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Recent additions: The Politico is an ambitious and much-talked-about new entry on the political scene. . . . Metacritic gathers reviews of movies and DVDs, music and more. . . . The Center for Public Integrity tracks various aspects of public life and has useful research tools. . . . For those seeking an introduction to blogs, our Blogs 101 will give you a flavor. . . .


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Searching the Net? Here Are Places to Start
Collections for Journalists

Government

Non-Government

The Reference Desk
Telephone & E-mail Directories
Publications on the Net

Breaking News & Daily Publications

Magazines & Features

Collections of Many Publications

Politics
The New York Region
Commerce
  • AddALL no-frills book price comparison service; AMusicArea for CD's; AMovieArea for DVD's
  • Amazon The online megastore. Books, music, videos, games, electronics, food, sporting goods -- and ever growing
  • Bankrate.com and E-loan can help find the best interest rates for a mortgage, auto, credit card or other loan
  • Bizrate lets you see how fellow consumers rate online merchants and compares prices
  • BizWeb: Internet commercial sites by category
  • Buy.com good prices and service on electronics, books, music and video.
  • Buyer's Index searches 19,000 Web sites and catalogs for the product you seek.
  • Consumer Search Reviews of products from a variety of publications
  • DeepDiscount.com has consistently low CD and DVD prices
  • Ebay The online auction house and storefront
  • Epinions has consumer reviews of many products, and price comparisons (now part of Shopping.com)
  • PriceGrabber, PriceScan and Shopping.com let compare prices for computer hardware and software, electronics, movies, books and other goods.
Travel

Reservations

  • Travelocity, Expedia, Orbitz and CheapTickets have airline tickets, car rentals, hotel reservations, travel information
  • ITA Software Clear, well-organized listings of flights and fares, domestic and international, with booking codes.
  • Kayak and Sidestep search for travel fares and prices across multiple sites
  • Hotels.com Hotels, vacation rentals, packages
  • Quikbook Good rates for selected hotels in major destinations (mostly in the United States)
  • Hotwire can help you find travel bargains if you're flexible
  • Priceline lets you name your own price for travel (and mortgages), and see if anyone will bite.
  • Site 59 Big discounts on last-minute travel packages
  • Travelzoo collects special travel offers from many sites
  • SeatGuru will help you figure out where (and where not) sit on your next flight.
  • Hertz, Avis, National and Budget will rent you a car

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Entertainment/Culture/Pastimes
Sports & Recreation
Demonstrations and Miscellany
About This Page

For more than 10 years, the Newsroom Navigator has been used by New York Times reporters and editors as the starting point for their forays onto the Web. Its primary intent is to give the news staff a solid starting point for a wide range of journalistic functions without forcing all of them to spend time wandering around to find a useful set of links of their own. The list is by its nature highly selective and constantly changing. Suggestions are always welcome.

Maintained by Rich Meislin. Revised 2/25/07.