CAR primers

• Accessing The Internet By E-Mail by "Doctor Bob" Rankin and Gerald E. Boyd -- how to stay wired when you're beyond the boundaries of the Web, and how to do some things with e-mail faster than your browser can (see also How to do just about anything by email by Gerald E. Boyd)
• Commercial Database Services -- The Poynter Institute's guide to how to use them
• Computer Assisted Journalism -- by BBC Panorama information specialist Annabel Colley
• Computer Assisted Research -- Nora Paul's guide to tapping on-line information
• The Internet for Journalists -- Mike Holderness' on-line introduction to the world of wired journalism
• The News Librarian's Role in Computer-Assisted Reporting by Barbara Semonche
• The Online Journalist by Randy Reddick -- tips for taking advantage of online resources without getting stung
• Spy on people by Julian Sher
• We're All Nerds Now -- Joel Simon and Carol Napolitano report on the digital revolution for the Columbia Journalism Review

Journalism resources

• Hold The Front Page -- news and information about the British regional press, including occasional tutorials in journalism techniques and a searchable Who's Who in regional papers
• JournalismNet UK -- the UK section of Canadian TV journalist Julian Sher's extensive site
• Journolinks -- Giles Turnbull's web resources for UK journalists
• Links to journalism resources compiled by BBC Panorama information specialist Annabel Colley
• A Media Professional's Guide To The Net -- Alexander Merkushev's collection of links to international journalism resources
• UK Press Index -- links to news and journalism resources

Language

• AskOxford -- English language support from the dictionary publishers including a word of the day, quote of the week, language and writing tips, word games, and an Oxford Word and Language Service email query service
• eCommerce and IT terms -- an online glossary
• The Economist Style Guide
• The Glossarist -- 4,500 glossaries, 679 of which have been catalogued in 130 categories
• Glossary of local government terms published by the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)
• The Guardian Style Guide
• Health and Social Services Glossary of Acronyms compiled by the Socialist Health Association
• InfoPlease -- On-line dictionary, internet encyclopaedia and almanac
• The Internet Grammar of English -- University College of London's on-line aid
• Fowler's The King's English
• Lexicool -- a searchable directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries
• MacFarlane's Gaelic-English Dictionary. See also this Gaelic-English dictionary and another Gaelic-English dictionary
• Online Dictionaries and Translators -- online dictionaries in many languages and services that can translate entire pages of text or Web pages
• Oxford Reference -- search 100 Oxford dictionaries and other reference works, at a price (from £250 in September 2002)
• Thesaurus.com -- Roget's Thesaurus
• The Times Style Guide
• yourDictionary.com -- links to more than 800 dictionaries in 160 different languages (November 2001)
• Welsh Spell Checker -- copy and paste your text into the box
• The Word Detective on the Web -- "online version of an internationally syndicated newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language (primarily word and phrase origins)"

Geography

• Atlapedia Online -- full-colour physical and political maps, and key facts and statistics on countries of the world
• The CIA World Factbook -- all the information the CIA holds about the world at large and sees fit to publish; you could go straight to the United Kingdom page, but how much will the CIA learn about you while you're there?
• Country Codes -- a list of all the two-letter codes found at the end of Internet addresses and identifying the country in which the host computer is
• Economist Country Briefings -- country profiles, which contain background information, forecasts and statistics, market updates, new headlines, Economist articles, and links to more information
• The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names -- nearly 1 million place names representing approximately 900,000 places around the world
• InfoNation -- a database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations
• Look up Latitude and Longitude
• Map Machine -- National Geographic site that produces maps in response to place-name searches
• Maporama -- interactive maps and driving directions for 10 European countries and the United States
• MultiMap -- interactive UK map
• Royal Automobile Club Route Planner
• StreetMap -- address searching and street map facilities for the UK, searchable by street, postcode, place, OS grid reference, Landranger, latitude/longitude, phone code or London street
• UN Human Development Report (HDR) 2001 -- 162 countries ranked on quality-of-life indicators such as life expectancy, wealth, and literacy, plus analysis of the progress of countries towards meeting development targets
• World Time Zone Map -- the US Naval Observatory's official version

History

• Britannia History -- "the internet's most comprehensive treatment of Britain's history from the prehistoric era to modern times"
• Encyclopaedia of British History: 1700-1950

Maths and statistics

• The Calculators On-line Center -- an A-Z list of specialist calculations you can perform on your screen
• Convert It! -- conversion tables
• Dave's Math Tables
• How Far Is It? -- distance between any two cities
• International Salary Calculator -- equates salaries in different cities around the world
• MathGate -- a UK-based index of internet resources related to mathematics
• NewsEngin's Percent Change Calculator -- fill in the two boxes and click the Calculate button
• Web pages that perform Statistical Calculations!
• Statistics Every Writer Should Know

Miscellaneous tools

• Ask Jeeves! -- the Ask Jeeves! database claims to contain links to more than 7 million answers to the most frequently asked questions on the Internet, and to respond to everyday language
• Google Groups -- search Usenet newsgroups by keyword to find information and opinion about news topics
• London Heathrow flight arrivals
• London Gatwick flight arrivals
• London Stansted flight arrivals
• Lycos Research Center -- encyclopaedia, dictionary, (Reuters) news index and "media index"
• NetFirst Calendar Planner -- each issue presents details and links to international holiday and event information (about 90 days ahead)
• The Phone Company's Remote Printing Service -- international faxing
• xrefer -- encyclopaedias, dictionaries, thesauri & books of quotations from the world's leading publishers

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