Resources
Writing Tutorials and Other Academic Resources
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - Many interactive tutorials, worksheets, and more
- Grammar Slammer! - A wide range of information on grammar and punctuation from commas to capitalization to common mistakes
- Common Errors in English - This guide lists several hundred errors as well as non-errors and commonly misspelled words. Compiled by Paul Brians, Professor of English at Washington State University.
- Ten Words You Need to Stop Misspelling - Comic from The Oatmeal
- Writing a Short Literature Review [pdf] - from William Ashton of York College, CUNY
Dictionaries and Thesauruses
- Roget's Thesaurus - Helps you find synonyms
- WWWebster Dictionary - Online English Dictionary with thesaurus
- Dictionary.com - Helps you look up any English word
- Thesaurus.com - Helps you find synonyms
Online Texts
- The Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia - A large collection of electronic versions of texts
- Project Bartleby - Online texts
- Project Gutenberg - The premiere site for electronic texts
- Elements of Style by William Strunk - A classic text on grammar and composition
- DigitalPenn Online Books - From the University of Pennsylvania
- Browne Popular Culture Library - From Bowling Green State University
- Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture
Research and Style Guides
- American Chemical Society Reference Guidelines
- American Chemical Society Style Guidelines Quick Guide - from UC Berkley
- APA Style Guide
- Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
- Harvard Style Referencing Guide
- Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism
- Literary Resources on the Net - from Jack Lynch of Rutgers
- MIT Literature Resources
- MLA on the Web
- New York Review of Books
- University of Virginia Library Scholar's Lab
- Yahoo! Arts: Humanities: Literature
Resume-Writing
- Resumes, Cover Letters, and Career Correspondence - Sample resumes, cover letters, and other career correspondence from St. John Fisher College
Literacy
- Literacy.org - "Research and innovation for a more literate world"
Study Skills
- Study and Learning Skills Online - from Charles Darwin University
Faculty Resources
- Rutgers Writing Program - Resources for teaching
- WAC Clearinghouse - "Supporting scholarly exchange about communication across the curriculum"
- Council of Writing Program Administrators - National association of college and university faculty with professional responsibilities for (or interest in) directing writing programs.
- National Council of Teachers of English
- MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
- CompFAQ - Offers many pedagogical and scholarly resources for writing instructors at all levels
- Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
- Atlantic Unbound
- The English Server - Online community for publishing work that is free of charge to readers
- Voice of Shuttle
- University of Minnesota Writing Enriched Curriculum (WEC)
Graduate Resources
Dissertation and Thesis Assistance - from Texas A&M