Grammar
Garbl's
Writing Resources On Line Annotated directory
of web sites focusing on English language,
grammar, style, writing, usage, words, reference
sources, word play, books on writing and on-line
writing experts.
Grammar,
Spelling, and Punctuation
by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
Guide
to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch, English
Department, Rutgers University.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing An award-winning
website by Charles Darling, English Department,
Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut.
The
King’s English, 2nd ed. by H. W. Fowler,
published through Bartleby.com: Great Books
Online. This is the classic grammar text originally
published in 1908.
Lists
of Grammar Lists This site provides lists
of grammar items for use by ESL/EFL teachers.
These lists have been prepared by ESL/EFL
teachers to share with colleagues.
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MLA Style
Bibliographic
Formats for Citing Electronic Information
Citation formats suggested here are based
on Li and Crane's Electronic styles: A
Handbook for citing electronic information
(1996), by Information Today, Inc. For more
complete recommendations on bibliographic
formats for electronic sources, please refer
to Electronic styles. The book follows
two common citation conventions, APA & MLA,
and adds embellishments to represent the unique
features of electronic information.
A
Guide for Writing Research Papers based on
Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation
Prepared by the Humanities Department and
the Arthur C. Banks, Jr., Library, Capital
Community College, Hartford, Connecticut.
MLA
Works Cited Style Sheet
MLA
Documentation: Print Sources maintained
by the Writing Center at the University of
Richmond.
Research
on Writing
Caveat:
Articles published in scholarly journals, available
both in print in Pearson Library and online
via the Article Databases,
are one of the best sources of reliable information
for your paper. In addition, the bibliographies
and ERIC Documents below may be useful.
Annotated
Bibliographies on all aspects of writing
from the Campus Writing Program Library Directory,
Indiana University.
Annotated
Bibliography on Dialogue Journal Writing
ERIC/CLL Minibib, March 1995. Compiled by Joy
Kreeft Peyton.
Comprehensive
Bibliography
from Computers and Composition: An International
Journal for Teachers of Writing prepared
and revised by Tracy Bridgeford, Margaret L.
Faler Sweany, Danielle DeVoss and Cheryl Malgay
Heath.
Dialogue
Journals by Jana Staton. ERIC Digest. ED284276.
Effective
Use of Student Journal Writing Prepared
by: Gary Cobine. ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading,
English, and Communication Digest #99
Electronic
Communities in Writing Instruction, research
and issues in the use of computers and writing
by Susan E. Antlitz.
ERIC
Bibliography to "Effective Use of Student Journal
Writing" Office of Educational Research
and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education.
Sequenced
Microthemes: A Great Deal of Thinking for Your
Students, and Relatively Little Grading for
You by Ray Smith Director, Campus Writing
Program, Indiana University, Bloomington from
the Teaching Resources Center Newsletter,
Vol. 5, No. 3, Summer/Fall 1994.
Word
Works is a series of broadsides on rhetoric
and composition. Written from a cross-disciplinary
perspective by members of the Writing Center
staff and of the BSU faculty, it is intended
as a resource for instructors in any discipline
who are interested in using writing to enhance
learning.
Writing
Across the Curriculum and Writing in the Disciplines:
Annotated bibliographies that include resources
for class assignments, pedagogical theory, and
writings on the use of WAC, WID, and Writing
to Learn in particular disciplines from Purdue
University.
Writing
Across the Curriculum Encounters Asynchronous
Learning Networks or WAC Meets Up With ALN
by Gail E. Hawisher and Michael A. Pemberton,
Department of English, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign. JALN Volume 1, Issue
1 - March 1997.
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Resources
on Writing
ABCs
of the Writing Process for Elementary Students,
an award-winning site maintained by A.E. Lipkewich,
Westmount School, Edmonton, Canada.
ABCs
of the Writing Process for Secondary Students,
an award-winning site maintained by A.E. Lipkewich,
Westmount School, Edmonton, Canada.
The
Art of Writing, a webzine for and by
writers that offers advice, news, and trivia
on all varieties of writing, from poetry and
fiction to non-fiction, business writing, and
copywriting.
Basic
Copyright Concepts For Writers, by Claire
E. White for Writers Write, explaining basic
copyright concepts with links, examples, and
additional information.
The
Editorial Eye Index,
links to a sampler of articles originally printed
in The Editorial Eye, a 12-page monthly
newsletter for writers, editors, designers,
project managers, communications specialists,
and everyone else who cares about contemporary
publishing practices.
Electronic
Publications For Writers Links
to diverse newsletters and e-zines from Inkspot.
