Research links of the week

Some great basic reference works available online:

Search the Compact Oxford English Dictionary

Search the Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, over 4000 quotations.

Search the Concise Dictionary of First Names

Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music . Lots more databases, from law to science to art, at ENotes.com, but you may have to register to get full results from all of them.
Shopping help:

Resources of the Week: We Help You Shop! from ResourceShelf, links to sites that find the best deals online.
Journalism:

Computer-Assisted Reporting, from the Canadian Journalism Project.
And more:

How America lost the war on drugs, in Rolling Stone.