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Dave's ESL Cafe http://www.eslcafe.com/ "The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" Schmooze University http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu:8888/ Students have opportunities for one-on-one and group conversations as well as access to language games, an on-line dictionary, virtual stockbroker and many language games. The City University http://thecity.sfsu.edu/ University of Michigan Library http://www.lib.umich.edu/index.html Dictionaries Cambridge Dictionaries Online http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Search separate dictionaries of English, phrasal verbs, or idioms. Merriam Webster Dictionary Online http://www.m-w.com/ Online English dictionary and thesaurus. Encarta World English Dictionary http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryHome.aspx Allows you to search and listen to audio clips of words pronounced. Your Dictionary.com http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Provides online dictionaries in 150 different languages, grammar for 70 languages, and pages of linguistic fun. Cool Dictionary.com http://www.cooldictionary.com/ Features audio clips of words and quotes. Ask Oxford.com http://www.askoxford.com/ Contains a dictionary and thesaurus, as well as quotations, word of the day, games, and lexicography. iTools Language Tools http://www.itools.com/lang/ Features dictionary, thesaurus, and translation tools. Wordnet 1.7.1 Search http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn1.7.1 Online dictionary that finds words that mean the same, are more general, or more specific. Encyclopedias Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/ Browse the 32 volume Enyclopedia Britannica and Britannica's Student and Concise encyclopedias by subject, timeline, alphabet or year-in-review. Encyclopedia.com http://www.encyclopedia.com/ Provides more than 17,000 short articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encylopedia, Third Edition. Encarta Encyclopedia Online http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/home.aspx Featuring abridged reference articles, a world atlas, quizzes, homework help, college prep, and more. Literary Encyclopedia Online http://www.litencyc.com/LitEncycFrame.htm Features author biographies, text profiles, timelines, and glossary of literary terms. Nupedia Encyclopedia http://www.nupedia.com/ Online effort in which the results are freely distributable under an open content license. Grammar and Writing Styles The Bedford Handbook Online http://www.dianahacker.com/bedhandbook/ Online companion to the writing style manual developed by Diana Hacker. Online! http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html A reference guide to using internet sources. Chicago Manual of Style FAQ's http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/ A website dedicated to examining the most frequently (and not so frequently) asked questions about the Chicago Manual of Style. CSU Citation and Style Manuals http://library.csumb.edu/instruction/howto/citations.php A reference site published by California State University at Monterey Bay that lists several forms of style manuals and citation guides. MLA Style FAQ's http://www.mla.org/www_mla_org/style/style_index.asp?mode=section A website dedicated to examining the most frequently asked questions about the Modern Language Association Style Manual. Idioms ESLCafe.com/Idioms http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/ Search the ESL Cafe for popular idioms. Idiomsite.com http://www.idiomsite.com/ Find the meanings of popular English idioms. |
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