WRITING AND LANGUAGE RESOURCES
LANGUAGE
- Randall Hansen's Indispensable Writing Resources (Randall Hansen)
- Seven sections: Reference Material (print); Writing Style Guides; Writing
and Journalism Jobs (descriptions and links to the best resources for
jobs in writing, journalism, and publishing); Internet Reference
Resources; Writing-Related Web Sites; Writing Reference Sites
on the Web (includes online versions of general style guides);
Web Search Engines (descriptions and links to the major search
engines).
- A Poet's Work Desk: Center for Useful Links (Apples & Oranges)
- "useful tools for ... daily poetry work such as poetry forms &
terms, dictionaries of all sorts, a thesaurus, contests, conferences, reviews, books,
poet sites and poems, poetry organizations, ebooks, literary agents,
copyright info, and general search engines."
- The Market List: A Resource for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
- Presents articles, interviews, reviews, links and resources; other sections include professional,
semi-pro, e-zines, and small press. Attractive site. Incudes a "quick index" of
works.
- Write.MS: John Hewitt's Writer Resource Center
- Articles by Hewitt and others about aspects of writing and the writing business,
plus over 1,000 links to Web sites relevant to writing and writers:
The Craft of Writing, Writing and Technology, The Writing Business,
Poetry, General Writing, Book Reviews.
- Web Adventure Writer's Desk (John Adcox)
- Over 50 links, embedded in narrative, to sites for writers, primarily (but not entirely) concerning fiction.
- Web-Based Crime Writing Resources (Sisters-in-Crime - Atlanta Chapter)
- General writing references, plus mystery writers' organisations and conferences, and resources
with information on police and police procedure (including police 10-codes),
investigative techniques, extra-legal activities, courts and the law, guns,
and other crime and forensic links.
- A Writer's Tools/A Writer's Resources (College of DuPage)
- Lots of resources for people writing papers, organised by type and subject, including media, ecology, Native American culture,
publishing, etc.
- Misc. Writing's Starting Point Page
- Lots of links to sites for the novice writer, WWW Indexes,
general writing resources, specific writing resources,
references, writers organizations, and more, from the
homepage for the usenet group Misc.Writing.
- The Literary Web Writers' Resources
- Small number of annotated links for these topics: Writer's Clubs, Forums, and Groups;
Writing Contests; Writer's Resources; Writer's Workshops; and Quotes for Writers.
- Internet Public Library Ready Reference Reference (IPL)
- Reference Resources in the following categories: Almanacs, Associations & Organizations, Biographies, Calculation & Conversion Tools,
Calendars, Census Data & Demographics, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Genealogy, Geography, News, Periodical Directories,
Quotations, Style & Writing Guides, Telephone. Also references in fields of
Arts & Humanities; Business & Economics; Computers & Internet; Education;
Entertainment & Leisure; Health & Medical Sciences; Law, Government & Political Science,
Sciences & Technology; and Social Sciences.
- Virtual Reference Shelf (Library of Congress)
- Quick links to several sources each in these categories:
Abbreviations; Almanacs and Fast Facts; Associations; Awards/Prizes; Books, Periodicals, and Publishing;
Clocks/Times; Calculators; Consumer Information; Current Events On the Web;
Dictionaries/Thesauri; Directories; Domestic Arts; Education; Encyclopedias;
Genealogy, Biography and Archaeology; General History; Language and Literature;
Law; Maps/Driving Directions; Medicine; Political Science and Government;
Quotations; Social Science - Business; Statistics; Technology and Engineering; Other Reference Sites.
- Internet Reference Resources (Randall Hansen)
- Sections: Libraries on the Web; General Reference Material on the Web (annotated links to about a dozen of the
best reference sites); Dictionaries and Other Writing Resources on the Web; and Other Collections of Reference Sites on the Web.
See also his Writing Reference Sites, with
annotated links to about a dozen of the best writing references.
- My Indispensable Reference Links (My Virtual Reference Desk)
- Links to several key sites in each the following categories: Time and Dates,
Weights and Measures, Symbols and Signs, The Animal World,
Math and Science, Windows to the Universe, Inventions and Discoveries,
The Arts, Literature, Religions, Philosophy, Libraries and Museums,
Words, Grammar and Punctuation, Etiquette, Legal Information,
Personal Finances, Useful Addresses, Travel, For the Homemaker,
The Outdoors, Sports and Games, Health, First Aid, The United States,
and last, but not least, The World.
