Theresa M. Lennon
C2102 Winter project
Mar 8,1999

Useful Links

[1) Reviewed writer's links 2) Magazines/e-zines 3) Mines and other environmental engines of destruction 4) Navajo (Dineh) links 5) Native American Links 6) Radio/TV 7) Writer's/Activist Resources (other) 8) Search Engines 9) Miscellaneous Links ]

Reviewed Links

1. Anonymous, Internet Oracle:Online Encyclopedias 1999.
Available at:http://www.internetoracle.com/encyclop.html

This search engine has an extensive list of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses and other English tools. It is very helpful in finding anything on record. This page comes from www.internetoracle.comwhich is the original search engine. It was ranked #3 on my Infoseek dictionaries list.

2. Anonymous Write Net 1998.
Available at http://www.writenet.org

This resource has a lot of information for the person who might want to go into teaching Creative Writing. It is thorough and comprehensive. This site was ranked #1 on my WebCrawler search.

3. Camenson, Blythe Fiction Writer's Connection 1999.
Available at:http://www.fictionwriters.com

This site offers many resources and activities, as well as sales, for writers trying to develop their creativity. There are articles available and interactive novels. This site was early on in my Infoseek search.

4. Crayne, Victory Career Plan for Fiction Writers
November 21, 1996. Available athttp://www.crayne.com/

This article talks about how to write better and gives suggestions on how to get published. I was not able to check her credentials, but she seems to have good advice. Her home page is athttp://www.crayne.com/ This page was ranked number 40 on my Excite search.

5. De Vore, Linda grammarNOW Mar 4, 1999.
Available at:http://www.grammarnow.com

A very good site with the opportunity to ask questions of the author and get editing feedback. The author won several awards for her site. This site came back from my Excite search.

6. FAIR Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting Mar 3, 1998.
Available at http://www.fair.org

This site is useful because having media watchdogs can be a very good thing. This page was ranked #24 on my Excite search.

7. FARMER'S ALMANAC Farmers Almanac
Available at http://www.farmersalmanac.com

Covers such things as astronomy, tides, climate, weather, moon phases, etc.

8. Holiday, Christopher & Bailey, Jim, The Market List, A Resource for Writers
of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Sep 23, 1998
Available at http://www.marketlist.com

This web page lists publishers for the genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror. This page seems to be independently compiled. It was ranked 18 on my Excite search. It was pretty informative.

9. Kelman, Judith How to Write a Publishable Novel not dated.
Available athttp://www.jkelman.com/fiction/index.html

This article gives a basic introduction to the elements of a story or novel. She has written 11 novels and 4 short stories. The web site has other information on things like agents,etc. It was ranked #2 on my Excite search

10. Modern Language Association MLA online 1999.
Available at http://www.mla.org/membership/login.htm

The MLA is considered to be one of the foremost authorities on style for the English language. It was #36 in my Excite search.

11. Nobles, Robin Robin's Nest 1998.
Available at: http://www.robinsnest.com

This site is entertaining and informative. It has won several awards . Robin Nobles teaches a workshop on how writers can use the internet and writes monthly articles on websites and technology. It ranked 10 on my Infoseek search.

12. Ohi, Debbie Ridpath Inkspot the Writer's Resource Mar 3, 1999.
Available at http://www.writing.com

This is a very good, open resource. The information is accurate and free. It was ranked #1 of my reviewed Excite search results.

13. O'Mahoney, Benedict The Copyright Website 1998
Available at: http://www.benedict.com

This website talks about copyright issues (especially concerning the web). The author has a good working knowledge of law and business. This page was ranked #4 on my Infoseek search.

14. Strunk, William Jr. Elements of Style 1918.
Available at:http://www.bartelby.com/141/

This book is a well known and established writer's resources. It was ranked #2 on my Infoseek search.

15. Thalia Links for Writers to aid and abet all aspiring bards.
Available at http://members.tripod.com/~AmusedMuse/fantasyw.html

This list of hyperlinks is really great. It has links to mythology and legends. The page comes from http://members.tripod.com/~AmusedMuse/index.html It showed up on my Infoseek search

16. Vera, Steve Poetry on the Net Mar 4, 1999.
Available at: http://hyperweb.com

A place to publish, research and read poetry on the internet. This page is part of the Austin International Poetry Festival based in Austin, Texas. www.hyperweb.com

17. U.S. Copyright Office U.S. Copyright Office Home Page
Available at: http://www.copyright.gov

18. WritePlace Software Overcoming Writer's Block 1995.
Available at http://www.writeplace.com

I chose this article because of the scarcity of the subject (in the searches I did). It is also part of a company at (www.writeplace.com) Any advice on Writer's Block is helpful. The article is not directly linked to the companies website. It was ranked #2 on my Infoseek search on writer's block.

