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A selected list of blogs on a range of topics, including how to create your own blog. Subjects include law, books, food, travel, medicine, history, politics, business, and more.

Blogging 101

Whether you call them blogs, weblogs or web logs, start here to learn everything you ever wanted to know about starting your own blog. Includes a wide variety of blog-related resources, from hosts and providers to search engines and directories.

Arts & Humanities Blogs

Human artistic endeavors throughout the world.

Business & Economics Blogs

Web logs written by, for or about topics related to business and economics.

Computer & Internet Blogs

Discussions about developments in computer and Web technology, from Internet resources to the gadgets and gizmos that make it all accessible.

Deaf & Hard of Hearing Blogs & Vlogs

A collection of web sites that offer written blogs and/or video blogs with content related to the deaf and hard of hearing community.

Education Blogs

Interactive weblogs that discuss teaching, selecting a school, technology in schools and related topics.

Entertainment & Leisure Blogs

Blogs covering activities of amusement and diversion.

Health & Medical Sciences Blogs

News and information about health care and related topics for lay people or those in the medical profession.

Law, Government & Political Science Blogs

Web logs that allow for interactive discussions about politics, legal matters, and governments from local to international. Resources may cover aspects of political theory, discuss current court cases, or provide opinions on political administrations and other social effects of governmental policies and the law.

Reference Blogs

Find lists, directories and search engines specifically for blogs and blog-related resources. Also find links to more general reference and happenings in the world as they appear in mass media, journalism, news and current events blogs.

Regional & Country Information Blogs

Weblogs devoted to discussions about life in and around particular geographic locations.

Science & Technology Blogs

Interactive weblogs that allow vistors to participate in discourse about issues in science & technology, including electronic gadgetry.

Social Sciences Blogs

Blogs that discuss studies of human society and the individual's relationship to society, including current research in the various social science disciplines of psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science and history.