Reference

byLisa M

This is a list of research and reference sources.

Watchdogs

  1. 1 Sunlight Foundation 0
  2. 2 iMediaEthics 0
  3. 3 Open the Government 0
  4. 4 Center for Public Integrity 0
  5. 5 Transparency.org 0
  6. 6 Project on Government Oversight 0

Dictionary/Lexicon

  1. 1 The Free Dictionary 0
  2. 2 Dictionary by Merriam-Webster 0
  3. 3 American Heritage Dictionary 0
  4. 4 OneLook Dictionary Search 0
  5. 5 Yourdictionary.com 0
  6. 6 Urban Dictionary 0
  7. 7 Acronyms Dictionary 0
  8. 8 Black's Law Dictionary 0

Fake News

  1. 1 Politifact 0
  2. 2 FactCheck.org 0
  3. 3 Snopes.com 0
  4. 4 Truth or Fiction 0
  5. 5 Guide to Media Literacy 0
  6. 6 Scambusters 0
  7. 7 Poynter 0
  8. 8 State of the News Media 0

U.S. Government

  1. 2 Ben’s Guide To Government 0
  2. 4 Catalog of Government Pubs 0
  3. 5 Census Publications 0
  4. 7 Code of Federal Regulations 0
  5. 8 Congress Conference Reports 0
  6. 43 Congress.gov 0
  7. 40 Congressional Calendar 0
  8. 32 Congressional Districts 0

Thesaurus

  1. 1 Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus 0
  2. 2 Big Huge Thesaurus API 0
  3. 3 Thesaurus.com 0
  4. 4 OneLook Reverse Thesaurus 0
  5. 5 RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus 0
  6. 6 Thesaurus and Word Tools 0

Weather

  1. 1 National Weather Service 0
  2. 2 Intellicast Radar Map 0
  3. 3 Travel Weather Averages 0
  4. 4 Lightning Map 0
  5. 5 Weather & Climate Statistics 0
  6. 6 United States Weather 0
  7. 7 Weather Underground 0
  8. 8 National Hurricane Center 0

Elections & Politics

  1. 1 Election Donor Lookup 0
  2. 2 Candidates on the Issues 0
  3. 3 Vote Smart 0
  4. 4 Address to the Nation on the First Anniversary of the COVID-19 Pandemic 0
  5. 6 FollowTheMoney.org 0
  6. 7 2020 Presidential Election Map 0
  7. 8 Public Policy Polling 0

Web Search

  1. 1 Top 15 Search Engines 0
  2. 2 RefSeek 0
  3. 3 Virtual Learning Resources 0
  4. 4 BuzzSumo 0
  5. 5 Google Search operators 0

Time

  1. 1 Sunrise and Sunset Calculator 0
  2. 2 Moonrise and Moonset Calculator 0
  3. 3 Time Listed by Country 0
  4. 4 Time Difference Calculator 0
  5. 5 Time Zone Map 0
  6. 6 Time.is 0

Talking Issues

  1. 1 ProCon.org 0
  2. 2 Science Debate 0
  3. 3 ThoughtCo.com 0
  4. 4 Wilson Center 0
  5. 5 Center for Inquiry 0
  6. 6 The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs 0

Invisible Web Search

  1. 1 The WWW Virtual Library 0
  2. 2 Science.gov 0
  3. 3 Internet Archive 0
  4. 4 Digital Public Library of America 0
  5. 5 Wolfram|Alpha 0
  6. 6 FAA Data & Research 0
  7. 7 Find Laws 0
  8. 8 Moody's Analytics 0

Maps

  1. 1 Digital World Map 0
  2. 2 google.com/maps 0
  3. 3 Live Night or Day Map 0
  4. 4 Melissa Lookups 0
  5. 5 Library of Congress Maps Online 0
  6. 6 USA.gov Maps 0
  7. 7 Maps from World Factbook 0
  8. 8 The National Map 0

Find Similar Sites

  1. 1 Similarsites.com 0
  2. 2 SimilarWeb 0
  3. 3 Backlinks Checker Tool 0
  4. 4 Google Similar Pages 0

Writing Tips

  1. 1 Avoid Cliches 0
  2. 2 Use Concrete Language 0
  3. 3 Use active voice 0
  4. 4 Show Don't Tell 0

Calendars

  1. 1 The Calendar Zone 0
  2. 2 Earth Calendar 0
  3. 3 Perpetual Calendar 0
  4. 4 Timeanddate.com Calendar 0

