English Dictionaries

• Webster's Third New International
Dictionary, Unabridged
Turn here when you can't find what you're
looking for in Webster's 11th.

• Oxford English Dictionary
Still no luck? OED may be your best bet.
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Foreign Languages

• List of foreign language speakers
Find out which of your colleagues can help
you with translation issues.

Writing Help

• The Elements of Style
Turn to Strunk's classic to brush up on
language rules before you break them.

• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
This site contains 35,000 synonymns and
250,000 cross-linked references.

• The American Heritage Book of
English Usage
A good place to turn for vexing language
questions, although it skews slightly more
formal than SIM's typical conversational
style.

• Common Errors in English
Is it "fit the bill" or "fill the bill"? Find the
answer to that and hundreds of similar
questions at this simple site.

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
When you know someone said it, but you
just don't know who.

• Rhymezone.com
Crafting the perfect headline? Find rhymes,
synonyms, homophones, quotes and more.

• U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual
Another style guide that can be particularly
helpful for government or military terms.

Master Lists

• ISSNs
Find ISSNs for SIM, Food, and Crafts titles.

• Postal ID statements
Find the text for postal ID statements, along with rules about where they go.

• Routing copy through Legal

• Volume and issue numbers

• SIM trademarks

• Back issue sales

Visual Aids

• Proofreaders’ marks
What all those little squiggles mean.

• Caption directionals
Below left? Bottom left? Here's the answer.

Social Media

• Linking and referring to Facebook
Guidelines for what we can and can’t say.

• Twitter hashtags
Use these popular hashtags in your tweets to increase followers and feedback.

Other References

• United States Postal Service
Find ZIP codes, correct spellings for city
and street names, and more.

• U.S. Census Bureau
Look up place names, demographic
information, maps, and American vital
statistics.

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Click on the search function under
"Trademarks" to investigate current
trademark status.

• ITA Trademark Checklist
Search this easy-to-use checklist to find
common registered trademarks.

• USDA Plants Database
Find spellings of names, growing information,
and photos of many North American plants.

• Convert-me.com
Convert British, U.S., and other units of
measure to metric units.

• Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Need to know what an ogee arch looks like?
How about a quatrefoil? Find pictures and
definitions of many building terms here.

• National Geographic Map Machine
Generate a map of nearly any place on
Earth, and view attributes such as population,
income, and climate.