A. GETTING STARTED:       1. About This Site     2. Process & Focus     3. Thinking & Reading     4. Literature
	B. UNITS OF ENGLISH:       5. Choosing Words            6. Making Sentences            7. Organizing Paragraphs
	C. MECHANICS OF EDITING:        8. General Editing         9. Spelling        10. Punctuation        11. Grammar Guides
	D. FINDING HELP:      12. Sample Papers  13. ESL  14. Tutors/Writing Centers  15. Textbooks  18. Reference Books
	E. RESEARCH & BIBLIOGRAPHIES:      16. Research      17. Documenting & Citing (MLA, APA, etc.)      18. Online Resources
	F. PROFESSIONAL WRITING:      19. Professional Papers          20. Visual Design          21. Job/School Applications

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Long Table of Contents 21 Chapters with Descriptions of Each (divided into six major sections, A.-F.)

Section A.  GETTING STARTED Four Chapters: Steps, Focus, Thinking, and Reading

Each chapter is a list of links:

1. Introduction: About This Web Site

2. Process and Focus: Focusing, Freewriting, Revising, and Peer Reviewing

3. Thinking and Reading: How Both Relate to Writing; Online Readings

4. Writing about Literature: Terms, Types of Papers, the Study of Literature, and Links to Literary Classics

Section B.  UNITS OF ENGLISH Three Chapters: Using Words, Sentences, and Paragraphs

Each chapter is a list of links:

5. Choosing Words: Types of Words, Homonyms, Synonyms, Antonyms, Commonly Misused Words, etc.

6. Making Sentences: How to Define, Create, and Edit a Sentence

7. Organizing Paragraphs: How to Develop Paragraphs; How to Develop Thoughts in Paragraphs

Section C.  MECHANICS OF EDITING Four Chapters: Editing, Spelling, Punctuation, & Grammar

Each chapter is a list of links:

8. General Editing Concerns: Proofreading and General Editing Guides

9. Spelling: Commonly Misspelled Words, Spelling Patterns, and Other Common Spelling Problems

10. Punctuation: How to Use Commas, Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Colons, Semicolons, etc.

11. Grammar Guides: Full Online Guides and Books about Verbs, Nouns, Agreement, Number, etc.

Section D.  FINDING HELP Four Chapters: Samples, ESL/NNS, Tutors, and Textbooks

Each chapter is a list of links:

12. Types of Paper Assignments and Sample Papers: Dozens of Types of Papers Explained

13. ESL/NNS Writing: Dozens of Online Resources for speakers of English as a Second Language

14. Online Tutoring: Online Locations Where Online Tutors May Be Available, Free or for a Fee

15. Online Writing Textbooks: Complete Writing and Composition Textbooks on the Web
       
    (For Web Reference books, see "18. Online Research Resources: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Literary Texts, and Expository Readings."

Section E.  RESEARCH and BIBLIOGRAPHIES Three Chapters: Researching; MLA, APA, CBE, AP, and Other Styles; and Research Resources

Each chapter is a list of links:

16. Research, Writing, and Plagiarism: Steps of Research and Writing; What to Do and to Avoid

17. Citation and Documentation: MLA, APA, CHICAGO/TURABIAN, CBE, AP, et al. 

18. Online Research Resources: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Newspapers, and Online Libraries

Section F. PROFESSIONAL WRITING Three Chapters: Graphic Design, Professional Writing, and Applying for Work

Each chapter is a list of links:

19. Graphics and Tables: Using Spaces and Graphic Elements (Pictures, Tables, etc.)

20. Other Fields of Professional Writing: Business and Technical Writing, Journalism, et al.

21. Applying for Jobs, College, or Graduate School: Resumes, Application and Cover Letters, Personal Statements, etc.

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Section A.--Four Chapters (Click on the chapter names or scroll down.) GETTING STARTED Steps, Focus, Thinking, and Reading    Introduction: About This Web Site  Process and Focus: Focusing, Freewriting, Revising, and Peer Reviewing Thinking and Reading: How Both Relate to Writing; Online Readings Writing about Literature: Terms, Types of Papers, the Study of Literature, and Links to Literary Classics

Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION    About This Web Site

WELCOME

        Welcome to the Online Grammar Handbook, a useful online tool for writing, speaking, researching, and literary reading!  The Online Grammar Handbook is similar to printed grammar books typically used for college, university, and professional writing in the United States.  However, instead of having one or two authors, the Handbook actually has hundreds: it provides access to college, university, textbook, and public Web sites throughout the country that offer help with grammar, spelling, punctuation, and the process of writing and research.  The Handbook also presents links to fully online writing books, sample papers by students, argumentative readings, and full-text literary classics.  

SELECTION OF LINKS 

        Four guidelines are used in selecting these sites.  First, the sites must be appropriate for college and university undergraduate and graduates and for college-educated professionals.  Second, the sites should be as comprehensive as possible, even while offering specific advice.  Third the sites should be easily usable.  Fourth, the sites preferably should offer help at several levels, from beginning to advanced.  New sites are added from time to time, and old sites are checked every two or three years to see if they still exist.

THE EDITOR

        The editor, Richard Jewell, is a writing specialist with tenure in English at Inver Hills Community College in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul) metropolitan area.  Before joining the Inver Hills faculty, he was a Composition Specialist for the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and taught writing and other courses at public and private colleges and at St. Cloud State University.  In addition, he has trained elementary, secondary, and college teachers in how to teach writing, most recently for MnSCU (the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities).  He has taught writing for twenty-five years and is now lead advisor of the Inver Hills College Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.  His articles and stories have been published over one hundred times in popular magazines, and he has had a dozen juried and non-juried essays accepted for academic publication.  One of these, coauthored with Chris Anson, is the lead essay in Moving a Mountain, a co-winner of the 2003 NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) "CCCC Outstanding Book Award."  Richard also is the author of two full-text Web books, CollegeWriting.info and Experiencing the Humanities, and of the Web Site Sierra Leone Resources.  In addition, Richard presents regularly at state, regional, and national academic conferences.

USE OF THE ONLINE GRAMMAR HANDBOOK

        Using the Handbook is simple.  You may go to the beginning of the Handbook--to the "Short Table of Contents"--and click on a chapter there; or you may go to the "Long Table of Contents," read the descriptions there of each section and chapter, and then click on your choice.  Some links lead directly to lessons or readings; others, to lists of other quality sites.  If you have any questions, please contact the author.

Chapter 2.  THE WRITING PROCESS    Focusing, Freewriting, Revising, and Peer Reviewing

     
General--"documents related to teaching critical thinking": Prince George's Community College 

General--Maryland Community College Consortium for Teaching Reasoning  

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• Anxiety: Purdue

• "Generating Ideas"--links: Bedford Researcher

• "Getting an 'A' on an English Paper": Rutgers   

• "Guides to Writing Processes": Colorado State   

• Miscellaneous online articles on starting: Iowa State  

• Miscellaneous other:  lessons about writing--Capital; general writing lessons--St. Cloud State 

