Literally Links:This mass exodus from my site started out as a list of favorite literary links, but now... well, let's just call it a quick list for readers, writers, and just the morbidly curious.
By no means does this list claim to be exhaustive on any topic. It is simply a list of sites that I have found helpful for one reason or another. Below is an index to the list if you prefer not to simply meander around.
| The Academy of Behavioral Profiling | Crime Times Research, Reviews and Information on the behavioral causes of violent crime. |
| The American Board of Criminalists A professional certification board for the discipline of crime scene evidence collection, dedicated to the recognition, collection, identification, and individualization of physical evidence and the application of the natural sciences to the matters of the law. | Forensics Firearm Identification Maintained by a professional fire arms examiner, this site offers a wealth of information. |
| The Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction | Ultimate Forensic Psychology Database |
| Autopsy - Think of it as "My First Real Book of Autopsies." This site is hosted by a professional pathologist. | Forensic Science Web Page Links |
| The Routine Autopsy for screenwriters and novelists | Latent Print Examination Hosted by veteran fingerprint expert Ed German. |
| Corpus.delicti.com: Knowledge Solutions | National Crime Investigation and Training |
| Crime & Clues A forum for the art and science of Criminal Investigation | Zenos' Forensic's Page Anything and everything you ever wanted to know about forensic sciences. And probably plenty you *didn't* want to know about. |
| Crime Scene Investigation Beyond excellent. |
| Bureau of Prisons with a complete list of every prison in the US. | Infoguys The scoop on how private detectives do their thing. Tips on background investigation techniques and many links. |
| Copnet is designed for various law enforcement agencies, so they can work together. | Justice Information Center |
| The Department of Justice | Legal Dictionary English and Latin legal terms translated into plain English, with internal hyperlinks. |
| FBI | NSA |
| FindLaw.com | Nolo.com |
| Gang Land From crime journalist Jerry Capeci, "world's most comprehensive web site on organized crime". | The Spy Shop A boutique for industrial espionage and personal protection equipment. |
| Guns for Law Enforcement courtesy of Shooters.com | Supreme Court Decisions Searchable database of U.S. Supreme Court decisions and opinions going back to 1937. Search by citation number, party name, or full text. |
| The Harvard Advocate | World Wide Legal Information Association USA and Canadian legal information, a legal dictionary, a crime prevention Police Station, International Legal News, legal who's who and directories. |
| Biochemical / Biotechnology Terminology | Medicine Online Inc. Provides up-to-date medical resources, information, references, and connections for just about anyone in the medical field. |
| Center for Disease Control | Neurology |
| Emerging Infectious Diseases This journal highlights new and reemerging infectious diseases. | On-Line Medical Dictionary Searchable dictionary containing terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. Includes acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, and history. |
| Genetics Glossary | Virology |
| The Internet Pathology Laboratory with photos that might lend a little too much reality to the prospect. | Virtual Medical Center Contains information about medical, dental, nursing, pharmaceuticals and public health. |
| Medical Terminology |
| Crisis Fact Sheet:
10 Ways to Recognize PTSD Symptoms to recognize in yourself or others after a tragedy or traumatic event. From the American Counseling Association. |
Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder Online Diagnosis A self-test to help you recognize the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. It is not a substitute for professional evaluation. Requires a Java-enabled browser. From Internet Mental Health. |
| Depression Resources | PsychTrauma Glossary From the Sidran Foundation, a glossary of terms used in the discussion of trauma-related disorders. |
| Mental Health Links | Stress and Anxiety Research Society a multidisciplinary, international organization of researchers who share an interest in problems of stress, coping, and anxiety. |
| MindTools - How to Master Stress A sound presentation on stress and stress management techniques. Good presentation of cognitive, behavioral, and physical stress management techniques. | Survivors of Natural Disasters A nicely outlined fact sheet detailing the psychological effects of disasters; what factors can lead to PTSD; and how to reduce the risk of lasting trauma. From the National Center for PTSD. |
| Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder From the National Institute of Mental Health, an excellent introduction, including definition, quick facts, treatment and where to get help. |
| Lunar/Planetary Laboratory | NASA Thesaurus Sound like you know what you're talking about with this low-tech, but detailed site. |
| Imagine the Universe | National Weather Service |
| Entomology | SciCentral Maintained by professional scientists, this site's mission is to identify and centralize access to the most valuable scientific resources online. It provides a gateway to over 50,000 sites pertaining to over 120 specialties in science and engineering. |
| The Exploratorium | The Weather Channel |
| Historical Weather Data Historical temperature and precipitation data for 2,000 cities worldwide. | Weather Net |
| How Stuff Works This site offers refreshingly easy-to-understand explanations of how many everyday objects around us operate. |
| Bartleby's Quotations | Native American Resources |
| Britanica.com The complete searchable encyclopedia with links to current articles and more. | Perseus Project |
| CARL Searchable keyword index to 17,000 periodical titles; online article delivery. | University of Virginia Electronic Text Library Academic treasure trove of medieval and modern literature, including prose, poetry, and religious resources. Literary masterpieces in English, French, German, Japanese, and Latin. |
| The Internet Public Library | Virtual Reference Library |
| Library of Congress WWW HomePage Allows you to choose from a variety of topics and gopher menus. | Writer's Guild of America A formidable set of links for all kind of worthy information |
| Libweb Links to public and academic libraries across the U.S. and around the globe. Many of the text and image collections physically housed at UC Berkeley are available here in digital form. | The WWW Virtual Library Distributed
subject catalogue.
