findarticles.com

AllYouCanRead.com
Search more than 20,000 newspapers and magazines around the world.

First Headlines: State News List
Scan news from each state using an image map.

Global Voices Online Blog
From Harvard Law, this site features blogs from around the world, highlighting news and other resources.

IRE Archive of Hot Stories
Good to check every few days for ideas, news, etc.

1stHeadlines.com
A very basic newsfeed site from several sources. Organized by topics.

CyberPaperBoy.com
Helps you find any online newspaper in the world.

New West Network
Founded by former Industry Standard editor Jonathan Weber, this blog is a network of online communities devoted to the culture, economy, politics, etc.

BuzzDash
Online polls on news, politics, sports, celebrities, etc.

HeadlineSpot.com
Search news by city, state, country, region, topics. Includes, TV, radio, magazines, podcasts, newswires and news photos.

Ibiblio.org: U.S. Newspaper Archives on the Web
Internet's most comprehensive directory of online newspaper archives lists which ones are free, prices for sites that charge, and links.

NewspaperIndex.com
A directory of online newspapers, organized by country. Very helpful as a quick-reference tool.

AltWeeklies.com
Best of stories from 125 online alternative weekly sites.

Yahoo! News Local
Scan stories by region using an image map or pulldown menu.

NewspaperArchive.com
More than 32 million newspaper pages online. Some content is free, much of it is paid, password-protected.

Global Beat: NYU's Center for War, Peace and the News Media
Backgrounders for anyone
interested in international news.

E-newswires.com
A cool clearinghouse of great news sites.

Weekly Newspapers Online

AllMediaScotland.com
A portal to Scotland media industries.

WireTap Magazine
An online magazine targeting socially conscious kids.

NewsKnife.com
Ranks the top news websites. Does a top 100 newspaper sites list.

ABYZ News Links
Lists news sites by region.

U.S. Newspapers List

Newseum: Today's Front Pages
View page one visuals from newspapers around the nation.

Techmeme
Links to many breaking tech news stories.

NewsDirectory.com
Links to hundreds of newspapers.

Newslink.org
Links to major newspaper Web sites.

Pandia Search Finder: Search Engine for News Sites

Power Library Initiative
Search several newspaper and magazine databases for free.

Total News
Links to dozens of daily news sites.

WorldFlash
A news ticker that crawls across the bottom of your computer screen. Lets you run up to four constantly scrolling ticker-style windows.

True/Slant.com
Launched in June 2009, True/Slant is an "original content news network tailored to both the "Entrepreneurial Journalist" and marketers who want a more effective way to engage with digital audiences. Contributors, consumers and marketers each have a voice."

ABYZ Newslinks Page
Choose by country, region, etc.

InfoToday News Breaks
A flash news digest of technology information.

Chronicling America
Library of Congress database of historic newspaper pages from 1880 to 1922. Part of the National Endowment of the Humanities.

News Lookup
A great global search tool that lets you search by nation or topic.

Ananova
A great news search site that includes top headlines of the day.

Yahoo! News
A great breaking news site and related Web sites, Usenet groups and audio-video files.

Washington Post

Chicago Tribune

Los Angeles Times

New York Times

Wall Street Journal

USA Today

United Press International
Offers real-time on all its wires.

PBS

CNN

ABC News.com

MSNBC.com

CBS News

National Public Radio

CNBC.com

NBC.com

FOXnews.com

U.S. News and World Report

Cursor.org
A handy collection of news and political stories.

Village Voice

Cybercast News Service
Daily news updates with a conservative twist.

Christian Science Monitor

Newswatch.org

FrontPageMagazine.com

MagPortal.com
Search hundreds of magazine titles.

Law.com Newswire
Updated several times a day with great stories.

The Morning News
Dry wit and candor on this news site with a New York focus.

Footnote.TV
From Stephen Lee, a former Chicago Tribune reporter, offers a site that provides context and background to current events mentioned on such shows as "Saturday Night Live" on NBC, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Comedy Central, "The West Wing" on NBC, and "JAG" on CBS.