• Peer reviewing: Wisconsin  

• Peer Reviewing--"Running a Small Group": CollegeWriting.info   

• Procrastination: Princeton

• Rhetorical modes (modes of exposition): The Sundance Reader

• "Revising": CollegeWriting.info  

• Revising, links to descriptions of: Bedford Researcher

• "Starting": CollegeWriting.info  

• Writer's block: Purdue   

• "The Writing Process": Thomson

• The Writing Process: Writing in College: A Short Guide at U. Chicago

Chapter 3. THINKING AND READING   How Both Relate to Writing; Online Readings

Methods of Critical Reading

• "Avoiding Common Errors in Logic and Reasoning": Princeton  

• Common errors (fallacies) in logical thinking: Thomson

• "Concentration": Cornell College

• Close (thorough) reading: Harvard  

• Critical reading: Thomson

• Critical Reading, a handbook: CriticalReading.com by Dan Kurland

• Critical reading, the Toulmin Method, and reading the Web: Colorado State  

• Critical response: Harvard  

• Critiquing papers by peer review, a system: Harvard  

• Defining and describing argument: Harvard  

• "How to Read a College Text": CollegeWriting.info

• Logic in argumentative writing: Purdue  

• "Marking a Textbook": Cornell College

• "Reading a Textbook": Wadsworth

• "Remembering": Cornell College

• "Responding to Written Texts": Colorado State

Online Argumentative Readings (10-03)  

• http://www.about.com (Enter key words "opposing viewpoints.")

• http://str.org/free/commentaries/abortion/index.htm (This site has articles on a wide variety of issues.)

• http://www.lib.lsu.edu/ref/viewpoints.html (This site was designed exactly for students who are required to write response papers to opposing viewpoints articles. There is a large amount of information here.)

• http://www.aclu.org (Use keyword search viewpoints" or just view the information on the home page.)

• http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/db/articles.asp'?ID=2821

• http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/SharpOpEd.htm

• http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/6132000 jkm.htm

• http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/donO110200.htm

• http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/articles.htm

• http://library.thinkquest.org/24355/data/debatenav.html

• http://www.asne.org/ideas/flagedit2.htm

• http://www.asne.org/kiosk/editor/00.oct/shearerl.htm

• http:www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/3015/cap.htm

• http://www.natreformassn.org/schpray.html

• http://users.cnmnetwork.com/~lott2k/prayer.htm

• http://www.ffrf.org/issues/pray.html

• http://www.alligator.org/edit/issues/96-sumr/960523/d2ami23.htm

• http://www.bhs.berkeley.kl2.ca.us/journalism/jacket/11 22/news/legaldrugs.html

• http://www.bhs.berkeley.kl2.ca.us/journalism/jacket/l1 22/oped/noaddicts.html

• http://www.nonline.com/procon/topics/1998/feb/medmj1.htm

• http://home.talkcity.com/librarydr/eztoamuse/webdoc16.htm

• http://www.animalconcerns.netforchange.com/frame.html

• http://www.notdeadyet.org/hemlock.htm

• http://www.jewishworldreview.com

• http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/magazine/current/marker.html

• http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed378665.html

  "Technology and Society" online argumentative readings from Bedford/St. Martin's

  (Note: The original version of this list, developed by Brenda Thoeny with a technology grant,  may be found at http://composition.cla.umn.edu/students by clicking on (1) "Course Descriptions," (2) "EngC 1011," and then (3) "Professional Online Resources.")

Other Links to Readings (11-03)

• Online Books Library--Over 20,000 full books online –all use allowable

• Andover Reader (high school and college developmental essays arranged by rhetorical modes)

• Clearinghouse for Internet Research

• Electronic Text Center, U. of Virginia

• ERIC (US Dept. of Education/ERIC)

• "Links to the Humanities"

• Internet Public Library--9500 online texts, 2300 magazines, journals, world newspapers

• "Links to Literature"    

• Misc. readings: www.bibliomania.com, http://www.gutenberg.net, http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/engl/gartner/online.htm

• The New York Times eThemes

• Search engine for academic/undergraduate materials

• Search engine for educational materials

• Search engine for literature

• PBS's "Great Speeches" (from past 80 years)

• Some texts: http://english-www.hms.cmu.edu/rhetoric

• Political science virtual library

• Forum for current controversial issues

• First chapters of new books: the NY Times and the Washington Post

Chapter 4. WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE     Terms, Types of Papers, the Study of Literature, and Online Literature (4-03)

     
General Guides:

