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Reference Desk

   Some Useful Writing and Research Links

The Virtual Reference Desk (webmaster: Robert Drudge)

All Sorts of On-Line Dictionaries

On-line reference works from the UI library, including the Oxford English Dictionary and Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

The UI Writing Center

Guide to Using Search Engines

Guide to MLA Online Citation Format

Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab -- Lots of grammar and ESL worksheets.)

Evaluating Online Resources by Elizabeth E. Kirk

Bibliography Builder for MLA style bibliographies.

Grammar and Style Notes

Compton's Encyclopedia

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

WWWebster Dictionary - Search screen

The American Heritage Dictionary