Favorite Research Links
(updated 17 July 2021)

Please note: The primary purpose of this page is to provide authors with quality websites for research for their novels or books.
While others, such as students and educators, may visit and consult these resources, this is not a page for links that are merely links to other websites.
Nor is it geared toward finding information to help in our everyday modern lives.

The Categories

American (US) History

Asian History

Calendar Calculator Calendar for any Year Calendars through the Ages dMarie Time Capsule Ecclesiastical Date Calculator History Orb (1,700 Years of History) HyperHistory Online Origin of Major Religions Our Timelines Perpetual Calendar Timelines of History Walk Through Time

A Reader's Guide to the History of Newfoundland and Labrador

Costume History

17 Rules to Protect My Child Online Blacksheep Ancestors Outlaws and Highwaymen Rogue’s Gallery Torture, Fighting, and Death (History of Violence) Torture Museum Tracing London Convicts in Britain & Australia, 1780-1925 Victorian Crime & Punishment Whistleblower Info.com Women and the Law in Early 19th-century Indiana

Currency & Economics

Earthquakes 1906 Earthquake and Fire 1906 San Francisco Earthquake The Great New Madrid Earthquake Fires American Experience: Triangle Fire The Triangle Factory Fire The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Hurricanes 1900 Storm - Galveston Hurricane Hurricane of '38

Recovery Disaster Preparedness Emergency Preparedness Checklist Medication Disaster Plan Safety Tips & Checklists

English & Welsh History

European History

7Tarot American Folklore Celtic Folklore Encyclopedia Mythica Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts Love Tarot Reading Reading Tea Leaves Tarot Card Meanings Tarot Card Meanings Tarot Card Meanings Trusted Tarot (including free reading)

Food & Drink

Beverages Complete History of Coffee Tea Glossary & Tea Terms   Elizabethan Era Elizabethan Food   Cookbooks & Recipes Convivial Supper Feeding America Food in General Encyclopedia of Spices Essential Spices Food Timeline Gallery of Regrettable Food History of Sandwiches Not by Bread Alone Topher’s Breakfast Cereal Character Guide What's Cooking? History Emergence of Dairy Butter Growing a Nation Middle Ages Medieval and Early Modern Cookery: Resources Medieval & Renaissance Brews Medieval & Renaissance Culinary Terms Medieval Cookery The Middle Ages (Alcohol)

Packaging Food Ancient Firkins Regional American Food in the Age of Experiment Did You Know? Facts about Mediterranean Food History Setting the Table History of Eating Utensils Restaurants 1850s & 1860s Hotel and Restaurant Menus American Diner Museum Lost World of the London Coffeehouse

General Reference

Addiction & Recovery Abbey Care Foundation Addiction Group Addiction Resource All Points North Lodge Infographics Detoxing from Alcohol Addiction Drug & Alcohol Addiction (The Recovery Village)   Drug Rehab Advice Center Drug Rehab Connections Drug Rehab Guides for Addiction & Mental Health Fentanyl: All You Need to Know about the Deadly Drug Heroin in the United States How to Get Teens to Stop Vaping Rehab4addiction Signs of Addiction Step by Step Recovery Steroid Abuse Prevention in Young Males Stimulant Addiction and Abuse UK Addiction Treatment Centres Cancer Lung Cancer Center Death & Grief 6 Ways Grief Counseling Can Help You Condolence.com Survivors of Suicide Loss Mesothelioma Diagnosed with Mesothelioma? Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center Mesothelioma Fund Mesothelioma Guide Mesothelioma Hub Mesothelioma Lawyer Center Mesothelioma.net Treat Mesothelioma MesotheliomaVets

Pain Chronic Pain Post Traumatic Stress Will PTSD Disqualify Me from Employment? Self-esteem Comprehensive Guide to Overcoming Low Self-esteem Sleep Issues Everything You Need to Know about Sleep Deprivation Sleep Deprivation Tuck Suicide First-aid for Attempted Suicide

Book of Household Management Colonial Soap Making Hearth: Home Economics Archive Historic American Buildings Survey Making of a Homemaker Methods of Making Fire Old & Interesting Wealth of Kings...Persian Carpets What Was Home Economics? Within These Walls Scotland Highland Home Did You Know? - The Quaich

History (General)

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History of Medicine & Medical Research

