Reading, Writing and Research Sites

Research Relief

Academic Info - Aims to be the "premier educational gateway to online college and research-level Internet resources."

Argus Clearinghouse - academic library organized into categories that closely parallel those found at a typical university.

Biographical Dictionary - terrific starting point for students or academics researching famous lives.

Dictionary of Units - lists most of the units of measurement in use around the world.

Great Books Online

Guide for Writing Research Papers - APA format

Guide for Writing Research Papers - MLA format

High Wire Press - one of the two largest free full-text science archives on the Web.

History of Plumbing

Honolulu Community College Library

If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything

Internet Public Library - provides online access to more than 18,000 full-text documents in a variety of disciplines and offers tips on conduction Web searches.

Life Science Dictionary - features more than 8,300 terms in biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, genetics, and other fields.

Los Alamos National Laboratory - periodic table of elements.

National Academy of Engineering - celebrates the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century.

National Center for Family Literacy

RPI - Rensselaer Online Writing Resources

Scientific American - offers their services through their Ask the Experts page.

Theater Words - SPEECHES and plays

Tools for Teachers

College Slang Page

Basic Elements of Grant Writing

Grant Writing Tip Sheets

Grant Writing Tools for Non-profit Organizations

Mundo Latin's Web portal - information from the Spanish-speaking world.

Webopedia - high-tech terminology, an online encyclopedia of all things related to computers and the Internet.

Writing a Successful Grant Proposal

Writing and Presentation Help

Need a research topic? - offers loads of ideas and advice on how to organize your written material.

Polish your paper - High-Tech approach with Wired Style - or the traditional route with the first edition of William Strunk's Elements of Style.

Virtual Research Assistant - a guide to conducting social scientific research and a decision tree that helps researchers determine which statistical techniques to use for a project.

Writing Center - Colorado State University

6+1 Writing Process Website

 

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