- World Skip
- Select one of over 220 nations (or a state in the U.S.) and you'll be given organised links to resources including national
and regional newspapers and other news sources, as well as links (including official on-line sources) for
business, economy, government, travel, the arts, people, history, and literature background. Generally no more
than 10 (unannotated but well-chosen) sites listed per topic of interest. Also maps and country profiles.
- Information Please, Almanac and Fact-Finder
- The on-line, free version of the print book, updated yearly, with info on world and U.S. events,
sports, entertainment, people, calendars, holidays, sociological data, etc.
- Web Thesaurus Compendium - Indexed
- List of annotated thesauri categorised within subject headings. For instance, under Literature, there's
are links to a Feminist Science-Fiction, Fantasy, and Utopia Thesaurus; Gnomon Thesauri; and
an Historical Thesaurus of English. Other subjects include the aerospace industry,
AIDS, astronomy, economic and social development, environment, folk culture,
food, health, legislation, military activity, patents, etc.
- Wisdom: Knowledge and LITERATURE Search
- Links to sites organised into these categories: Academic, Authors, Bibliography,
Book Marketing, Book Trade, Books, Children's/Teen Lit, Global Lit, Issues,
Languages, Literary Assocs., Lit. Discussions, Lit. Genres, Lit. Markets, Lit. Periods,
Lit. Resources, Lit. Styles, Media, Online Lit., Online Magazines, Publishers,
Technical Books, Thinkers, Travel Writing, Wisdom, and World Arts.
- Directory of Specialty Dictionaries (Your Dictionary)
- Dictionaries and glossaries in areas including sports, gastronomy, marketing, music, e-commerce, construction,
slang, agriculture, astronomy, aviation, telecomm, finance, shipping, tools, physics, etc.
- Norse Mythology (Nicole Cherry)
- List of gods/goddesses, Creation myths, The nine worlds, Ragnarok (the Norse doomsday),
sagas of the Volsungs and The Nibelungenlied, Valkyrie, Berserker,
Norns, Runes, Volva, the Eddas, and other links and sources.
- Biographies of the Gods and Goddesses (Carlos Parada, Greek Mythology Link)
- Descriptions of over 175 Greek deities.
- Pope List (New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia)
- All the popes and their dates listed, from 32 A.D. to current, with biographical information in varying amounts.
- Rulers (B. Schemmel)
- Rulers by country or international organisation; also foreign ministers. Name, period ruled,
birth and death dates given. Related historical events for period from 1996-1999.
- World Political Leaders 1945-2002 (Roberto Ortiz de Zárate)
- In English. Listed by country. Many with biographical info (in Spanish) and images. Also
shows flags of each country.
- Monarchs of Britain (Britannia)
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- Search, or browse by type of mythology, over 6,000 articles and many illustrations, maps,
and genealogical tables related to mythology and mythological characters.
Pronunciation guide. Excellent annotated links to similar resources.
- Legends
- Legends in history, literature, folklore, fiction, and the arts.
Primary sources, commentary, reviews, essays. Sections on
The Robin Hood Pages, King Arthur & the Matter of Britain,
Ballads and Broadsides, Pirates and Privateers, Swashbucklers and Fops,
Erin and Alba, Fairy Tales, Shakespeare's Stories, Beowulf,
Sagas and Sea-Kings, Paladins and Princes, Poets and Painters,
Legendary Resources, The Legends Conference.
- Gareth Long's Encyclopedia of Monsters, Mythical Creatures
and Fabulous Beasts
- Easy-to-use bestiary with detailed info on some creatures. (But poorly designed website.)
- The UVic Writer's Guide: Literary and Rhetorical Terms By Category (University of Victoria)
- Definitions of terms in these categories: Narrative Genres, General
Literary Terms, Rhetorical Language, and Poetic Tools.
- Glossary of Literary Terms and Handbook of Rhetorical Devices (Ross Scaife, University of Kentucky)
- Organised by word or concept. Searchable. Also Introduction and Self-Test.
- WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary, for poetry and songwriting (WriteExpress Corporation)
- Finds end and beginning rhymes, last and first syllable rhymes, and double rhymes,
- Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms (Robert G. Shubinski)
- Browse alphabetically or download entire glossary. Has cross-references, examples, quotes to illustrate terms.
- Calendar Zone
- HUGE site with every calendar imaginable, in
categories of celestial, cultural, daily, event, software, traditional, Web, Y2K,
geographic, historical, holidays, interactive, millennium, reform, religious.
