This page and its 10 subpages are designed to supplement Wikipedia:Reference desk and its seven subpages. These 11 pages can have a number of uses.
- They provide a list of alternative places for Wikipedia visitors to ask questions.
- They provide a list of resources to help Wikipedia respondents to find answers to questions.
- They provide a means to assist Wikipedians and others in comparing the quality of reference service provided in different places.
The following points are useful to anyone consulting this list.
Wikipedians
- (Questions can sometimes be given specialized attention by individual Wikipedians, or by groups of members of specific WikiProjects, especially if the questions pertain to improving Wikipedia. An editor can visit a relevant talk page to post a question, or to link to a discussion in progress on one of the subpages of Wikipedia:Reference desk.)
Articles about online reference desks
Change detection and notification
- (See also: Change detection and notification, Category:Change detection and notification.)
Copyright and plagiarism
- (See also: Copyright, Category:Copyright law, Plagiarism, Category:Plagiarism.)
Digital libraries
- (See also: List of digital library projects, Category:Digital libraries.)
Digital libraries of websites by Dewey Decimal number
Digital library categories in general web directories
Directories not in English
Directories of alternative media
- (See also: Category:Alternative media.)
Directories of blogs
- (See also: List of blogs, Category:Blogs.)
Directories of books
- (See also: Lists of books, Category:Books, Category:Lists of books, Category:Book websites, Category:Ebook suppliers.)
Directories of conferences
- (See also: Category:Conferences.)
Directories of dictionaries and glossaries
- (See also: Lists of dictionaries, Category:Dictionaries, Portal:Contents/Glossaries, Category:Glossaries, Category:Wikipedia glossaries.)
Directories of dissertations
- (See also: Thesis.)
Directories of documentary films
- (See also: List of documentary films, Category:Documentary films.)
Directories of educational videos
- (See also: List of educational video websites, Category:Educational websites.)
Directories of forums
- (See also: List of Internet forums, Category:Internet forums.)
Directories of libraries
- (See also: List of libraries, Category:Libraries.)
Directories of magazines
- (See also: Lists of magazines, Category:Magazines.)
Directories of mobile websites
- (See also: Category:Mobile web.)
Directories of museums
- (See also: List of museums, Category:Museums, .museum.)
Directories of newspapers
- (See also: Lists of newspapers, Category:Newspapers.)
Directories of open-access journals
- (See also: Academic journal, Open access journal, Category:Academic journals, Category:Lists of academic journals.)
Directories of OpenCourseWare
- (See also: Category:OpenCourseWare.)
Directories of image-sharing websites
- (See also: List of image-sharing websites, Category:Image sharing websites.)
Directories of podcasts
- (See also: List of podcatchers, Category:Podcasting.)
Directories of radio stations
- (See also: List of radio stations, Category:Radio stations, Category:Radio spectrum.)
Directories of repositories
- (See also: Repository (publishing), Category:Archival science.)
Directories of search engines
- (See also: List of search engines, Category:Internet search engines.)
Directories of telephone numbers
- (See also: Category:Telephone numbers.)
- Free White Pages - People Search - International Phone Books
- Country codes & international area codes - HowtoCallAbroad.com
- Pay Phone Directory (United States, Canada, and some other places)
- The Telephone EXchange Name Project
- Internet 800 Directory - Directory of free toll free (tollfree), 800,866,877 and 888 listings of businesses by company, number and type of industry, regardless of long distance carrier.
- Toll Free Directory | 800 Directory | National Tollfree Directory - Find a Toll Free Number
- Toll Free Phone Numbers Directory 800 888 Reverse Lookup
- Home - Wikipages.com ("a wikified yellow pages")
- Categories: NoPhoneTrees.com
- Phone Numbers, Shortcuts, Reviews & Customer Tips - Companies Worldwide - GetHuman.com
- Cell Phone Number | CellPhoneNumber.com
- Free Cell Phone Directory | Cell Phone Lookup & Reverse Cell Phone Lookup
- Mobile Phone Directory
- Yellow Pages Goes Green: Yellow Pages Directory Inc. (United States)
- Find Phone Numbers of Companies, Email Address, Chat Options, Shortcuts & Tips. - SeekNumber.com (United States)
- Search a Customer Care Number and other Contact Information to connect with Real Human. Get Genuine Customer Service Phone Number. Support Helpline - Ask2Human.com
Directories of web directories
- (See also: List of web directories, Category:Web directories.)
