Here are
some sites I hope will be interesting and helpful to you. Email me your
opinion of them and please share your favourite sites with me!
OWLs
(On-Line Writing Labs) and Writing Aids
Purdue Univ.
Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Active
Passive Verbs: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html
U of
T: http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/popular.html/
Internet
Public Library, a great resource: http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref73.00.00/
Grammar
Monster, good tests: http://www.grammar-monster.com/
SparkNotes,
interesting alphabetical listings for quick searching of grammar points:
http://www.sparknotes.com/writing/style/index.html
For
Your Kids:
http://www.stufun.com/
Schoolhouse Rock: Fun for Your Kids:
http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/schoolhouse.html
Grammar Resource
Centre: Great Links: http://www.grammarnow.com/
Punctuation
Made Simple:
http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~olson/pms/
Inspiration Mapping
Software: http://www.inspiration.com
Mindmapper
Software: http://www.mindmapper.com
ESL Quizzes:
http://a4esl.org/a/g.html
One-Look
Dictionary: http://www.onelook.com./
Anatomy of the English Language:
http://www.shared-visions.com/explore/english/engchart.html
Dictionary.com
http://www.dictionary.com
Scannable Résumés:
http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/Resumes/scannable.htm
The Writers Complex:
http://www.esc.edu/writer
Web Style
Manual: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual
Express International
Translations: http://www.eitx.com/
Style Guide by Duncan Kent
Book Pages
& Book Reviews
The
New York Times Sunday
Book Review: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html
Boston
Bk. Review: http://www.bookwire.com/bbr/bbr-home.html
Inkspot:
http://www.inkspot.com/
Project
Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Bookstores
and Libraries
Amazon Books:
http://www.amazon.ca/
Chapters:
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca
Book
Depot (St. Catherines, Ontario):
http://www.bookcloseouts.com/bc/home.asp
Robarts
Library at the University of Toronto:
http://content.library.utoronto.ca/robarts/
Film Reviews
Miramax Films:
http://www.miramax.com/
The
Globe and Mail Film Reviews:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/movies/
Magazines
All
the magazines like Atlantic, Harpers, etc are there. Just write
the name of the magazine.com.
Paris Review:
http://www.parisreview.com/
Salon Magazine:
http://www.salon.com/
Slate
Magazine: http://www.slate.com/
Reading
Series
Harborfront:
http://www.readings.org/
Search Engines
Dogpile:
http://www.dogpile.com
Virtual
Reference
Desk: http://www.refdesk.com/
Ask.com:
http://www.ask.com/
Web Design
Future Access:
http://www.futureaccess.ca/
