—English Resources for Internet Research and Composition–
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Evaluating Information on the Internet
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lalalal AltaVista Allows both simple and advanced searches of www and Usenet; fast and powerful Ask Jeeves A very interesting search engine that allows plain English searches. Britannica Internet guide From the Encyclopedia Britannica people; evaluates , rates, and limits findings. DejaNews searches Usenet newsgroups Dogpile Searches many common search engines to many different results all in one place. Excite An extensive multipurpose finder of information; includes a Web search engine, directory, and other lookups; now allied w/ America Online HotBot Powerful and customizable Web and Usenet search engine. Infoseek allows searches of WWW, e-mail addresses, Usenet, and newswires. Also includes a directory Lycos Web search engine and more: directory, graphics, PeopleFind, StockFind, Maps, etc. Magellan A large collection of pre-viewed sites (special "green light: database excludes all sites w/ adult content), along w/ a directory. WebCrawler a quick and simple to use web search engine. Who Where? a people search engine. Yahoo! Both a full-fledged WWW search engine and the most famous directory for browsing. Brainwave Searches Business and Company Information, Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks, Medicine, News, People and Biographies, Science and Technology, Social Science, Government and Education. Dun & Bradstreet DNB is the leading provider of business-to-business credit, marketing, purchasing, and receivables management and decision-support services worldwide. Search for corporate information and buy reports. Electric Library Allows plain English searches of more than 150 full-test newspapers and 800 full text magazines; free 30 day subscription Lexis-Nexis Online legal, news, and business information services. Thomas Register of American Manufacturers http://www.thomasregister.com/ This site allows users to buy and specify from manufacturers of millions of industrial products and services UnCover A periodical index and document delivery (by fax) service. Berkeley Digital Library http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/welcome.pl/ The online collection at the university of California; searchable. Complete reference to Usenet newsgroups http://www.tile.net/tile/news/index.html A searchable listing of Usenet groups. ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology The WWW starting point for the Educational Resources Clearinghouse Internet Public Library A directory of Web information
arranged like a public library Infosurf: E-Journals and E-zines http://www.library.ucsb.edu/mags/mags.html A categorically arranged list of magazines and journals available electronically. LIBCAT http://www.metronet.lib.mn.us/lc/lcl.html Comprehensive guide to libraries (United States and world wide) that have internet presence. Librarian's Index to the Internet http://sunsite.Berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ This site has 100s and 100s of links arranged by major categories and sub categories to almost every topic of interest Libweb: Library Servers Via WWW http://sunsite.Berkeley.EDU/libweb/ Directory of online
libraries in 62 countries; searchable by location or affiliation LISTSERV Lists Search A searchable listing of e-mail discussion groups (listservs) Social Science Information Gateway A comprehensive listing of social science information sources available electronically world wide Supreme Court Decisions http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/ A searchable database
of recent Supreme Court decisions. Voice of the Shuttle: Webpage for Humanities Research http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/english.html An amazingly
comprehensive directory of humanities-oriented Web pages. WWW Virtual Library <<< One of the first directories of Web sites, and still one of the most comprehensive. Acronym and Abbreviation list http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/ Searchable list of acronyms; also reversible to search for acronyms from a keyword The Acronym Finder Type in an acronym and this site will search its collection of 75,000 to find a match The Alternative Dictionary http://www.notam.uio.no/~hcholm/altlang/ Dictionary of slang and
expressions you most likely won’t find in an normal dictionary; all entries
are submitted by users. CIA World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ Every hard fact about every country in the world Computing Dictionary Dictionary of computing terms; often technical. Encarta http://www.encarta.com/EncartaHome.asp Microsoft’s Encarta encyclopedia allows users to key word search topics and offers other education-related features Encyclopedia.com from Electric Library This online encyclopedia allows the user to search a term/phrase or browse by letter. InfoPlease Combines the contents of an
encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several up-to-the minute almanacs loaded with
statistics, facts, and historical records The King James Bible http://etext.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html In addition to a
searchable KJV, this site provides a side-by-side comparison of the
King James and the Revised Standard. The Koran http://etext.virginia.edu/koran.html The Koran Let's Find Out The knowledge Adventure
Encyclopedia is a great homework helper. Users can search for terms to be
researched or browse by subject. There are lots of subjects here, perfect for a