- Measure For Measure (Judi Wolinsky)
- Links to interactive calculators in categories of Science/Math (over 50 calculators), Health (over 36),
Finance (more than 30), and the oft-whimsical Everything Else (almost 100). Useful, and fun, too!
- How Far Is It?
- Distances between cities and towns worldwide. Also provides coordinates for any city.
- Weights and Measures Resources (RefDesk.Com)
- Links to these resources, among others: Conversion of Units (temperature, measurement, heat and
energy units, time, velocity, currency); Currency Calculator,
Dictionary of Units of Measurement; The U.S. Naval Observatory Directorate of Time;
English-Metric Measurement Converter Plus; Greenwich Mean Time (GMT);
How Far Is It? -- distances between cities; International Standard Date
and Time Notation; JavaScript Measurements Converter; Metric Conversion
Card; Periodic Table of the Elements; Scientific, Engineering Unit Converter;
Temperature Conversion Calculator; etc.
- U.S.Postal Service postage calculator (U.S. Government)
- For letters, large envelopes, postcards, packages. Type in "to" and "from"
zip codes and weight of item, and you'll get the correct postage listed. A note on this
site says that six 8½" by 11" pieces of paper weighs about an ounce, as a guideline if you don't have
a scale handy.
- Collective Terms for Animals (Ask Oxford)
- Browse alphabetically by animal name, e.g., a troop of dogfish.
- Copyright Issues (Norton Books)
- This page links to several sites that explain copyright law.
- The WATCH File: Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders (University of Texas)
- Search or
browse English-language authors whose papers are housed in either the U.S. or the
U.K. Also general info on how to locate copyright holders.
PUBLISHING ONLINE and IN PRINT
- Crash Course on Writing Documents for the Web (Eamonn Sullivan)
- Originally from PC Week, a quick and easy guide to using HTML to put your writing on the Web.
- Internet Directory of Literary Agents (Writers.Net)
- Browse or search by name, agency, state, country, or specialisation.
- How To Become An Expert Writer in Any Field (John Hewitt, The Writer's Resource Center)
- Business and Technical Communication:
- Overview, links to journals, conventions, organisations, and other related resources.
- John Hewitt's Technical Writing Center:
- Articles on aspects of technical writing, editorial links, many employment links, links to
associations relevant to technical writing.
- Internet Resources for Technical Communicators (Keith Soltys)
- Extensive and organised information on copyrighting, desktop publishing, HTML, newsgroups and mailing lists,
WWW publishing, style guides, reviews of books and references, etc.
- About.Com's Technical Writing Links (About.Com)
- Site is about tech writing as a career. Links in categories of Business Writing, Beginners, Consultants, Desktop Publishing,
Editing, Education, E-Publishing, Newsgroups, Non-English, Samples, Science
Writing, lots more.
Section on
Getting Started in Freelance Writing.
- Writing Laboratory Reports (Jennie Skerl - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
- Basic outline, with explanation of each section, for writing laboratory reports.
- Science Writing Aids:
- Links to software, nomenclature resources, and science writing manuals and guides.
- History of Science/Science Studies Reference Sources:
- Lists of references in the following topics (These are PRINT references, NOT Links):
Bibliographic guides and bibliographies; Specialised Indexes for the History of Science;
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Chronologies; Biographical Sources;
Guides to Scientific Periodicals; and Archival and Manuscript Collections.
- Find It In The Why Files
- The stories behind the science headlines. Search, or browse by subject (Biology, Earth & Space, Environment;
Health; Physical Science; Social Science; and Technology) or theme.
- Periodic Table of Elements (Univ. of British Columbia):
- Arranged in the usual table, with data on weights, conductivity, etc. Very handy.
- Statistical Terms and Concepts Every Writer Should Know (Robert Niles)
- Explanation of mean, median, sample size, per capita, standard deviation, etc.
- The Power of Words (Providence Journal - RI)
- Tips for newspaper writing, in the form of weekly columns written since 1997. Topics
covered include beat coverage, column writing, computer-assisted reporting,
deadline writing, Editors and writers working together, endings of stories,
humor in stories, ideas for stories, interviews and sources,
Leads, longer stories, news judgment, nut grafs, profiles (including the
art of writing obituaries), reporters and photographers working
together, quotes, reporting skills, team reporting, how to
organize a story, print and online working together.
- Mervin Block's Television Newswriting Tips
- Useful tips, presented simply. Includes Top Tips of the Trade; Dozen Deadly Sins; and Book List;
as well as text of about a dozen of Block's columns on the subject. Many tips could apply to newsprint and online writing as well.