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| Dictionary.com Need a word -- in any language? It's here. | Roget's Thesaurus |
| German-English / English-German | Russian-English / English-Russian |
| Human Languages: Virtual translator | Web of Online Dictionaries including ancient languages. |
| Infoplease Almanac/Encyclopedia | Welsh Language Dictionaries |
| Merriam Webster English Dictionary | Wordsmyth English Dict/Thesaurus |
| General links for historical research | Historynet Comprehensive resource for information on national and international history, including eyewitness accounts, personality profiles, great battles. |
| The American Civil War Homepage Well-organized links to sites and documents dealing with the Civil War. | Household Cyclopedia Need to be able to amputate a limb, grow your own fibre for material, take care of horses, give birth to children, build houses, concoct medicines, all with a minimum of help from others? Here's your page. Great stuff. |
| Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress This site lists every Congressperson from 1774 to the present, including such basic info as state represented, political party, years served, and a short biographical paragraph. Searchable by name, state, and/or position, this is a great reference resource. | HyperHistory Online A cyber-companion to Nothinger's World History Chart. It presents 3000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, maps, and descriptive text files. A great way to catch up on what's been going on in the world for the last few millenia. |
| Cycles of American History |
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| Document Center Detailed archive of historical and current federal, local and international papers, from the University of Michigan. | Medieval & Middle-Ages Receipes |
| Elizabethan Costumes | Medieval Latin Texts |
| Historical Costumes | Medieval Sword Links |
| Historical Costume Resources | National Archives and Records Administration Documents--diaries, letters, drawings, and memoirs--created by those who participated in or witnessed the events of the past. |
| History Buff's Homepage A site devoted to newspaper press coverage of events in American history, it includes every Presidential Inaugural Address, as well as searchable categories like the Civil War, Crime Figures, and the Old West. | Richard III Foundation |
| XLibris - A comprehensive resource for all kinds of writers. | Writer On Line |
| Ben & Jerry's Why? Why not? | Information Please On-line version of the classic all-purpose almanac and fact book. And like the printed version, this site contains an enormous potpourri of factoids. And unlike many websites, this outfit takes pride in the accuracy of its content. |
| Calendar Pages | US Geographic Survey Maps |
| CIA 1998 World Factbook The newly-updated and re-designed version of the CIA's extremely useful global guide. Contains facts on 250 countries: maps, flags, and information on the geography, population, government, transportation, and defense systems of each country. | Politics and Policy |
| Dictionary of Names A collection of names from around the world. Includes short historical backgrounds, personal names and surnames from many countries and periods. | Quotation Search |
| The Elements of Style, William Strunk Classic aid for basic writing. | Time Zone Converter Handy on-line program that converts dates and times between major cities and countries all over the world. |
| Household Cyclopedia Need to be able to amputate a limb, grow your own fibre for material, take care of horses, give birth to children, build houses, concoct medicines, all with a minimum of help from others? Here's your page. Great stuff. | Zip and Postal Code Information |
| The Bible Gateway | The Revised Standard Version |
| Blueletter Project Searchable Bible | Wheaton Web Study Bible |
| Academy of American Poets | Norman Mailer |
| Aesop's Fables This online version of Aesop's Fables includes the full public domain texts of all 393 fables, indexed in a single table with each fable's moral listed. | The MacGuffin Guide to Detective Fiction A searchable database of authors and characters with bibliographies. |
| Ray Bradbury | Legends Explanations of the songs and stories surrounding the King Arthur, Robin Hood, pirtates, and other characters of legend and lore. Includes some links to original texts on-line. |
Bullfinch's Mythology A searchable on-line version of the venerable reference work. |
On-line Literature Library Literary works from many writers. |
| Joseph Campbell | The Online Medieval and Classical Library A searchable collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization. |
City of Shadows: Victorian Authors. With links to works online. |
The Poetry Archives |
| William Shakespeare The complete works. | |
| The E-TEXT Archives Electronic texts of all kinds, from the sacred to the profane, from the political to the personal. | Wallace Stevens |
| C.S. Lewis |
| Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art | St. Petersburg FL Museum of Fine Arts |
| The Museum of London | Virtual Libraries Museums Page |
| The Louvre |
Conspiracies and the Paranormal:
CSICOP Skeptics unite! This site from the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) investigates paranormal and fringe-science claims. |
The Skeptic's Dictionary |
| ParaScope | The Smoking Gun You like conspiracies? They've got conspiracies. Culled from nation wide government, law enforcement and court files, the material is guaranteed to be "100% authentic." |
| Absolute Web Graphics | |
| Graphics Design Studio |
Sports:
| Baseball Stats Web | Hickok's Sports History Historical data on sports from air racing to yachting. The info on this site isn't comprehensive for any given sport, but it does cover a lot of territory. |
| Calculator.com On-line versions of every type of calculator. Twenty different categories of calculator from Agricultural(e.g., seeding rates) to Time (e.g. an Islamic Calendar converter). | Lyrics World contains links to all of the lyrics available at Lyrics World including all the songs found in "Top 40 Hits of 1930-1999", "#1 Songs of 1930-1999", "Top Singles by Decade" and "Artist Collections", plus many songs that aren't listed anywhere else in this site. |
| Calendar Zone More calendars than you ever dreamed existed. Includes links to calendar software you can download. | MapQuest |
| ClicheFinder Looking for the perfect cliche? Search this site's database of over 3,300 cliches. | Mink Stole.com |
| dMarie's Time Capsule Relive the headlines, top music, Oscar winners, and costs of living for years past. Enter a date and find info on a specific period in U.S. history. | Roberts Rules of Order The Official Roberts Rules of Order website. |
| Guide To Lock Picking Do you, er, does your character need to know how to get through a door without, say, a key? Check this site out. It's got drawings, even. | Statistics Every Writer Should Know Here, described in plain English, are some basic concepts in statistics. |
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| Alta Vista | Google one of the best on the web | WebCrawler |
| Excite | HealthAtoZ Health & Medicine | Yahoo |
Last Updated 11-4-01