From Jerry Farlow
RHS Class of 1955
July 14, 2006

Reason I’m writing is I just collected my favorite writing links off my fav list on my browser. Here they are. Hope you find them useful.

1. Teaching writing using computers
http://thwt.org/englishteachersites.htm#nellen

2. Links to pages on writing
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/weblinktch.html

3. Encyclopedia (just a reference)
http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/index.htm

4. Index to literature sites
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/litmain.html

5. You enter a word … you can find words that rhyme, synonyms, etc
http://www.rhymezone.com/

6. Roget’s thesaurus online (keep this page open when you write)
http://thesaurus.reference.com/

7. Cool Shakespeare site (the bard actually reads to you)
http://www.ciconline.org/bdp1/

8. Poe website (the best Poe site)
http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/default_flash.asp

9. Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

10. Translate any language into any other language ( ?? ) http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html

11. English majors should have at least one general math webpage
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

12. Writer’s resource
http://www.writerswrite.com/

13. Reference to 100 top novels
http://www.dougshaw.com/top100.html

14. Overall good reference page
http://www.martindalecenter.com/

ONLINE DICTIONARIES: easy lookup + pronouncers

Merriam-Webster:
http://www.m-w.com

Dictionary.com:
http://www.dictionary.com

Logos - 188 languages:
http://www.logos.it

VOA Pronunciation Guide: for names in the news
http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/

OTHER RELATED RESOURCES

Bartleby.com: "great books" online
http://www.bartleby.com

Shakespeare's Complete Works: search and read all of it
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/shakespeare

BBC Styleguide: new from the Beeb, PDF format only
http://www.bbctraining.co.uk/pdfs/newsStyleGuide.pdf

Economist Style Guide: from the British newspaper, newly revamped
http://www.economist.com/library/StyleGuide/

CJR's Language Corner: tips from Ev Jenkins, master editor
http://www.cjr.org/resources/lc/lc-printable.asp

SAJA Stylebook: links to other style guides
http://www.saja.org/stylebook