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[Atlases & Maps] [Biographies] [Dictionaries] [Encyclopedias] [Grammar & Punctuation] [Plagiarism] [Quotations]

Atlases and Maps

• MSN's Encarta Atlas Online

• Research-It, from iTools Maps

Biographies

• Biography.com, the Web's Best Bios - Database of over 25,000 people

• Research-It, from iTools Biography Database

• Biographical Dictionary - Database of over 28,000 people

• Infoplease

• Biographies page

• Lives, the Biography Resource - Posthumous biographies

Dictionaries, Including Phrases/Acronyms/Abbreviations/Word Usage

• Acronyms and Abbreviations - Look for abbreviations and their meanings

• Acronym Finder - Database of over 60,000 acronyms

• AskOxford dictionary search engine

• American Heritage Dictionary

• Westegg.com - Search from over 3000 cliches

• Dictionary of Slang - From the U.K.

• Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words

• Libraryspot.com - Several general and specialty dictionaries, plus a search engine that gives you common phrases for different words

• MSN's Encarta Dictionary Online

• NetLingo - An online internet dictionary

• OneLook.com - Links to multiple other dictionaries

• Research-It, from iTools Dictionary

• World Wide Web Acronym and Abbreviation Server

• Phrase Finder - Enter a search term and get ideas for phrases that go with it, from Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

• Rhyming Dictionary - Simple tool to find rhyming words

• Webpedia - How to use internet terms; searchable

• Wiley Interscience - Scientific and Technical acronyms, symbols, and abbreviations

• Words that are often misused - By Laraine Anne Barker - an excellent, quick look confusing word usage

• World Wide Words - A fun--and serious--site on word usage from the UK

• Xlation.com - Glossaries from multiple fields, including a medical glossary

By the way, check out the List of Banished Words, from the Lake Superior State! University in Michigan--thought-provoking, yet amusing.  

Encyclopedias

• Bartleby.com's Columbia Encyclopedia Online

• Electric Library's Encyclopedia Online

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online

• MSN's Encarta Encyclopedia Online

Grammar and Punctuation

• A Guide to Grammar and Style also provides elementary grammatical information; by Jack Lynch, of Rutger's University

• All purpose guide to English grammar, punctuation, style, usage, etc., by Professor Charles Darling, Capitol Community College, Hartford, Connecticut

• An Elementary English Grammar - extensive primer on grammar and word usage

• Apostrophes, from the UK - Presents the rules simply

• AskOxford grammar site

• Common Errors in English is an article describing those difficult word choices you may need to make, by Paul Brians, from Washington State University

• Eleven rules of punctuation from JunketStudies.com

• Englishplus.com provides the basics of English grammar along with an offer to buy a grammar checking program

• Exploring English, by Shared Vision

• Grammarbook.com contains an online version of Straus's The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation

• Grammar Check - Subscribe to their newsletter

• Guide to Grammar and Writing, from the Capital Community College, Hartford Connecticut

• Hit Parade of Errors

• Hypergrammar - brush up on English grammar

• NASA's Guide to Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization, an amazingly detailed and organized guide

• Robin's Nest - grammar review

• Strunk's rules on the web - from Bartleby.com

• The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation's punctuation rules 

Plagiarism, Intellectual Property, & Copyrights (Note:  These websites are not offered as legal advice.  Consult your attorney with specific questions about copyright laws.)

• 10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained - Comprehensive site on copyright

• Copyright on the Internet - Covers online copyright issues

• http://www.copyrightlaws.com - Attorney/consultant Lesley Ellen Harris offers articles, news, and more pertaining to copyright legal issues in Canada and the U.S.. 

• Online Plagiarism - All about plagiarism on the net

• Publishing Law Center - How the law applies to publishing

• The US Copyright Office Home Page - Information about copyright law 

• WebTools Cheating and Academic Integrity page

• WebTools Copyright and Education page

• WebTools Perennial Plagiarism page

Quotations

• Ask Oxford quotations search engine

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online

• From Bartleby.com, search Bartlett's Quotations

• Funk and Wagnall's Encyclopedia

• MSN's Encarta Encyclopedia Online

• Quotationspage.com - Searchable database plus book reviews

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