I'm curious what research resources people might have bookmarked that they use.

These are the places I know about:

http://www.absolutewrite.com/ and http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/

http://www.scribophile.com/

http://little-details.livejournal.com/

I also like Mythbusters as a show to use for reference on things like explosions, Hollywood vs reality, and more. But you can really only find super specific information there.

I would love to find places that are accurate on research topics like medical issues, fighting, survival, etc. Does anyone have any good sites or blogs they go for that? So far I'm understanding that there isn't a good catch-all place and that a lot of it requires specialized research for individual topics. But I figured it doesn't hurt to ask :)

If no one knows about a blog, I might end up just creating one myself to keep track of the different stuff I learn through research... but since research can be inaccurate I'm not sure how useful that would be. I wish there were a place with a well-designed search engine or complete index to locate topics by various ways, and the ability for people to comment on each topic so any inconsistencies can be challenged. In that case, having a way for the challenger to specify their experience in whatever topic or cite an accurate source as explanation for their protest would be useful. (Sort of like the way they do it on Yahoo answers). Maybe also a place for people to list all the sources they've found on different topics so at least a person can easily find links/sources without having to troll the internet first to locate the more accurate places and cull out the less accurate.

Basically, I want to find an awesome research super-center but have it be a place where a lot of the research can be pre-done and it's at this point searching through what's already been discussed. It seems like whenever I've found anything close to this, it's a forum. And I love forums, but they're much more unwieldy to navigate and doesn't provide a great way to get quick answers, with the choice to delve into it further only if wanted. Plus, a lot of these places seem to focus more on writing/editing tips and secondarily on research.

Most likely I'm just imagining some sort of crazy place that doesn't exist, but if anyone knows of a place like this, I would love to hear about it!

If I'm rambling, I apologize... chai makes me even more distractible than usual....