The News Directory
Portal for finding news stories, search magazines, etc.

Atlantic Unbound
An expanded version of the Atlantic Monthly on the Web.

RocketNews.com
A helpful, current news search engine.

Lycos News

EmergencyNet News Today
Site monitors current and potential political, social an natural crises.

AJR News Links: Newspapers
Business, campus, U.S., international, etc.

AJR News Links: TV Sites
Affiliates organized by network.

NewsHub
This site features major news sources as well as PR Newswire, EurekaAlert and E! Online.

NewsMax.com
Dubbed "America's News Page."

The Yahoo! Buzz Index Top 20 Searches

Scoop08: National Student Newspaper Election Coverage
First online national student newspaper will cover the 2008 elections.

EveryBlock.com
Available in Chicago, San Francisco and New York, this site helps you browse news by zip code or neighborhood. You can enter an address and see nearby crimes, restaurant inspections, media coverage, etc. You also can get a citywide overview of news by category, then click on specific topics to find what you're looking for.

GuerrillaNews.com
Explore various global issues through this site, which provides links to articles, headlines, videos, and blogs.

The Huffington Post
Popular news, entertainment and politics site from Arianna Huffington.

Mediaite
News and opinion on TV, print, and online media. It includes a media influence index and a jobs board.

SiloBreaker
An online search service for news and current events that delivers "meaning and relevance beyond traditional search and aggregation engines."

ABC World Newser Blog
Anchor Charles Gibson's blog.

World Public Opinion
Information and analysis about public opinion on international policy issues.

The Daily Beast
A news aggregator that's about 30 percent original content features politics, entertainment, pop culture, etc. Includes blogs, "buzz board", e-mail newsletter, etc.

NewspaperArchive.com
Millions of historical newspaper articles, dating back to 1759. Includes "Today in History" and a newsletter archive.

TruthDig.com
Truthdig is a Web magazine that provides expert coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. The site is built around reports by authorities in their fields who conduct in-depth exploration of contemporary topics. To offer frequent change and surprise, the magazine also presents a diversity of original reporting and aggregated content culled by the site's editors and staff.

U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects: Current Events
Thousands of documents, maps, military and other newsworthy topics.

MyGazines.com
Encourages people to copy and upload popular magazines on newsstands. Run by an offshore company that's working around digital piracy laws. You can use the site to look up past issues of publications, but there are ethical concerns.

HubDub.com
A fun site that helps you "predict" what will happen next in the news: who will win a game, an election, an award?

MegaCarta GeoSearch News
Use this global image map to click for news stories. Also listed as a news ticker.

DailySource.org

American Public Media: Marketplace
Great resource for business news and analysis. Includes an RSS feed.

Center for Academic Integrity

Neil Reisner: Finding Almost Anybody
Tips on tracking down people, databases, etc. Dozens of helpful links.

Neil Reisner: Records Retention Trick

Profnet.com
Search a free database of expert sources: medical, legal, academics and more. Puts you in touch with more than 4,000 professionals.

Expert Click
An online director of expert sources. Some free resources for journalists, some content requires registration/pay. Part of the Yearbook of Experts print directory.

SpinSpotter
An interesting piece of software tool that claims to expose news spin and bias, misuse of sources, and suspect factual support. Uses algorithms to spot spin keywords on sites you surf .

Expert Central
Similar to Profnet; search a free database of more than 4,000 expert sources.

BusinessWire's ExpertSource
Helps media secure authoritative analysis, insights and commentary from leading academic and industry experts.

SourceWire.com
Similar to Profnet.com in finding "expert" sources for media stories. Some journalists say this service is faster.

HelpaReporterOut.com
Run by blogger and PR pro Peter Shankman, is a free subscription site that allows reporters to submit a query looking for sources. Simply enter your query into a form, and it will get posted on the site's next e-mailing. Queries are sent out three a day to a list of more than 18,000 global sources. If a source has knowledge of a specific query, that source can just e-mail the reporter directly. Note that PR people are kicked off the list for off-topic pitching.