• Links to Literature: CollegeWriting.info, Bedford St. Martin's   

• Literary terms: CyberEnglish, Bedford St. Martin's  

• Studying literature: Mt. Mary

• Writing about literature: CollegeWriting.info, Purdue, and The Sundance Reader

• Tutorials on close reading of literature: Bedford St. Martin's   

• Quizzes about 500 literary works: Bedford St. Martin's   

• Over 20,000 full books online: Online Books Library

Specific Information:

• Developing a literary thesis statement: Colorado State

• Writing an analysis of elements, interpretive literary thesis, or literary review: CollegeWriting.info

• Writing a review of literature: Wisconsin

Section B.--Three Chapters (Click on the chapter names or scroll down.) UNITS OF ENGLISH Using Words, Sentences, and Paragraphs     Choosing Words: Word Choices, Homonyms, Synonyms, Antonyms, Common Misuses, etc. Making Sentences: Definition, Development, and Editing of Sentences Organizing Paragraphs: Development of Paragraphs and of Thoughts in Paragraphs

Chapter 5. CHOOSING WORDS     Word Choices, Homonyms, Synonyms, Antonyms, and Common Misuses

• Alphabetized descriptions of categories: Rutgers  

• Common errors in English: WSU 

• Capitalization of words: NASA (See "Chapter 4.") 

• Use of words: Elements of Style by Strunk 

• "The Structure of Words": DuPage College 

• Sexism, avoiding gender-biased language: Purdue and Harvard  

• Spelling: "Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation," Purdue   

• Transitions: Purdue and Harvard    

• Wordiness: Purdue 

Chapter 6. MAKING SENTENCES      Definition, Development, and Editing of Sentences

• Alphabetized descriptions of categories: Rutgers

• Capitalization of sentences (including quotations): NASA (See "Chapter 4.")

• Clear Writing: Purdue

• Coherence and Transitions: Purdue 

• Coordination and Subordination: DuPage College

• Editing, links to descriptions of: Bedford Researcher

• Elements of Style: Strunk

• Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization: McCaskill/NASA (See "Chapter 2.")

• "Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation": Purdue

• Variation and Transitions:  Purdue

Chapter 7. ORGANIZING PARAGRAPHS    Development of Paragraphs and of Thoughts in Paragraphs

• Elements of Style by Strunk: Bartleby.com 

• General: Harvard  

• General: Purdue (1) and Purdue (2)  

• Introductory paragraphs: Harvard

• Structures of Basic Paragraphs: CollegeWriting.info

Section C.--Four Chapters (Click on the chapter names or scroll down.) MECHANICS OF EDITING Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation  General Editing Concerns: Proofreading and General Editing Guides Spelling: Commonly Misspelled Words, Spelling Patterns, and Other Common Spelling Problems Punctuation: How to Use Commas, Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Colons, Semicolons, etc. Grammar Guides: Full Online Guides and Books about Verbs, Nouns, Agreement, Number, etc.

Chapter 8. GENERAL EDITING CONCERNS    General Editing Guides and Proofreading

• "Common Errors in English": "Washington State" 

• Editing for grammar: CollegeWriting.info

• General Editing Guide: Iowa State

• Proofreading: Purdue

Chapter 9. SPELLING   Spelling Patterns; Commonly Misspellings and Other Spelling Problems

• "Common Errors in English": "Washington State" 

• Common Homonyms: Alan Cooper

• "Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation": Purdue

• 50 Commonly Misspelled Words: http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/spelling.html.

• 100s of Commonly Misspelled Words: "Brian's Errors" 

• Alphabetized definitions: NASA

• Alphabetized descriptions (50-150 words each): Rutgers  

• Brief, general summary of some basics: CollegeWriting.info

• Commas: Purdue

• Exercises in grammar and punctuation: "The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation"

• General: Elements of Style by Strunk

• General "Punctuation Handout," New York University: http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/Punctuation.html  

• Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization by McCaskill: NASA (Go to Chapter 3.)

• "Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation": Purdue

• Quotations, capitalization of: NASA (Go to Chapter 4.)