19. Western Washington University English Department Department of English
Sep 15, 1998. Available at:http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~engldept/english.html

This is the basic website of Western's English department.

20. Western Washington University Writing Center The Online Writing Center
June 30, 1998. Available at http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~writepro/

I worked here and I know the staff is good.

Magazines/E-zines/Newspapers

The Advocate www.theadvocate.com

Alien Oracle http://www.sonic.net/web/albany/workshop

All Story www.all-story.com

The Beltane Papers http://www.thebeltanepapers.net

Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com

Discovery Channel Newsletter http://www.discovery.com

Dollars and Sense http://www.igc.apc.org/dollars

Harvard Health Publications http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters

Homeschool Fun Magazine http://www.homeschoolfun.com

In These Times www.inthesetimes.com

The Nation www.thenation.com

National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com

Native Peoples www.nativepeoples.com

Newsweek http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id13032542/site/newsweek

News From Indian Country www.indiancountrynews.com

New York Times www.nyt.com

Parents Magazine http://www.parents.com

Public Citizen www.citizen.org

The Robinzine http://www.robinzine.com

Seattle Post-Intelligencer www.seattlepi.nwsource.com

Seattle Times www.seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/indes.html

Smithsonian Institute http://www.si.edu/hewstart.htm

Third Force www.ctwo.org

Time www.time.com/time

USA Today www.usatoday.com

US News www.usnews.com/usnews/home.html

Utne Reader www.utne.com

Wall Street Journal online.wsj.com/public/us

Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com

Write Market Webzine www.writemarket.com/index.php

Mines and Other Environmental Engines of Destruction

Georgia-Pacific At present, dumping copious and illegal amounts of mercury into our bay. They have had two explosions in the past five years. They ignore environmental laws, and they have highly toxic (ie deadly) chlorine gas that everyone is very concerned about. http://www.gp.com/

The Northern Miner http://www.twics.com/~takakuwa/preface.html

Occidental Petroleum Company http://www.oxy.com/index.htm They are displacing the U'Wa tribe down in S. America. Three people were murdered because of their investigation -- see the beginning of this article.

Rainforest Action Network www.ran.org/

Texas Solar Energy Society TSES website www.txses.org

TXU TXU website www.txu.com/default.asp

U.S. Department of the Interior: Office of Surface Mining 1951 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington D.C. 20240 http://www.osmre.gov/osm.htm

World Coal Institute http://www.worldcoal.org

Navajo Links

"Black Mesa Indigenous Support" www.netmanor.com/unity/unity.html

Senator Ben Campbell administrator@campbell.senate.gov

Senators and Reps: thomas.loc.gov People friendly senators: Patty Murray, Olympia Snowe, Ted Kennedy, Tom Harkin Tom Daschle, and NM senator Jeff Bingman. People friendly reps: Sanchez, Rosa DeLauro, Eleanor Norton, connie Morella, and John Conyers. AZ reps: Ed Pastor, Jim Kolbe, and Tom Udall.

Native American Links
for links to various publications see Magazines/e-zines, Radio/TV, and Writer's/Activist resources

Bill Clinton's Memo "Government Relations with Native American Tribal Governments" http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/indians/appendix.htm

Bureau Of Indian Affairswww.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html

Honor The Earth Campaign www.honorearth.com

Indigo Girls www.indigogirls.com

Indigenous Women's Network http://www.oocities.org/Wellesley/3005/IWN.html

Land Acquisitions, Property Seizures and Use Issues http://members.tripod.com/~ellis_smith/land.html

Marshall, Richard local activist, violinist and storyteller. Creator of You, Me and the Tree -on sale theviolinguy@earthlink.net

MN vs Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians type in 97-1337 in the search blank at the site, and you will locate the law. http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/97-1337.html

SD vs Yankton Souix Tribe - Supreme Court http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1581.ZO.html

Support Indigenous Sovereignity kafka.uvic.ca/~virpirg/SISIS/SISmain.html

Chief Peter Guanikeyu Torres http://www.hartford-hwp.com/taino/docs/genocide.html

U'wa Peoples: Project Underground http://www.moles.org/

"White Buffalo Calf Woman Brings First Pipe" http://www.goddessgift.com/buffalocalfwoman.html

 