Tech Reference

  1. 1 OverAPI.com 0
  2. 2 ManualsLib 0
  3. 3 Cheatography 0
  4. 4 How-To Geek 0
  5. 5 MakeUseOf 0

Writer Apps

  1. 1 Cliche Finder 0
  2. 2 Scrivener 0
  3. 3 Get Your Readability Score 0
  4. 4 Grammarly 0
  5. 5 Hemingway Editor 0

Internet Tools

  1. 1 Webpage Archive 0
  2. 2 Lumen 0
  3. 3 Download from Wayback Machine. 0
  4. 4 Lightshot 0
  5. 5 Nimbus 0
  6. 6 Full Page Screen Capture 0
  7. 7 ScreenFloat-Better Screenshots 0
  8. 8 TinyGrab 0

State Info

  1. 1 Court Records Directory 0
  2. 2 50states.com 0
  3. 3 State Legislative Directory 0
  4. 4 Links to State Resources 0
  5. 5 State Government GovSpot.com 0
  6. 6 AP Style for State Abbreviations 0

Writing Reference

  1. 1 Handbook of Rhetorical Devices 0
  2. 2 Guide to Grammar and Writing 0
  3. 3 English Idioms 0
  4. 4 Terms at Grammar Bytes! 0
  5. 5 Beautiful Sentences in Lit 0
  6. 6 Proofreader Marks 0
  7. 7 Homonyms List 0
  8. 8 Glossary of Literary Terms 0

Manage Research

  1. 1 Paperpile 0
  2. 2 Mendeley 0
  3. 3 Zotero 0
  4. 4 NoodleTools 0
  5. 5 CiteULike 0
  6. 6 EndNote 0
  7. 7 Citation Online 0
  8. 8 Verbatim Paperless Debate 0

Country Data

  1. 1 Nation Master 0
  2. 2 Literacy Stats 0
  3. 3 City Population 0
  4. 4 The World Factbook 0
  5. 5 Languages Spoken 0
  6. 6 World Atlas 0
  7. 7 Dept of State Country Profiles 0
  8. 8 Library of Congress Country Studies 0

Real Science

  1. 1 Air & Space Magazine 0
  2. 2 Alliance for Science 0
  3. 3 American Academy of Pediatrics 0
  4. 4 Amer Assn for the Advancement of Science 0
  5. 5 American Public Health Association 0
  6. 6 American Scientist 0
  7. 7 Australian Skeptics Inc 0
  8. 8 Archaeology Magazine 0

Find People

  1. 1 Internet Archive 0
  2. 2 Family Search 0
  3. 3 https://pipl.com/ 0
  4. 4 Zabasearch 0
  5. 5 AnyWho Whitepages 0
  6. 6 Melissa Lookups 0
  7. 7 My Life 0
  8. 8 Peek You 0

Find Apps

  1. 1 CNET 0

Book Page Links

  1. 1 Textbooks 0
  2. 2 Online Booksellers 0
  3. 3 Find Quotations 0

Bookmarking

  1. 3 Papaly 0
  2. 4 folkd.com 0
  3. 5 Bookmark Ninja 0
  4. 6 Pocket 0
  5. 7 Instapaper 0
  6. 8 Pinterest 0

News Aggregators

  1. 1 Mix 0
  2. 2 Digg 0
  3. 3 reddit 0
  4. 4 Popurls 0
  5. 5 MetaFilter 0
  6. 6 Newslookup.com 0
  7. 7 Internet Meme Database 0

Writing Centers

  1. 2 Penn State Stylebook 0
  2. 3 NDSU Center for Writers 0
  3. 4 Geo Mason Univ Writing Center 0
  4. 5 BYU Style Academy 0
  5. 6 U of Colorado Writing Center 0
  6. 7 UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Ctr 0

Senate

  1. 1 SEE ALSO: Congress 0
  2. 2 Senators of the 116th Congress 0
  3. 3 Senate Leadership 0
  4. 4 Senate Committees 0
  5. 5 Public Disclosure 0
  6. 6 Senate Manual 0
  7. 7 Senate Riddick Procedures 0
  8. 8 Youtube's Senate Hub 0

House of Reps

  1. 1 SEE ALSO: Congress 0
  2. 2 House of Reps Live Video 0
  3. 3 House.gov 0
  4. 4 House Floor Activity 0
  5. 5 Official Directory of House of Representatives 0
  6. 6 Find Your Representative 0
  7. 7 House of Representatives Bills 0
  8. 8 House Leadership 0
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