- News Bureaus, Organizations and Services (John Makulowich, WWW Virtual Library)
- From WWW Virtual Library of Journalism, links to about 100 news services worldwide.
- Power Reporting (Bill Dedman)
- Thousands of free tools for journalists, reporters, librarians, listed beat by beat.
Also sections on Top 100 sites; Newsroom training; People finders; Company research;
Government info; Nonprofit research; Reference shelf; Search tools;
Alerts for journalists; Census 2000; Journalism shoptalk, etc. Links are
annotated.
- CyberJournalist Super Search (Jonathan Dube)
- One-stop shopping for your newsgathering needs. Quick links to major and specialty news sites,
plus search fields for six search engines, about 20 reference sites,
5 reporters' sites, address and phone search, net address info lookup (Whois),
and translation lookup. Also useful newsgathering links and links to other reporters' guides.
- A Guide to Writing and Journalism Jobs (Randall Hansen)
- Annotated links to a handful of "the best job resources for jobs
in writing, journalism, and publishing."
- Citing Sources: A Web Guide (Duke University)
- Comprehensive site, with sections on citing articles from printed and online journals
(including full-text article from a database); articles from magazines;
books (with single author, more than one author; electronic book,
article within a book, multi-volume works); book reviews;
government documents; newspaper articles; primary sources (letters,
interviews, online collection); Web Page; Online Posting. Excellent.
- Citation Style for Research Papers: APA, Turabian, MLA, Chicago, and AMA (Long Island Univ. - C.W. Post Campus)
- Guidelines for what citation style to use in each discipline, and links to examples of citations in each style.
- Online! Citation Styles (Bedford/St. Martin's)
- How to cite a World Wide Web site, an Email message, a Web discussion forum posting,
a Listserv message, a Newsgroup message, Real-time communication, and Telnet, FTP, and gopher sites,
using APA, MLA, Chicago Manual, CBE, and other citation styles.
- APA Style Guide (The Writing Center, Rensselaer Tech)
- Extensive handout, with lots of examples.
- MLA Style Guide (The Writing Center, Rensselaer Tech)
- Extensive handout, with lots of examples.
- Chicago Manual of Style Guide (Ohio State University Library)
- Clear, simple examples of both the Humanities and the Scientific style of citation.
- The Economist Style Guide
- Includes banned Americanisms, as well as the skinny on metaphors,
jargon, tone, journalese, common solecisms, abbreviations,
accents, punctuation, spelling, more.
- Columbia University Guide to Online Style: Citing Electronic Resources (Columbia University)
- Straight-forward MLA-Style formats for citing WWW, gopher, telnet, FTP, listserv, and other electronic sources.
- Turabian Format
- Based on Kate Turabian's citation documentation style.
- Documentation and Style Guide
- Documentations sources, footnoting, bibliographies, citing electronic and visual sources, etc.
- Fowler's The King's English (Bartleby)
- Complete text of this classic work on grammar and style.
- Jack Lynch's Grammar & Style Notes (Jack Lynch - Rutgers)
- Words, phrases, and topics in alphabetical order.
- Strunk's Elements of Style (Columbia University)
- The full text of this classic grammar and style work available online.
- 130 Handouts Relevant to Writing (Purdue University)
- Covers almost everything having to do with writing, including Parts of Speech, Spelling, Professional Journalism, Job Search Writing, ESL, etc.
- Common Errors in [American] English (Paul Brians - Washington State University)
- Misused words in alphabetical order, with correct and incorrect usages described. Also links and
supplemental pages.
- Writing Introductory Paragraphs (The Writing Centre - Harvard Univ.)
- Short handout on the art of capturing the reader's interest.
- It's vs. Its Page (Gary D. Shapiro)
- If this is a trouble spot for you, please read this brief page!
- Getting an A on an English Paper (Jack Lynch, Rutgers University)
- His "audience is primarily undergraduates in college English classes,
though of course some advice will be appropriate for high schoolers
and graduate students. The idea is to collect all my advice on
writing good English papers in one place." Advice on thesis, research,
close-reading, style, and mechanics.
- Researchpaper.Com (Infonautics, Inc.)
- Large collection of topics and ideas for school-related research papers, online assistance, chat.
- A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students (Internet Public Library)
- Step-by-Step guide to researching and writing a paper;
Info Search - finding information in cyberspace and in your library;
and links to similar sites.