Empowering
Creativity: Great Links for Writers and Writing:
links to writers manuals, writers groups, guilds,
associations and councils.
forwriters.com
A wealth of resources for writers.
Garbl's
Writing Resources On Line Annotated directory
of web sites focusing on English language, grammar,
style, writing, usage, words, reference sources,
word play, books on writing and on-line writing
experts.
Internet
Writing Journal from Writers Write:
articles on improving writing skills, the publishing
industry, journalism, screenwriting, business
writing, writing markets, Internet writing,
and scholarly articles on writing related topics.
John
Hewitt's Writer's Resource Center A very
rich site well worth taking time to explore.
Letters,
Letter-writing and Other Intimate Discourse
Wendy Murdock's links to resources concerned
with the epistolary tradition, including Jane
Austen's views on letter writing, fictitious
letters by Mark Twain, Einstein's letters to
F D Roosevelt, letters from war fronts, and
a selection of love letters.
New
Media Authoring Resources and Information
New Media Authoring is the writing about new
forms of media as well as authoring in new digital
formats which cannot be faithfully reproduced/transmitted
in any form other than digital such as HTML
(HyperText Markup Language) which integrates
text, images, movies, and hyperlinks. Because
the term New Media encompasses such a wide range
of forms, we are assembling this resource page
so that you may be able to learn more about
all of the technologies involved which include
the World Wide Web, HTML, Digital Movies/Transpixins,
Multimedia and the Internet at large. Also we
have included some resources for media criticism
and study.
Online
Technical Writing This text is 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.
Resources
for Writers and Writing Instructors Links
to abundant resources from Jack Lynch, English
department of Rutgers University.
Technical
Writing from About.com, a very rich site.
Traci's
Lists of Ten From Traci Gardner, Online
Resources Manager, National Council of Teachers
of English, Urbana, Illinois. Traci began writing
"Traci's Lists of Ten" the Summer of 1998 as
part of the celebration of the Tenth Anniversary
of The Daedalus Group. She has written over
two dozen Lists, mainly composed of writing
assignments and prewriting activities. To see
List Abstracts, click here.
The UVic Writer's
Guide, from the University of Victoria,
a phenomenal introduction to the process of
writing.
WAC
Programs and Writing Centers Browse through
an extensive alphabetically arranged list of
academic writing centers. It provides a great
way to see what others in the field are doing
in their centers, and it allows viewers to examine
a wide range of operating techniques and diverse
programs, maintained by the Writing Center at
the University of Richmond.
Writers
Write®, a don't miss mega-site. Check
out the Site Map.
Writers
Write® Chat, online community for writers,
live author chats and live events.
Writing
Across the Curriculum and Writing in the Disciplines
by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
Writing For The Online Media Resources
for writers who provide content for the web
and other online venues.
Writing
Resources A huge site with myriad links
to Web pages for and about writing.
Writing
Skills: an annotated bibliography with links
to some brief book reviews.
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Writing
Guides
Acronym
Finder Look up 122,500 acronyms/abbreviations
& their meanings. A searchable database containing
common acronyms and abbreviations about all
subjects, with a focus on computers, technology,
telecommunications, and the military.
Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations At a loss for words?
Use someone else's (but attribute them, of course!)
Search for a word and get all the quotes which
contain your word. Also, click on a person's
name to see all the quotes attributed to them.
Casey's
Snow Day Reverse Dictionary (and Guru) Casey
Faber, 11, of Los Alamos, N.M. was the inspiration
for this site: She wanted to be able to describe
the meaning of a word, and have the computer
tell her which word she was trying to think
of.
Citing
Internet and Other Electronic Resources
Includes:
- Sample
Citations for information found on the Internet
and other electronic resources
- Electronic
Style Guides with annotations and links
to style sheets.
Common
Errors in English from the Department of
English, Washington State University.
Dictionary.com
"This highly useful commercial site distinguishes
itself from other online reference sources in
several ways. First, when users type in a word
seeking its definition, the site returns several
definitions from different, reputable dictionaries
(including, sometimes, foreign language ones),
allowing users to compare meanings. Second,
the site features a Q/A page where visitors
can ask Dr. Dictionary questions relating to
words and grammar. (Individuals seeking to refresh
their memory on the rule of "I" before
"e" except after "c," or wanting
to know the difference between "its" and "it's"
will find help here.) Third, and most strikingly,
the site features a translation page that will
translate anything from a phrase to an entire
Webpage from one major European language, including
English, to another. There are word games, online
foreign dictionaries, and links to writing resources
here as well." The Scout Report for
Social Sciences.
