Writing Resources

Dictionaries and Thesauri:

Roget's Thesaurus - Use a categorical or alphabetical index or a search form .

Symantic Rhyming Dict. - "...use it to help write poetry, song lyrics, greeting cards, witticisms, and more."

Web of On-Line Dictionaries - Links to over 800 dictionaries in over 160 different languages, also to specialized dictionaries. If it isn’t here, I don’t know where you’d find it.

Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus - "...dictionary and a thesaurus with powerful and flexible search capabilities."

General References:

Most Requested Reference Books - A frequently updated list of the most requested reference books.

My Virtual Reference Desk -  Offers links to a variety of electronic references; this site lets you access an online calculator, the current time from the U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock, encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, maps, dictionaries, libraries, postal codes and more.

Writers' Resources - References everything for writers on just about anything and everything under the sun. And I do Mean EVERYTHING! Even had a  link to lock picking. A triple A site.

Grammar Guides:

The English Department

Grammar Lady, The - The purpose of the site is to be helpful, to raise consciousness about correct language use, and to remind everyone of the ways to have fun with language. Newsletter is also available.

Grammar Now - This is a free site dedicated to answering any grammar, composition, research or formatting question you might have.

Grammar Slammer covers a variety of grammatical issues and common mistakes.

Holy Mother Grammatica's Guide to Good Writing

On Line English Grammar - Online grammar resource. Includes instruction and links to related resources.

Reference Desk: Grammar, Usage and Style - Reference Desk's collection of grammar and style links.

Languages:

Foreign Language Resources - Large collection of valuable foreign language resources, organized by language

LOGOS - Multi-language translating dictionary.

Libraries:

Library of Congress - The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.

WWW Virtual Library - Contains collections of links pages on a wide variety of topics.

Odds and Ends:

Anagram Generator - Quite fun

Writers Write: Writing Links - A large collection of over 500 writing-related resources.

Style Guides:

MLA Style - The official MLA website which contains guidelines on MLA documentation.

Strunk and White's Elements of Style