- The New Guide to Writing Research Papers (Monroe Community College, SUNY, Rochester, NY)
- Includes Writing the Text of the Research Paper; Resources for Research;
Evaluation and Selection of Resources; Giving Credit to Avoid Plagiarism;
Documenting a Paper: When and How; Evaluation Checklist for Final Copy;
American Psychological Association Style - APA; The Council of Biology
Editors Style - CBE; and Modern Language Association Style - MLA.
- Owl Writing Lab: Research Papers (Purdue Univ.)
- Fourteen handouts on researching and writing research papers.
- UVic's Writer's Guide (University of Victoria)
- Written as an introduction for students to the process of writing and the study of literature. Use Table of Contents
or Index for easy navigation. Sections on essays, paragraphs,
sentences, words, sources, literary terms, summaries, logic, grammar, and marking symbols. Extensive.
- Writing Research Papers (Hawley Academic Resource Center, Simpson College, Indianola, IA)
- Sections on Searching for a Topic and for Sources, Reading Sources and Reaching Conclusions,
Writing the paper, Preparing the Final Draft, Citing Sources (MLA, APA,
Turabian), Plagarism. Links to other pages on Different Types of College
Writing; Prewriting Techniques and the Basic Components of an Essay;
Common Sentence Problems; Common Punctuation Problems; More Common Writing
Problems.
- Writing Poetry Explications (Todd Verdun, UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center)
- Detailed, covers large issues, details, patterns, meter, rhythm, writing the explication paragraph-by-paragraph, an example.
- Starting Page's Meta-Index of Quotation Sources:
- Links to over 100 pages of quotations, including Mathematical Quotations,
Creative Quotationsm, Conventional Wisdom, Book of Famous Quotes,
Empowerment-Now Quotes, Great Aviation Quotes, etc.
- Quoteland.Com
- Random quotes, quotes by topic (topics in alphabetical order),
literary quotes, humourous quotes.
- Bartlett's Quotations (Bartleby)
- Links to Literary Journals:
- Links to about 40 journals, either published online only or print journals with Web presence.
- Boston Review: Links to Other Literary Publications on the Web (Mass. Institute of Technology)
- Annotated links to "literary sites on the Web that are utitilizing this new medium's potential
in impressive ways: by publishing the work of new writers and artists; by offering audio and video pieces;
and by experimenting with nascent forms such as hypertext." About 30 links.
- Poets and Writers magazine on-line:
- Description of current magazine articles, subscription info, publishing info, literary links,
job bank, workshops listed, links to literary organisations, search engines, and
references.
- Online Dictionaries and Glossaries
- Grammars On Line (Robert Beard - Bucknell University)
- Index of Dictionaries On Line / Your Dictionary (Robert Beard - Bucknell University)
- 800 dictionaries in 236 different languages are available here! Also specialised dicitonaries, thersauri,
multi-lingual dictionaries, and grammar aids. "Quick Look-Up" feature
lets you enter an English word and get a detailed list of meanings from many different
English dictionaries. Also offers
directory of Specialty Dictionaries (crosswords, marketing, music, e-commerce,
construction, slang, etc.)
- List of Dictionaries
- All kinds of dictionaries here, including a dictionary of decadence on line,
an unofficial rap dictionary, a dictionary of Swedish idioms translated painfully literally, etc.
- iTools! Language Tools (iTools!)
- Look up words in dictionaries: Merriam-Webster Collegiate English dictionary;
International English dictionary; Hear Pronunciation dictionary (AllWords.com); Search
dictionaries (search hundreds of general and specialized dictionaries at once; OneLook);
Specialized dictionaries; Information Technology encyclopedia (whatis.com); Computing dictionary;
and Legal dictionary. Look up words in thesauri: Merriam-Webster Collegiate thesaurus;
Synonyms thesaurus (RhymeZone); Antonyms thesaurus; Related words thesaurus;
Rhymes; Similar Sound thesaurus; Homophones thesaurus; Same consonants thesaurus;
Similar spellings thesaurus; Contain-the-letters thesaurus. Translate a word to or from
188 languages. Translate a web page from English, Spanish, French,
German, Japanese, Italian, or Portuguese to English, Spanish, French,
German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese.
- One Look
- Over 2,250,000 words in 472 dictionaries. Search by word or browse the dictionaries.
- Web Thesaurus Compendium - Indexed
- List of annotated thesauri categorised within subject headings. For instance, under Literature, there's
are links to a Feminist Science-Fiction, Fantasy, and Utopia Thesaurus; Gnomon Thesauri; and
an Historical Thesaurus of English. Other subjects include the aerospace industry,
AIDS, astronomy, economic and social development, environment, folk culture,
food, health, legislation, military activity, patents, etc.
