Wikipedia:List of online reference desks
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- They provide a list of alternative places for Wikipedia visitors to ask questions.
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- They provide a means to assist Wikipedians and others in comparing the quality of reference service provided in different places.
The following points are useful to anyone consulting this list.
- Inclusion on this list of online reference desks is not an endorsement.
- Organization of entries follows the list of Dewey Decimal classes.
Sublists
- Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Directories
- Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/General
- Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Computing (000, 004, 005, 006)
- Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Entertainment (780–799)
- Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Humanities: Philosophy and psychology (100–199), Religion (200–299), Social sciences (300–399), and Literature (800–899)
- Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Language (400–499)
- Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Mathematics (510–519)
- Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Science (500–509, 520–599) and Technology (600–699)
- Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Miscellaneous (700–779, 900–999)
- Wikipedia:List of online reference desks/Non-English
See also
- List of question-and-answer websites
- User:John Carter/Reference sources
- User:John Carter/Reference works
- Wikipedia:List of aids to Internet research
Wikipedians
- (Questions can sometimes be given specialized attention by individual Wikipedians, or by groups of members of specific WikiProjects, especially if the questions pertain to improving Wikipedia. An editor can visit a relevant talk page to post a question, or to link to a discussion in progress on one of the subpages of Wikipedia:Reference desk.)
Additional resources
Articles about online reference desks
- Wikipedia Reference Desk
- The Future of Question and Answer Sites - TNW United States (by: The Next Web)
- Competitive review of Question and Answer websites : Live-Answers.com
Change detection and notification
- ChangeDetection - Know when any web page changes
- ChangeDetect - Web Page Monitoring - Free Online Service
- dasPing: start
- WatchThatPage - Monitor web pages extract new information
Copyright and plagiarism
- (See also: Copyright, Category:Copyright law, Plagiarism, Category:Plagiarism.)
- Copyright Laws and Internet Plagiarism
- Content Theft, Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement | Plagiarism Today
- Plagiarism or Copyright Violation - Coaching in Writing for Internet
- Report Plagiarism & Get Plagiarism Detection Services & Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism
- Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center (by: Stanford University, Stanford, CA)
- 10 Big Myths about copyright explained (by: Brad Templeton)
- Public Domain Sherpa - your guide to finding copyright-free works
Digital libraries
- (See also: List of digital library projects, Category:Digital libraries.)
- The WWW Virtual Library (See: World Wide Web Virtual Library.)
- World Digital Library Home (See: World Digital Library.)
- ICDL - International Children's Digital Library (See: International Children's Digital Library.)
- Reference, Facts, News - Free and Family-friendly Resources - Refdesk.com
- ReferenceDesk.org -- The Internet's Best Reference Source!
- ipl2: Information You Can Trust (See: Internet Public Library.)
- LibrarySupportStaff.com / Resources for those working in today's Libraries
- The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources
- Digital Librarian: Reference
- Martindale's "The Reference Desk" - Business, Math, Science, Engineering, Technology, Language, Medical, Veterinary, Livestock, Gardening, Photography, Music, Recipes, etc.
Digital libraries of websites by Dewey Decimal number
- Dewey Browse
- DeweyDigger
- MGPL Webrary® - Webrary Links Menu (by: Morton Grove Public Library, Morton Grove, IL)
- KidsClick! Web Search
- Ready Reference - A selection of Web resources (by: Lakewood Public Library, Lakewood, Ohio)
- A Research Guide for Students with Virtual Library arranged by Dewey
- Websites by Dewey number | The Foote School Perrine Library (by: Foote School, New Haven, CT)
- Websites by Dewey Classification
- Reference Sites (by: Rainbow City Public Library, Rainbow City, Alabama)
Digital library categories in general web directories
- Digital Libraries in the Best of the Web Directory (See: Best of the Web Directory.)
- Digital Libraries in the Yahoo! Directory (See: Yahoo! Directory.)
- Open Directory - Reference: Libraries: Digital (See: Open Directory Project.)
