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Online Resources for English Students

Writing Resources | Research Sites | Literature Sites | Dictionaries | Study Skills | ESL Resources

Writing Resources

• Hacker Handbook Homepage (Resource on MLA documentation, essay writing, research links, grammar rules, exercises and more)
• LEO: Literacy Education Online (Good university site resource on the particulars of essay writing and MLA documentation)
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant (In-depth resource on essay writing)
• UVic Writer's Guide (Resource on essay writing and literary terms)
• Hotlist: Composition and Writing (Hotlist of resources on grammar and writing)
• Resources and Links for Writers and Writing Instructors (Many non-commercial English links from Rutgers)
• OWL: Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (Excellent resource for students and teachers including handouts in many categories and MLA)
• LPC's Online English Lab (Excellent resource for students)

   

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Research Sites

• Bulb Link: Catalogue of Selected Internet Resources (Selected academic internet sources covering all academic subject areas)
• Encyclopedia Britannica Web Site (Good for brief background research on a topic)
• Chabot Library (Search for articles on-line in EBSCO, Chabot's periodical databases)
• The Internet Public Library (Search for articles and resources on many topics including teens and youth)
• Librarians Index to the Internet (Great resource to search the web by academic topic)
• OWL: Purdue Internet Resources Page (Page of links to web sites for research)
• UC Berkeley Tutorial on Internet Searching (Good resource on everything you need to know to find something on the internet)

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Literature Sites

• Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection (Browse for sites on authors, titles of works, and literary periods)
• IPL: Native American Authors (Good resource on Native American authors, biographical information and publications)
• Google Literature Sites (Google's collection of literature links)
• Yahoo Literature Sites (Links to many literature sites of all kinds)
• Online Literature Library (Online collection of full length works of literature)
• Classic Literature (Clearinghouse for subjects and authors)

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Dictionaries

• Online Dictionaries, Thesaurus, and other reference tools (Great resource)
• Dictionaries: Foreign Language and English (Pick a language and find an online dictionary!)
• Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary and Thesaurus
• ARTFL Project: Roget's Thesaurus Search Form (Great automated thesaurus from the University of Chicago to search for synonims)
• yourDictionary.com (A dictionary and thesaurus that links you to any kind of dictionary that you can think of)

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Study Skills

• Basic Internet Searching Seminar (Guided tutorial on how to search the internet)
• Understanding and Using the Internet (Helpful tips on using the internet)
• Beginner's Guide to Effective Email (Simple explanations about using email)
• Internet for International Communication (On-line Netscape Tutorials)
• Study Guides (Study Guides for testing, reading, writing, and class participation)

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ESL Resources

• Chabot ESL Program Home Page (Excellent page with links to many useful ESL web sites and campus resources)
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html#purdue (A number of handouts that address ESL writing)
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html (Links to lots of online resources for ESL students and teachers)
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html (Many other handouts on grammar, business writing, research in handouts directory)

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