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By: Terreece

Terreece — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:18:05 +0000

Thanks Dani and great resources!

Thanks Renee!

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Ingenious Interviewing Tip - Silence | Freelance Writing Jobs — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:54:46 +0000

[...] skills are essential to a writer’s repertoire. Tuesday in our comments section for my post on research we talked about the importance of interviewing including the interviewing hierarchy: 1. in person, [...]

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:41:57 +0000

Great post, and congratulations!

By: Dani

Dani — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:23:38 +0000

Congratulations, Terreece, on the win.

Great post. In addition to the ‘Google’ and ‘Net’ searches, I use more focused internet searches through other search engines and databases. Firefox allows users to easily add such options in their search engine field so they can use their default search engine, or scroll down the list of their making and select any other search engine or database.

A few I have on my list include:
Business.com
Creative Commons
Dictionary.com
Merriam-Webster.com
Reference.com
MarketWatch
ESPN.com
BBC News
Thesaurus.com
weather.com
Technoratisearch.com
Amazon.com

I also have certain reliable sources of info bookmarked in a special research folder on a bookmark toolbar. The folder includes sites like JAMA and those with scholarly papers.

I really love your suggestion about the College Connection! I will have to bookmark more of those as sources of more interviews and information. Thanks!

By: Terreece

Terreece — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:31:52 +0000

Thank you everyone for the warm welcomes! I think this has been a great discussion that I know I’ll go back to when I’m in need of a more research options.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:09:19 +0000

I like to go to like page 15 in a google search to get info that isn’t immediately obvious. I also use known websites that I rely on personally, like psychologytoday.com.

Welcome to our little writer’s corner!

By: Aurora

Aurora — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:24:28 +0000

For article writing my main research resource is of the human variety. I can check with those that I know to be knowledgeable in a subject to point me in the right direction, or I find a rep from a company or organization to provide the basics for fact-checking later.

Usually interviews are great for research — but your friends, family, and co-workers with a myriad of talents and interests can also be great places to start when you are feeling out a new topic for the first time.

Congratulations Terreece — I am quite looking forward to your posts.

By: Niki

Niki — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:32:51 +0000

Snopes.com is a good site to verify some information especially email stories. Welcome to the site, Terreece