Category Archives: Writing

Writing...by dabawenya

A blog is the reflection of an author’s interests. In creating a blog about jobs that I want to use as a marketing tool for Twitter, Relax Into Getting a Job, I began studying the freelance field. Many people who never knew they could write and enjoy it have been created via blogging and the avenue of self-publishing. I am one of those people. But after four years + of writing for my own blogs, I want to branch out and write for others.

I have acquired 600 blogs in my Google Reader and have learned to quickly scan the blog for the topics being written about (never end a sentence with a preposition–former English teacher in the house).

Using Alltop–which is where I always start with a topic search–under the category of work, I found 68 separate resources–blogs and sites–for freelance jobs. 68 resources!! One of the sites, writing bids, has 34 separate categories for freelance writing jobs.

Writing bids has these categories to search for jobs with quick link searches for each: article writing, content writing, copywriting, website writing, blog writing, book writing, ghostwriting, health writing, grant writing, tech writing, PR writing, editing, proofwriting, translation, research, re-writing, and resume writing. What a feast for writers!

About freelance writing has 69 freelance writing jobs for May 6, 2009. The jobs have been divided between jobs that pay a decent amount and jobs that are low paying ($10/article or $5 per blog post or less).

Current freelance writing jobs:

http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/05/13/alternative-income-streams/

http://www.ifreelance.com/project/detail.aspx?projectid=38294

http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/freelance-writing-jobs-wednesday-may-13-2009/

About freelance writing:

http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/05/were-so-lucky/

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=77&aid=163406

Continued from the OEDB’s List of 119 resources of research sources beyond Google:

Finance and Investing

A variety of web-based investment analysis tools and financial statistics can only be found in the deep web.

1. Bankrate.com — A directory of interest rates for different types of loans, mortgages, and savings accounts.
2. InvestIQ — A database of market data from different world regions.
3. BigCharts — A searchable database of quotes and performance charts for different stocks and mutual funds.
4. SmartMoney.com Tools — A portal of different stock analysis tools.
5. EDGAR Online — A database of EDGAR SEC filings searchable by ticker or company name.

General Research

These are good places to start researching for background knowledge on any topic. The subscription-based databases will help intensify any research by scouring numerous scholarly journals.

1. GPO’s Catalog of US Government Publications — A searchable database of federal publications, with links to those available online.
2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries — A collection of 20 libraries from the world’s largest museum complex.
3. The National Archives — A list of all of the National Archives’ research tools and databases.
4. Encyclopædia Britannica — The authoritative encyclopedia searchable with full text online.
5. Topix.net — A news search engine.
6. Internet Public Library — The Internet’s public library. Fully searchable.
7. San Francisco Public Library – A list of all of the databases offered to SFPL library card holders. Not a California resident? This is just one example of many such local public libraries that offer similar services.
8. LexisNexis $ — The world’s largest collection of public records, unpublished opinions, forms, legal, news, and business information. Over 35,000 individual sources are searchable with full-text available online.
9. Forrester Research $ — An independent technology and market research company, publishing in-depth research reports on a variety of subjects.
10. Factiva $ — A searchable collection of over 10,000 individual sources.

Government Data

The United States government publishes data on a variety of subjects, some of which is derived from census data or CIA findings.

1. Copyright Records (LOCIS) — A database of copyright records, searchable by documents, serials, and multimedia (including books, music, films, sound recordings, maps, software, photos, and art).
2. American FactFinder — A repository of aggregate census bureau data searchable by city, county, or ZIP code.
3. FedStats — A gateway to statistics from over 100 US federal agencies.
4. United States Patent and Trademark Office — A database of patent full-text and full-page images.
5. Geospatial One Stop — A searchable database of geographic data, displayable on maps.
6. United States Government Printing Office (GPO) — A search engine for mutliple government databases, including US budgets, campaign reform hearings, code of federal regulations, congressional bills, unified agendas, and more
7. POW/MIA Databases and Documents — A database of POWs and MIAs information.
8. ZIP+4 Lookup — A database of US ZIP codes and ZIP+4 codes, searchable by city or address.