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Colorado State University Online Writing Center Reference Materials
This site contains information on seven topics related to writing, including writing processes, critical reading, document, types, and sources.
The Electronic Journal for Computer Writing, Rhetoric and Literature
CWRL publishes articles that address computer aided pedagogy in the fields of rhetoric, composition and literature.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Created by writing professor, Chuck Guilford, this site offers editorial assistance to writers. It is organized around a series of exercises that you copy onto your word processor. It covers most of the major stages of writing.
Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors
This site offers links to everything from gender free pronoun usage to writer's groups for various genres.
Dictionaries and Word Searches
This will lead you to dictionaries, thesauri, and other reference sources on the web.
Merriam Webster Online
Each retrieved word is accompanied by pronunciation, usage, grammatical function, a brief etymoloy, and a definition. A thesaurus can be queried for similar words, hypertext cross references are available, misspellings return suggested spellings, and there are hypertext links to illustrations.
The Oxford English Dictionary
This site is the best resource for a complete history of a word and its usage in different ages.
The LOGOS Dictionary
This site translates dozens of languages simultaneously.
A Web of On-line Dictionaries
This site indexes on-line dictionaries, thesauri, and other sources containing words and phrases.
Roget's Thesaurus
This site is an e-text based on the 1911 edition.
Grammar and Style Notes
This will lead you to a variety of pages that offer help and advice with grammar and style. Many are connected to on-line writing labs where you can also get help and tips on the different stages of the writing process.
Strategies for Writing and Proofing
This site provides links to documents on every aspect of the writing process.
The Freshman English Program at the University of Georgia
This site contains information on numerous topics related to writing, including the writing processes, critical reading, and documenting sources.
Grammar Tests at the Test Bank
Test your grammar skills! Try the various tests available here.
Handouts on Writing from Renssalaer Writing Center
This site offers handouts on specific types of writing assignments (i.e. abstracts, lab reports, memos and resumes)
Colorado State University Online Writing Center Reference Materials
This site contains information on seven topics related to writing, including writing processes, critical reading, document, types, and sources.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Created by writing professor, Chuck Guilford, this site offers editorial assistance to writers. It is organized around a series of exercises that you copy onto your word processor. It covers most of the major stages of writing.
Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors
This site offers links to everything from gender free pronoun usage to writer's groups for various genres.
Research andDocumentation
If you need help with research ideas or documentation format, try this page.
MLA on the Web
The MLA homepage provides information on jobs, conventions, publications, prizes and MLA style.
MLA Style -- Citing Sources from the World Wide Web
This site contains the authorized MLA guidelines for citing Internet resources.
Richland College Library Homepage
Start here to get into our library catalog, search periodicals online through Texshare, or learn how to search the internet. You won't believe all the places you can go from here.
Library Catalogues on the Web
This link will give you access to library catalogs from area universities, Texshare libraries and local public libraries as well as other worldwide catalogs on the net.
Favorite Websites
This list of websites on the Internet has been carefully selected by the Richland College Library references staff. Frequently updated, it covers subjects ranging from anthropology to weather.
Dallas TeleCollege Library
The online library for the DCCCD telecourse students, this site offers the only currently available online version of the library handbook (you'll be able to get it from Richland's website as soon as the next edition is out) as well as many similar resources to the Richland library homepage.
Research It!
This is a great research tool for everything from words to work. It's like a filtered search tool.
Researchpaper.com
This site claims to be the web's largest collection of topics, ideas and assistance for research projects.
A Student's Guide to Research with the World Wide Web
This site covers everything from basic search tips to how to evaluate web sources and how to document web sites.
Library of Congress
This will take you to the library.
Amazing Ready Reference
From this site you can look up almost anything.
Cyberstacks
This is a centralized, unified and integrated collection of internet resources categorized using the Library of Congress scheme. Resources are full-text, primarily scholarly or research oriented.
Internet Public Library
This is a highly accessible library of online resources, including reference materials, books and periodicals.