The English Department
Writing Links


Writing Links

Purdue On-line Writing Lab
Paradigm On-Line Writing Assistant
Indispensable Writing Resource Page
The Internet Grammar of English
Common Errors in English 
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Exercise Central - Bedford/St. Martin's

Guide to Grammar and Writing
On-Line English Grammar
Welcome to the English Pages!
Welcome to the Online Writing Lab
On-Line Resources for Writers
Study Skills Self Help Information

Documentation & Research

MLA Style sheet for electronic resources--the official web site
Modern Language Association Documentaion

The Major Search Engines and Directories
Evaluating Website Content

Critical Thinking

Mission: Critical (Home Page)
Logical Fallacies

General Searches 

Findspot--A general guide to finding information on the Web
Newspapers On-line
MagPortal--Search thousands of magazines
AskJeeves--A linguistic search engine
Alta Vista--A boolean search engine
Google
The Internet Public Library
Literature Links

S. Connecticut State Univ. Buley Library literature links
Glossary of Poetic Terms
ALEX:  A Catalogue of Electronic Texts
University of Virginia: English Electronic Texts Resources
Bulfinch's Mythology On-line
The Internet Classics Archive
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
The Bible Gateway--Search the Bible

Gateways to Local, Federal, and International Governments

Governments on the Web Table of Contents

Reference Sources

Thesaurus
Dictionary.com
Merriam-Webster OnLine
Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th edition
The Quotations Page: Search for Quotations
The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
yourDictionary
Virtual Reference Desk
Encyclopedia Britannica
The Little Brown Handbook Online

Resource Links

The Library of Congress
The New York Times on the Web
AltaVista Translations
All Law - Your Internet Legal Gateway
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
English Online Resources -- Electronic Text Center
Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk
VOICE OF THE SHUTTLE HOME PAGE
IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection Main Page
THOR: The Virtual Reference Desk
Cyberlibrarians' Rest Stop
Catalogues and Databases
Melvyl--UC's on-line catalogue
ERIC--THE Education database, now on-line!.
United States Constitution Search
Avalon Project at Yale Law: Docs in Law, History and Diplomacy
Berkeley's Invisible Web--Database contents rarely found in search engines

Federal Information

 FirstGov--An excellent search engine for the federal government

FedStats--US statistics database
FedWorld--Links to Federal agencies and documents
Thomas--The text of federal bills and pending legislation
The United States Census Bureau--Statistics? Wow!

State and Local Information 

The Official State of California Legislative Information page
U.S. Census Bureau's California page