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Proofreader's Marks
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http://www.press-release-writing.com/resources/proofreadersmarks.pdf
http://www.press-release-writing.com/seo.htm
Extend
the Mileage of Your Press Release with Search Engine
Optimization
http://www.ceoexpress.com
Great collection of resources for all aspects of business.
Dictionaries
http://nhd.heinle.com
"This online dictionary contains over 40,000 entries
and is based on the best selling Newbury House Dictionary
of American English."
http://www.allwords.com
Online Dictionary that gives definitions, translates words
into five different languages, and lets you listen to word
pronunciation.
http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/elt/dictionary
Allows you to search four different online dictionaries,
including Cambridge International Dictionary of English,
Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge
International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs or Cambridge
International Dictionary of Idioms.
http://www.oed.com
The online version of the seminal dictionary of the
English language, the Oxford English Dictionary.
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html
Web of Online Dictionaries. Includes an index of 100s of
online dictionaries in a variety of languages. Dictionary
(subscription)
Dictionary and Thesaurus Combinations
http://www.m-w.com/home.htm
Web site by Merriam-Webster that features a dictionary and
thesaurus.
http://www.wordsmyth.net
American English dictionary and thesaurus.
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn
"WordNet® is an on-line lexical reference system
whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic
theories of human lexical memory." Developed by
Princeton University.
http://www.thesaurus.com
http://www.dictionary.com
Related sites that include links to writers' resources,
games, word information, and more.
Encyclopedias
http://www.encyclopedia.com
More than 14,000 articles searchable by keyword or phrase.
http://www.britannica.com
The online version of Encyclopedia Britannica.
http://encarta.msn.com
Microsoft's online encyclopedia with over 16,000 free
articles and over 42,000 with a subscription.
Biographical Dictionaries
http://www.biography.com
Web site based on the popular A&E Biography series.
Includes biographies of over 25,000 personalities.
http://www.s9.com/biography
"This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men
and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to
the present day. The dictionary can be searched by birth
years, death years, positions held, professions, literary
and artistic works, achievements, and other
keywords."
http://www.ancestry.com
"Research your ancestry and family history at the
web's most popular genealogy site. Resources for beginners
and experts with family history software, classes and
genealogy databases."
Quotations
http://www.quoteworld.org
Over 13,000 quotes, in association with Amazon.com.
http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/quote.html
"The collections presented here contain thousands of
quotations, old and new, familiar and obscure, humorous
and pompous, ironic and maybe even a little profound. This
site is intended as a place for enjoyment, enlightenment,
exploration and general reference."
http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/index.html
"This page was originally developed as a catalog of
Quotation resources on the Internet; it has since evolved
into a large-scale Quotation site with many original
resources." Includes a quote search.
http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/msr/quote.html
Personal quote page conveniently divided into
topics.
http://www.aphids.com/quotes/index.shtml
"The Quotations Archive is a comprehensive,
searchable database of general purpose quotations.
Visitors to the web site can browse through quotations by
subject, alphabetically by author, or they can use the
search engine to generate a listing of quotations
containing selected keywords or by a certain
author."
Rhyming Dictionaries
http://www.togethersoftware.com/search.asp
The Word Together Rhyming Dictionary.
http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/lexfn
The Lexical FreeNet connected thesaurus that includes the
Semantic Rhyming Dictionary among other ways to connect
words.
http://www.rhymer.com/
WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary capable of
searching for end rhymes, last syllable rhymes, double
rhymes, beginning rhymes, and first syllable rhymes.
References and Writing Help
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
William Strunk's classic, The Elements of Style.
http://acssun.pstcc.cc.tn.us/~ksnorris/tools/rules.html
39 tips by Professor Ralph Cohen.
http://www.junketstudies.com/rulesofw/frules.html
11 rules of writing.
http://webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar.htm
A Guide to Grammar and Writing.
http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.cfm
Online English Grammar: a guide searchable through a table
of contents.
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing
Advice on grammar and style from Jack Lynch, an English
professor at Rutgers University.
http://www.pipeline.com/~sfauthor/learn.html
Site with links and reviews of sites, books, and magazines
that help authors write.
http://jade.ccccd.edu/cobb/sentences.html
A web site titled Variety in Sentence Structure.
http://www.webgrammar.com
A site devoted to entirely to grammar.
http://www.theslot.com
A newspaper copyeditor built this site, so pay
attention.
Software
http://writersstore.com
Online store where you can choose from an extensive list
of screenwriting, story development and reference
software
http://www.novalearn.com
Writers' online resource center which features software
reviews and shareware (free downloads)
http://scriptware.com
The Journal of the Writers Guild of America West said,
"Scriptware is the best overall program for
scriptwriters on the market today.
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/writesoftware
A Guide to the Best Writer's Software for Every Kind of
Writing (from screenwriting and novel writing to resume
writing and speech writing and every kind in
between)
http://www.novalearn.com/dp
Software Dreampack for writers
Dreampack for Writers is a collection of 57 labor-saving
and recreational programs that help writers organize,
work, play, learn, and get the most from their PC
Language Translators
http://world.altavista.com
A simple to use language translator.
Copyright Information
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright
The U.S. Copyright Office home page.
http://www.rbs2.com/copyr.htm
An essay on U.S. Copyright laws.
http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/comm106/106copy.html
Copyright basics from the American Bar Association.
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