ACP-ASIM: Bioterrorism Experts and Speakers
A listing of about 20 and their contact information.

University of South Carolina: Experts on War and Terrorism
A collection of faculty members with expertise in military, bioterrorism, etc.

MediaResource Service
A science experts database tailored to journalists.

Royal Society Media Directory
Look for British science experts.

FACSNET
A great site with many kinds of resources. Search a free database of experts and other research tools for journalists and academics.

Ask an Expert
Pose questions to so-called experts.

Health Behavior News Service
Provides free stories and experts for interviews on the latest research on the subject coming from peer-reviewed academic journals. The news service is an arm of the Center for the Advancement of Health.

Teoma.com Experts Links

Experts.com
A good experts database.

ExpertClick
Searchable experts/groups list.

Megasources
A collection of resources from Ryerson professor Dean Tudor.

MediaMap
Send a query to PR pros.

Newswise.com
A deep experts database, covering several academic fields.

Religionsource
This site allows journalists to find sources for their stories when religion intersects society on their beats. Journalists can log in and easily and quickly search a database for contact info, credentials and publications for about 5,000 religion scholars in more than 1,400 areas of expertise. The site is free and funded by a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Guestfinder Experts Database

ABMS Certified Doctors Database
Charges for non-member searches.

Federal Judicial Center: Judge Bios
Search federal court judge bios, past and present.

Geologists and Earth Scientists
Biographies of leaders in these fields of study.

Research Connect
An integrated research database connecting the media with leading financial, political, technical, social, legal, medical, scientific, economic and business research. You can contact numerous researchers simultaneously, store favorite researchers and media contacts, etc.

Encyclopedia of Associations

American Society of Association Executives

SAJA: Source List of South Asia Experts

Pitsco's Ask an Expert

ExpertClick
Free registration with easy to use on-line forms for journalists. Experts can also register to be included free, but must have a link to a web site that profiles their expertise so journalists can determine if they are the appropriate sources of information and opinion. Covers more than 10,000 topics.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace "Crisis in Iraq"
Updated news stories, analysis by experts and coordinates for analysts with direct e-mail and phone contact info.

Federal Agency Employee Locators

SlipUps.com
Mistakes in movies, books, etc.

State Recycling Association Contacts

National Speakers Association
A free searchable database by location, keyword, topics, etc. NSA is a non-profit professional association with nearly 4,000 professional speakers. These speakers are well-spoken experts in wide variety of areas - perfect for thought-provoking interviews.

Keen.com Expert Database
Place queries to experts using this site, which charges a small fee. Call up experts on a variety of topics, such as finance, computing, medicine, etc. Sources are checked out by the organization. The sources call you back.

CPA Directory
Searchable directory of accountants and firms.

Federal Highway Admin Expertise Database

PR Newswire Press Room
A journalist-only site that has an archive of news releases and photos, expert sources through ProfNet, multimedia, a directory of company contacts and more.

AndreaCampbell.com
A forensic scientist, Campbell will soon have a book out, "Legal Ease: A Guide to Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedure" and is offers contact information as a source at her Web site.

SLA's One-Stop Shop
A combined list of academics lists.

AskMeHelpDesk.com

Military: Surveying Engineering and Mapping Center of Expertise

Lawyers.com
Look up a lawyer's credentials.

WhoRepresents.com: Agent Database
A great shortcut for sourcing, enter celebrity names into the database and get the managers or agents who represents them.

SFLink.net
Puts journalists in touch with science fiction experts including authors, artists and fans.

Openweb Analysts
This company helps journalists and news people with the concepts behind Open Source software, such as Linux, Apache web server and OpenOffice.

Patent Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice before the PTO
Contact information for more than 25,000 attorneys.

Lawyer Locator
Search a free database of legal experts.

ExpertPages.com
A legal site that lists more than 140 expert witnesses on litigation issues. Can be helpful for sourcing stories on various topics, which are listed alphabetically.