• Scholarship on punctuation: http://www.partnership.mmu.ac.uk/punctuation/punctuation.html

Chapter 11. GRAMMAR GUIDES     Excellent Online Guides  about Verbs, Nouns, Agreement, Number, etc. (10-03)

• AP (journalism) only: Missouri and http://www.courses.psu.edu/Materials/COMM461_bx2/lsfj.html 

• British grammar guide: Edunet 

• DuPage College guide

• Elements of Style: William Strunk, Jr.

• Guide to Grammar & Style by Jack Lynch: Rutgers

• Guide to Grammar & Writing: Capital

• Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization by McCaskill: NASA (Go to Chapter 1.)

• Literacy Education Online: St. Cloud State

• The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing: Michael Harvey

• The Online English Grammar: Anthony Hughes

• Online Writing Lab (OWL): Purdue

• Punctuation Made Simple: Chuma

Section D.--Four Chapters (Click on the chapter names or scroll down.) FINDING HELP Samples, Tutors, ESL/NNS, and Textbooks    Types of Paper Assignments and Sample Papers: Dozens of Types of Papers Explained ESL/NNS Writing: Dozens of Online Resources for speakers of English as a Second Language Online Tutoring: Online Locations Where Online Tutors May Be Available, Free or for a Fee Online Writing Textbooks: Complete Writing and Composition Textbooks on the Web    Web Reference books: see "18. Online Research Resources: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Literary Texts, and Expository Readings."

Chapter 12. SAMPLES OF PAPERS & METHODS OF WRITING THEM       Dozens of Types of Papers Explained

General: 
     
Dozens of Samples of a Wide Variety of Paper Types: CollegeWriting.info

Specific Types of Papers:

• Abstract: Princeton and Rensselaer

• Annotated Bibliography: Wisconsin

• Argument (see also "Essay Exam"): Boise State, Colorado State, ESL Planet, and Harvard

• Analysis of a Text: Harvard 

• Analysis of Literature--analysis of a play: Harvard

• Application Letter: See the chapter below, "Applying for Jobs, College, and Graduate School."

• Book Review: Harvard

• Comparison/Contrast: Harvard

• Cover Letter: See the chapter below, "Applying for Jobs, College, and Graduate School."

• Critical Response: Harvard

• Critical Review: Wisconsin 

• Critique: Rensselaer   

• Definition: Purdue and Rensselaer   

• Description: Purdue

• Electronic Mail: Colorado State

• Essay, Basic (Pre-College):  http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/index.html 

• Essay Exam: Colorado State, Purdue, and The Sundance Reader

• Executive Summary: Colorado 

• Lab Report: Wisconsin and Rensselaer.  See also "Science Report."

• Memo: Rensselaer  

• Personal Statement: See the chapter below, "Applying for Jobs, College, and Graduate School."

• Presentation and speech: Colorado State and Rensselaer  

• Resume: See the chapter below, "Applying for Jobs, College, and Graduate School."

• Science Report: Wisconsin.  See also "Lab Report."

• Sociology Research Paper: Millsaps

• Summary, standard (see also "Executive Summary" above): Colorado State 

• Test: see "Essay Exam" above.

• Thesis: Rensselaer

Chapter 13. ESL/NNS WRITING       Resources for Nonnative Speakers of English as a Second Language

• Grammar Guide: Minnesota  

• Grammar Help and Exercises: Minnesota 

• Miscellaneous: "Dave's ESL Cafe," an "Internet Meeting Place for Students and Teachers"

• Noncredit ESL Program Example: Minnesota English Center

• Resources for Students: Minnesota, Purdue 

• Resources for Students and Instructors: Frostburg

• Teaching Advice/Strategies: Minnesota

• "Writing Strategies for Multilingual Students": Princeton 

• See also list of tutor resources and Writing Centers immediately below.