Radio/TV

Beatles jukebox http://www.oocities.org/Yosemite/2729/

Common Ground - commonground@stanleyfdn.org

Counterspin www.fair.org/counterspin

HBO http://www.hbo.com/

National Black Programming Consortium (TV) www.nbpc.org

Native American Public Telecommunications www.nativetelecom.org

Pacifica National Radio www.pacifica.org

Paramount studios http://www.paramount.com/voyager

QuickTime http://www.quicktime.apple.com/

Second Opinion www.progressive.org

Star Trek http://www.startrek.com/

Universal Studios http://www.universalstudios.com/

WINGS www.wings.org

Writer's/Activist Resources (other)

10 Tips on Journalistic Style Writing

Academic Writing Help http://www.academicwriting.com

Anti-Defamation League http://www.adl.org/

Americans United for Affirmative Action http://www.auaa.org/

Arizona Media Action (Activist Group) - mediamaven@home.com

Balance and Accuracy in Journalism - mediashun@mindspring.com

Book Talkwww.booktalk.com

Children's Writing Resource http://www.write4kids.com/

Creative Writing Workshop http://www.storywriter.com

Cultural Environment Movement www.cemnet.org

Cybergrrl http://www.cybergrrl.com

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund http://www.dredf.org/

DK Publishing http://www.dk.com/

Elizabeth Delisi's Home Page http://www.elizabethdelisi.com

Essays on the Craft of Dramatic Writing http://www.teleport.com/~bjscript

Essential Information on Abuse, Assault, and Rape

http://www.mcs.net/~kathw/abuse.html

FAIRhttp://www.fair.org/

FBI http://www.fbi.gov/

FBI's ten most wanted http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/tenlist.htm

Feminist.com http://www.feminist.com/

GLAAD www.glaad.org

GreenPeace http://www.greenpeace.org/

Handsnet www.handsnet.org

HarperCollins press http://www.harpercollins.com/

Honor The Earth Campaign www.honorearth.com

Interfaith Alliance http://www.tialliance.org/

Klanwatch - Southern Poverty Law Center http://www.splcenter.org

Lilith Fair http://www.lilithfair.com/

MasterFreelancer's Web Store http://www.masterfreelancer.com

Minnesota Center against Violence and Abuse -- contains several scholarly and other kinds of papers on child abuse and domestic violence as they are related http://www.mincava.umn.edu/

Mocw On.orghttp://www.MoveOn.org/

NAACP www.naacp.org

National Arbor Day Foundation www.naaf.ca

National Center for Juvenile Justice http://www.ncjj.org/

National Resource Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org/

National Writer's Union http://www.nwu.org

The Nature Conservancy http://www.natureconservancy.org

NOW http://www.now.org

NOW legislation and issues http://www.now.org/issues/legislat/

Oxford University Press http://www.oup.com/us

PeaceNet/EcoNet/WomensNet www.igc.org

Poets and Writers, Inc. http://www.pw.org

Rainforest Action Network www.ran.org

Research Paper.com http://www.researchpaper.com

Reporter's Committee for Freedom of The Press www.rcfp.org

Screenwriter's Guild http://www.wga.org/

Sierra Club http://www.sierraclub.org/

Steven Oppenheimer's Homepage http://www.oppenheimercommunications.com/

Teachers and Writers http://www.writenet.org

U.N. Development Fund for Women www.unifem.undp.org

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights www.unhchr.ch

U.N. System-Wide Earthwatch earthwatch.unep.net

U.S. constitution http://www.fathermag.com/US_Constitution

U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/

U.S. Dep't of the Interior - Office of Surface Mining www.osmre.gov/osm.htm

U.S. Dep't of Justice www.usdoj.gov

U.S. House of Reps www.house.gov

U.S. Post Office http://www.usps.gov

U.S. Public Laws http://thomas.loc.gov

U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov/

U.S. Senator or rep http://thomas.loc.gov/

Washington State Senator, Patty Murray http://www.senate.gov/~murray

Western Civilization and Democracy Webring http://world.conk.com/world/freedom/

White (Bigot's) House www.whitehouse.gov

Wilderness Committee www.wildernesscommittee.org

Oprah Winfrey www2.oprah.com/index.jhtml

Women's Action for New Directions http://www.wand.org/

WorldBook Encyclopedia http://www.worldbook.com/

World Council of Churches www.wcc-coe.org

World Wildlife Find www.wwf.org

Writing Workshop for Women http://www.womenwrite.com

The Writer's BBS http://www.writers-bbs.com/home.shtml

Writer's Guild of America http://www.wga.org

Writer's Write: Books, Publishing, and Writing http://www.writerswrite.com/

YWCA of the USA http://www.ywca.org/

 

