Internet Help Sites

The World Wide Web offers many useful sites to support writers.  The links listed here are some that we have found helpful.  Check back often for updates to this web page.

Search Engines

Google

http://www.google.com

Dogpile Search Engine

http://www.dogpile.com/

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Reading Help

Assess Your Reading Habits

http://www.academic.marist.edu/alcuin/tut/reading.html

SQ3R A Reading/Study System

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/sq3r.html

How to Read Your Textbook More Efficiently

http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/supplemental_instruction/manual/reading/prr.doc

Reading Your Textbooks

http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/Txtbook.html

How to Read Essays You Must Analyze

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/essays.html

How to Read a Difficult Book

http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/learn/readbook.html

Six Reading Myths

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/doc/6_reading_myths.doc

Mark Your Books

http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/learning_resources/reading/Mark_Your_Books.pdf

Suggestions for Improving Reading Speed

http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/learn/suggest.html

CNN Interactive Learning Resources

http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/week.html

Reading Strategies and Critical Thinking

http://www.academic.marist.edu/alcuin/ssk/stratthink.html

San Jose State's Interactive Critical Thinking Tutorial

http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html

Reading and Writing Skills Practice

http://www.eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM

Reading to Comprehend and Learn

http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/reading-skills/comprehension.html

Personal Reading Improvement

http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/personal.reading.imprvmnt.html

Why Do the Majority of People Read the Way They Do?

http://www.roadtoreading.org/arc/read_training.html

How to Improve Reading Skills

http://braindance.com/bdiread1.htm

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Writing Help

Purdue University's Resources for Writers

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/index.html

How to Write and Revise a Rough Draft

http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/lrnres/handouts/1234.html

Help With Your Writing

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu

Writing Handouts

http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/

Writing Papers

http://www.ucc.vt.edu.stdysk/writpap.html

Non-sexist Language

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_nonsex.html

Spelling Quiz and Tips

http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/spelling.html

Grammar

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

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Vocabulary Development

Vocabulary: An Ongoing Process

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/vocabula.html

A Word a Day

http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html

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Quotations

The Quotations Page

http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

http://www.bartleby.com/99/

Good Quotes by Famous People

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/quotes.html

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Documenting Sources

MLA & APA Style

http://egghead.psu.edu/~malc/

Online Resources

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/#online

Academic Integrity

http://www.writing.ku.edu/students/docs/integrity.html

Avoiding Plagiarism

http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/usingsources.html

Copyright and Fair Use

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

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Online Writing Labs

Grammar Help

http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/LangHelp/Grammar

Guide to Grammar and Style

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

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Punctuation Resources

Punctuation Pointers From Canada Natural Resources

http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/ess/pubs/guide/punct/period_e.html

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Sentence Skills

Sentence Skills Sample Test

http://www.yccd.edu/assessment/tests/sentenceskills.html

Sentence Combining Skills

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/combining_skills.htm

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Word and Sentence Level

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Sentence Construction

http://owl.english.perdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#construction

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