Composition/English
Two places to start for writing suggestions online
Writing Commons
Perdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab)
Voice of the Shuttle
An online bibliography of English links Sources and Plagiarism
MLA citation instructions How to avoid Plagiarism
Evaluating Web Sources Virginia Tech Has a "how can I tell?" further step that many other
guides leave out.
Southern Maine has a nice one that is clean and simple
Check this one from UNC
U of Berkley hosts the standard site, but the ones above might be more user friendly
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Dictionaries, etc.
WWWebster Dictionary.
Merriam-Webster’s 10th edition dictionary online.
Links to Online Dictionaries
400 Dictionaries in over 130 languages
Internet/Computers Computer Tips
No, you won't get money, but you may get advice
Politics
Search and write to your US Representative
Search and write to your US Senator
Project Vote Smart
Voter information – often on candidates that don’t make the mainstream news media
Fun
This American Life
Listen to archived shows of one of the most intriguing and interesting programs to come along in years.
From an article in The Nation
on the show "It takes as its beat, well, life. For instance, it did a
show recently on The Kindness of Strangers: Four segments, each about
fifteen minutes long, each set in New York. One was about a locksmith
rescuing a stranded motorist; one about a white teenager who ran away
from home to move in with a black actor/father figure in fifties
Harlem; one about a crazy lady who tormented the people in the
apartment next door, posting notices accusing them of being drug
dealers; and one about a guy who entertained his block once a week with
Sinatra songs. "There is something about the judgment of strangers --
when the clerk at the record store seems unimpressed by your choice of
CDs," said host Ira Glass as the show began. "It's as if by their
status as strangers they have some special instantaneous insight into
who we are." Which is true: It gets you thinking. But that was about it
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