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Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-21 22:57:08
March 24 2011 04:57 GMT
#1
I often try to research different things for fun. Where do I usually turn to look things up? Google. Google Google Google.

Search engines are great, but the sources you often come upon through Google are not always reliable or are not very good. Which is why I thought it'd be nice if we at Team Liquid created a neat little thread of great sources for various things.

What kind of sources am I talking about? Well, anything really! It can range from anime databases to awesome gaming communities to political stuff, scientific journals, reliable news sites, business-related sites, poetry, jokes, etc. etc.

How this will work:

  • Say specifically what the site is catered to (anime, news, politics, etc.)
  • Paste the URL.
  • Note whether it requires a paid membership, some kind of invite, or nothing. If the site requires a paid membership or whathaveyou I'll note it in the archive.
  • If the site is in a different language from English, please say so.
  • Do NOT list sites that may contain illegal material. For instance, no torrent sites, no music download sites, and no porn sites.
  • Use common sense. Do NOT post stuff like goatse.
  • Sites should be generally approved by readers. For instance, do not list the Daily Mail as a reliable news source.
  • I'll be archiving categories in alphabetical order.


Feel free to post any questions or suggestions.

I'll start!

Note: Academic sources that require paid memberships can usually be accessed through your University. For instance, I use my University's proxy to access JSTOR. Check up on that if you are interested.
______________________________________________________________________________

Anatomy: + Show Spoiler +
Google Body Labs:
http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/

Quizzes:
http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/quiz.htm


Anime: + Show Spoiler +
Databases:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com
http://www.anidb.net
http://www.myanimelist.net


Beer: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.beeradvocate.com "Somewhat strange in that the website's search function requires you to have a membership. You can google "beeradvocate beer" and get the result without membership." - Johnny Yen


Books: + Show Spoiler +
E-Books:
http://library.nu
http://free-books.dontexist.com
http://bib.tiera.ru/static
http://ebooklink.net/g/home
http://gen.lib.rus.ec/
http://ebookee.org/
http://www.pdfqueen.com/
http://avaxsearch.com/
http://www.51cnnet.net/
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
http://www.bartleby.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Stores:
http://www.abebooks.com/


Business/Economics: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com
http://www.yourindustrynews.com/
http://www.brookings.edu/economics/bpea/past-editions.aspx
http://ideas.repec.org/ (requires paid membership)
http://www.economist.com/ "Clear browser cache every once in a while. Libertarian bent." - acker

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/ (Paul Krugman)
http://delong.typepad.com/ (Brad Delong)
http://economistsview.typepad.com/ (Mark Thoma)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/ (Ezra Klein)
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/beat-the-press/ (Dean Baker)
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/ (Greg Mankiw)
http://www.themoneyillusion.com/ (Scott Sumner)

http://www.undergradecon.com/
http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tom/Game_Theory/Contents.html
http://hadm.sph.sc.edu/Courses/Econ/Tutorials.html (University of South Carolina)
http://faculty.lebow.drexel.edu/McCainR//top/prin/txt/EcoToC.html (Essential Principles of Economics)

Time Magazine's Top 25 Finance Blogs:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2057116,00.html


Cell Phone Reviews: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.gsmarena.com/


Compilations for Learning: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd (NPTEL Videos)
http://wikieducator.org/Main_Page
http://www.cosmolearning.com/
http://www.academicearth.org/
http://www.khanacademy.org/
http://teachingcompany.12.forumer.com/a/


Documentaries: + Show Spoiler +
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/
http://www.bodocus.com/


Electronics: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/
http://store.curiousinventor.com/guides/ (Soldiering and other tutorials)


Engineering: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/
http://falstad.com/mathphysics.html (Simulations)


Games: + Show Spoiler +
Guild Wars: + Show Spoiler +
Community Sites:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/

Starcraft: + Show Spoiler +
Community Sites:
http://www.teamliquid.net
http://starcraft2.jpcommunity.com/sc2/ (Japanese, purely SC2)

News Sites:
http://www.sc-times.net (Japanese)


History: + Show Spoiler +
http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/
http://strangescience.net/ (History of Science)


