English
853:
Computer-Assisted
Writing Instruction
Web
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Bedford
Handbook:
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/bedhandbook/default.html
This
website is companion to the Bedford Handbook, which is
loaded on the computers in Room 2108F. The web site has
information on (1) search engines, (2) reference sites, (3)
writing labs, (4) ESL sites, (5) virtual libraries, (6) text
archives (books available on-line), (7) government sites,
(8)news sites S, (9) newsgroups and listservs, (10)
discipline-specific sites, and (11) sites for evaluating
sources.
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Writing
Websites:
Merrian-Webster's
Dictionary: http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Purdue
OWL:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/writers/introduction.html
Purdue
University has one of the most comprehensive on-line writing
labs. Their front page has resources to the following: (1)
Indexes for Writers, (2) General Subject Directories, (3)
Online Reference Resources, (4) Books Online, (5) Guides to
Style and Editing , (6) Help with Getting Published, (7)
Creative Writing ,(8) Business and Technical Writing, (9)
Children and Writing, (10) Professional Organizations, (11)
ESL-Related Sites, (12) Listserv Groups, (13) Writing in
Special Fields, (14) Online Libraries, (15) Distance
Learning Links.
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Research
and Citation Websites:
Writing
Research Papers:
http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/
MLA-Style
Citations:
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/english.html
APA-Style
Citations:http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/social_sciences/intext.html
Encyclopedia
Americana Online: http://ea.grolier.com/
Britannica
Internet Guide:
http://www.ebig.com/
This
web site has what they claim to be the world's best Web
sites, plus magazines, books, and the complete
Encyclopædia Britannica.
Carnegie-Mellon
OWL:
http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/
Carnegie-Mellon
compiled a list of resources on the following subjects: (1)
Art/Architecture, (2) Audio recordings of scholarly
presentations, (3) Bad Subjects, a journal discussing
current progressive issues, (4) Books, (5) Calls for
conference papers and journal articles, (6) Cultronix, a
journal of contemporary art and cultural theory, (7)
Cultural Logic, an electronic journal of marxist theory and
practice, (8) Cultural Theory, readings in cultural studies
and critical theory, (9) Cyber Tech/Culture, discussing
links between technology and culture, (10) a collection of
plays, modern works and classics, (11) Education, (12)
select resources in feminism and women's studies, (13) Film,
television and other media studies, (14) some resources on
gender, sex and sexuality, (15) materials in government,
law, and their social implications, (16) works and links in
history and historiography, (17) resources about the
internet: guides, essays and articles, (18) links to
academic journals and popular magazines, (19) a vast
collection of works in music and music theory, (20) writings
by modern and classical philosophers, (21) Poetry, original
and classic verse, literary and poetic theory, (22)
materials on race and ethnicity in the U.S., (23) freeware
and shareware for your computer, (24) Web Design, a site for
discussion of new media design.
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Virtual
Libraries:
Skyline
Library Homepage:
http://www.smcccd.cc.ca.us/smcccd/skyline/la/lib/index.html#anchor203794
Skyline
College's Eric Brenner compiled much information that is
pertinent to the research process such
as:
(1)
Electronic
Resource Links, (2) Internet Search Tools, (3) Research
Help, (4)Finding Information on the Web, (5) Evaluating
Sources, (6) Citing Sources and (7)Finding
Periodicals.
As
a Skyline student, you also have access to numerous
resources. Some of them require that you be on campus, but
if you have at least a library card, you can access the book
and periodicals indexes to conduct searches. These are
Skyline's databases: (1) Book Catalog, (2) Periodical
Databases,(3) Newspaper Databases,(4) Literature Database,
(5) Online Encyclopedias,(6) Government/Statistics, and (7)
Online College Catalogs.
Pennisula
Library Homepage:
http://plsinfo.org/
As
a Skyline student, you have access to all of the San Mateo
County libraries. You'll need a library card to access the
database from home.
Internet
Public Library:
http://www.ipl.org/ref/
The
Internet Public Library is the first public library of the
Internet compiled by librarians. They have links pertaining
to the following subjects: (1) Arts & Humanities, (2)
Business & Economics, (3) Computers & Internet, (4)
Education, (5) Entertainment & Leisure, (6) Health &
Medical Sciences, (7) Law, Government & Political
Science, (8) Sciences & Technology, and (9) Social
Sciences.
Librarian's
Index to the Internet:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/internetindex/
The
Librarians' Index to the Internet is a searchable, annotated
subject directory of more than 5,600 Internet resources
selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to
users of public libraries. It's meant to be used by both
librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient
guide to described and evaluated Internet resources.
The
Scout Report:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report
Maintained
by the Computer Sciences Department at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, the Scout Report is a weekly publication
offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet
resources of interest to researchers and
educators.
World
Wide Web Virtual Library:
http://vlib.org/
This
site has resources on the following subjects: (1)
Agriculture, (2) Beer and Brewing, (3) Gardening, (4)
Business and Finance, (5) Transportation, (6) Computer
Science,(7) Communications and Media , (7) Education , (8)
Engineering, (9) Humanities, including Anthropology, Art,
Dance, History, Museums, Philosophy, (10) Information
Management , (11) International Affairs, (12) Law, (13)
Recreation and Games, Gardening, Sport, (14) Regional
Studies: Asian, Latin American, West European, (15)
Biosciences, Health, Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry, and
(16) Political Science, Religion, Social
Sciences.
Argus
Clearinghouse:
http://www.clearinghouse.net/
This
clearinghouse is an internet research library on: (1) Arts
& Humanities, (2) Business & Employment, (3)
Communication, (4) Computers & Information Technology,
(5) Education, (6) Engineering, (7) Environment, (8)
Government & Law, (9) Health & Medicine, (10) Places
& Peoples, (11) Recreation, (12) Science &
Mathematics, and (13) Social Sciences & Social
Issues.
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