Directories not in English
- Le guide des meilleurs sites
- Annuaire francophone NEToo, le top 10.000 du web francophone
- SegnaWeb: risorse Internet selezionate dai bibliotecari italiani - Home
Directories of alternative media
- (See also: Category:Alternative media.)
- AlternativeNews.net - Best Alternative News Links
- independentmedia.ca: a directory of non-corporate journalism
- Citizen journalism directory
- Alltop - Top Citizen Journalism News
- Directory - Crowdsourcing.org
Directories of blogs
- (See also: List of blogs, Category:Blogs.)
- Blogarama - The Blog Directory - Blogs And Blog Resources
- Blogs Directory - Blogs-Collection.com
- Blog Directory
Directories of books
- (See also: Lists of books, Category:Books, Category:Lists of books, Category:Book websites, Category:Ebook suppliers.)
- Directory of FREE Online Books and FREE eBooks
- The Online Books Page (See: Online Books Page, by John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.)
- The Used and Rare Books Directory
- E-Books Directory - Categorized Books, Short Reviews, Free Downloads
- Project Gutenberg - free ebooks (See: Project Gutenberg.)
- Published.com - A Free Book Directory. Discover The Best Books Today.
Directories of conferences
- (See also: Category:Conferences.)
- All Conferences . Com - Conventions - Trade Shows - Convention Centers - Meetings
- Academic conferences worldwide - Conference Alerts
- InterDok - MInd: The Meetings Index
Directories of dictionaries and glossaries
- (See also: Lists of dictionaries, Category:Dictionaries, Portal:Contents/Glossaries, Category:Glossaries.)
- A-Z-Dictionary.com
- Glossary Directory - Glossaries & Dictionaries Directory
- ObjectGraph LLC (several dictionaries)
- Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary (several dictionaries and encyclopedias) (See: TheFreeDictionary.com.)
Directories of dissertations
- (See also: Thesis.)
- DISSERTATION.COM™ Official Site :: Academic Dissertation Publishers & Free Abstract Database
- Thesis Abstract | Dissertation Abstracts Thesis Library - Thesis Abstracts Online
Directories of documentary films
- (See also: List of documentary films, Category:Documentary films.)
Directories of educational videos
- Educational Videos – The Best Educational Videos Online | Educational Videos Directory
- WatchKnowLearn - Free Educational Videos for K-12 Students (See: WatchKnowLearn.)
- EduTube Educational Videos | Learn something new every day
- Teach With Movies, Lesson Plans in History, English, Science for High School, Middle School and Elementary
Directories of forums
- (See also: List of Internet forums, Category:Internet forums.)
- Directory of FORUMS
- Online web forums directory - Forum directory
- Forums Directory :: Forums Directory ForumsInfo.Com
Directories of libraries
- (See also: List of libraries, Category:Libraries.)
- Libweb - Library WWW Servers
- Libdex – Worldwide index of library catalogues, libraries & books
- lib-web-cats: an International Directory of Libraries
- Public Libraries (United States)
- Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers (by: Cengage Learning, Stamford, CT)
Directories of magazines
- (See also: Lists of magazines, Category:Magazines.)
- Magazine Directory - Magazines Online
- Magazine Directory - A National Directory of Magazines. (United States)
Directories of mobile websites
- (See also: Category:Mobile Web.)
- Mobile Websites - Cantoni.mobi
- idibidi mobile website directory
- Mobile Directory and Mobile Website Design
- Mobile Directory
- Great Mobile Websites
Directories of museums
- (See also: List of museums, Category:Museums, .museum.)
- Museums: Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp)
- MuseumRegister | an international directory of museums in all categories
- Search result in the .museum Registry (See: Museum Domain Management Association.)
- 1000s Of Museums Online : MuseumStuff.com (United States)
Directories of newspapers
- (See also: Lists of newspapers, Category:Newspapers.)
- Thousands of newspapers on the Net
- Sur le web: Presse en ligne
- Newspapers - Newspaper & News Media Guide ABYZ News Links
- 4 International Media & Newspapers - world newspapers online
- Newseum | Today's Front Pages | Map View (See: Newseum.)
- Newseum | Today's Front Pages | Gallery View (See: Newseum.)