- WorldWide ACRONYM and ABBREVIATION Server
- Search for the meaning of an acronym (over 17,000 on this site), or search for what acronyms a specific word is used in.
("Dog" showed up in or related to nine acronyms.)
- AMERICAN-AUSTRALIAN Slang Dictionary (Robert P. O'Shea)
- Intended for native Australian speakers, this dictionary lists American slang words and phrases and their
meanings. This is not a dictionary of Australian slang.
- American Slanguages
- "The Hick to Hip Translation Guide" for many U.S. cities, including
Atlanta, Baltimore, Bar Harbor, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte,
Cheyenne, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Gainesville,
Guam, Honolulu, Indianapolis, Knoxville, Little Rock, L.A.,
Miami, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia and Philly Suburbs,
Pennsylvania Dutch, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Providence,
Richmond, Salt Lake City, Seattle, South Jersey, and many others!
- AUSTRALIAN Lingo
- BIO-TECH Life Science Dictionary (Indiana University)
- 6700+ terms.
- Wicked Good Guide to BOSTON English (Adam Gaffin)
- Words and phrases in alpha order. "There are two kinds of words listed here: Words that really are unique to the
Boston area, and words that, while not unique, have such an unusual pronunciation that
non-natives respond to them either by bursting out in laughter or shaking
their heads and going what!?" Also pronunciation guide and brief place names reference.
- BRITISH English for the American Novice
- Extensive alphabetical list of British words with clear definitions and some examples.
- The AMERICAN-BRITISH British-American Dictionary
- American-British and
British-American lexicons.
Also tables on Holidays, Money, Demographics, US Presidents, Area Codes,
Weights and Measures, Musical Notations, American - British Spelling Differences,
Kings and Queens, and British Prime Ministers.
- COCKNEY and Cockney Rhyming Slang (T. Byrne)
- Organised by topic (body parts, clothing, down the pub, etc.), colourful Cockney terms for
English words and concepts.
- COMPUTER Jargon Dictionary (Matt Magri)
- "a comprehensive compendium of hacker slang illuminating many aspects of hackish
tradition, folklore, and humor. " Also appendices specifically on hacker culture, etc.
- Simultaneous DICTIONARY Look-Up
- Enter a word to be defined and this website returns definitions from Webster's Revised Unabridged
Dictionary (1913), WordNet (1998), Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary (1911/1993), The U.S. Gazetteer (1990),
Jargon File (2000), The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2001),
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary, Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's),
The CIA
World Factbook, and V.E.R.A.: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (2000).
- Commonly Used FOREIGN Words and Phrases (Info Please)
- English meanings of words from ad absurdum to Zeitgeist, with pronunciation.
- Dictionary of DIFFICULT Words (Lineone.Net)
- Search or browse (by letter of the alphabet) database of almost 14,000 words.
- Literary GANGSTER SLANG
- A "glossary of hard-boiled slang," the sort you'd find or use in crime and ganster novels.
Words are listed and defined in alphabetical order.
- A Web of Online GRAMMARS (Robert Beard - Bucknell University)
- Glossary of Internet and Web Jargon (UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops)
- Hypertext glossary of basic words and phrases used on the Internet, including
Back/Forward, Bookmark, Cache, Cookie, Domain, Java, Link, Newsgroup, etc.
- LAW Dictionary (Lloyd Duhaime, Esq.)
- Searches words and phrases alphabetically. Includes Latin terms.
- The UVic Writer's Guide: Literary and Rhetorical Terms (University of Victoria)
- Alphabetically listed.
- Glossary of LITERARY Terms and Handbook of Rhetorical Devices (Robert Harris - Southern California College)
- Organised by word or concept. Searchable. Also Introduction and Self-Test.
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary On-line
- Type in word or phrase to obtain meaning. Pronunciation guide. Thesaurus also available.
- NET Lingo (Vincent James/Erin Jansen)
- A glossary defining 100s of Internet-reated technical terms. Searchable. Linked.
- NEW ZEALAND English to American English
- Words and phrases used in New Zealand, listed in alpha order, with American meanings.
- OLD ENGLISH Pages (Catherine Ball - Georgetown University)
- E-texts, art, history, fonts, sound files, CD-Roms, instructional software, courses, links, etc. Includes
Instant Old English conversational phrase book.
