English 101 Resources

ENGLISH 101. ACADEMIC WRITING
Web Resources (free on the internet!)

Best webs for undergrad writing in the USA

                      Purdue U: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/resources/scholacadem.html
                      Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style (Rutgers): http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
                      Darling's Guide to Grammar and Writing: Guide to Grammar and Writing
                      Guide for MLA Research Writing: A Guide for Writing Research Papers

Writing tools, helps, and drolleries

Dictionaries

                      Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus: http://www.m-w.com/
                      Wordsmyth Dictionary and Thesaurus: http://www.wordsmyth.net/
                      American Heritage Dictionary: http://www.bartleby.com/61/

Thesaurus

Roget's Thesaurus: http://www.bartleby.com/62/index.html

Grammar

                     Dr. E's English grammar for college writers: http://www.englishare.net/grammar/index2.html
                     Basic English grammar: http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/
                     Grammar Bytes: http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm

Intermediate level, Columbia Guide to Standard American English: http://www.bartleby.com/68/
Intermediate level, Strunk's Elements of Style: http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

Advanced, Mitchell's The Underground Grammarian: http://www.sourcetext.com/grammarian/

Quotations

                      Columbia World of Quotations: http://www.bartleby.com/66/
                      Simpson's Contemporary Quotations: http://www.bartleby.com/63/
                      Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: http://www.bartleby.com/100/
                      Respectfully Quoted: http://www.bartleby.com/73/

Language

                      Language courses: http://www.yourdictionary.com/index.shtml
                      History of the English language: http://www.towson.edu/~duncan/helhome.html
                      Brians' Common Errors in English: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/
                      Word Spy (hot new words); http://www.wordspy.com/index.asp
                      Maledicta Press (bad language): http://www.sonic.net/maledicta/
                      Slanguage (please, don't read this!): http://www.slanguage.com/

English as second language

Computer stuff

                 Search engines: http://www.google.com — attempts to rank the best possible sites
                                              http://www.altavista.com — the most comprehensive search engine
                                              http://www.infoseek.com - search "within these results" to narrow finds
                                              http://www.excite.com — search without using exact keywords.

                 Reading and writing for the web: http://www.virtualschool.edu/web/
                     Microsoft Hot Mail free account signup: http://login.passport.net/uilogin.srf?id=2
                     Microsoft Office Template Gallery: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/templategallery
                     Power Point Backgrounds and Templates: www.websiteestates.com/education/templatesindex.html

Libraries

                     TC3 Library gateway: http://www.tc3.edu/library/
                     SUNYConnect: http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/sln.htm
                     Index of libraries: http://lights.com/webcats.
                     Library of Congress: http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/