school project. Quotations Page http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/ Search for that quotation by keyword. The Roget's Thesaurus http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html An online searchable version of the venerable book of synonyms. Scholes Library Electronic Reference Desk http://scholes.alfred.edu/ref_desk/ref.html An index of “ready reference” sources Shakespeare Glossary http://eserver.org/langs/shakespeare-glossary.txt Alphabetically-arranged text file of words from Shakespeare; not a concordance. Allyn and Bacon's CompSite http://www.abacon.com/compsite/ An Interactive meeting place for teachers and students to share resources and work on projects. Anti-Pedantry page: Singular "Their" in Jane Austen and Elsewhere http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/austheir.html A compilation of famous writers who’ve ignored the singular “their” rule. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett 1901 edition. Searchable. Basic prose Style & Mechanics http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/revise.html This pamphlet focuses on the basic principles of prose style and mechanics. BGSU Online Writing Lab gopher://gopher.bgsu.edu/11/Departments/write A Gopher site with downloadable grammar and writing tips. The Blue Book of Grammar & Punctuation Use this site to find answers about questions on proper English grammar and punctuation. Capitalization http://stipo.larc.nasa.gov/sp7084/sp7084ch3.html According to NASA’s Handbook. Critique Partner Connections http://www.cjclements.com/cpc.html A place to find a writing partner for help by email. Dakota State University Online Writing Lab (OWL) http://www.departments.dsu.edu/owl/ An Online Writing Lab that provides writing help via email DeVry Online Writing Support Center http://www.devry-phx.edu/lrnresrc/dowsc/ Resources for integrating the Internet into your college composition classes. An Elementary Grammar Twenty-two sections of moderately technical discussions of grammatical topics from The English Institute Elements of Style Will Strunk’s 1918 classic. English Grammar FAQ as posted to alt.usage.english http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue.html Answers to common
grammar questions from linguist John Lawler. Garbl's Writing resources On Line http://members.home.net/garbl/writing/ This site has many links to help
the user write the perfect paper. These links are split into English grammar,
style, usage, plain language, words, reference sources, online writing experts,
word play, and books on writing A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms w/ Examples http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html Grammar and Styles notes http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/ Alphabetically
arranged guide to topics in grammar and style. Includes a collection
of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and
suggestions on usage. A Handbook of Terms for Discussing Poetry http://shoga.wwa.com/~rgs/glossary.html A unique guide to the study of poetry. Features phonetic pronunciations, cross references, broad range of definitions, numerous examples, hyperlinked keywords & cross references, a wealth of poetic quotations, and writer’s guidelines HyperGrammar http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/ Hypertest
grammar course/handbook from the University of Ottawa Inklings A biweekly newsletter for writers on the Net. The "It's" vs. "Its" page http://www.fred.net/kathy/its.html The difference between the two homophones. The King's English Full text of H.W. Fowler’s 1908 classic on English, Victorian-style. Main Writing Guide http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop\ Three complete online handbooks for writing Nebraska Center for Writers http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/ Online resource for writers of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. On-line English Grammar http://www.edunet.com/english/grammer/ Online Writery http://www.missouri.edu/~writery/ “The conversation zone for
writers”; tutors and writers meet online discuss writing. Paradigm: Online Writing Assistant Almost a complete writing textbook online PEN home The home page of PEN, the professional association of writers and editors. Poets and Writers Inc Homepage Support for professional writers and those who would be professional. Politics and the English language gopher://dept.english.upenn.edu/00/Courses/Lynch3/orwell Full test of George Orwell’s plea for clarity in writing and thinking. Punctuation http://stipo.larc.nasa.gov/sp7084/sp7084ch3.html Punctuation according to NASA Purdue On-line Writing Lab An extensive source of online
help for writers, including professional help to specific questions by email Rensselaer Writing Center Handouts http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/handouts.html A collection of handouts on
writing topics from “abstracts” to “writing” with gender-flair
language.” Researchpaper.com An impressive compendium of research-paper help, including live chat rooms. The Ruth H. Hooker Research Library and Technical Information Center http://infoweb.nrl.navy.mil/catalogs_and_databases/Writing.html A collection of sites for all writing needs. Users will find links to dictionaries, Bartlett’s quotations, encyclopedias, and more. Tips and Resources for Writers http://www.tipsforwriters.com/ Materials for professional writers that are appropriate for beginners as well Undergraduate Writing Center http://uwc.fac.utexas.edu/stu/index.html Services restricted to University of Texas students and staff; links to resources for writers. Gayle Morris Sweetland Writing Center OWL @ the University of Michigan http://www.lsa.umich.edu/swc/OWL/owl.html Receive advice about your writing via email and browse links to other writing resources. The University of Victoria's Hypertext Writers Guide Hypertext guides to writing and
