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General College Writing Web Sites
- The Best Information on the Net (BIOTN)
This site provides "accurate, objective information on controversial issues--statistics, full texts of laws and court decisions, articles, scholarly research, and equally reputable information...chosen by librarians at O'Keefe Library, St. Ambrose University."
- The Writer's Complex
Located at Empire State College in Saratoga Springs, New York, this site provides a wide array of help for your writing assignments, including workshops, sample examples of student papers, and links to writing guides.
- The Elements of Style
The original little book covering usage, principles of composition, form, words and expressions commonly misused and words commonly misspelled.
- Basic Prose Style and Mechanics
Principles of good prose style and illustrates most of these principles with examples, by Craig Waddell of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
- Online English Grammar
Edufind offers a variety of ways to locate information: scroll through the Table of Contents, search by clicking on a letter of the alphabet, or conduct a key-word search.
- Grammar and Style Notes
A "miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage" by Jack Lynch of the University of Pennsylvania.
OWLS: On-Line Writing Labs
On-line writing labs (called OWLs) offer information on grammar and punctuation and some are willing to help with your assignments. Many of them have tutors available on-line.
Technical Writing Web Sites
- Online Technical Writing
The text used by students in online technical-communication courses worldwide, as well as the online version of TCM1603, Introduction to Technical Communication, taught by David A. McMurrey, at Austin Community College (ACC) in Austin, Texas USA.
Word Definitions, Synonyms, and the Like
Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia Britannica
Britannica calls itself the most respected, comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia in the English language.
- The Encyclopedia Mythica
An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and magic. Definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
An encyclopedia by experts in the field; supported by the American Philosophical Association, the Philosophy Documentation Center, and the Canadian Philosophical Association.
Creative Writing Web Sites
- For Writers Only
An annotated directory of web sites for writers, features agents, writer's groups, critiques, writing conferences, author web sites and markets.
- The Writer's Almanac
You'll need a sound card to hear Minnesota Public Radio's daily program; poetry and history, hosted by Garrison Keillor
ESL Web Sites
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