Looking for a name for a fictional sports team that has a role in your story? Seeking the name of a real high school team or school nickname? You’ll want to visit the website High School Nicknames. On this site, you can find: • Many, many high school team names, organized alphabetically (did you know [...]
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NaNoWriMo: Go, Team, Go!
Posted in NaNoWriMo, Online Research, tagged characterization, writing on November 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
NaNoWriMo: Valuable Sources for Character Names
Posted in Character, Inspiration, NaNoWriMo, Online Research, tagged writing on November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I ran across some useful sources for character names today that I’d like to share. • Native American names at Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character Names/Native American but be sure to carefully distinguish tribe-appropriate names. • Wikipedia Category: Surnames a listing of a large number of surnames that can be searched by the first two letters • [...]
Found by Accident 2 – Climate Change Information
Posted in Online Research on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There I was, looking for information on climate-related science projects for an article, when I happened on several very interesting – but not for the article, which turned out to focus on variations on creating a greenhouse effect. Items found include: • Yale F&ES Project on Climate Change, which offers a number of downloadable reports and [...]
Found by Accident – DIY Space Exploration Fleet
Posted in Online Research on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Looking for one thing and turning up something completely different but really cool is a common occurrence for me in researching on the web. So far this week, this is what I’ve found unexpectedly: Looking for useful material for an article about making a scale model of the solar system, I found this great set [...]
Twitter Research 2
Posted in Online Research on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Consider setting up a separate account from your personal Twitter account if you’re using Twitter for research. Advantages include the following: • Tweets about what your best friend ate for breakfast, wore to the movies last night, or is watching on YouTube won’t obscure the latest tweets from your research subject and vice versa. • You can [...]
Twitter Research 1
Posted in Library, Online Research on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new way to do online research is to follow one or more libraries who are tweeting things like: • acquisitions • events • general library news • links to their blog posts • new digital services • hints on doing library research All you have to do is click on Twitter Library Search and choose which libraries you’d like [...]
Free Sheet Music
Posted in Music, Online Research on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are several reasons that might send someone looking for free sheet music: • when you need a piece for research or analysis • when you need a piece for performance • when you want to create your own arrangement of a piece • when you can’t remember how a certain piece sounds Here are some of [...]
Value of the Library—Online Subscription Services
Posted in Library, Online Research on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Online subscription services are expensive for individuals. Online access to Encyclopædia Britannica is $69.95 per year. A subscription to Grove Music Online is $295.00 per year. With costs like these, it’s a bit challenging to build up your virtual resources. But there are ways that you may be able to access these services and more [...]
Value of the Library—Overview
Posted in Online Research on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With so many people owning a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a cellphone+, etc., it may not be entirely clear what the value of the library is today, when actually, the library is still an invaluable resource. This is the first in a projected series of blogs about library resources and references. And to start [...]
What You Don’t Know . . .
Posted in Online Research, Technology on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Whenever I seek information from a specialist—whether tech support or some other expert—no matter what the topic, I try to remember to make my last question something like this: What have I not asked you that is important for me to know about [topic]? Asking a question like this can help in making a leap [...]