Internet Libraries: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.archive.org/


Japanese Entertainment News: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.tokyohive.com


Korean Entertainment News: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.allkpop.com/


Languages: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.livemocha.com/
http://www.word2word.com/course.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/


Literature: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/index.html#Online Guides (Study Guides)


Mathematics: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com (independent math practice)
http://arxiv.org/ (contains science as well)
http://projecteuler.net/ (math problems)

Learning/Tutorials:
http://www.khanacademy.org/
http://patrickjmt.com/
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/index.htm (Algebra tutorials)
http://hbpms.blogspot.com/ (Guide to what books to read)
http://webskate101.com/webnotes/home.htmld/home.html
http://www.extension.harvard.edu/openlearning/math222/
http://www.youtube.com/user/derekowens


Miscellaneous: + Show Spoiler +
Awesome Youtube Vids:
http://www.bestofyoutube.com

Innovative Talks:
http://fora.tv/
http://www.ted.com/


Movies/TV Shows: + Show Spoiler +
Databases/Reviews:
http://www.imdb.com
http://www.rottentomatoes.com

Streaming:
http://www.hulu.com
http://www.netflix.com (requires paid membership)


Music: + Show Spoiler +
Streaming:
http://www.grooveshark.com


Open Course Schools: + Show Spoiler +
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
http://www.extension.harvard.edu/openlearning/default.jsp
http://oyc.yale.edu/
http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/index.php
http://itunes.stanford.edu/
http://podcast.ucsd.edu/
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeley
http://ocw.nd.edu/courses


Peer-reviewed Journals: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.jstor.org (requires paid membership)
http://muse.jhu.edu/ (requires paid membership)
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/ (requires paid membership)


Philosophy: + Show Spoiler +
http://plato.stanford.edu/
http://logic.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/logic.htm


Politics: + Show Spoiler +
British Politics:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-923X (requires paid membership)
http://pa.oxfordjournals.org/ (requires paid membership)

Geopolitics/Intelligence:
http://www.stratfor.com/ (requires paid membership)

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_rights_quarterly/ (requires paid membership)


Programming: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=134491 (TL's Programming Thread)
http://stackoverflow.com/
http://w3schools.com/
http://w3fools.com/ (A retort to w3schools)


Psychology:+ Show Spoiler +
http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo/index.aspx (paid registration required)
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/index.htm


Reliable News Sites: + Show Spoiler +
http://english.aljazeera.net/
http://www.pbs.org
http://www.npr.org


Science: + Show Spoiler +
General:
http://www.sciencemag.org/ (requires paid membership)
http://www.nature.com/ (requires paid membership)
http://arxiv.org/ (contains mathematics as well)

Chemistry:
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/
http://www.youtube.com/user/periodicvideos?blend=1&ob=5
http://www.youtube.com/user/scivislab#p/u (O-chem lab tips)

Genetics:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ (University of Utah)

Physics:
http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~hooft101/theorist.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols
http://streamer.perimeterinstitute.ca/mediasite/viewer/ (Theoretical Physics)
http://falstad.com/mathphysics.html (Simulations)
http://grantkot.com/MPM/Liquid.html (Fluid Simulators)
http://www.youtube.com/user/derekowens


Tools: + Show Spoiler +
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
http://2keystrokes.com/ (Virtual Keyboard)
http://codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php (Puts equations in Latex)
http://ozark.hendrix.edu/~burch/logisim/index.html (Open source circuit program)

Citing:
http://easybib.com
http://www.citeulike.org/


Wallpapers: + Show Spoiler +
http://wallbase.cc/
http://www.minitokyo.net/ (strictly anime wallpaper)
Writer
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 24 2011 23:09 GMT
#2
Added a new batch of cool sites.
Writer
MaxField
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2386 Posts
March 25 2011 05:38 GMT
#3
Videos:
bestofyoutube.com

this place really does find some of the best youtube videos, probably 2-3 new ones everyday.
"Zerg, so bad it loses to hydras" IdrA.
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
March 25 2011 05:51 GMT
#4
psycinfo is a good place for peer reviewed, academic articles/journals on psychology
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 25 2011 06:32 GMT
#5
Thanks, added both. =)

