Internet Resources
English, ESL and Writing Resources
The Purdue Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Common Errors in English
www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors
Guide to Grammar and Writing
www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
English as a Second Language
http://esl.tqn.com/msub12.htm
Your Dictionary
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/
This site, created and maintained by Purdue
University, provides a wealth of information
about all aspects of grammar and writing.
You will find worksheets, presentations,
workshops and more.
This site includes an alphabetical list of
commonly misspelled and misused English
words as well as many other helpful
resources.
This comprehensive site includes information
about nearly every aspect of grammar and
writing. It has hundreds of references to
various grammar rules as well as information
about how to write paragraphs, aspects of
the writing process, tips on composition,
interactive quizzes, power point
presentations and much, much more.
A comprehensive list of dictionaries and
other reference resources including: bilingual
dictionaries, instant online translation
resources, jargon guides, acronym
definitions, toefl test practice, as well as
guides finding what you need on the
Internet.
On yourdictionary.com, you can find links to
dictionaries for 260 languages, grammar
guidelines, tutorials, a currency converter
and links to many other helpful websites.
This site includes a thesaurus, a translator,
dictionaries in many languages, and
language resources.
Mr. William Shakespeare
and the Internet
This site attempts to be a complete
annotated guide to the scholarly
Shakespeare resources available on the
internet. It also presents new Shakespeare
material unavailable anywhere else on the
internet such as a timeline of his life and a
geneaology.
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
Visual Thesaurus
The Visual Thesaurus is an interesting way
to explore English language synonyms.
Words show up as a “spatial map of
linguistic associations,” with clickable words
that encourage you to follow threads.
http://thesaurus.plumbdesign.com/index.jsp
Recognizing and Avoiding
Plagiarism
This web site from the University of Indiana
uses concrete examples to define what
constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it.
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html
The Biography Maker
www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm
The Biography Maker is designed to help you
convert facts into insights, dull and boring
information into fascination and magic. It will
help you do a good job, but you must
provide some of the "steam" to make it work
well. The Biography Maker is meant to
inspire lively story telling and vivid writing
which will make your readers want to know
more about your subject.
Math Resources
COW- Calculus on the Web
Temple University
www.math.temple.edu/~cow/
The Math Forum
Drexel University
www.mathforum.org
The principal purpose of COW is to provide you
with the opportunity to learn and practice
problems in calculus. The most important feature
of the COW is that you get to know whether your
answer is correct almost immediately. It is as if
you had a tutor looking over your shoulder and
helping you along as you work.
This comprehensive site includes a wealth of
information about mathematics including
hundreds of links to math resources on the
internet, tips and tricks, a tutor available via
email, and much more.
Qrhetoric Calculus
http://calculus.freehomepage.com/index.htm
SOS Mathematics
www.sosmath.com
Math World
http://mathworld.wolfram.com
This site was created by a graduate from
Brooklyn College. It includes definitions of all
calculus I terms as well as example problems.
This site also includes a typing tutor.
This is a free resource for math review material
from Algebra to Differential Equations. Includes
short and easy to understand equations,
preparation exams, and a cyberboard where
questions can be submitted to peers.
MathWorld is a comprehensive and interactive
mathematics encyclopedia which is continuously
updated to include new material.
Science Resources
Mae Ling’s Microbiology Page
http://spinster.org/micro/index.html
Tech Web
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/
Geology Link
www.geologylink.com
Explorescience.com
www.explorescience.com
Windows to the Universe
www.windows.ucar.edu
Mae Ling, a former COM student and
Microbiology tutor, has put together a
comprehensive site of resources tailored to meet
the needs of COM students taking Biology 240.
This is an encyclopedia of 20,000 technical and
IT terms such as CPU, RAM, and HTML.
For anyone who is interested in the world’s daily
geological rumblings, this site includes
information about the basic concepts in geology,
links to geology courses around the world, links
to geologic surveys, and a glossary of terms.
Activities create real-time correlations between
scientific theories and applications that help
students visualize, experiment, and interact with
many of the major concepts in science.
This stunning NASA-funded site explores Earth
and Space sciences and the historical and cultural
ties between science, exploration, and the human
experience. The site includes a rich array of
images, movies, animations, and data sets.
(text from UCLA)
The Biology Project
University of Arizona
www.biology.arizona.edu
The Smithsonian Institute
This "interactive online resource for learning
biology" from the University of Arizona was
designed for high school and college-level biology
students. Tutorials, problem sets, activities, and
other resources guide learners in biochemistry,
cell biology, developmental biology, human
biology, Mendelian genetics, immunology,and
molecular biology.(text from UCLA)
This amazingly comprehensive website contains
information about all of the Smithsonian
museums, research, and related sources.
www.si.edu
Treasure Troves of Science
www.treasure-troves.com/
Hands-on Science Centers
www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/sci.html
USGS-Ask a Geologist
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ask-a-ge.html/
Eric Weisstein's World of Science contains
budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific
biographies, chemistry and physics. This resource
has been assembled over more than a decade by
internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein with
assistance from the internet community.
This page contains links to public museums and
science centers with a strong emphasis on
interactive science education all around the
world.
Do you have a question about volcanoes,
earthquakes, mountains, rocks, maps, ground
water, lakes, or rivers? Use this site to email a
questions to a geologist at the USGS.
Academic Resources
Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet
resources relevant to faculty, students, and
research staff at the university level. It contains
useful Internet resources such as databases,
electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin
boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs,
articles, directories of researchers, and many
other types of information.
Blue Web’n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Study Skills Strategies
http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat
Blue Web'n is an online library of 1700+
outstanding Internet sites categorized by
subject, grade level, and format (lessons,
activities, projects, resources, references, &
tools). You can search by grade level, broad
subject area, or specific sub-categories.
Knowing how to study is like knowing how to
fish. It's a set of learning skills that lasts a
lifetime and brings many rewards. Just as there
are ways to know that you are a competent
fisherman, there are also ways to develop study
skills competency.
Study Skills
How to Study
www.howtostudy.org/
Time Management
www.gmu.edu/gmu/personal/time.html
(Reetz, 2005).
Studying for that big test? Wish you had more
time? Wish you could remember what you had
read? This site is for you. Here you will find
information on how to manage your time, how to
improve your reading, thinking, listening,
notetaking skills. There are strategies for taking
tests and for handling test anxiety.
The personal time survey and study hour
formulas found on this site can help students to
prioritize and effectively manage their time.