References for Writers

Dictionaries and reference works

• The Devil's Dictionary - Currently an uncertain link
  
  
• Dictionary search (gopher)
  
  
• Encyclopedia Britannica has a pay for knowledge site which we used to link to. We feel that this site violates the spirit of the internet and have suspended the link as a result.
  
  
• Language dictionaries
  
  
• Roget's Thesaurus (gopher)
  
  
• Webster's dictionary

Libraries and library information

• BookWire's Library Index
  
  
• Internet Public Library
  
  
• Library Catalogs Online (gopher)
  
  
• Library Catalogs with Web Interfaces
  
  
• Library resources on the internet
  
  
• National Library of Canada

Copyright references

• Authors' Guild Electronic Rights Information
  
  
• Copright website
  
  
• Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
  
  
• Writers' Rights and Online Books

Other online reference material

• Britannica's Birthday Calendar- who was born on any day
  
  
• Canadian government
  
  
• CIA World Factbook
  
  
• Ecola's Newstand: a huge, searchable index of paper publications with some online presence.
  
  
• Global Web of Scholarly Societies
  
  
• How Far Is It?: find the distance between any two locations
  
  
• Internet Public Library 'Ready Reference': Internet FAQs and guides
  
  
• Glossary of Literary terms
  
  
• Online Reference Guide
  
  
• Quotations Page
  
  
• Strictly Literary offers hot links to research crime, geneology, women's issues and children's reading, as well direct links to the ABA, magazines and industry news (Australia, UK and U SA).
  
  
• Statistics Canada
  
  
• Universities
  
  
• Usenet FAQ Index
  
  
• US Federal Government info
  
  
• US Library of Congress
  
  
• USA Citylink
  
  
• Virtual Reference Desk