Resources on the Internet

Resources on the Internet

Metapages

(The metapages are excellent tools for locating the resources available on the Internet.)

Voice of the Shuttle (resources in the humanities)
Yahoo (resources on all topics)
Google (search engine for all topics)

On-Line Newspapers

Baltimore Sun
Chicago Tribune
New York Times (requires 1st time free registration)
San Diego Union-Tribune (requires registration but very useful because it allows free use of archives going back to 1993)
USA Today
Washington Post
Other On-Line Newspapers (U.S.A. & World)

On-Line Word and Phrase Search Programs and Translations

(These allow you to locate words, passages, and quotations in literary texts and to get definitions from dictionaries as well as translations from the Altavista translator. )

Complete Works of Shakespeare (MIT)
King James Version Bible Search (University of Virginia)
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Bartleby.com)
The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed. (Bartleby.com)
Altavista Translator (Translates from English to French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and vice versa)
Foreign Language and Specialized Dictionaries (Yahoo)
A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices (University of Kentucky)
A Glossary of Literary Terms (University of Kentucky)

On-Line Grammar and Writing Resources

MLA Documentation Style (Purdue On-Line Writing Lab)
The American Heritage Book of English Usage (contains Columbia Guide to Standard American English, Wm. Strunk's The Elements of Style, and H. W. Fowler's The King's English (Bartleby.com)
The Internet Grammar of English (University College London)
Grammar, Style, and Punctuation Handouts (University of Wisconsin)
Grammar and Style Guide (Jack Lynch)
Common Errors in English (John Brians)
The Purdue On-Line Writing Lab
The Writer's Web (University of Richmond)
The Editorial Eye (An index to articles on editing and publication practices)

Classical Writings on Rhetoric

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