Chapter 14. ONLINE GRAMMAR ASSISTANCE FROM A TUTOR & GENERAL WRITING CENTERS    --Locations for Online Tutors, Free or for a Fee

        The following sites offer real help from real individuals, though each requires a turn-around time, usually of a few days.  Many of these sites are primarily for students at their own schools.  

• Colorado State U (will take some non-CSU students if the tutors have time)   

• General lists of online writing centers (for students at specific schools): Purdue and Bedford/St. Martin's

• EduNet's "Grammar Guru."  (Go to the bottom of the Web page.)  Anyone may ask a question about grammar and get an email reply.  

• Tutor.com (two versions--free or for a fee)

• University of Minnesota Online Writing Center

• Online writing centers listed by National Writing Centers Assoc.: http://nwca.syr.edu

• Online writing centers listed among writing programs and centers by University of Idaho: http://www.its.uidaho.edu/comp/programhomes.html

• Purdue University Online Writing Center: http://owl.english.purdue.edu

Chapter 15.  ONLINE WRITING TEXTBOOKS   Complete Writing and Composition Textbooks on the Web (See also Chapter 18.)

• CollegeWriting.Info by Richard Jewell  

• Online Guide to Writing and Research by the University of Maryland University College

• Online Technical Writing by David A. McMurrey

• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant by Chuck Guilford, Boise State

• Writing in College: A Short Guide by Joseph Williams and Lawrence McEnerney, U. Chicago

For Grammar Guides and handbooks online, see Chapter 15, above.
                       

Section E.--Three Chapters (Click on the chapter names or scroll down.) RESEARCH and BIBLIOGRAPHIES Researching, MLA, APA, CBE, AP, and Other Styles and Resources    Research, Writing, and Plagiarism: Steps of Research and Writing; What to Do and to Avoid Citation and Documentation (Bibliographies, Footnotes, etc.): MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, CBE, AP, et al.  Online Research Resources: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Literary Texts, and Expository Readings

Chapter 16. RESEARCH, WRITING, and PLAGIARISM     Steps of Research and Writing; What to Do & to Avoid (11-06)

• Eight brief lessons on quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and making a bibliography: Minnesota

• Evaluating Internet sources (UWisc-Eau Claire): 

• Evaluating Web sites: Minnesota

• Field research links: Bedford Researcher

• General help and sample research papers: Bedford Researcher

• General processes: The Bedford Researcher

• "Guides to Library, Internet, and Field Research": Colorado State

• High School Biography Writing, Step by Step: Bellingham Public Schools

• "An Introduction to the Culture of Scholarship"--Honesty, Work, and Plagiarism: Creighton University

• "Library Research Guide": Minnesota

• Legal Citation: Cornell U

• Library sources: LibrarySpot  

• "Links for Specific Disciplines": Bedford Researcher 

• "Minute Modules" explain "What's a Journal?" and "How To Read Newspapers": Penn State

• "Overview of the Research Process": ResearchNavigator (Pearson)

• Quotations, choosing and incorporating: Wisconsin   

• Plagiarism, learning what it is and avoiding it: CollegeWriting.info

• Plagiarism avoidance resource list: Bedford Researcher

• The research process: "Research and the Research Paper," a series of essays by Thomson

• The research process, steps of: Penn State

• Search engines: Minnesota

Chapter 17. CITATION AND DOCUMENTATION (Bibliographies, Footnotes, etc.)     MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, CBE, AP, et al.

BIBLIOGRAPHY MAKERS (The Web page asks questions; you answer.  It then writes the bibliography, and you copy it to your paper.):

Note: "MLA" is for English and Humanities.
"APA" is for Social Sciences and Nursing.
For other systems, see below.