- Newspapers of the World - Newslink
- United States Newspapers
Directories of open-access journals
- (See also: Academic journal, Open access journal, Category:Academic journals, Category:Lists of academic journals.)
- DOAJ -- Directory of Open Access Journals (See: Directory of Open Access Journals.)
- JournalSeek - A Searchable Database of Online Scholarly Journals (See: JournalSeek.)
Directories of photo-sharing websites
- (See also: List of photo sharing websites, Category:Photo sharing.)
- Photography Sites - Photography Websites - Photography Directory
- FreePhotoGallery : Photography Directory and Photography Search Engine
Directories of podcasts
- (See also: List of podcatchers, Category:Podcasting.)
- PodcastDirectory.com | The big directory for you
- Podcast Directory : Podfeed.net
- PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts
Directories of radio stations
- (See also: List of radio stations, Category:Radio stations.)
- Radio-Locator
- PublicRadioFan.com (See: Public Radio Fan.)
- RadioStationWorld - Radio Broadcast Directory and Listing of Radio Stations on the Web
- Radio Stations Streaming on the Internet (United States)
Directories of repositories
- (See also: Repository (publishing), Category:Archival science.)
- OpenDOAR - Home Page - Directory of Open Access Repositories
- Welcome to the Registry of Open Access Repositories - Registry of Open Access Repositories (See: Registry of Open Access Repositories.)
- Repositories of Primary Sources (by: University of Idaho Library, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID)
Directories of search engines
- (See also: List of search engines, Category:Internet search engines.)
- Find search engines from across the world with Search Engine Colossus
- Search Engines Directory,Search Engine of Web Directories,Search Engines List and Web directories List
- Comprehensive list of Search Engines - The Search Engine List
Directories of telephone numbers
- (See also: Category:Telephone numbers.)
- Free White Pages - People Search - International Phone Books
- Country codes & international area codes - HowtoCallAbroad.com
- Pay Phone Directory (United States, Canada, and some other places)
- The Telephone EXchange Name Project
- Internet 800 Directory - Directory of free toll free (tollfree), 800,866,877 and 888 listings of businesses by company, number and type of industry, regardless of long distance carrier.
- Toll Free Directory | 800 Directory | National Tollfree Directory - Find a Toll Free Number
- Toll Free Phone Numbers Directory 800 888 Reverse Lookup
- Home - Wikipages.com ("a wikified yellow pages")
- Categories: NoPhoneTrees.com
- Phone Numbers, Shortcuts, Reviews & Customer Tips - Companies Worldwide - GetHuman.com
- Cell Phone Number | CellPhoneNumber.com
- Free Cell Phone Directory | Cell Phone Lookup & Reverse Cell Phone Lookup
- Mobile Phone Directory
Directories of web directories
- (See also: List of web directories, Category:Web directories.)
- Web Directories List - 20,000 Up-to-date Directory Listings (free & paid).
- Best Web Directories - Free & Paid Directory Submission Rankings
- Web Directory List - Directory of Directories
Directories of web feeds
- Rss Feeds Directory
- RSS feed Directory - Feedage.com
- Free Feeds Directory
- RS Feeds Directory - FREE listing - RSStop10.com
Directories of wikis
- (See also: List of wikis, Category:Wikis.)
- Wikimedia Foundation (See: Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia wikis.)
- WikiIndex
- Wiki Directory - Wiki Spot
- Wiki Hosting Directory - Find the Best Wiki Hosting providers here
- Wiki Farms (See: Wiki hosting service.)
Directories of wireless access points
- (See also: Hotspot (Wi-Fi), Category:Wireless access points.)
- Fon - Find Fon Hotspots Worldwide
- JiWire Global Wi-Fi Finder
- Wi-Fi ZONE™ Finder
- Wi-Fi Hotspot Directory | WLAN Hotspots - WiFi Hot Spots - Free Locations - Public Wireless Lan Internet Access
- free wi-fi hotspots wifi cafes coffee shops hotels airports RV Parks
Directories of world records
- (See also: Category:Superlatives, World record, Category:World records.)