Search Engines

AltaVista http://www.altavista.com

Beaucoup http://www.beaucoup.com

DisInformation http://www.disinfo.com

Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com

eBlast http://www.eblast.com

LawCrawler http://www.lawcrawler.com

NorthernLight http://www.nlsearch.com

Thunderstone http://www.thunderstone.com

Webcrawler http://www.webcrawler.com/

Other Links of Interest

AIM - Advances in Medicine, Inc. http://www.aim-med.com

Allernet http://www.allernet.com/

Alzheimers Association http://www.alz.org/

Bible Gateway http://bible.gospelcom.net/bg/

Bits and Pieces puzzles http://www.bitsandpieces.com/

BMG Music http://www.bmgmusic.com

BONUS.com - supersite for kids http://www.bonus.com

Center on Budget and Policy Proceedures http://www.cbpp.org/

Church of All Worlds http://www.caw.org

Covenant of The Goddess http://www.cog.org/cog

Crossings www.Crossing.com

Daily Planet/Indigo Road http://www.indigoroad.com/

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund http://www.dredf.org/

Edmund's Scientifics Sells scientific equipment including solar cells and water test kits www.scientificsonline.com

Encyclopedia Brittanica http://www.eb.com/

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA aka Elevated Putzes, Annonymous) www.epa.gov

Environmental Working Group (Does research on herbs and natural foods) http://www.foodnews.org/

FBI http://www.fbi.gov/

FBI's ten most wanted http://www.fbi.gov/wanted.htm

Four Winds Animal Care (holistic) http://home.earthlink.net/~fourwinds/index.html

Free Application for Federal Student Aid http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

Fundamentals of the Internet http://www.mhhe.com/greenlaw

Genital Herpes Fact Sheet http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdherp.htm

Gerber http://www.gerber.com

Good Nature Publishing Prints: http://www.goodnaturepublishing.com/

Great Days Birthday Scrolls http://www.BirthdayExpress.com

Great Outdoors Recreation Pages good pictures, park references, etc http://gorp.away.com/index.html

Herbal Medicine: Crystalinks http://www.crystalinks.com/

Herb Online: Chinese Medicine and Herbs http://www.herbonline.com/

Indigo Girls www.indigogirls.com

Intel's homepage http://www.intel.com/

International Herpes Management http://www.ihmf.org/

Internal Revenue Service http://www.ustreas.gov

Judaism 101 http://www.jewfaq.org/

Lilith Fair http://www.lilithfair.com/

Mensa -- Official American website http://www.us.mensa.org/

Minnesota Center against Violence and Abuse -- contains several scholarly and other kinds of papers on child abuse and domestic violence as they are related http://www.mincava.umn.edu/

Monastary in the Desert http://www.christdesert.org

MountainZone - Mt. Everest and others http://www.mountainzone.com/

NCSA www.ncsa.uiuc.edu

NFL http://www.nfl.com/

Pacific Science Center http://www.pacsci.org

Pointcast - Push technology for newspapers, etc. (Try also Netcaster from Netscape and IBM Newsticker) http://www.pointcast.com

Rainforest Action Network www.ran.org

RealAudio http://www.realaudio.com/

Science Fiction Book Club http://www.sfbc.com

Science Service www.sciserv.org

Seventh Avenue http://www.seventh-avenue.com/

Travel Guide and Atlas http://www.isleuth.com/trav.html

Telephone Books <www.numberway.com www.contractjobs.com/tel/

Michael Tierra's Planetary Herbology and Alternative Medicine http://www.planetherbs.com/

Tools for Unix http://www.unixtools.com/

Toys to Grow On http://www.ttgo.com/

U.N. Development Fund for Women www.unifem.undp.org

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights www.unhchr.ch

U.N. System-Wide Earthwatch earthwatch.unep.net

U.S. Census http://www.census.gov

U.S. Constitution http://www.fathermag.com/US_Constitution

U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/

U.S. Dep't of the Interior www.osmre.gov/osm.htm

U.S. Dep't of Justice www.usdoj.gov

U.S. House of Reps www.house.gov

U.S. Post Office http://www.usps.gov

U.S. Public Laws http://thomas.loc.gov

U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov/

U.S. Senator or rep http://thomas.loc.gov/

U.S. Title Codes http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml

Unitarian Universalist Association http://www.uua.org/

Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.udhr50.org/UDHR/default.htm

The Witches Voice http://www.witchvox.com