Post by Soulfyre on Nov 13, 2004 0:59:03 GMT -5
I am going to begin this thread with some of my favorite reference sites for general (not Biblical) research.
All around, there are few sites as good as the “Wiki†sites: Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquotes, and Wikisource. This online free encyclopaedia project is a wealth of information. Although the best online encyclopaedia is probably still Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, it requires an annual membership fee of $59.95, or a month-by-month membership fee of $11.95.
Another excellent site for classic literature (including poetry), thesauri, dictionaries, almanacs, quotations, history, and the Columbia Encyclopedia is Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. This is where I found the poem, “The Hound of Heavenâ€, by Francis Thompson, which I quote in full on my blog and website. Don't miss this site!
If you want a website virtually unparalleled in its breadth of individually moderated topics, categorized from “arts and entertainment†to “travelâ€, try About.com. Each topic is maintained by individual moderators who are passionate about their area of interest. Often the quality and extent of information depend upon the moderator, but it is a good initial source for “mining†and site references.
Now if I’m searching for quick answers, I often go to Ask.com, originally known as “Ask Jeeves...â€. It is helpful, because you can type in a simple question (as opposed to a “coded†search), and it will attempt to interpret your question and provied a range of possible answers. Of course, my favorite search “engines†are Google, although I prefer starting at Google Search: More, more, more, which gives you a fuller range of options. Many search sites are attempting to compete head on with Google, such as Yahoo!, arguably the most popular combined web portal and search site; dmoz, also known as the Open Directory Project, being developed by Mozilla.org, the developers of the open source Mozilla inernet application suite, the popular Firefox browser (which I use and recommend), the Thunderbird e-mail program , and Camino browser, optimized for OS X (as an aside, if you are not yet using an alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, get with it...these products are much better and more secure); and finally the unique KartOO visual meta-search engine (try this one!).
My final links (for now): if you're looking for technical information that is sufficiently easy for the lay person to grasp, try TechEncyclopedia by TechWeb(my favorite), or Webopedia, the online computer dictionary by internet.com.
This is a start on reference sites I have found useful multiple times.
God bless,
Matthew (soulfyre)
All around, there are few sites as good as the “Wiki†sites: Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquotes, and Wikisource. This online free encyclopaedia project is a wealth of information. Although the best online encyclopaedia is probably still Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, it requires an annual membership fee of $59.95, or a month-by-month membership fee of $11.95.
Another excellent site for classic literature (including poetry), thesauri, dictionaries, almanacs, quotations, history, and the Columbia Encyclopedia is Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. This is where I found the poem, “The Hound of Heavenâ€, by Francis Thompson, which I quote in full on my blog and website. Don't miss this site!
If you want a website virtually unparalleled in its breadth of individually moderated topics, categorized from “arts and entertainment†to “travelâ€, try About.com. Each topic is maintained by individual moderators who are passionate about their area of interest. Often the quality and extent of information depend upon the moderator, but it is a good initial source for “mining†and site references.
Now if I’m searching for quick answers, I often go to Ask.com, originally known as “Ask Jeeves...â€. It is helpful, because you can type in a simple question (as opposed to a “coded†search), and it will attempt to interpret your question and provied a range of possible answers. Of course, my favorite search “engines†are Google, although I prefer starting at Google Search: More, more, more, which gives you a fuller range of options. Many search sites are attempting to compete head on with Google, such as Yahoo!, arguably the most popular combined web portal and search site; dmoz, also known as the Open Directory Project, being developed by Mozilla.org, the developers of the open source Mozilla inernet application suite, the popular Firefox browser (which I use and recommend), the Thunderbird e-mail program , and Camino browser, optimized for OS X (as an aside, if you are not yet using an alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, get with it...these products are much better and more secure); and finally the unique KartOO visual meta-search engine (try this one!).
My final links (for now): if you're looking for technical information that is sufficiently easy for the lay person to grasp, try TechEncyclopedia by TechWeb(my favorite), or Webopedia, the online computer dictionary by internet.com.
This is a start on reference sites I have found useful multiple times.
God bless,
Matthew (soulfyre)
