JOU 3372 Writing for Media Markets: Great Websites

General facts, Quotations, English usage, Religion & Mythology, Literary History & Literature, Anatomy, Cooking, Etiquette, Parliamentary Procedure & Government

The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

Fact check political claims using this nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters.

Wolfram|Alpha is the world's first and only computational knowledge engine.

Enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its computational power and ever growing collection of knowledge to compute the answer. Discover new information about the world, and integrate expert knowledge into any facet of your life.

A reference material published by the CIA, containing information on every country in the world.

The Journalist's Toolbox from the Society of Professional Journalists: Links and resources for reporters, editors, academics.

Designed with journalists in mind, you can search this network of 25,000 experts.

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Find experts in the specific areas of life-sciences, including chemistry, biology and medicine. (Site pulls its data by analyzing articles and authors in PubMed.) Still under development.