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Help for Writing
General Information Sources
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Before you go elsewhere for assistance, don't forget
the outstanding resources including the
Encyclopedia Bratannica, e.g.)
available at our own
Adams Library.
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The Writers' Workshop at the University of
Illinois is a very helpful place to visit. |
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Trinity College's Writing Resource Center
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Purdue University's OWL (online writing lab)
is a resource center for writing, ESL help,
and PowerPoint. |
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I think the American Heritage Dictionary
of the English Language is the best
general dictionary available. |
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Here's help for dealing with those pesky
acronyms, and knowing what they mean. |
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Roget's Thesaurus is a wonderful aide
to a writer. Here's a search form for it. |
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General
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Bob Drudge has created one of the most
exhaustive databases of resources on the
internet. Play with it, it's remarkable. |
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The Librarian's Index to the Internet is another
excellent attempt to make sense of the enormous,
and growing, amount of information on the internet. |
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The Columbia Encyclopedia is
one of the best one volume
encyclopedias around. |
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Mapquest is about the best for maps
of cities, and for driving directions. |
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The New York Public Library's
digital collection is a wonderful
resource. |
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Japan
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The Japan Information Network is one
of the best comprehensive sites. |
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Hiroshima's A-Bomb Museum should be
a must for any student. |
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This is JIN's 'Trends' page--up-to-date
information in many categories. And you can
get on an email list to receive your own updates. |
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Japan Echo is a bi-monthly journal of commentary
on a variety of topical issues in Japan |
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The Mainichi Shimbun, one of Japan's largest daily
newspapers, publishes an English language on-line
version. So do the Yomiuri and Asahi papers. |
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In my Japan section, there's a page of links to a
variety of cultural, women's, kids, and general sites. |
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