If anyone knows any awesome sources that don't require a paid membership/institutional login, please share!
Writer
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
March 25 2011 06:49 GMT
#6
artofproblemsolving.com is a great website if you want to do some independent mathematics
MyLove + Your Love= Supa Love
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 25 2011 07:40 GMT
#7
Added. ^^ It doesn't require a paid membership, right?
Writer
iostream
Profile Joined March 2011
United States11 Posts
March 25 2011 08:00 GMT
#8
why do you say arxiv.org requires paid membership? i not only read the arxiv, but i've published papers on it as well, and it doesn't and hasn't ever required a membership.
SolHeiM
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1264 Posts
March 25 2011 08:19 GMT
#9
UC Berkeley Course Webcasts

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
sleeepy
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada777 Posts
March 25 2011 08:23 GMT
#10
Geopolitics/Intelligence: http://www.stratfor.com/

Requires paid membership but you can get some limited access for free.
acker
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2958 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-25 08:57:26
March 25 2011 08:34 GMT
#11
Economics and, to a lesser extent, Politics:

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://delong.typepad.com/
http://economistsview.typepad.com/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/beat-the-press/
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/
http://www.themoneyillusion.com/

http://www.brookings.edu/economics/bpea/past-editions.aspx
www.economist.com/

Authors, in order:

Paul Krugman (Liberal)
Brad Delong (Liberal)
Mark Thoma (Liberal)
Ezra Klein (Liberal)
Dean Baker (Liberal)
Greg Mankiw (Libertarian)
Scott Sumner (Libertarian)

No author, general Economics Papers Database. It's free.
General Economics Website. Clear browser cache every once in a while. Libertarian bent.



Allegedly, these are fairly good, but I haven't checked most of them; Time Magazine's top 25 finance blogs:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2057116,00.html
JohnnyYen
Profile Joined September 2010
United States313 Posts
March 25 2011 08:36 GMT
#12
News:
www.pbs.org
www.npr.org

Both free and generally awesome.. Both air full length programs that are engrossing and entertaining. Frontline and NOVA? Yes please. Fresh Air is probably my favorite program on NPR. Terry Gross has a great ability to make just about anything interesting. My personal favorites are her interviews with older country music stars or young rap stars. Good stuff.

Movie Database/Reviews:
www.rottentomatoes.com

Music Streaming:
www.grooveshark.com

Preferable to pandora as you can choose the exact songs you wish to listen to, and there is also a "radio" option. i think there are no commercials on it, but that may be due to adblock on that site.

Movie/TV Streaming:
www.hulu.com
www.netflix.com (paid)

Beer:
www.beeradvocate.com

Somewhat strange in that the website's search function requires you to have a membership. You can google "beeradvocate beer" and get the result without membership.

Free E-Books:
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Note: This site operates under US copyright law.

The answer for the Life, the Universe and Everything:
www.google.com
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
March 25 2011 08:57 GMT
#13
On March 25 2011 17:00 iostream wrote:
why do you say arxiv.org requires paid membership? i not only read the arxiv, but i've published papers on it as well, and it doesn't and hasn't ever required a membership.


Oh, good to know. I guess I was mistaken. Sorry for making you create an account just to clear that up for me. ^^;

Some really interesting sites - thanks all. Really impressive lists. ^^
Writer
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-21 22:59:54
April 21 2011 22:58 GMT
#14
Just added a big batch of things courtesy of Sky and his blog (http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=213844).

We're severely lacking in the Games department. I'm not familiar with other popular gaming communities so it would be nice if someone can help in that regard. For instance, what is considered the TeamLiquid of Counter Strike, WoW, TF2 or other popular games?
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michaellipsey
Profile Joined December 2015
1 Post
Last Edited: 2015-12-17 12:21:18
December 17 2015 11:09 GMT
#15
Thanks for such a valuable list,
I hope these referrals have some sort of mod edit so, that I can take part in it. I need to check it for that,
Anyways, Thanks 

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