- OLD ENGLISH Lessons (University of Calgary)
- English 401 -- 15 lessons in Old English.
- Hwaet! OLD ENGLISH Lessons (Catherine Ball - Georgetown University)
- Seven lessons, with glossary.
- Bob's Byway: Glossary of POETIC Terms
- Browse alphabetically or download entire glossary. Has cross-references, examples, quotes to illustrate terms.
- Casey's REVERSE DIcitonary
- "Finally, the remedy for that tip-of-the-tongue feeling! You type in a definition, and Casey's
dictionary will tell you which word you are trying to think of! "
- RHYMING Dictionary (Carnegie-Mellon Univ.)
- Roget's Thesaurus
- SEATTLE Lexicon (Steve Callihan)
- With sections on Geography, Blasts from the Past, Places and Spaces (great source of inside info
if you're about to travel to Seattle), Coffee, Streets and Beats, Fish and Seafood
(lots of info on the razor clam!), Events and Celebrations, Miscellaneous, Sports.
Also Seattle and Northwest Links.
- SILICON VALLEY Slang
- Not browsable, but you can search on the first letter of a word to get a detailed
description of its meaning. Also sections on the Latest Slang and Favorites.
- SLANGuage
- Local slang words and local pronunciation common in some U.S. and
international cities (with English phonetic pronunciations for
non-English words and phrases). Not extensive but interesting.
- Strange and Unusual Dictionaries (Craig Conley)
- "Resources for Scrabble games, bar bets, and other trivial pursuits." Dictionaries
available in web or print versions: The White Queen's Dictionary of One-Letter Words;
Dictionary of All-Consonant Words; Dictionary of All-Vowel Words; and a Catalog
of Dictionary Songs. Also provides links to others' interesting dictionaries, including
a Grandiloquent Dictionary, a Symbols Encyclopedia, The SubGenius Dictionary of the Gods,
a Pseudodictionary, a Dictionary of Winds, and more.
- Dictionary of SYMBOLISM:
- Search or browse by letter of alphabet for symbolic meanings of words.
- Webster's Dictionary On Line
- World Wide WORDS: Michael Quinion's Language Page
- Sections on topical words (in the news), words and phrases not yet in most
dictonaries, Q&A on word histories, odd words, usage notes, links.
- Foreign Language Bookmarks (Univ. of Toledo)
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World Good!
- Catalog of over 6700 languages spoken in over 225 countries, plus alternate and
dialect names. Searchable, or browse by country or region.
- Foreign Language Resources on the Web (Steve Thorne - University of California, Berkeley)
- Links to sites for learning and studying non-English languages, from Arabic to Yiddish. Intends to
include only high-quality sites.
- Yamada WWW Language Guides (University of Oregon)
- Font archives, mailing list and newsgroups links, WWW links, etc., for over 130 languages, including Egyptian hieroglyphics,
Tolkien languages, Romulan, and others!
- Foreign Languages for Travellers
- The Human Languages Page:
- Comprehensive site with thousands of links to hundreds of languages from
Aboriginal to Yiklamu (through the "Language and Literature" section).
- Language Links
- Links to language sites: African, Asian, Semitic, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Slavic and more.
- The Languages of the World by Computers and the Internet
- Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian/Malaysian, Japanese,
Portugese, Russian, Spanish, and lots more, organised by continent of use. History
of the language and links to dictionaries, literatures, more.
Note: Arranged alphabetically by language
- Common ABENAKI Words
- AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE Dictionary
- Numbers 1-10, alphabet, and some terms.
- ASL Alphabet Guide (University of Minnesota)
- ARDALambion (Helge Kĺre Fauskanger)
- Extensive study of The Tongues of Arda, J.R.R. Tolkien's invented languages.
- Online BRAILLE Guide (University of Minnesota)
- The ARABIC Alphabet
- Babel: Arabic
- Requires Real Player. An online course in Arabic, with sound as well
as grammar lessons. Also writing lessons. And an Arabic-Engish translator.
Nice.
- The Arab World: Arabic Language (Cecil Marie Cancel)
- Attractive page, teaching written Arabic to English speakers, with sections
on common expressions, numbers and colors, questions, in the city, at home, professions, and vegetables and fruits.
- Learn to Read ARABIC online (Ukindia)
- Start with lesson one (the alphabet) and keep going!
- Let's Learn ARABIC (Roger Allen/John Abercrombie, Univ. of Pennsylvania)
- 12 lessons, requiring Real Audio Player.
