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I'm heading off on another trip, but will try to keep the Translators' Site du Jour going, starting Monday, May 22. Welcome back then!

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May 18 - News

News of the Weird

"News of the Weird (founded 1988) is the longest-running, most widely-read bizarre-but-all-true news feature in the United States--indeed, the gold standard of weird-news reporting."

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May 18 - Legal

United Kingdom Legislation

"The site contains the full text of all Public and Local Acts of the UK Parliament, the Explanatory Notes to Public Acts, Statutory Instruments and Draft Statutory Instruments; and Measures of the General Synod of the Church of England."

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May 17 - Primary Sources

Repositories of Primary Sources

"A listing of over 3900 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar."

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May 17 - Literature

Bartleby.com: Great Books Online

"Bartleby.com combines the best of both contemporary and classic reference works, making it the most comprehensive public reference library ever published on the web." For reference works, verse, fiction, and nonfiction, this site is unique. It's been featured here before, but new works are added all the time.

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May 17 - Engineering

The Civil Engineer's Mega Bookmark

"1000+ valuable and useful web resources" for engineering.

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May 16 - Legal

Hague Conference on Private International Law: Conventions

List of conventions, links to full original text and titles – and sometimes texts – of translations. French interface available.

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May 16 - Statistics

Statistics Norway

Despite the name, this site provides links to government statistics agencies worldwide, as well as links to other statistical resources.

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May 16 - Medicine

HerbMed

"HerbMed® - an interactive, electronic herbal database – provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public."

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May 15 - EU

The ABC of the European Union

This page provides basic information about the European Union and contains links to more detailed information – available in all EU languages.

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May 15 - Legal

LLRX: Doing Legal Research in Canada

"This page is an online guide to doing legal research in Canada. The guide provides information and links to print and online resources and is aimed primarily at researchers outside of Canada needing an overview of Canadian legal research."

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May 15 - Misc

Chambers's Book of Days

"A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in connection with the Calendar an electronic reprint of the original: Chambers's Book of Days. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1879."

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