General Dictionaries

One Look Dictionaries
http://www.m-w.com/home.htm

Spanish-English Online Dictionary
http://tairona.apana.org.au/gleb/es/html/

Your Dictionary.com
http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Subject Dictionaries

ArtLex - Art Dictionary
http://www.artlex.com/

Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com:80/biography/

Chemistry and Environmental Dictionary
http://EnvironmentalChemistry.com/yogi/chemistry/dictionary/

Duhaime's Law Dictionary
http://www.duhaime.org/diction.htm

The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
http://www.bartleby.com/81/

A Dictionary of Quotations
http://www.QuotationReference.com/

Glossary of Geologic Terms
http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/glossary.shtml

Glossary of Literary Terms - from Gale Group
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/glossary/index.htm

MedicineNet.com - medical dictionary
http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/AlphaIdx.asp?li=MNI&p=A_DICT

Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary - featuring Harvard Medical Schools Consumer Health Information
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH?t=9276&p=~br,IHW|~st,408|~r,WSIHW000|~b,*|

Multimedia Music Dictionary - from Virginia Tech

Thesauri

Roget’s International Thesaurus Of English Words and Phrases
http://www.bartleby.com/110/

Roget’s II - The New Thesaurus
http://www.bartleby.com/62/

Thesaurus.Com - includes antonyms, a dictionary, a translator, word of the day & more
http://www.thesaurus.com

Encyclopedias

Britannica.com
http://www.britannica.com/

The Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

CIA World Factbook 2003 - from the United States Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition
http://www.bartleby.com/65/

Concise Encyclopedia of Economics - from the Library of Economics and Liberty

Encyclopedia.com - presented by the Electric Library
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Encyclopedia of the Orient
http://i-cias.com/e.o/

The Encyclopedia Mythica

InfoPlease.com - also includes and Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

Legal Encyclopedia
http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/ency/index.cfm

Literary Encyclopedia - Online Glossary
http://www.litencyc.com/LitEncycFrame.htm

Literary Index - Guide to Authors and Titles - from the Gale Group
http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex

Medline Plus -from the National Library of Medicine
http://medlineplus.adam.com/

Grammar Help

The Basic Elements of English: Interactive Guide to Grammar - from the English Department at the University of Calgary
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/

Common English Errors
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/

English Grammar and Punctuation - This page is constructed by Tod E. Jones.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6354/grammar.html

Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation from Purdue University OWL
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html

Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar

Quotations

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/99/

A Dictionary of Quotations
http://www.QuotationReference.com/

Advertising Quotes

Famous Quotes and Quotations
http://www.startingpage.com/html/quotations.html

Famous Quotations Network, by category, author, country and more
http://www.famous-quotations.com/

Mark Twain’s Quotations: Newspaper Collections and Related Resources
http://www.twainquotes.com/

Quotations by Writers
http://www.memorablequotations.com/

Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations - The Most Notable Quotations: 1950–1988, Compiled by James B. Simpson
http://www.bartleby.com/63/

Guides for Writing Research Papers

Advice on Research and Writing - A collection of advice about how to do research and how to
communicate effectively (primarily for computer scientists).
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mleone/web/how-to.html

A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students, by the Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus

How To Organize a Research Paper and Document It with MLA Citations
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4184/

How to Write a Term Paper - from the Gale Group
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/term_paper/index.htm

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
http://www.powa.org/

A Research Guide for Students – by I. Lee
http://www.aresearchguide.com/index.html

Strunks’ Elements of Style
http://www.bartleby.com/141/

Way to Write
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/writing/Writing.htm

Writing, Planning, Writing, Revising, Genres, from the Online Writing Lab, Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/index.html

Writing a Research Paper from the OWL, Purdue University. Includes topic, scope, thesis or question
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/index.html

Citing Your Work

Collections of Citation Styles – including APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian

Citing Electronic Sources - a great source of examples to compare APA and MLA citation styles
http://www.cod.edu/library/research/citenet/esources.htm

Citation Guides from the University of Michigan’s Document Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/cite.html

Citing Sources; gives examples of how to cite sources using the MLA, APA, Chicago and Turabian Styles.
Gives examples using Articles in a book, Journal & Newspaper Articles from databases, Books, Newspapers,
Government Documents and Web sites.
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm#electronicarticle

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (2002-2003 ed.) - by Peter W. Martin (Cornell Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/

LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE: Citation Guides for Electronic Documents;
a terrific collection of web links from other sites
http://www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm

MLA Citation Guides

Estrella Mountain Community College - MLA Citation Guide
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/library/mla.htm

MLA Citation Examples from Rio Salado College Library
http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/services/student/support/library/tutorials/mla.shtml

MLA (Modern Language Association) Style: from the University of Wisconsin at Madison
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/citing.htm#MLA

MLA Style from The Writing Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
http://www.rensselaer.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/mla.html

Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html

APA Citation Guides

APA Style by Jason Swarts, The Writing Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
http://www.rensselaer.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/apa.html

APA Style Internet Citation Guides: Citing Electronic Sources in Research Papers, from the
University of Wisconsin, Madison
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/citing.htm#APA

APA Style Resources has many links to sites
http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm

Estrella Mountain Community College Library - APA Guide
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/library/apa.htm

Using APA Style to Cite and Document Sources
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html

Evaluating Your Sources

Basic Research in the Virtual Library: Why do you need to evaluate the information you use?
From Mundt Library Online, Dakota State University
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/courses/evalinet.htm

Evaluating Internet Resources from the University of Albany Libraries – includes Purpose,
Source, Content, Style and Functionality
http://library.albany.edu/usered/eval/eresources.html

Evaluating Quality on the Net - by Hope N. Tillman, Director of Libraries, Babson College,
Babson Park, Massachusetts
http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html

Evaluating Research Sources from the Bruce T. Halle Library, Eastern Michigan University.
Includes criteria for evaluating resources, a Checklist for information quality, and an Internet Detective
– an interactive online tutorial
http://emulibrary.com/emulib_eval.html

Evaluating Your Sources from the OWL, Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/EvalSrcW/index.html

Online: an Internet Guide to Using Online Sources – by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/

Virtual Reference Desks

Cybrary from the University of Queensland, Australia
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/internet/vref.html

Facts Subject Index from Refdesk.com
http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html

My Virtual Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/

RefLaw: the virtual law library reference desk from Washburn University School of Law
http://www.washlaw.edu/reflaw/reflaw.html

Virtual Reference Collection from MIT Libraries
http://libraries.mit.edu/services/virtualref.html

Virtual Reference Desk - The Virtual Reference Desk Project is dedicated to the advancement of digital
reference and the successful creation and operation of human-mediated, Internet-based information services.
http://www.vrd.org/

More Online Writing Labs

Dakota State University Online Writing Lab
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/owl/

The MTU Writing Center from Michigan Technological University
http://www.hu.mtu.edu/wc/

Online Writing Lab from Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Online Writing Labs from Armstrong Atlantic State University
http://www.nt.armstrong.edu/owls.htm

Online Writing Lab from Rio Salado Library and Information Center
http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/services/student/support/library/tutorials/owl.shtml

Last updated 10.01.07