Research, It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

[chris_gerrib]

So, I'm writing a mystery novel set in Central Illinois in the summer of 2008. Now, back in Ye Olde Dayes, if I wanted to know what the weather was like back then, I'd have to truck on down to a library. Now I just go to Weather Underground, put in a date and a location, and presto, I have all the data I need. If I want to know what my character was watching on TV, Wikipedia can give me the network broadcast grid. I have to say, I find life here in The Future (tm) wonderful!