Below we have tried to list a broad variety of sites that may be of interests to writers, as resources or example.
Links for Academic Writing
Nuts and Bolts
Below is a list of on-line references works if you need them. Although these tools are easily dispensed with, we figured it was worth putting them up here if only to save you a buck on buying a thesaurus.
News and Magazines
Below is a list of popular on-line news and magazine sites that may be useful resources for research papers on current events
- ABC News
- NBC News
- CNN News
- CBS News
- Fox News
- San Francisco Chronicle
- The New York Times on the Web-- You have to register, but it's free of charge.
- Time Magazine
- Forbes
- Washington Post -- Searchable for the past week only.
- TotalNEWS -- Directory of news sites
- Newsstand -- Provides links to over 4,200 Web sites of print publications. You will need to search by the publication name.
Links for Creative Writing
Literature Archives
An enormous amount of literature has currently been put on line, much of which comes to us through The Guttenberg Project. Why would anyone want to read a novel on line? Well, usually we don't. But for those who have trouble finding quotes or character references while writing essays for English class, that "find" command on netscape or in Word can come in handy. (Don't expect to find any recent novels though. Most twentieth century works are still protected by copyright.)
The On-line Books Page -- over 9000 entries. Who needs more.
Post-modern Mayhem
Hold on to your beret and sunglasses. The following sites explore contemporary--and mostly experimental--writing. Many of the sites take advantage of the internet as a medium for making use of sound and image as well as the "written word".
The Electronic Poetry Center -- Site for backgrounds on and samples of respected contemporary poets.
UBU Web -- Early 20th century and contemporary concrete poetry, sound poetry, and other forms that make use of the internets multi-media possibilities.
Eastgate Systems -- Sells hypertext poetry, fiction and non-fiction on CD-Rom, but also includes full length samples, links to other hypertexts on the web, and a collection of essays