Web Search Services

1. Power Reporting. An exceptionally complete listing of links to just about everything (set up originally for reporters).
2. Reference Desk. A competitor to the above, it bills itself as the "single best source for facts on the web"
3. Academic Information. This directory by academic subject seems to be a project closely related to the Unversity of Washington. Don't be put off by the opening page.
4. Google. Still the best of the general search engines.
5. Alltheweb.com. An excellent search engine, particularly good for looking at all the pages in a web site. (Enter "url.all:" plus the short form www url address.) It also includes an excellent science search engine (which can be useful for not-so-scientific searches as well).
6. Internet Web Directory This is a fast growing directory of web sites. Fully searchable and updated regularly.
7. Copernic.com. This is an excellent search engine of search engines much used by libraries. Best feature, maintaining a good record of where you have been in past searches. To use it you will need to go to www.copernic.com (the link here), and then click on "desktop" for the page you want. This gives you a choice of downloads before you can use it. If you want, the free version is quite usable and the download painless.
8. E-Library. Offers access to a wide variety of books and articles, as well as pictures and other materials.

Encyclopedias

1. Encyclopedia Britannica. Still the best encyclopedia. Although full use of the Britannica requires a "subscription", you can still get some good answers without it.
2. Wikepedia. This new encyclopedia written entirely for the internet is especially useful for new concepts and more recent events.
3. 1upInfo. Offers information on the widest variety of topics in encyclopedic style.

Dictionary and Thesauri Links

1. Lexical Free Net This is a "connected thesaurus" that explores the relationships of words is many useful ways.
2. Merriam-Webster OnLine The American standard dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is much more complete and historical, but online access is fairly expensive.
3. One Look This is a dictionary search tool that looks through hundreds of dictionaries on the web (supposedly) whenever you query. Try it; I found it disappointing.
4. WordNet. This is a lexical project of Princeton University. Use "WordNet online" to access a word search complementary to Merriam-Webster. Very good on synonyms.

Expert Answering Services

1. Ask an Expert Sources . This offers a wide variety of different expert services. Unfortunately, many of the links are old. The site appears not to be have been kept up. A pity.
2. All Experts.com I have found this the most useful and comprehensive answering service on the web. They have panels of experts for a wide variety of topics. Their answers are given quickly, authoritatively, and freely.
3. Ask. An excellent source of information as well as a standard search engine. From the home page, ask, for example, "Cambodia's capital". At the top of the page, you will be offered a menu of places to go for the history of Cambodia, for an encyclopedia article, for tourism in Cambodia. Below this is the usual unassimulated list of urls.
4. Arkadia Real Estate: Email advice. This offers a list of internet email advice services, most of which have nothing to do with real estate.

RDG Services

1. Web Site Design. An introduction to the author's web design consulting service. Many examples are included.
2. The Enlightenment Network. This site strives to return America to the enlightenment thinking on which it was founded. It features current commentary, essays, and country comparisons.
3. Social Analysis / Consulting Services. This site offers a general analytical consulting service. It includes a resume, as well as a wide variety of papers in areas in which the author has worked.
4. Biting Insects and Related Pests. This gives the who, when, and where of small biters in the United States and Canada. A forum is included.
5. Social Concepts and Words. This site seeks to assist viewers in the use and selection of words in the public discussion. A forum is included.
6. This site begins a discussion of Iranian Civilization and its Place in the Modern World.
7. Improving Humanity's Chances in the 21st Century. Offers an introductory analysis of what the world needs, particularly in state and international order, to survive the century. A forum is included.
8. Terrorism: Understanding and Controlling. An introduction to the understanding of terrorism. A forum is included.
9. Not Made in China. This site is designed to help stem the flood of imported goods made outside the environmental, labor, and human rights framework common within the OECD.
10. Iraq and Afghanistan.This is intended as a regular discussion of ideas relating to international relations, foreign policy, and civilizational change. Primary emphasis at present is on Iraq, Afghanistan, terrorism and associated problems.
11. Iranian Civilization and American Foreign Policy: The Relevance of Iranian Civilization to Iranians and Americans.
12. The New Enlightenment: Commentary. The site offers comments on current events and trends from an enlightenment perspective, and addresses enlightenment issues as they are raised in the media.