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ADDITIONAL SOURCES

Resource guides, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, and others are extremely useful. These sources may be helpful when writing news releases or press releases, or when doing research about a particular area. It is also very important to use correct spelling and grammar when writing. These sources can help you find valuable information and may be useful when disseminating information to the public.

 

Guides

A Journalist’s Guide to the Internet
http://reporter.umd.edu/

 

Statistics

Fedstats – government statistics
http://www.fedstats.gov/

School of Government - a collection of websites with local statistics about North Carolina
http://sog.unc.edu/library/guide/oldnorth.htm

 

Thesauri

Roget’s Thesauri
http://www.bartleby.com/thesauri/

 

Almanacs

Information Please: Online Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia, Atlas, and Almanac Reference
http://www.infoplease.com

 

Encyclopedias

Grolier Online Encyclopedia
http://go.grolier.com/gol

Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Encyclopedia – refdesk.com provides links to over fifty different encyclopedias.
http://www.refdesk.com/factency.html

Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/

Cambridge Dictionaries Online
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

 

Factbook

CIA World Factbook – contains a great deal
of useful information on countries all over the world.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
/index.html