- Guinness World Records - Home of the Longest, Shortest, Fastest, Tallest facts and feats (See: Guinness World Records.)
- World Records Academy: fastest world record registration services, latest world records from around the world, Book of World Records, Record Breakers Club!
Directories, miscellaneous (one of each type)
- useAssociations | International Directory of Professional Associations
- OnlineCamera.com - Worldwide Webcam Directory
- Social Media Websites | Social Media Directory
- World Government Data | guardian.co.uk (See: guardian.co.uk.)
- JobHuntersBible.com: [See: Richard Nelson Bolles, What Color Is Your Parachute? (book).]
- Main Page - Wikidweb ("the Wiki Directory of the Web")
- International Zip Codes, Reverse Search, Fax Search, Email Search, Outlet Stores, White Pages, Area Codes, Toll-Free Search, People Finder at FreeSearching.com
- Peelon.com - webinar directory. Find and Promote webinars.
- ASL Vlog & Video Directory (See: American Sign Language, Video blogging.)
- The largest Message Boards and Forums on the web!
- Listorious: Twitter people search and lists directory
- Pictures
- AllTheUsenet.Com- Newsgroups, Usenet Provider Directory, Usenet Portal, Usenet Resources Guide, NewsGroups Servers, Newsgroups NewsReader software (Usenet newsgroup, Category:Newsgroups)
- Melissa DATA: Free Lookups
- Newsletters - Newsletter Directory Covering Every Topic and Specializing in Investment News. (See: Category:Newsletters.)
- How to Find Old Newspaper Articles and Magazines Online
Distraction online
- (See also: Attention, Distraction.)
- TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Aimless Workers 'Wilfing' Through Cyberspace
- BBC NEWS | Technology | Multitaskers bad at multitasking
- Unable to focus? Welcome to our distracted society's attention deficit
- Review - Distracted - Anxiety & Panic
Evaluating information and sources
- (See also: List of fallacies, Category:Logical fallacies, List of hoaxes, Category:Hoaxes, List of common misconceptions, Category:Error, List of cognitive biases, Category:Cognitive biases, List of memory biases, Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources.)
- Helpful Hints to Help You Evaluate the Credibility of Web Resources
- Evaluating Internet Research Sources
- The Infography ("An Expert Will Guide You to the Best Information")
- http://neglectedbooks.com/Straight_and_Crooked_Thinking.pdf (See: Robert H. Thouless, Straight and Crooked Thinking.)
- (See also: List of Google products, Category:Google.)
- Simply Google
- Interactive online Google tutorial and references - Google Guide
- 101 Google tips, tricks and hacks | News | TechRadar UK (by: TechRadar)
- Search Features
- FGA: Google result counts are a meaningless metric. (See: Wikipedia:Search engine test.)
Internet facts
- (See also: Internet, Category:Internet, World Wide Web, Category:World Wide Web.)
- The Internet
- About-the-web Internet Guide
- Internet 101 » The world’s most popular guide to the Internet
- LEARN THE NET: Your Online Guide
- 18 Fun Interesting Facts You Never Knew About The Internet | MakeUseOf (by: MakeUseOf)
- Eight things you didn't know about the internet - New Scientist
- Is Google Making Us Stupid? - Magazine - The Atlantic (See: Is Google Making Us Stupid?.)
Internet statistics
- (See also: Global Internet usage, Category:Internet by country, Domain Name System, Category:Domain name system.)
- Internet World Stats - Usage and Population Statistics
- Domain Counts & Internet Statistics
- Network Overview /// Internet Traffic Report (See: Internet traffic.)
- Data Tools | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project (by: Pew Research Center)
- Domain Counts provided by Domain Worldwide
- Norid: Domain name registries around the world (See: Top-level domain.)
Lists of web resources
- (See also: Lists of websites, Category:Websites.)