• Citation Machine (free): MLA, APA, Chicago

• NoodleTools Express (free): MLA, APA

• NoodleTools FAQs (free): MLA, APA

• NoodleTools (subscription only): MLA, APA

• EasyBib (free): MLA

• EasyBib Pro (subscription only): APA and MLA

REFERENCES--MLA (English and Humanities) and APA (Social Sciences and Nursing):

• MLA: Purdue  

• MLA and APA: Colorado State, Minnesota, Texas, and EasyBib  

• APA: Purdue  

• Advanced: Iowa

REFERENCES--ELECTRONIC and OTHER STYLES:

• Electronic Citations: Purdue ( MLA and APA) and Harnack and Kleppinger's online!, a reference guide to using internet sources (MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE)

• Chicago/Turabian (History): Colorado State and Wisconsin

• CBE (Science): Colorado State and Wisconsin  

• AP (Journalism): Missouri and PSU

• ASA (Sociology): Purdue  

• Legal Citation: Cornell U

• Advanced: Iowa

Chapter 18. Online Research Resources     Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Newspapers, & Online Libraries

References (Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.)

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online

• A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices by Robert A. Harris

• Newbury House Dictionary from Thomson Publishing

• Online Subject Dictionaries (e.g., a dictionary of the social sciences or a dictionary of psychology)

• www.refdesk.com (a collection of links to current news stories and a wide variety of online reference books) 

• www.dictionary.com (dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, and foreign language dictionaries)

• www.yourdictionary.com (long list of many kinds of subjects; dictionaries--e.g., "Religion" and "Medical"--and surfing access to them)

• www.s9.com/biography (biographies of 28,000 famous people)

• http://www.freeglossary.com (over 400,000 word entries in ten languages) 

Online Libraries

• Library of Congress

• www.ipl.org (9500 online books and over 2300 journals)

• www.elibrary.com (a Web online-library search engine)

• www.libraryspot.com: (hundreds of libraries and references)

Newspapers

• www.newspapers.com (links to national and world newspapers and to some magazines/journals)

• http://www.newspaperindex.com/ (links to online newspapers in any country, listed by country)

• http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ (search for any newspaper by country, state, or name)

Other Online Research

• History (short) of the English Language

• Translation, English to French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, or Italian 

• Rhetoric: an online "guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric"

• Word lovers' delight: www.logophilia.com  

• Directory of 3000+ North American college and university Web sites    

Section F.--Four Chapters (Click on the chapter names or scroll down.) PROFESSIONAL WRITING Papers, Graphic Design, and Applying for Work    Graphics and Tables: Using Spaces and Graphic Elements (Pictures, Tables, etc.) Other Fields of Professional Writing: Business and Technical Writing, Journalism, et al. Applying for Jobs, College, or Graduate School: Resumes, Application and Cover Letters, Personal Statements, etc.

Chapter 19. GRAPHICS and TABLES      Using Spaces and Graphic Elements (Pictures, Tables, etc.)

• "Guides about Graphics and Tables": Colorado State  

• "Using Graphics": CollegeWriting.info   

• Web Design: Bedford Researcher, Web Style Guide, and Sun Systems 

   

Chapter 20. OTHER FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL WRITING    Business and Technical Writing, Engineering, Journalism, Science, et al.

• Application (Job) Materials: see the chapter below, "Applying to Jobs, College, and Graduate Schools."

• Business Writing: Purdue and Frostburg   

• Desktop Publishing: Colorado State  

• Engineering, Civil Engineering: Colorado State  

• Journalism: Frostburg  

• Legal Writing: Write Better English

• Research writing, "Links for Specific Disciplines": Bedford/St. Martin's 

• Sciences: Colorado State

• Technical Writing: Frostburg  

• "Writing in Many Fields": CollegeWriting.info   

Chapter 21. APPLYING FOR JOBS, COLLEGE, OR GRADUATE SCHOOL      Resumes, Application and Cover Letters, Personal Statements, etc.

The following sites provide written guidelines to help you develop your resume, write a cover letter, create a personal statement for graduate school, and the like.

• Admission to college (undergraduate): http://www.personalessay.com/advice.html 

• "Applying for Work": CollegeWriting.info   

• Cover letter: Rensselaer Institute

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