literature The Word Detective http://www.word-detective.com/ Online version of the newspaper column answering questions about words. The Writers Depot http://members.aol.com/WritersD/index.html For a fee, professional writers and editors will critique your work. Writing Centers Online http://departments.colgate.edu/diw/NWCAOWLS.html A directory of writing centers nationwide who have online presences. Writing Help from the College of Wooster http://www.wooster.edu/writing_center/help.html The College of Wooster’s Writing Center has posted information on rules of grammar, comma usage, and other helpful hints. Documentation help is also offered at this site. Writing Papers of Literary Analysis: Some Advice for Student Writers http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/cooneys/tchg/lit/adv/lit.papers.html From Western Michigan University. Writing References from Ohio State http://www.newark.ohio-state.edu/~osuwrite/ref.htm The Ohio State Writing Lab presents useful tools for any type of composition, in any type of discipline. These references include Webster’s Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary, Roger’s Thesaurus, and 130 grammar handouts compiled by Purdue University. Barebones Guide to HTML This site offers
details information on HTML by listing every official HTML tag in
common usage, plus Netscape and Microsoft
extensions. This site offers detailed information and tips for all aspects of Web site development. Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Communications Terms http://www.ora.com/reference/dictionary/ This comprehensive
dictionary provides complete descriptions of complex terms in two of
the most volatile and interesting areas of computer development:
personal computers and networks. Everything E-mail Everything you ever wanted to know about email HTML Validator http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/ Provided a service that allows users to input URL(s) to make sure that they are HTML compatible. HTML Writers Guild Assists in developing and enhancing the capabilities of web authors while contributing to the web standards and guidelines. Find information about standards, techniques, and ethics as applied to web authoring. Student Web Pages http://www2.haverford.edu/acc/webdev/webdev-student.html Student-oriented guide from Haverford College MOO help http://www.du.org/dumoo/moohelps.htm Basic MOO techniques and commands from Diversity University Criteria for Evaluation of Internet Information Resources http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/ From an online Internet resource course from Victoria University, New Zealand. NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html For those times when you have to tinker under the hood of your Web pages User Guide to Netiquette http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/09netiqt.htm How to behave, electronically speaking. Web Writers http://www.whidbey.net/servsup/useful.html This site has many links to help the user create a Web site. There are links to pages to help the process of setting up Web pages on WhidbeyNET, Web writing references, Web creation, , how to register a site, JAVA, and backgrounds and graphics for a Web site. WWWScribe: Web Resources for Writers Writing for the WWW,
along with using the Internet as a research and communication tool.
Checklist for Evaluating Web Sites http://www.canisius.edu/canhp/canlib/webcrit.htm Tips from the Canisus University Library. Critically Analyzing Information http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm Not specifically devoted to Internet information sources. Evaluating Internet information http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8001/research/education/net.html Specific guidance from Johns Hopkins University Evaluating Internet Research Sources http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm A comprehensive essay, not just a checklist Evaluating Quality on the Net http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/findqual.html An excellent and
continually evolving paper from Hope Tillman, Babson College. Evaluating Web Resources http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm This site provides the materials and checklists to assist the user in evaluating Web sites. This site focuses on advocacy Web pages, business pages, news pages, informational pages, and personal pages Internet Tutorial: Evaluating Internet Resources http://www.cst.edu/Library/EvalIntRes.html A short document from the Claremont School of Technology Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical A concise outline, from UCLA World Wide Web Site Evaluation for Information Professionals http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/Dimals/rguides/website.htm This site offers the user many links to evaluating Web site resources. Periodical evaluation is also available here. Abortion and Reproductive Rights Internet Resources http://www.caral.org/abortion.html An extensive set of links to information both pro-choice and pro-life Alex: A Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet http://lib.ncsu.edu/staff/morgan/alex/alex-index.com A listing of
full-length texts available on the Internet African Americana http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/african.html A moderately extensive
directory of Web sites (and more) dealing with the African American
experience The American Civil War Home Page http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ U.S. Civil Ware information is categorized by general resources, documented records, specific battles, civil ware re-enactors, the secession crisis and before, histories, civil war round tables, and more. There are hundreds of links at this site. American Poetry Hyper-Bibliography http://www.hti.umich.edu/english/amverse/hyperbib.html A Web-based guide to
American poetry, searchable on author or title American Studies Web http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/ A good jumping off point for studies in Americana AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the internet http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/astronomy.html Best of the Christian Web This site has collected Christian sites in all categories. A good starting point for anyone looking for Christian information and media. Essays in History- University of Virginia http://etext.virginia.edu/journals/EH/ Full text of the journal Essays in History issues since 1990
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