Expert Village
More than 135,000 professionally produced and researched videos that help you answer everyday questions.

Flowing Data: Religious Geography of the United States
Maps where various faiths are located.

American Religious Identification Survey (2008)

United Methodist Church

Disciples of Christ (Christian Church)

United Methodist Reporter Interactive
Undergoing some upgrades.

RNS Christian News

Christian Coalition

Crosswalk.com News Channel
Provides up to the minute news and comment with a Christian perspective.

Faith and Values
Information about Christian and Jewish faiths, including doctrines, text of speeches, video and audio. The site was built by a coalition of 70 Jewish and Christian faith groups.

Relevant Magazine
A Christian teen pop culture magazine.

ReligiousTolerance.org
Useful for backgrounding Christianity.

Greatbooks.org: Religions
A helpful resource in researching books on Christianity.

ChristianCentury.org
A Christian magazine.

Christianity Today

America Magazine
Covers the basics of Christianity.

ChristianityBook.com
A mixture of editorial content and e-commerce, this site offers a Bible and religious song search as well as many other resources.

Gospelcom.net: Internet for Christians

A Guide to Christian Resources on the Internet

Christian Pirate Radio

The Catholic Encyclopedia

AmericanCatholic.org
Answers questions about catholicism.

Catholic Church Cardinal Biographies

U.S. Catholic Population by State, 2008
From the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Time.com: The Papacy

The Vatican: Background on The Pope

PBS: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

National Catholic Reporter

About.com: Pope Succession

Catholic.net

The Pontificate of Pope John Paul II
From Eternal Word Television Network.

Eternal Word Television Network
A source of news and information on the Roman Catholic Church.

Vatican Newspaper

Jewish Community Online
Ask a rabbi,torah, jewish news, jewish chats, etc.

Jewish World Review Magazine

Jewish Encyclopedia

Jewish Outreach Institute

Jewish Magazine Resources

American Jewish Committee

The Jerusalem Report

Azure Journal
Launched in 1996, Azure is a journal of philosophy, social thought and cultural criticism, which provides a forum for scholarship and opinion on issues of concern to the Jewish public in Israel and abroad. Azure has in-depth essays, articles and reviews that offer thought-provoking analysis in areas such as Israeli government policy, cultural trends in Israel, religion in public life, Israeli constitutionalism and judicial activism, Jewish philosophy, Jewish and Zionist history and much more.

UK Jewish Site

The Jewish Museum

FORWARD
An American Jewish newspaper.

JewFAQ

Virtual Jerusalem
A good community site.

Holidays.net: Rosh Hashana

Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem's English-speaking paper.

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Jewish Geneaology

Shamash: The Jewish Network

The Simon Wiesenthal Center
An international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to "preserving the memory of the Holocaust by fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action."

Jewish Torah Audio

The Jewish Museum
More than 50 pieces from the renowned collection.

Noble Sanctuary/Temple Mount Guide
This online guide is a tour of what's called the Temple Mount by Jews, the Noble Sanctuary by Muslims.

American Baptist Churches, USA

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
Information on missionary trips, building homes, spiritual guidance, etc.

What About Jesus?
Basics of Evangelical Lutheran Synod.

Mormon: The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints

Mormon.org
Background resources on the church, LDS chapels locator.

Orthodox Links

Presbyterian Church USA

MinistryWatch.com
Evaluates more than 500 religion-based charities.

The Bright Side.org: Wings of Support
This site posts stories about life experiences and coping with difficult situations.

Religious Tolerance: Native American Religions

Buddhanet.net

The Hindu Universe

Zen

CaoDai.org
Cao Dai is a religion that started in Vietnam in the 1920s.

The Secular Web

Sikh Network

Sikhs Religion

Bahai.org: Baha'i Faith

U.S. Baha'i

Baha'i.com

All About Sikhs

About.com's Alternative Religion Guide
A hosted directory of thousands of religion links.