Directories of web feeds
- (See also: Web feed, RSS.)
Directories of wikis
- (See also: List of wikis, Category:Wikis.)
Directories of wireless access points
- (See also: Hotspot (Wi-Fi), Category:Wireless access points.)
Directories of world records
- (See also: Category:Superlatives, World record, Category:World records.)
Directories, miscellaneous (one of each type)
- useAssociations | International Directory of Professional Associations
- OnlineCamera.com - Worldwide Webcam Directory
- Social Media Websites | Social Media Directory
- World Government Data | guardian.co.uk (See: guardian.co.uk.)
- JobHuntersBible.com: [See: Richard Nelson Bolles, What Color Is Your Parachute? (book).]
- Main Page - Wikidweb ("the Wiki Directory of the Web")
- International Zip Codes, Reverse Search, Fax Search, Email Search, Outlet Stores, White Pages, Area Codes, Toll-Free Search, People Finder at FreeSearching.com
- Peelon.com - webinar directory. Find and Promote webinars.
- ASL Vlog & Video Directory (See: American Sign Language, Video blogging.)
- The largest Message Boards and Forums on the web!
- Listorious: Twitter people search and lists directory
- Pictures
- AllTheUsenet.Com- Newsgroups, Usenet Provider Directory, Usenet Portal, Usenet Resources Guide, NewsGroups Servers, Newsgroups NewsReader software (See: Usenet newsgroup, Category:Newsgroups.)
- Melissa DATA: Free Lookups
- Newsletters - Newsletter Directory Covering Every Topic and Specializing in Investment News. (See: Category:Newsletters.)
- How to Find Old Newspaper Articles and Magazines Online
- CataList, the official catalog of LISTSERV lists (See: LISTSERV.)
- Nupedia Links (compiled by Nupedia and archived by the Wayback Machine)
- Google Public Data Explorer (See: Google Public Data Explorer.)
Distraction online
- (See also: Attention, Distraction, Human multitasking.)
Evaluating information and sources
- (See also: List of fallacies, Category:Logical fallacies, List of hoaxes, Category:Hoaxes, List of common misconceptions, Category:Error, List of cognitive biases, Category:Cognitive biases, List of memory biases, Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources.)
Google
- (See also: List of Google products, Category:Google.)
Internet facts
- (See also: Internet, Category:Internet, World Wide Web, Category:World Wide Web.)
Internet statistics
- (See also: Global Internet usage, Category:Internet by country, Domain Name System, Category:Domain Name System.)
Lists of web resources
- (See also: Lists of websites, Category:Websites.)
Mirrors and forks of Wikipedia
- (These links represent a brief selection of languages. Additional languages are listed in the left column on each of these pages.)
Miscellaneous links (one of each type)
- (See also: Wikipedia:List of free online resources.)
Morse code
- (See also: Category:Morse code.)
Praise and criticism
- (See also: Corrective feedback, Category:Educational assessment and evaluation.)
Researching online
- (See also: Internet research, Category:World Wide Web.)
Researching with Wikipedia
- (See also: Reliability of Wikipedia, Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia, Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia, Category:Wikipedia.)
Search engines (academic)
- (See also: List of academic databases and search engines.)
Search engines for books
- The Online Books Page: Search (See: Online Books Page, by John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.)
- 140,000 Free eBooks: SEARCH OPTIONS (165,000+ eBooks, eTexts, On-Line Books, eDocuments)
- Just Free Books - A search engine to find only free ebooks.
Search engines for PDF files
- (See also: Portable Document Format.)
Search engines for similar websites
- (See also: Twitter, Category:Twitter.)
Search engines, miscellaneous (one of each type)
- (See also: List of search engines, Category:Internet search engines.)
Web analytics
- (See also: Web analytics, List of web analytics software, Category:Web analytics.)
Web archives
- (See also: List of Web archiving initiatives, Category:Web archiving initiatives.)