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REFERENCE RESOURCES
A Web of Online Dictionaries.
Browse in dictionaries for over 100 languages, ranging from Afrikaans to Xhosa, as well as in multilingualdictionaries, specialty
English dictionaries, thesauri and other vocabulary aids, and grammars. Word games
AltaVista Translations.
Write in one language and be automatically translated into another. English to French, Italian, German, Portugues, Spanish; French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish to English.
Be advised: the translation doesn't alwlays make sense because words are translated literally, not idiomatically.
Bartlett's Quotations.
Ninth edition (1901) with a link to the tenth edition (1919). A collection of over 11,000 passages, phrases, and proverbs
traced to their literary sources. Search engine.
Britannica.com
Britannica.com editors bring you the best websites, leading magazines, related books,
and the complete Encyclopędia Britannica. Includes today's news, the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and
a search engine.
Information Please.
Online dictionary, Internet encyclopedia, & almanacs. Topics include history and government, biography, sports, weather, society and culture, business and finance, science and technology, and entertainment.
Lives, the Biography Resource.
This sites claims to be "The largest guide to biography sites on the Web."
Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaires, letters, narratives,
oral histories; individual lives and group biographies; general collections, resources on biographical criticism, and special collections.
The Columbia Guide to Online Style.
Click on "Basic CGOS Style" for the rules for and examples of MLA citations of
online or Internet sources.
The Virtual Reference Desk.
Roget's Thesaurus, dictionaries, acronyms, phone books and area codes,
government documents, maps. Links to other reference sites.
Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanaities Research.
Comprephensive. Ranges from Anthropology to WOmen's Studies, Gender Studies, & Queer Theory.
WRITING RESOURCES
National Writing Centers Association.
Comprehensive list of resources for writers. Index of handouts provided by writing centers across the country. Directory
of grammar hotlines. Online tutoring. Online writing resources, like Strunk and White's Elements of Style,
dictionaries, and a Guide to Grammar and Writing.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University (OWL)
. Handouts on general Language (such as writing for an American
audience and help with English conventions), grammar, spelling, and punctuation,
research and documenting sources (including MLA and APA styles), professional writing
(such as resumes and cover letters), and writing across the curriculum (incorporating
writing into a variety of disciplines).
Research and Reference Resources for Writers.
Research Forum with tips for other writers historical research,
U.S. and Canadian postal rates and zipcode list, dictionaries, white and yellow pages,
library directories, general information guides. Tips on Internet searches.
Your Own Online Dictionary
udefine.
A great site if this company every gets its act together. I saw a
demonstration at PC Expo and was impressed. BUt it's not up and working yet. I'll keep
you advised.
Once you download the udefine software, you can click on any word in a
Web page you are reading and get the dictionary definition, audio pronunciation, usage, history, even translations of the word in six languages,
as well as relevant audio/video clips and relevant Internet links. Go to the site and download the software.
Online Libraries and Links to Online Libraries
Argus Clearinghouse.
Information on wide range of disciplines, from art & humanities and business
and employment to science & mathematics to social sciences & social issues.
CUNY Libraries.
CUNYPlus and information about all CUNY libraries.
Internet Public Library.
The Literary Criticism Collection contains 1,367 critical and biographical Websites
on authors and their works. The Reference Center (e.g., almanacs,census data,
dictionaries, encyclopedias), Arts and Humanities, Business and Economics, Computers
and Internet, Health and Medical Sciences, Law, Government and Politcial Science,
Social Sciences. The serials or magazine collection contains over 3000 titles that can be searched
or browsed by subject or by title. Newspapers from all over the world. Special sections
for children and teens.
Library of Congress.
One of the foremost research libraries in the US. Exhibits, catalogues,
search engine. Copyright office: forms and information. Emphasis on American history.
Libweb.
Links to libraries worldwide. Search engine.
New York Public Library.
Catalogs, exhibitions and programs, resource guides, information about branches, hours, and instruction. Search engine.
E-texts (Electronic Texts)
The On Line Books Page.
Indexes over 10,000 texts available on the Web. Archive of foreign language e-texts.
UK National Register of Archives.
References to papers of c.150,000 British corporate bodies, persons and families relating to British history with a further
100,000 connected records
Project Bartleby.
Alphabetical list and reverse chronological listing of hypertext books--poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and reference. A search engine.
Project Gutenberg.
On-line hypertext poems, novels, etc.
Newspapers
The London Times.
The Sunday Times
New Jour: Electronic Journals and
Newsletters.
Alphabetical listing of journals and newsletters online. Keyword search.
Mother Jones
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In-depth articles on contemporary issues.
NewspaperLinks.com
Search for newspapers around the country. Award-winning articles.
The New York Times.
Register, and read the New York Times free.
Steve's Online
Newspapers.
Online newspapers around the world. A search engine.
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