- Full List - 50 Best Websites 2009 - TIME [by: Time (magazine)]
- Lose Your Wikipedia Crutch: 100 Places to Go for Good Answers Online | Distance Degrees.com
- cooltoolsforschools - Research Tools (hosted by: Wikispaces)
- Online College Blog and School Reviews | 100 Useful Tips and Tools to Research the Deep Web
- When Wikipedia Won't Cut It: 25 Online Sources for Reliable, Researched Facts - College Degree.com
- Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb
Miscellaneous links (one of each type)
- (See also: Wikipedia:List of free online resources.)
- Librarianchick
- WikiPapers (a wiki about resources about wikis)
- Internet Accuracy Project
- Audio Books, Podcasts, Videos, and Free Downloads to Learn From
- Library Link of the Day
Researching online
- (See also: Internet research, Category:World Wide Web.)
- A Research Guide for Students (with links to websites classified by Dewey Decimal number)
- How to Find Anything Online: Become an Internet Research Expert | Webdesigner Depot
- Finding Information on the Internet: Table of Contents (by: University of California, Berkeley Libraries)
- Searching and Researching on the Internet and the World Wide Web
- Association of Internet Researchers (See: Association of Internet Researchers.)
- Phil Bradley:Internet search, Librarians, search engines, web search
Researching with Wikipedia
- (See also: Reliability of Wikipedia, Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia, Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia, Category:Wikipedia.)
- How to Use Wikipedia For Research Papers
- News: A Stand Against Wikipedia - Inside Higher Ed
- Digital Literacy Resource - A Guide To Doing Research Online - Using Wikipedia (hosted by: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
- Teaching Central Newsletter :: FaCIT News for Faculty – Using Wikipedia to Teach Critical Thinking Skills (hosted by: Central Michigan University)
- Wikipedia as Participatory Journalism: Reliable Sources? Metrics for evaluating collaborative media as a news source (hosted by: University of Texas at Austin)
- The Wikipedia Review (See: Wikipedia Review.)
- 2008/9 Wikipedia Selection for schools (See: Wikipedia CD Selection.)
- Google Maps meets Wikipedia
- QRpedia - Language-detecting & mobile-friendly Wikipedia QR codes (See: QRpedia.)
Search engines (academic)
- (See also: List of academic databases and search engines.)
- RefSeek - Academic Search Engine
- BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine): Basic Search [See: BASE (search engine).]
Search engines for books
- The Online Books Page: Search (See: Online Books Page, by John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.)
- 140,000 Free eBooks: SEARCH OPTIONS (165,000+ eBooks, eTexts, On-Line Books, eDocuments)
- Just Free Books - A search engine to find only free ebooks.
Search engines for PDF files
- (See also: Portable Document Format.)
- PDF Search Engine.org - Search for PDF files
- PDF Search Engine - soPDF.com
- Millions of Free PDF eBooks! Free PDF Search Engine
- PDF Search Engine, View Download PDF Book, Search eBooks Document
- PDF Search Engine, free search, PDF download
Search engines for similar websites
- SimilarSiteSearch.com - The Best Place To Find Similar Websites
- moreofit - Website Similarity Search Engine
Search engines for Twitter feeds
- (See also: Twitter, Category:Twitter.)
- Twitter / Search
- Twinitor: twitter search and monitoring.
- monitter : real time, live twitter search and monitoring
- Snap Bird - search twitter's history
- Twazzup: Realtime News
- TweetFeel Twitter Sentiment - Twitter Search with Feelings about anything popular.
Search engines, miscellaneous (one of each type)
- (See also: List of search engines, Category:Internet search engines.)
- BookFinder.com: Search for New & Used Books, Textbooks, Out-of-Print and Rare Books (See: BookFinder.com.)
- FindHow - The How-To Search Engine
- TinEye Reverse Image Search (See: TinEye.)
- Princeton 3D Model Search Engine
- Global FTP Search Engine: Global File Search Engine (See: File Transfer Protocol.)
- XPASE - e(X)perimental (P)assive (A)ggressive (S)earch (E)ngine (diversified)
Web analytics
- (See also: Web analytics, List of web analytics software, Category:Web analytics.)
- Alexa the Web Information Company (See: Alexa Internet.)
- Google Analytics | Official Website (See: Google Analytics.)
Web archives
- Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine (See: Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.)
- WebCite (See: WebCite.)