National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom

Buddhist News Network

The Cutting Edge Ministries

Quakers: The Religious Society of Friends

Church of Christ, Scientist

Center of Traditional Taoist Studies

International Shinto Foundation
An introduction to the ancient Japanese religion.

American Atheists

ACES: Iraq Facts
Research from The American Copy Editors Society. Links to military, weapons, media outlets and more.

Icasualties.org
Lists and analyzes death statistics for the war in Iraq. Charts are set up by date, country, etc. Also links to international news stories about death toll in Iraq.

A+ Country Reports - Iraq
Offers a wealth of information on all of the countries of the world. Like the CIA's World Factbook, A+ Country Reports presents up-to-date information on population, geography, economy, history, and politics.

American Kurdish Information Center
The American Kurdish Information Network (AKIN) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization established in 1993 to serve the information needs of this country relative to the Kurds. It does this to fulfill two needs: ours, to hold a mirror to the events that are taking place in the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria and those of the American public, to enable them to have access to collected materials on the subject.

CNN: Iraq Casualties Page

Iraq Coalition Casualties

LA Times: Iraq Battlefield Medicine
A three-part LA Times series by David Zucchino and Rick Loomis on battlefield medicine in Iraq.

Voice of Jihad Database
From the RAND Corporation, this is a compilation of speeches, interviews, statements, and publications of jihadist leaders, foot soldiers, and sympathizers. Nearly all content is in English translation, and has been collected from publicly-accessible websites. Original links are provided, along with excerpts and full-text content when available.

MilitaryPhotos.net
Shots from Iraq, etc.

DigitalJournalist.org
A great resource for digital photography. Look up photos, equipment, get advice, etc.

The AlJazeera English (Iraq Photos)
Search through past stories.

U.S. Army: Digital Video & Imagery Distribution System
Search through past stories.

River Bend: Iraq Blog
Search through past stories.

Iraq-related web sites
From Arab German Consulting.

Apparatus of Lies: Saddam's Disinformation and Propaganda, 1990-2003
Discusses the lies that Iraq has used to promote its propaganda and disinformation. The site includes a downloadable PDF version and related links. From the Office of the President of the United States.

PBS Frontline: Private Companies That Make America's War in Iraq Run

Saddam Hussein's Iraq: A Decade of Defiance and Deception
Resources related to the official White House position on Iraq. Includes Presidential remarks, key documents, press briefings, timelines, photos of Iraqi weapons facilities, remarks by cabinet members, and related links. From the Office of the President of the United States.

Middle East Intelligence Bulletin

Iraq Country Information
From the U.S. Department of State.

Map of Iraq
From the UN Cartographic Office.

BBC News: Key Maps
Clickable map of the Middle East region showing military build-up, presidential palaces, dissidents, oilfields, weapons, etc. Iraq Navigator, is a more detailed, animated map that allows viewers to choose which elements to display. From BBC News.

BBC News: Military Fact Files
Information on military forces of the U.K., U.S., and Iraq, and the missile defenses of Israel. Browse by firepower, biochemical weapons, forces, and equipment for air, land, and sea. Also provides information on biological warfare, including delivery, storage, transport, spread, detection, protective equipment, antidotes, and proliferation.

Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
The perfect gift for your favorite copy editor.

Military Front for Families Support
"A place for all who have loved ones serving in today's military. Our goal is to help military families help themselves.Includes info on families moving, homeschooling, and black military history, as well as a forum and links to other support sites.

War Report -- Iraq War and Afghan Aftermath
This helpful omnibus of links to timely research, editorials, papers, and other written material on the situation in both Iraq and Afghanistan is provided by the Project on Defense Alternatives. The Project was found in 1991, and part of its mission is to adapt security policy to the challenges and opportunities of the post-Cold War era. Toward this end it promotes consideration of the broadest range of defense options.

Arabic Newspapers and Magazines
Note: many of these are in Arabic

Iraq Daily

BBC: Conflict with Iraq

DEBKAfile
DEBKA file is a self-supporting Internet publication devoted to independent, investigative reporting and forward analysis in the fields of international terrorism, intelligence, international conflict, Islam, military affairs, security and politics.

