Helpful Web Sites for Writers and Teachers of Writing

The best dictionary site, covering many languages:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/

A great site for helping students understand how to evaluate online sources contains evaluation checklists and teaching materials:
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm

Information on citing electronic information in APA, MLA, and Chicago format from Bedford/St. Martin's On-line Reference Guide to to Using Internet Sources: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

OSU Writing Center Online contains handouts on many writing problems and links to online writing resources:
http://osu.orst.edu/dept/writing-center/twc.html

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) contains:

• Handouts on writing concerns, ESL, grammar, spelling, punctuation, research, resumes, and more
• Downloadable Powerpoint Presentations on APA Format, MLA Format, Research and the Internet, the Writing Process, Organizing Writing, Conquering the Comma, Sentence Clarity and Combining, and more
• Links to other online writing labs (OWLs) and internet resources
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Voice of the Shuttle, by Alan Liu et al. at UC Santa Barbara, is a comprehensive website for humanities research:
http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Fair Use Guidelines from the Consortium of College and University Media Centers
for students and teachers. Click on Multimedia Fair Use Document and then scroll to "2. Preparation of Educational Multimedia Projects Using Portions of Copyrighted Works"
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/mtss/fairuse/guidelines.html

Helpful grammar, usage, and style sites:

The Writer¹s Handbook, University of Wisconsin, with many student helps including an Editing Checklist explaining common errors and a Proofreading Handout:
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/

Guide to Grammar and Writing, Capital Community College, Hartford, CT http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/definitions.htm

Punctuation Made Simple (PMS) by Gary Olson
http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~olson/pms/

Grammar Toolkit, a glossary of grammar terms (Am Heritage Book of English Usage) http://www.bartleby.com/64/10.html

Parallelism, Passive Voice, Wordiness, Redundancy (Am Heritage Book of English Usage) http://www.bartleby.com/64/2.html

Science terms: Distinctions, Restrictions, and Confusions (Am Heritage Book of English Usage)
http://www.bartleby.com/64/4.html

Wired Style
http://hotwired.lycos.com/hardwired/wiredstyle/toc/index.html