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Internet resources of interest:

 
Steve Vander Ark’s “Harry Potter Lexicon”: www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon

 
The Leaky Cauldron: www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/

 
Accio Quote!, a great archive of Rowling articles and interviews: www.accio-quote.org/index.html