| Recommended
Sites |
| Citing Sources |
| Bibliographic
Builder at the Engineering Communication Centre, University of Toronto
- Form-based resource that allows users to generate Chicago and IEEE Style
reference citations. |
| Landmarks
Citation Machine - Form-based Web resource for generating MLA and APA
Stle reference citations. |
| Creative Writing Resources |
| Creative
Writing Web Resources - University of North London - This site offers
links to a variety of online resources for writers, including organizations,
dictionaries and reference works such as Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
and
the Oxford English Dictionary, and a selection of style guides and
online journals. |
| Poets
& Writers Online - Online variant of the prestigious Poet's
& Writers magazine. The site offers publishing advice, classifieds,
literary links, and more. |
| Critical Reading and Thinking |
| Critical
Reading - Information available on this site offers much insight into
the fundamnetals of critical reading and effective writing, and includes
sections on such matters as inference, ways to read, and grammar. |
| Grammar and Usage Sites |
| Activities for ESL Students - This
useful web site includes a number of useful resources for those learning
English as a second language. |
| Capital
Community College's Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quizzes -
This site offers a number of interactive quizzes with which to test and
improve your understanding of grammar. |
| Digital
Network English Language Practice - The DNELP site offers various grammar
exercises devised by experts in the field to aid in the developemnt of
writing and grammar usage skills. |
| KISS
Grammar Site - "This site offers 1) numerous essays that explore the
problem [of the way grammar is typically taught], 2) specific suggestions
about what grammar should be taught in which grade levels (including explanations
of how and why), and 3) a large selection of instructional material, including
answer keys so that parents and teachers can study the KISS approach and
decide for themselves if it makes sense" (Vavra). |
| National
Writing Centers Associations - This site links to handouts from a variety
of universities. |
| OnLine
English Grammar - OEG offers access to both an online grammar guide
and "The Test Centre," which makes available an assortment of interactive
tests and educational games geared toward writing skills development. |
| University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Grammar Handbook - Online grammar guide
composed by UI students under the direction of Professor Michael Pemberton. |
| Literary Resources |
| Bartleby's
Library - Famous Quotations - Searchable collection of famous, and
some not-so-famous, quotes. |
| Bartleby's
Library - Online Texts - Assortment of online texts, indexed by category:
reference, verse, fiction, and nonfiction. |
| Harvard
Uniersity's Chaucer Site - An intriguing and beautifully illustrated
site dedicated to the study of Geoffrey Chaucer (ca1342-1400) and the time
in which he lived. Addresses such issues as the life and manners,
science, and literary subjects of the day, and includes a section devoted
to language and linguistics. The site also provides online annotated
segments of The Canterbury Tales. |
| Literary
and Cultural Theory at Oxford - Site maintained by the Faculty of Classics
at the University of Oxford that offers information concerning the fields
and schools of literary study and theorists such as Foucault. Also
provides access to theory journals such as The Journal of the History
of Ideas and Poetics Today. |
| Literary
Resources Page - Collection of links to English and American literature
sites, as maintained by Jack Lynch at Rutgers University. |
| The
Luminarium - Online anthology of Middle English, 16th Century Renaissance,
and early 17th Century texts, indexed by author and period and supplemented
with biographical information and critical essays. Like Harvard's
Chaucer site, it is beautifully illustrated. |
| Mr.
William Shakespeare on the Internet - Site dedicated to Shakespeare
studies that brings together a variety of such useful web resources as
online versions of the plays and poems. criticism, study guides, and period
information. Quite useful. |
| Norton Topics Online
- Web supplement to The Norton Anthology of English Literature,
searchable by period and topic. The site includes, among other things,
an overview of each period, excerpts from various period texts, and critical
notes. |
| Oingo
Literature Links - Site includes links to materials concerning multiple
ethnic and national literatures, from African American to Zimbabwean.
Links to period materials (e.g., Modernism and Realism). |
| Vanguard
University Resources for English Language and Literature |
| VCCS
Litonline Resources for Literary Studies |
| Voice
of the Shuttle Literary Theory Page |
| Online Writing
Labs |
| Bowling
Green Online Writing Lab |
|
Colorado
State University Writer's Center |
|
National
Writing Centers Associations |
|
This site provides a list of online writing centers and links to other
writing resources. |
| Iowa
State University Writing Center |
|
Online
Writery at University of Missouri |
|
Purdue
University OWL |
|
This site provides links to numerous resources for both students and faculty. |
| Rensselaer
Writing Center |
| George
Mason University Writer's Library |
| Resources for Writers |
| APA
Documentation Style |
| APA
Style for Online Resources |
| AskOxford
- Excellent site dedicated to the exploration of words and the use of the
English language. |
| Columbia
Guide to Online Style |
| IEEE
Computer Society Style Guide |
| Merriam-Webster
Dictionary |
| MLA
Documentation Style |
| MLA
Style |
| Rensselaer
Writing Center |
| Research
Resources in Education and Technology |
| Roget's
Thesaurus |
| Strunk
and White's Elements of Style |
| Turabian
Documentation Style |
| Wordsmyth
- Educational Dictionary and Thesaurus |
| Searching the Internet -
Tools & Tips |
| Search
engines - Which to use? |
| Searching
the Internet - tips and strategies |
| Web Source Evaluation |
| Auburn
University Library |
| This
site provides links to multiple sites with evaluation criteria. |
| Johns
Hopkins University Library |
