Site A list of free reference sites that may be useful to writers. The Virtual Reference Desk Links to information on important documents, information technology, dictionaries, phone books, maps and travel information, science data, and other reference sources. Books online Some of the greatest books written are available at this Gopher site. A collection of the great books available online. Uncover Web Search over 17,000 scholarly journals at once.
Searches are free, but there is a fee to recover articles.
Newspapers Around the World Links to news sites around the world. Resources for Social Researchers Dictionaries Merriam - Webster Dictionary Online For American English. A very useful site. Alternative English Dictionary Contains definitions to slang and colloquial terms. Very useful for the criminologist conducting field studies.