WORDS, WRITING, &asp; LANGUAGE
| Dictionaries | Quotations | Words |
| Language | Writing |
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language - http://www.bartleby.com/61/ -
Find more than 350,00 words and their meanings.
Dictionary.com - http://www.dictionary.com/ -
Search this online dictionary and thesaurus. Also find the word of the day.
- Encarta World English Dictionary -
http://dictionary.msn.com/
Find definitions, usage, derivation, and more.
- OneLook Dictionaries, The
Faster Finder - http://www.onelook.com/ -
The ultimate dictionary search site. Searches over 100 general and specialized English language dictionaries simultaneously.
- Sign Language Dictionary Online - http://www.handspeak.com/ -
HandSpeak is the largest, fast-growing popular sign language dictionary online. There are approximately 3,090 signs. The site is growing daily.
- Translator's Home Companion - http://www.lai.com/lai/glossaries.html -
Search this site for online dictionaries and glossaries. Find a dictionary for languages from Afrikaans to Zulu.
- WWWebster Dictionary-Search screen - http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm -
Definitions are based on Webster's 10th Collegiate. Searchable database supplies a definition, pronunciation, usage, grammatical information, and etymology.
- American Heritage Book of English Usage - http://www.bartleby.com/64/ -
Find answers to your questions about current problems in English usage.
- Common Errors in English - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/ -
Provides help in eliminating common errors in English.
- Free Online Language Courses - http://www.word2word.com/course.html -
This site provides links to help people learn another language. Over 75 languages are offered as well as dictionaries and a virtual language laboratory.
- Grammar and Style Notes - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/ -
Provides a collection of grammatical rules.
- History of the English Language - http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html -
Provides access to links on the history of the English language.
- BrainyQuote - http://www.brainyquote.com/
Find over 25,000 quotations by 7,000 authors.
- Creative Quotations - http://creativequotations.com -
Look here to find quotations by profession, subject, or particular person.
- Quoteland.com - http://www.quoteland.com -
Find quotations arranged by subjects.
Quoteworld - http://quoteworld.org/ -
Find over 17,000 quotations, searchable by title, author, quote.
- Collective Noun
Page - http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/index.html -
What to call a group of anything: an "army of caterpillars," a "ballet of swans," etc.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus (3rd ed.) - http://www.bartleby.com/62/ -
Find over 35,000 synonyms in this classic.
The Word Detective - http://www.word-detective.com/ -
This site provides access to the online version of The Word Detective, a newspaper column, answering questions about words and language.
- WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server - http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/ -
Submit an acronym and find the meanings.
- Elements of Style - http://www.bartleby.com/141/ -
An on-line version of this classic guide for writers.
- FreeTranslation.com - http://www.freetranslation.com/ -
An easy-to-use site for rapid translations. Currently translates English to French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Norwegian.
- Journalism Resources - http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html -
A vast source of links to various styles for citing electronic and other sources. Includes MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, etc.
- Library Research
Guides - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/ -
The following are links to a series of library research guides which are designed to inform you on how to use a variety of print and electronic resources.
- Researchpaper.com - http://www.researchpaper.com -
The Web's largest collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects. Find the Idea Directory and Writing Center.
- THE SLOT: A Spot for Copy Editors - http://www.theslot.com/ -
This site is an excellent reference source with tips on word choice, punctuation, capitalization, etc.
- A Style Sheet for Citing Internet Sources - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Style.html -
Provides information on style manuals, especially on-line sources.
- Translate - http://www.itools.com/lang#trans
This dictionary translates words to and from most languages, including:
English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and many more.
- Writer's Digest - http://www.writersdigest.com -
This site provides the writer with market updates, writer's guidelines, the best web sites for writers and more.
