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Ever wonder what writers and editor talk about among themselves? Looking for a place to start research on a scientific, medical, or environmental question? Peek at some of these sites:
Society for Technical Communications, Lone Star Chapter (Dallas/Fort Worth)
Society for Technical Communications, national
International Association of Business Communicators
WritersNet: Internet Resource for Writers, Editors, Publishers, and Agents
The Slot: A Spot for Copyeditors, by Bill Walsh (author of Lapsing into a Comma)
Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age
University of Chicago's Guide to Electronic Manuscript Preparation
Copyediting-L Style FAQ, from the Copyediting-L Internet mailing list
Copyright information from the U.S. Library of Congress
Plain English Campaign -- the war against government-speak
PubMed from the U.S. National Library of Medicine: Free public access to Medline, the federal index of published medical research.
The Merck Manual, 17th edition. This is the professional edition, useful to editors for checking terminology. If you want consumer information (English words instead of the Latin medical terminology), use the navigation bar at the top to go to the Home Edition.
Healthfinder -- consumer index to US Health and Human Services information
The Virtual Hospital Home Page
Science Online -- the premier science magazine, online