Grammar and Mechanics

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

This is a classic guide to grammar and mechanics.

Exercise Central                                                 http://www.bedfordbooks.com/exercisecentral

You can take quizzes and get instant results.

Companion Site to Little Brown Handbook       http://www.awlonline.com/littlebrown/

Provides student resources and information.

Webgrammar                                                  http://www.webgrammar.com/

Lists a variety of writing resources.

Grammar Slammer                                           http://englishplus.com/grammar/contents.htm

This is an online grammar handbook.

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

Contains extensive list of handouts and tips.

Texas Tech University Writing Center              http://english.ttu.edu/working/uwc

Offers information and useful worksheets.

Hunter College Reading Writing Center             http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu

Lists handouts and useful links.

Andrea Lunsford’s 20 Most Common Errors         http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/lunsford/everyday_writer/

Grammar Self-Check Quizzes                           http://www.englishforum.com/00/interactive/

Spelling

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

Systematic Spelling of English Language              http://www.mother.com/~callaway/tarika/Spelling.html

Online Spelling Test                                          http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/spelling.html

ESL Resources

Dave’s ESL Café                                               http://www.eslcafe.com

Resources and online chatting available.

Interesting Things for ESL Students                     http://www.manythings.org/

Contains puzzles and word games.

Online Dictionaries

Webster’s Dictionary                                         http://www.m-w.com

Roget’s Thesaurus                                              http://www.thesaurus.com

Oxford Dictionaries                                           http://www.askoxford.com

Wilton’s Word and Phrase Origins                       http://www.wordorigins.org/home.htm

Citation Style Guides

APA Style                                                          http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm

MLA                                                                  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html#Works-Cited

Noodletools MLA                                                http://www.noodletools.com/quickcite/

Evaluating Sources/Research

How to Critically Analyze Information Sources      http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm

Evaluating Web Resources                                  http://libweb.sonoma.edu/web/eval.html

Web Site Evaluation                                           http://www.delmar.edu/engl/lab/oncampus/evals/

Internet Detective                                              http://www.sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html

List of Web Resource Evaluation Guides                http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/show/what/ref.html

Bedford/St. Martin’s English Research Room         http://www.bedfordbooks.com/english_research/

Allyn and Bacon’s Listing of Search Engines           http://www.abacon.com/compsite/resources/search.html

and Resources (for research)