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RokofAges75:
What are some sites you use to research for your stories?  I thought this would be a good place to post links that may be helpful to a lot of people.

Here are some ones I use.  I broke them down by category.

General Information:
Wikipedia - http://www.wikipedia.org
HowStuffWorks - http://www.howstuffworks.com/
EHow - http://www.ehow.com/

Geography/Settings:
GoogleEarth - http://earth.google.com/ (must install)
City-Data.com - http://www.city-data.com/

Travel:
GoogleMaps - http://maps.google.com/
MapQuest - http://www.mapquest.com
Expedia - http://www.expedia.com
Priceline - http://www.priceline.com
and many others!  I use these sites to look up driving directions and times, airport information and airline itineraries, etc. when I want to know how long it would take to get between two places, and that sort of thing.

Names:
BabyNames.com - http://www.babynames.com
Popular Baby Names by Decade - http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ (good for historical fics)
BehindtheName. com - http://www.behindthename.com/ (first names) or http://surnames.behindthename.com/ (last names)

Medicine:
EMedicine - http://emedicine.medscape.com/ (good for in-depth information, written in medical lingo)
EMedicine Health - http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ (more basic info, easier to understand)
MedlinePlus - http://medlineplus.gov/
Mayo Clinic - http://www.mayoclinic.com/
If you want less technical, more personal information about dealing with a certain condition, try searching for support forums or blogs - there you will find personal accounts from people who have been there, which gives you the emotional angle you need to write realistically about it.

If you have some favorite links you find yourself using a lot to research, post them here!  They may come in handy for someone else!

Rose:
Oh....wikipedi a.

How many times has that site saved us Julie? lmao.

RokofAges75:
LMAO I know.  Really, as long as you have Wikipedia and Google, you're good!  LOL

Rose:
Yep, Google and Wikipedia, fanfiction lifesavers LOL. I heart them both.

Carter-Orange:
I love Google!  I've also used Wikipedia for a couple of things too.

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