Elements
of Style The classic by William Strunk,
Jr. and E. B. White. Electronically published
by the Bartelby Project, it includes sections
on Elementary Rules of Usage, Elementary Rules
of Composition, A Few Matters of Form, Words
and Expressions Commonly Misused, and Words
Commonly Misspelled.
Eliminating
Generic-Male Language: Political Statement or
Just Good Writing? from Roane State Community
College.
Garbl's
Writing Resources On Line Annotated directory
of web sites focusing on English language, grammar,
style, writing, usage, words, reference sources,
word play, books on writing and on-line writing
experts.
A
Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of
Rhetorical Devices "Professor Robert
Harris of Southern California College provides
this handy site, which offers quick definitions
of over 60 rhetorical devices from alliteration
to zeugma, as well as a glossary of literary
terms. The site can be searched or browsed via
pull-down menus. Derived from a book written
by the provider in 1980, the site offers short
definitions as well as examples of the terms.
Note that there is some overlap between the
two databases." The Scout Report
The
Heteronym Homepage Heteronyms are words
that are spelled identically but have different
meanings when pronounced differently. For example:
Lead, pronounced LEED, means to guide. However,
lead, pronounced LED, means a metallic element.
Merriam-Webster
OnLine provides a free, searchable online
dictionary and thesaurus, word games, a word
of the day, and many other English language
and vocabulary reference tools and resources.
Mindy
McAdams'
Spelling Test: 50 commonly misspelled words,
plus some spelling tips.
Non-Sexist
Language Some Notes on Gender-Neutral Language
from the English Department, University of Pennsylvania.
The
Nuts and Bolts of College Writing: a practical,
award-winning online writing guide for college
students from Professor Michael Harvey, Department
of Business Management, Washington College.
Over
130 Instructional Handouts from Purdue University's
Award-winning Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Plagiarism:
What It Is and How to Avoid It from Writing
Tutorial Services, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Questions
to Ask Yourself While Reading
from the Florida State University Reading and
Writing Center
One of the first steps to writing an effective
critical essay is to carefully read the work
itself. That means paying close attention to
what is or appears to be going on in the text
and why. If you own the text, feel free to mark
up the text. That is, mark passages that seem
important or puzzeling to you or make notes
in the margins about aspects of the text that
interest you or that you have a question about.
Strive to be what's known as an active reader
by asking yourself questions about the text.
Questions
to Ask While Reading Literature from the
Nesbitt-Johnston Writing Center, Hamilton College.
The
Quotations Page Read a quote of the day
or week, discover a random quote, or search
for a quote (select from 12 databases of quotations).
The default is the site's own collection, maintained
by Michael and Laura Moncur, but you can also
search a quotation newsgroup, a collection of
humorist Dave Barry's columns, or a database
of quotations by women.
Research-It!
Your One-Stop Reference Desk Gathered all
on one web page are dictionaries, a thesaurus,
translation and other language search tools,
and library search tools for people and quotations;
geographical search tools for maps and telephone
numbers; and various financial, shipping and
internet search tools.
Research
Papers
In this section of the Purdue University Online
Writing Labsite, we offer you handouts and exercises
on different aspects of research and the writing
of research papers.
Roget's
Thesaurus from the ARTFL Project. If the
other one is busy, try this one: takes your
search word and finds all the places in the
thesaurus where the word occurs.
Sentence
Sense: A Writer's Guide written by Evelyn
Farbman and prepared for the Internet by Charles
Darling, Capital Community College, Hartford,
Connecticut. This online textbook in basic writing
offers students three approaches to becoming
more confident writers. Part One examines how
sentences work, giving students a structural
understanding of the language they use every
day. Part Two focuses on errors that commonly
appear in written English. Part Three suggests
techniques and topics for developing ideas in
writing.
Some
Basic Guidelines for Reading Literature
from the Undergraduate Writing Center at the
University of Texas at Austin.
A
Web of Online Dictionaries Quick look up
based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,
Tenth Edition, plus links to more than 600 dictionaries
in 150 different languages.
Webster's
Dictionary Enter a word in the box, click
"Look Up Definition", and you will get definitions,
pronunciation guides and a hyphenation guide.
The
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus,
developed by Robert Parks, Ph.D., and the ARTFL
Project at the University of Chicago. A unique,
integrated English dictionary and thesaurus
with more than 100,000 entries and 50,000 head
words.
Writer's
Web University of Richmond's on-line
writing handbook. Extensive and well-researched,
this site includes all of the main headings
and subheadings of any printed writing handbook.
The site provides short, printable "handouts"
for student writers, as well as links to other
excellent handbooks.
Writing
(Planning/Writing/Revising/Genres)
by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
WWW
Thesaurus by Merriam-Webster.
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