AskOxford.com -- From Oxford University Press, this site includes a compact version of the Oxford English Dictionary, quotations, commonly misspelled words, word games, etc.

Citing Sources

Common Errors in English

Critically Analyzing Information Sources -- from Cornell University

Elements of Style -- by William Strunk, Jr.

English Composition: Writing for an Audience -- a twenty-six part online video series that introduces basic principles and strategies for communicating in writing to a variety of audiences and improving composition skills from Annenberg/CPB

Finding Information on the Internet -- from the Teaching Library at UC Berkeley

Guide to Grammar and Writing -- from Capital Community College

How to Write a Term Paper -- from Gale free resources Lit Kit

News Writing -- a fifteen-part online video instructional series teaching the writing, reporting, editing and communicating of information in the public interest from Annenberg/CPB

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

Online Writing Handouts -- from Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute

Online Writing Lab(OWL) at Purdue University -- from Purdue University

The Seven Steps of the Research Process -- from Cornell University

Web English Teacher -- great online writing resource

Webgrammar's free tips -- references, grammar, editing, spelling,

design, marketing and typography

Writers' Workshop -- at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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