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The Writing Lab is located on the main floor of the Lindell Library, just to the left of the main entrance.

For a current posting of the Writing Lab's hours, click here.

Writing Lab - Web Resources

A. Style and Editing

1. William Strunk's original version of the Elements of Style
2. A Beginning Writer's FAQ
3. Frequently Asked Questions About Writing

B. Grammar

1. Guide to Grammar and Writing
2. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

C. Dictionaries, Thesauri and Other Reference Tools

1. Dictionary.com
2. WWWebster's Thesaurus
3. Free Online Dictionary of Computing
4. Oxford English Dictionary
5. Roget's Thesaurus

D. Writing Assistance

1. Paradigm On-Line Writing Assistance
2. Indispensible Writing Resources
3. The Chronicle of Higher Education
4. The Gutenberg E-Text Home Page
5. A+ Research and Writing

E. English as a second language

1. Dave's ESL Cafe
2. The Logos Group's Multilingual Dictionary

F. Evaluating Sources

1. Evaluating Quality on the Net
2. Evaluating Web Resources
3. Internal evidence: weighing the book (or article) in hand

G. Other Reference Sources

1. Legal Research
2. Supreme Court Decisions