Nancy, who is
currently living in Barcelona, is doing a non-fiction writing course. As she
says: living abroad, it’s not always
easy to carry out research. Do you know of any good reference sites?
As I wasn’t sure what topic or categories would be of benefit, I’ve
collected a range of online reference sites, all of which are useful for those
of us who have limited access to English language libraries and museums, but
are equally useful to readers who aren’t resident abroad.
Dictionaries
Ask Oxford
has built a database on grammar, usage and words, as well as giving a quote of
the week, word of the day, spelling help and origins of words and phrases. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
Mirriam Webster www.merriam-webster.com/ is another
good online dictionary and http://thesaurus.reference.com/ is useful
when an alternative word is needed.
Quotes and
Sayings
www.quotesandsayings.com/ is a
wonderful site to find quotes by subject or author, excerpts from speeches and
poetry, and a good selection of proverbs and sayings. The site also provides
the full text of several books by Arthur Conan Doyle and the following works by
Shakespeare: All's Well that Ends Well,
As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, The
Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest
and his Sonnets.
Museums
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk is a
gateway to various UK
museums, galleries and heritage attractions.
www.britishmuseum.org/ provides
access to a database of about 5,000 artefacts from the British Museum's
collections.
www.cornucopia.org.uk/ produced by
the Museums, Libraries and Archive Council, this is an online database of more
than 6,000 collections in the UK's museums, galleries, archives and
libraries.
www.iwm.org.uk/ The
Imperial War Museum covers conflicts from the First World War to the present
day.
www.museumspot.com/ is an
American site that provides information on museums and galleries worldwide.
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ the National
Gallery Search allows you to explore by artist, subject, theme or title.
www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/ the
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television gives details of the
collections which include the world's first negative and the earliest
television footage.
www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp the
National Portrait Gallery lists collections by name of artist or sitter, by
medium, or by subject.
www.nhm.ac.uk/ the Natural
History Museum has details of the museum's collections, information about
research, details of services and access to the catalogue.
www.tate.org.uk/ the Tate
Online gives access to works in the Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool
and Tate St Ives.
Fee-paying
sites
The British Library http://www.bl.uk/ gives online access to this incredible resource and offers copies of
documents for a fee.
www.britannica.com/ is the
online version of Encyclopaedia
Britannica.
Critique Service for Writers
Flash 500 Home Page: Flash Fiction, Humour Verse
and Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Competitions
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