General Resources for Writers:
Index of ESL Resources: granny.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li5/esl/
Advanced Composition for Non-Native
Speakers of English www.homestead.com/esl_efl/files/advanced_composition.htm
Inkspot Writer's Tools and References: www.inkspot.com/ref/refwriter.html,
www.inkspot.com/ref/search.html
and www.inkspot.com/ref/refdesk.html
Modern Language Association (style guide): www.mla.org/set_stl.htm
Help with formatting bibliographies
in MLA style: noodletools.com
Purdue On-line Writing Lab: owl.english.purdue.edu
University of Texas Writing
Lab: www.utexas.edu/student/lsc/rwssl.html
Index of on-line Writing Labs: owl.english.purdue.edu/owls/writing-labs.html
Strunk and White's The Elements of Style:
www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
Tips for Writers: www.tipsforwriters.com
University of Wisconsin Writer's Handbook: www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/main.html
Distinguishing popular and
scholarly periodical publications: www.lib.umn.edu/reference/popular.html
Guide to grammar and writing: ccc.commnet.edu/grammar
The nuts and bolts of college
writing: www.nutsandboltsguide.com
Writing for Business
and Pleasure: writing tips and comments from Stephen Wilbers: www.wilbers.com
Research on the World Wide Web:
Directories of sites:
Argus Clearinghouse: www.clearinghouse.net
The Virtual Reference Desk: www.virtualref.com
Libraries on the Web:
Combined web site for Minnesota libraries: www.mnlink.org
University of Minnesota
Catalogue: www.lib.umn.edu
University of Minnesota reference
guide: www.lib.umn.edu/reference/
Libweb: (listings of Academic library sites):
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/usa-acad.html
Library of Congress: www.loc.gov
MIT Libraries Virtual Reference Collection: http://libraries.mit.edu/services/virtualref.html
Libraryspot: http://www.libraryspot.com
Bibliomaina: http://www.bibliomania.com
Books on the Web:
Project Bartleby: www.bartleby.com
Online Books at the University of
Pennsylvania: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
The Electronic Text Center: etext.lib.virginia.edu
Periodicals on the Web:
Electronic Periodicals: http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/swr/period.htm
University of Virginia Library, Periodicals Room:
www.lib.virginia.edu/perroom.html
University of Buffalo Journals and Serials:
(many restricted access; some public) http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/subject.html
Newspapers on the Web:
Boston Globe: www.boston.com
Chicago-Tribune: www.chicagotribune.com
Los Angeles Times: www.latimes.com
New York Times: www.nytimes.com
Philadelphia Inquirer: www.phillynews.com
San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle: www.sfgate.com/chronicle/index.shtml
Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com
Government Information:
United States House of Representatives: www.house.gov
United States Senate: www.senate.gov
Information about legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov
The White House: www.whitehouse.gov
Department of Education: www.ed.gov
Department of Health and Human Services: www.os.dhhs.gov
Department of Housing and Urban Development: www.hud.gov
Department of Justice: www.usdoj.gov
Department of State: www.state.gov
Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov
National Endowment for the Arts: arts.endow.gov
National Science Foundation: www.nsf.gov
Museums on the Web:
Gallery Guide:
www.galleryguide.org
Museum of Modern Art, New York: www.moma.org
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology: www.upenn.edu/museum
