OWL Helpful Links

Dictionaries and Glossaries
English as a Second Language
For Poets and Writers
Grammar and Usage
Libraries
Other Owls 
Research Tools
Style Manuals
World News

Dictionaries and Glossaries

• Roget's Thesaurus
• The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed.
• The Virtual Classroom Glossary of Literary Terms

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English as a Second Language

• Dave Sperling's ESL Cafe
• English Forums
• EnglishMed.com: Medical English Multimedia Course
• Purdue ESL Handouts
• Purdue List of ESL Resources
• Study.com: English for the Internet
• The ESL Study Hall
• The English Page

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For Poets and Writers

• Kenyon Review
• Modern American Poetry
• Ploughshares
• Poetry Daily
• Poets & Writers Magazine
• The Academy of American Poets
• Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource

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Grammar and Usage

• Apostrophe Protection Society
• Common Errors in English
• Elements of Style
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Instructional Handouts--University of Wisconsin-Madison
• OWL Handouts--Purdue University
• Punctuation Made Simple
• Traditional Grammar: An Interactive Book
• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students

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Libraries

• Internet Public Library
• Library of Congress
• Marquette University Library
• Milwaukee Area Technical College Library System
• Milwaukee Public Libraries
• University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Library

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Other Owls

• Purdue University OWL
• University of Missouri's Online Writery
• University of Wisconsin-Madison: The Writing Center

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Research Tools

• Online Literary Criticism Collection
• Biographical Dictionary
• The English Server
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

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Style Manuals

• Documenting Sources in MLA style: 2009 Update (PDF)
• Documenting Sources in APA style: 2010 Update Part 1 (PDF)
• Documenting Sources in APA style: 2010 Update Part 2 (PDF)
• Bedford St. Martins Online! APA
• Bedford St. Martins Online! CBE
• Bedford St. Martins Online! Chicago
• Bedford St. Martins Online! MLA
• Landmark's Citation Machine
• OWL at Purdue: Documenting Sources Using APA
• OWL at Purdue: Documenting Sources Using MLA
• The Columbia Guide to Online Style
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Links to Internet Citation Guides

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World News

• BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk
• Canadian Newspapers: http://www.newspaperlinks.com
• CNN: http://www.cnn.com
• New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com
• Russia News.Net: http://russianews.net
• The Japan Times: http://www.japantimes.co.jp
• The Times (London):  http://www.thetimes.co.uk
• South America Daily: http://southamericadaily.com/

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