Wikipedia:List of online reference desks

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.

Sublists

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See also

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Wikipedians

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(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.)

Additional resources

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Articles about online reference desks

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Change detection and notification

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(See also: Change detection and notification, Category:Change detection and notification.)
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(See also: Copyright, Category:Copyright law, Plagiarism, Category:Plagiarism.)

Digital libraries

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(See also: List of digital library projects, Category:Digital libraries.)

Digital libraries of websites by Dewey Decimal number

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Digital library categories in general web directories

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Directories not in English

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Directories of alternative media

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(See also: Category:Alternative media.)

Directories of blogs

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(See also: List of blogs, Category:Blogs.)

Directories of books

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(See also: Lists of books, Category:Books, Category:Lists of books, Category:Book websites, Category:Ebook suppliers.)

Directories of conferences

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(See also: Category:Conferences.)

Directories of dictionaries and glossaries

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(See also: Lists of dictionaries, Category:Dictionaries, Portal:Contents/Glossaries, Category:Glossaries, Category:Wikipedia glossaries.)

Directories of dissertations

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(See also: Thesis.)

Directories of documentary films

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(See also: List of documentary films, Category:Documentary films.)

Directories of educational videos

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(See also: List of educational video websites, Category:Educational websites.)

Directories of forums

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(See also: List of Internet forums, Category:Internet forums.)

Directories of libraries

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(See also: List of libraries, Category:Libraries.)

Directories of magazines

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(See also: Lists of magazines, Category:Magazines.)

Directories of mobile websites

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(See also: Category:Mobile web.)

Directories of museums

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(See also: List of museums, Category:Museums, .museum.)

Directories of newspapers

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(See also: Lists of newspapers, Category:Newspapers.)

Directories of open-access journals

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(See also: Academic journal, Open access journal, Category:Academic journals, Category:Lists of academic journals.)

Directories of OpenCourseWare

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(See also: Category:OpenCourseWare.)

Directories of image-sharing websites

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(See also: List of image-sharing websites, Category:Image sharing websites.)

Directories of podcasts

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(See also: List of podcatchers, Category:Podcasting.)

Directories of radio stations

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(See also: List of radio stations, Category:Radio stations, Category:Radio spectrum.)

Directories of repositories

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(See also: Repository (publishing), Category:Archival science.)

Directories of search engines

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(See also: List of search engines, Category:Internet search engines.)

Directories of telephone numbers

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(See also: Category:Telephone numbers.)

Directories of web directories

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(See also: List of web directories, Category:Web directories.)

Directories of web feeds

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(See also: Web feed, RSS.)

Directories of wikis

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(See also: List of wikis, Category:Wikis.)

Directories of wireless access points

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(See also: Hotspot (Wi-Fi), Category:Wireless access points.)

Directories of world records

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(See also: Category:Superlatives, World record, Category:World records.)

Directories, miscellaneous (one of each type)

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Distraction online

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(See also: Attention, Distraction, Human multitasking.)

Evaluating information and sources

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(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

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(See also: List of Google products, Category:Google.)

Internet facts

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(See also: Internet, Category:Internet, World Wide Web, Category:World Wide Web.)

Internet statistics

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(See also: Global Internet usage, Category:Internet by country, Domain Name System, Category:Domain Name System.)

Lists of web resources

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(See also: Lists of websites, Category:Websites.)

Mirrors and forks of Wikipedia

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(These links represent a brief selection of languages. Additional languages are listed in the left column on each of these pages.)
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(See also: Wikipedia:List of free online resources.)

Morse code

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(See also: Category:Morse code.)

Praise and criticism

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(See also: Corrective feedback, Category:Educational assessment and evaluation.)

Researching online

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(See also: Internet research, Category:World Wide Web.)

Researching with Wikipedia

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(See also: Reliability of Wikipedia, Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia, Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia, Category:Wikipedia.)

Search engines (academic)

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(See also: List of academic databases and search engines.)

Search engines for books

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Search engines for PDF files

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(See also: Portable Document Format.)

Search engines for similar websites

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Search engines for Twitter feeds

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(See also: Twitter, Category:Twitter.)

Search engines for Twitter users

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Search engines, miscellaneous (one of each type)

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(See also: List of search engines, Category:Internet search engines.)

Tweet analytics

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Web analytics

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(See also: Web analytics, List of web analytics software, Category:Web analytics.)

Web archives

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(See also: List of Web archiving initiatives, Category:Web archiving initiatives.)