Part 2 of The Internet Research for Writing Classes Workshop. See Part 1 for more details.

RESOURCES -- This is only a leaping off place providing you with an idea of the scope of information that's out there. Use the links to search engines and directories to find more that may be even better suited to your specific purposes. Watch your professional publications for interesting and useful reviewed sites. Most newsletters, journals, and magazines have more to offer than there is time to put them to use.

Grammar & Usage

• Errors in English
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
• Purdue University
• Grammar and Style Notes from the University of Pennsylvania

Fact Finding

• Potential writing topics
• General Collection of WWW Sites
• Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the NET
• US Census Bureau
• Argus Clearinghouse from the University of Michigan
• Library of Congress
• AIDS and HIV information
• CIA Publications and Handbooks
• US National Library of Medicine

Reference Resources

• Literature Webliography
• Bartlett's Familiar quotations
• Virtual Reference Desk
• My Virtual Reference Desk
• The Elements of Style
• Focusing on Words

Periodicals

• Magazine Databases via the WWW
• Electronic Magazines

  Current Issues

• Time
• Economist
• Mother Jones
• Journal for WWW Writing Teachers
• Newspapers online

Readings for Writers

• Books on the Internet
• CLNet Diversity Page from UCLA
• Project Guttenberg
• Books around the world
• Classics of American Literature from the University of Virginia
• Avalon at Yale has documents of American History and Diplomacy

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Practitioners Bibliography