Languages & Dictionaries

Law & Copyright

Copyright The 5 W's of Copyright Registration But It's Protected Can I Copyright My Band Name? Can I Use Song Lyrics in My Manuscript? Copyright Lectures Copyright Navigator Copyright Renewal Database Copyright Term and the Public Domain Copyright Violation Redux Crash Course in Copyright Creative Commons Guide for Authors Empowering Authors around Copyright Fair Use – Copyright How to Send a DMCA Takedown Notice I've Been Infringed, Now What? Lyrics in Books Primary Sources on Copyright, 1450-1900 Right to Display Public Domain Images Ultimate Guide to Copyright U.S. Copyright Office A Writer's Guide to Fair Use & Permissions (with Sample Permissions Letter) Law Dumb Laws Famous Trials Guide to Law Online International Criminal Court The Laws of Nature and Nature’s God (Commentaries, English laws, William Blackstone) Legal History: Crime and Punishment Research Guide Tarleton Law Library Year Books (Medieval English law)

Publishing Law How California's Law AB-5 Affects Writers How to Legally Quote Song Lyrics in Your Book Lyrics in Books Pen Names Publishing Law Center Take Down Copyright Infringers Song Lyrics How to Legally Quote Song Lyrics in Your Book Lyrics in Books: Your Questions Answered

16th to Early 20th-Century Maps of Africa Animated Maps of American Wars Any Place America David Rumsey Historical Maps Collection Hargett Rare Book & Manuscript Library Harvard Map Collection Historic Cities: Maps & Documents Historical Maps Kansas Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1883-1922 Mapping History Maps from National Library of Scotland Collection NYPL Open Access Maps Old Maps Online Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe Warner Map Collection

Medieval Times, the Renaissance, & the Viking Era

Babynology Behind the Name Double Given Names Before 1600 Feminine Given Names Irish Baby Names Irish Names Medieval Names Archive Names.org Oh Baby! Names Popular Baby Names Popular Scottish Forenames Seventh Sanctum Character Name Generators Victorian Era Names

Readers' Sites

Rodeo, the Old West, & the Western Frontier

Scotland & Scottish History

Transportation & Travel

America at War Experiencing War Letters from America’s Wars USMA Digital Collections War Letters Children & War Beyond the Fire – Teen Experiences of War Civil War - Britain Civil Wars, Commonwealth, & Protectorate 1638-1660 Conflict (1688, 1745, & War for America) Civil War - United States American Civil War Manuscript Guides Antietam on the Web Britain and the American Civil War Christmas in the Confederate White House Christmas in Wartime Civil War in America in the Illustrates London News Civil War Era Collection at Gettysburg College Civil War in Art Civil War Letters of Forrest Little Civil War Love letters Civil War Weapons Civil War Washington CivilWar@Smithsonian Diary of a Civil War Nurse Digital Civil War Collection Gilmer Civil War Maps Irish in the American Civil War John Jacob Omenhausser’s Civil War Sketchbook Nettleton Civil War Letters Soldiers and Sailors Database Unlocking a Civil War Prison  Valley of the Shadow Washington During the Civil War Who Shall Tell the Story? Voices of Civil War Virginia Women and the Homefront   Duels, Fencing & Weaponry Armour Archive The Arte of Defense Blood & Iron Martial Arts The Duel Gutter Fighting Historical Fencing Manuals Life & Death Fencing Top 7 Self Defense Moves for Women Turul HEMA

Medicine in War Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries Civil War Medicine Soldier's Life Christmas at War A Soldier's Heart War (General) The History of Fighting Military Rank War Times Journal World Wars & Later Wars The Great War Island at War The Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Veterans History Project Vietnam Center and Archive War Times Journal World War One World War One Document Archive

Women & Women's History

American Women American Women through Time Anne Sullivan Macy Annie Oakley Civil War Women - Primary Sources Do History (Diary of Martha Ballard, Midwife) Women's History Matters Arab World Women's World in Qajar Iran Education The Education of Women Women's Intellectual Contributions Women Working, 1800-1930 English Women Before Victoria Hannah Snell

History Jewish Women Historical Encyclopedia Jewish Women's Archive Love & Marriage I Do (19th-century Canada) Scottish Women Revealing Women Women in Scottish History Travelers Amelia Earhart papers Wilder Shores (Lady Travelers of the 18th & 19th Centuries) War War, Women & Survival Warrior Women Women and the Holocaust Women of Ravensbruck Women as Warriors in History Work No Job for a Woman A Woman’s Work is Never Done

Writers' Sites

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