Iraq
From washingtonpost.com.

Iraq: 10 Years After Gulf War
A background article from the January 2001 issue of Foreign Policy in Focus.

IraqJournal.org
Coordinated by independent journalists Jeremy Scahill and Jacqueline Soohen on the ground in Baghdad, IraqJournal provides a forum for the distribution of independent information and views from Iraq. Updated several times every week; includes articles, clips from radio programs, videos, and related links.

Kurdistan Observer
Bringing you the latest news regarding Kurds and Kurdistan.

Jerusalem Post - Middle East sites
Features links to Iraq Daily, Hizbollah, Aljazeera, other Middle East media.

Pak Tribune
A Pakistani newspaper.

Radio Free Iraq

Showdown: Iraq
This is a special news report on the status of Iraq's compliance of the United Nation Security Council's Resolution 1441 (November 8, 2002) on weapons inspection. It includes the latest news, quotes, and analysis by the chief U.N. weapons inspector, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and news reporters. There is also information on Iraq, the military, and other top stories.

Unseen Gulf War
A collection of images of the human consequence of war. These photographs were taken "along 'the mile of death' the morning the day the war stopped during the First Gulf War. According to the photographer, the "televised, aerial, and technological version of the conflictfailed to show the horror of its human realities as does this collection. From The Digital Journalist.

The Future of a Post-Saddam Iraq: A Blueprint for American Involvement
From The Heritage Foundation.

GlobalSecurity.Org - Target Iraq
In addition to lots of military-related information, this site includes links to Iraq-related websites from numerous governments as well as pro-war and anti-war websites.

Iraq
From Global Policy Forum, this page provides information on the crisis situation in Iraq as well as more specific articles on sanctions issues.

Iraq and the UN
From the Federation of American Scientists.

Iraq Special Weapons: Nuclear, Biological Chemical and Missile Proliferation News
A comprehensive compilation of news sources, news reports, analysis and official documents on nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and delivery systems. Iraq and the United Nations provides in-depth information, resolutions, documents, and related resources on the world's core conficts. From The Federation of American Scientists.

Saddam and the Bomb
From the Nuclear Control Institute.

War with Iraq: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives [.pdf]
Released as part of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Committee on International Security Studies Occasional Papers series, this 93-page report from December 2002 examines the political, military, and economic consequences of war with Iraq.

FASCNET Internet Resources
A searchable database of hundreds of helpful sites, organized by beats and topics.

Cyberjournalist.net Reporter's SuperSearch

News & Observer's NeRD on the Road
The (Raleigh, N.C.) News and Observer's reporter intranet.

Web Resources for Journalists
Several helpful links on a single page.

SensibleTalk.com
Robert Niles, formerly of the USC-Annenberg's Online Journalism Review, writes in a community forum "devoted to media, business, arts and technology criticism." He invites readers to share their observations in a public journal on the site.

Pew Center: Journalism Tools
Links to resources for print, online, TV, radio journalists.

Digital Librarian: News and Journalism Resources

Journalism Resources Blog
A great collection of links and helpful sites from web expert Marcus Zillman.

Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources

Moorehead State University: Journalism Resources

Gannett's Web Tools for Newsrooms

Assignment Editor
Started by the managing editor at CBS/WBBM-TV in Chicago, this site, under new ownership, is used worldwide to navigate millions of destinations on the Internet each month. Our main users are the news decision makers of the world who decide what hundreds of millions of people see and read each day.

InsertTexthere.com
Dozens of helpful links and a great listing of journalism job sites from former OC Register reporter Michelle Nicolosi.

Internet Resources for Writers
A great one-page stop for helpful writing and reporting links.

Reporter's Toolbox
A super links site from Chris Callahan of the University of Maryland.

Newsthinking.com
A super writing and journalism site from Bob Baker of the LA Times.

Poynter.org's J-Links Page

SunOasis: Media Resources Page

Al's Diggin' Sites
Reporting A list of fun, offbeat but helpful sites from Poynter's Al Tompkins. Includes an RSS feed.

