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Barleby.com (links to indexes, popular reference sources galore: Roget's, Gray's Anatomy, Barlett's Quotations, King James Bible, World FactBook, Fanny Farmer Cookbook, etc.Ask Jeeves (get help with computer questions)
Grammar and Research Resources Diane Hacker/Bedfort St. Martin's Guide to Research and Documentation Bedford-St.Martin's Guide to Writing (a lot of resources here on paper formats for different disciplines, documentation for different disciplines, etc.) e-Library Search Without Legwork A Guide to Grammar and Writing (a decent, thorough, and easy to use site. Through Capital Community College.) A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation (same as above) Jack Lynch Guide to Grammar and Style Voice of the Shuttle, Web Page for Humanities Research Project Muse (a database of full-text, electronic-only journals) |
Dictionaries and Thesauruses Your Dictionary.com ("provides the most comprehensive and authoritative portal for language and language-related products and services on the web with more than 1800 dictionaries with more than 250 languages. More than 1,500,000 people a month visit YDC. ") Merriam-Webster Online (collegiate dictionary and thesaurus; language center) |
Literary Research Resources GaleNet (database which includes Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography. You may need to be a subscriber to access this site.) Literary History.com ("Literary History.com is an index to free internet articles on topics in English and American literature. It is designed to be convenient and useful for students, scholars, writers, teachers, reading groups, and general readers. All links lead directly to articles, and articles must meet basic academic standards to be included. Literaryhistory.com is edited by Jan Pridmore and has been online since 1998.") Literary
Resources on the Net (another
index, through the University of Pennsylvania, |
Booksellers (see also bottom of Writer's Link homepage) William Reese Company, Rare Books and Manuscripts |
Other:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Technology-Related Resources/Electronic Reading and Writing