Really helpful links

I thought I would post a list of some links I find incredibly helpful. There are SO many great sites out there, it's hard to narrow it down, but here are my favorites:

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service - tremendous amaounts of information on everything from criminal science to substance abuse issues:

http://www.ncjrs.gov/

Trutv's crime pages - there's nothing more helpful to writing realistic bad guys than to read about real ones:

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/index.html

Want to know about prison life? This is the place:

http://www.corrections.com/

Associated Press website - the ultimate news clearinghouse:

http://www.corrections.com/

Three HUGE reference sites - they have everything:

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/

http://www.refdesk.com/

http://www.worldalmanac.com/

Very cool science stuff:

http://whyfiles.org/

http://www.eol.org/

http://www.si.edu/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/

Writing Helps & Hints:

http://www.litencyc.com/

http://www.sfhub.ac.uk/

http://www.fundsforwriters.com/

http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/

Just Cool:

http://eserver.org/

http://www.snopes.com/

http://www.newsoftheweird.com/

http://www.oddee.com/

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

That's it for now!