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Online References

• Internet Public Library - www.ipl.org
• Quotes - http://www.bartleby.com/100/
• Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations - http://www.bartleby.com/63/
• Cambridge History of English and American Literature - http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/
• Bibliomania StudyGuides (Literature) - http://www.bibliomania.com/1/-/frameset.html

Encyclopedias Online

• Wikipedia - http://www.wikipedia.com
• Ecole: Early Church On-Line Encyclopedia - http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/  A sophisticated, in-progress hypertext encyclopedia of early church history
• The Catholic Encyclopedia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ An on-line version of the standard reference work on Catholicism.
• Encyclopedia Mystica - http://www.pantheon.org/  An on-line encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, mysticism and more.
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - http://plato.stanford.edu/index.html An unfinished reference to philosophical topics being written at Stanford University. 
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/  A reference to philosophical topics.

Dictionaries Online

• http://dictionary.reference.com/
• Skeptics Dictionary - http://skepdic.com/
• Easton’s Bible Dictionary - http://www.ccel.org/ccel/easton/ebd2.EBD.html

Writing Helps
Citation Guides Online
■APA Style Guide[PDF] - http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/43APA.pdf
■APA Manual Online - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
■Chicago Style Guide[PDF] - http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/45chicago.pdf
■Chicago Manual Online - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/Citation Styles
■Citing Sources - http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/
■Internet & Electronic Sources Citation Style Guides - http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/citation/index.cfm
■MLA Style Citations for WWW Sources - http://www.mla.org/publications/style/style_faq/style_faq4
■MLA Style Guide[PDF] - http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/44MLA.pdf
■Ask Betty grammar help - http://depts.washington.edu/engl/askbetty/
■Common Errors in English - http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
■Guide to Grammar and Style - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
■Research and Documentation Online - http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
■Sources: Their Use & Acknowledgement - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/sources/
■Style Guide: AComprehensive Guide to Editorial Style for Print and Electronic Media Citing Gov Docs - http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/govdocs/docscite/docscite.htm
■Assembling a Works Cited Page (Duke Univ.) - http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/workscited/
Miscellaneous Writing Links
■Writing a Paper Tutorial - http://caspian.switchinc.org/~tutorials/
■Copyright - http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/
■Copyright (Standford) - http://fairuse.stanford.edu/charts_tools/
■Copyright (Online Media) - http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/fair_use_in_online_video/

 

 

Online Newspapers, Journals, Etc.

Biblical Studies, Theology & Philosophy
■FIRST THINGS: Journal of Religion, Culture & Public Life - http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=6440
■The Living Pulpit - http://www.artofthesermon.org/
■Truth Journal: Interdisciplinary Journal - http://www.leaderu.com/menus/truth.html
■Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace - http://www.sojo.net/
■McMaster Journal ofTheology & Ministry - http://www.mcmaster.ca/mjtm/

Science
■Scientific American - http://www.sciam.com/

■Science News - http://www.sciencenews.org/

General Interest
■U.S. News and World Report - http://www.usnews.com/
■The Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com/
■Pathfinder - http://www.pathfinder.com/pathfinder/index.html

Handouts--Databases (UG and Graduate School)