60 Sites in 60 Minutes
A site full of legal research tools on one page.

Resources for Journalists

The Internet Scout Report
A weekly update of resourceful sites from the University of Wisconsin Department of Computer Sciences.

Scripting News
A Web log of news resources.

Resource Shelf's DocuTicker
A helpful research blog run by several top researchers.

PC World: 30 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do on the Internet

Sree.net: Journalists with Websites

NuzGeeks.com Directory
A non-profit site by journalists for journalists.

WSJ.com: Style & Substance Newsletter
Style tips from the Wall Street Journal.

the lowercase world of sreenath sreenivasan
associate professor of professional practice administrator, online journalism awards co-founder, south asian journalists association.

Roger Mellen's Journalists' Web Tools
A nice collection of links from a George Mason University professor.

The JournoList
This British site is an annotated list of sites chosen to help reporters, writers and editors make good use of the Internet.

Neat New Stuff on the Web
A super list of new resources updated weekly by librarian Marylaine Block.

NY Times: Newsroom Navigator
New York Times' free online directory of useful websites.

The Journalist's Toolkit
About 40 helpful journalism links, including tools, interview tips and Web guides.

The WorkingReporter.com
Information and links for all reporting needs.

Web Sites for Journalists
Hundreds of good links.

AP Style Exercises Online
Developed by Ron Hartung, coaching at the Tallahassee Democrat.

RobertNiles.com: Finding Basic Stats Online

No-Frills Jump List
San Francisco State's excellent Web tools site.

Web Resources for Journalists

Web Sites for Journalists

Smarting Surfing Links
A Columbia University professor offers tips on searching the Web.

Internet Journalism Resources
From Minnesota State University.

The One-Minute Web Guide
More than 400 carefully selected links for journalists.

PowerReporting's Top 100 Journalism Links
A great collection, listed in alphabetical order.

Brizcomm.com
Aims to be the benchmark for online content in Australia. Includes an archive of content-related tips from a weekly e-mail newsletter; a database of Web site reviews from a weekly columnist and weekly radio show; a free content jobs database for web work and workers; FAQs for content employers and employees; and contributed columns and reviews.

TheScoop.org
A journalism weblog.

LA Community College Journalism 101
Links to dozens of helpful websites.

Columbia Journalism Review: Reporting Resources
Links to dozens of online tools.

Web Resources for Journalists

News & Observer?s NeRD on the Road
The (Raleigh, N.C.) News and Observer's intranet site for reporters.

A Journalist's Toolbox
Links to research sites from Cal State Northridge.

Moorhead State's Journalism Resources Page
A super site with hundreds of links.

Media and Academic Resource List
A links site to thousands of news resource sites.

Communications Central
A great links resource for communications, health.

WritePath.com
Reference materials for writers to address the questions journalists do.

Finley's Newsstand
Dozens of links. Chicago and AP stories.

The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk
"New and Useful Web Sites, Industry News, Full-Text Docs of Interest to the Info Professional."

PCMike.com
Mike Wendland of the Detroit Free Press runs this Blog site about news Web sites and tools.

JScoopMedia
Offers blogs, job tips, journalism school statistics and "valuable industry news for tomorrow's editorial talent."

European Journalism Center Reference Links

Freelancer Resource Links

The Journolist
Internet resources for journalists.

Newslab.org

Neat New Stuff on the Web

Journalism UK News Sources Page

PCWorld: 100 Useful Web Sites

Pressnet: Journalists, Journalism and Mass Media in Internet
Journalists, journalism, mass media, students, studious, teachers and professors of the journalism and the social communication.World directory. Specialized directory.

The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can't See
This directory, the companion site to the book of the same name, is brought to us from Chris Sherman and Gary Price, to research specialists. In addition to the Invisible Web Directory, a useful annotated directory of sources for "invisible" resources on the Web, the site features the text from the book's chapter on business and investing resources as well as .pdf versions of the introduction and table of contents.