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Garbl's Reference Sources is an annotated directory that lists some of the many useful websites that feature dictionaries, thesauri, phrase finders, research aids, bibliographies and research-paper writing standards.
Garbl' Editorial Style Manual--This style guide can help answer your writing questions about abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, organization terminology, punctuation, spelling and word usage.
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APA Documentation
Style--Prepared by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing
Center.
Covers major aspects of American Psychological Association style, including parenthetical references, headings, usage and style, formatting papers and citing electronic sources. |
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Dictionary.com--Lexico,
Los Angeles, California
Free online English dictionary, thesaurus and reference guide, crossword puzzles and other word games, online translator and Word of the Day. |
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forwriters.com--John J.
Beslanwitch, owner of Web Witchery Consulting, a Seattle, Washington, Web page
design firm.
An extensive annotated directory of websites for writers, featuring markets, agents, writers groups, writer conferences, forums for discussing the writing life and critiquing workshops. |
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How to prepare
bibliographic citations (PDF)--Information Services Department,
Zach S. Henderson Library, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro
Source is Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations , sixth edition, 1966. |
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Hypertext Webster
Gateway--Computer Science and Engineering Department, University
of California, San Diego.
A point-and-click interface for reaching various dictionary services on the Internet. |
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KnowPlay?--Matthew
Spergel, KPlay.CC, Santa Clara, California
This site provides one-stop access to dictionaries, thesauruses, encyclopedias, quotations and maps--but it doesn't stop there! You also get easy access to search engines, telephone number lookups, recipe databases, movie listings, dining guides, multimedia and much more. |
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LibrarySpot.com--StartSpot
MediaWorks Inc., Evanston, Illinois
A library and reference information portal with Web links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, genealogy tools and much more. |
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Merriam-Webster Dictonary and
Thesaurus
Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary, 11th Edition. |
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MLA Style
Guide--Ed Reber, associate professor of English, Dixie State
College, St. George, Utah
See Bibliographic Form for clear examples of Modern Language Association style for books, reference works, periodical articles, CD-ROMs, online sources, anthologies and other sources. |
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OneLook Dictionaries: The Faster
Finder--Robert K Ware, Study Technologies, Englewood,
Colorado
Free search access to a frequently updated database of words, terms, names and acronyms via Internet links to online dictionaries and glossaries. |
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Online Rhyming
Dictionary--WriteExpress Corp., Orem, Utah
Type in a word, and the rhyming dictionary will list words with end rhymes, beginning rhymes, first-syllable rhymes, last-syllable rhymes and double rhymes. |
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RhymeZone, formerly The Semantic Rhyming
Dictionary--Doug Beeferman, a researcher at Lycos in Waltham,
Massachusetts
Use this combination rhyming dictionary and thesaurus to find rhymes, synonyms, anonyms, definitions, homophones, similar sounding words, related words and similar spellings. |
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RhymeZone, formerly The Semantic Rhyming
Dictionary--Doug Beeferman, a researcher at Lycos in Waltham,
Massachusetts
Use this combination rhyming dictionary and thesaurus to find rhymes, synonyms, anonyms, definitions, homophones, similar sounding words, related words and similar spellings. |
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The Scriptorium: A Virtual Room for
Writers--Designed, written and maintained by Sherry D. Ramsey,
fantasy/science-fiction writer and former attorney
"In each monthly issue you'll find articles, interviews, exercises, book reviews, and more to help you become the best writer you can be." |
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Statistics Every Writer Should
Know--Robert Niles, media consultant and Web designer, Lakewood,
Colorado
This easy-to-understand guide offers short lessons--with examples--in basic mathematics for journalists and other writers. |
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Wordpower--Neil Stamper,
editorial free-lancer
Advice on citing references, writing abstracts and news releases, editing, planning reports and developing a house style. |
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The Wordsmyth English
Dictionary-Thesaurus--Project director, Dr. Robert Parks,
associate professor, Elmira College, New York
Search for words in three ways: for the correct spelling, for words that contain the word searched and for words close in spelling to the word searched. |
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Writing and Presenting Your
Thesis or Dissertation--S. Joseph Levine, Ph.D., Michigan State
University East Lansing, Michigan
A practical guide to help you craft, implement and defend your graduate school thesis or dissertation. |
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Yahoo! Reference:
Quotations
You can find many useful quotation directories on the Web. Here's a good place to begin. |
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yourDictionary.com
A comprehensive, authoritative language community portal with resources needed for language study and improvement in more than 250 languages. |
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Updated July 11, 2012.