- CHEYENNE <-> English Dictionary On-Line
- Enter word in either language for translation.
- CHINESE Language Related Information Page
- View and listen to Chinese on the Web, Chinese language study course, Chinese text files,
software for programming in Chinese, Chinese language radio broadcasts, etc.
- Handy Mandarin Chinese Phrases (BBC Online - H2G2)
- Transliterated phrases in English, with a guide to Pinyin pronunciation and speech tones. Very
attractive and simple page.
- CROATIAN Language
- Tutorial with sections on Alphabet, Pronunciation, Numbers, General expressions,
Accepting and declining, Polite phrases, Forms of address, Greetings and congratulations,
Expressing time, Days and Months, Common phrases, Asking the way, Sightseeing,
Bank/exchange office, Shopping, Travelling, Information and tickets, At the customs,
Cafe, Restaurant and ordering, Complaints, Paying.
- DANISH Grammar in English (Tomasz Sienicki)
- Sections on: Contents: Short Introduction to the Danish Language, Nouns,
Verbs, Adjectives and adverbs, Pronouns, Numerals and the units of time,
Prepositions and conjunctions, brief intro to syntax, pronunciation (with audio),
Danish grammatical words dictionary, Useful
everyday expressions in Danish, list of irregular verbs.
- The Alternative DUTCH Dictionary (The Alternative Dictionaries project)
- Over 200 slang entries, all added by Internet users. Arranged in alpha order by Dutch word/phrase, with
detailed English definitions and explanations of derivation.
- Basic Phrases for EASTERN EUROPEAN Languages (Claremont College)
- A handful of phrases in each of 14 languages, from Albanian to Slovenian, with pronuniciation guides.
- [EGYPTIAN] Hieroglyphs! (Tim Spalding)
- "A guide and web directory to Egyptian hieroglyphs...This page is for all ages
includes academic as well as juvenile links. On this site you will
find essays introducing Egyptian hieroglyphs, essays on Champollion and
the Rosetta stone, dozens of on-line self-teaching programs, a
half-dozen translators, Hieroglyphic fonts, software, and so forth." Also
has a mailing list.
- EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS (Great Scott!)
- Sections on Writing (which includes subsections on the alphabet, bilaterials,
determinatives, and conventions), Numbers, Fractions, the Eye of Horus. Also downloads.
Links to other Egyptology pages.
- English-ESKIMO Dictionary
- Word list of English words, in alpha order, with Canadian Eskimo translation. Also comments on
Eskimo pronunciation.
- English-ESPERANTO On-Line Dictionary (Travlang)
- With 15,500 terms. Also, the Esperanto-English dictionary.
- Contemporary Afghan FARSI-English Online Dictionary
- This links is English to Farsi; there's also a Farsi to English
dictionary (very cool -- you enter letters by clicking on a Farsi language
keyboard) and an online translator (results sent to you by e-mail).
- ARTFL: FRENCH<->English Look-Up (Mark Olsen - University of Chicago)
- Look up 75,000 terms, French to English or English to French.
- Tennessee Bob's Famous FRENCH Links (TennesseeBob Peckham - University of Tennessee, Martin)
- Links to sites on French grammar, lessons, pronunciation, and vocabulary.
- FRENCH Language News and Magazines (M.I.T.)
- About 75 newspapers and news sources listed and linked, all in French.
- GERMAN Language Resources on the Web (Klaus Schwienhorst)
- Language activities, search engines, dictionaries and a concordance, collections of German language resources, links to
online radio and video transmissions, newspapers and magazines in German, and info on German music,
art, science, culture, history, and geography.
- Leo: GERMAN<->English dictionary
- 230,000 + entries.
- GERMAN-SPANISH Look-Up (Travlang)
- From Travlang, contains 5,000 words. You can also go from Spanish to German.
- GERMAN Language News and Magazines (M.I.T.)
- About 100 newspapers and news sources listed and linked, all in German.
- GREEK Grammar on the Web - Clearinghouse
- A clearinghouse of available online resources for studying ancient Greek.
- Ancient GREEK Tutorials (Prof. Donald Mastronarde, Univ. of California - Berkeley)
- Also pronunciation quides, accentuation tutorial, and principal parts drill. Uses QuickTime and JavaScript.
- HAWAIIAN-English Dictionary
- Need HI fonts on your computer to use this dictionary. Contains over 800
Hawaiian words, 1,500 English words.
- HINDI: The Language of Songs
- Dialects, regions, history and timeline, poets and authors.
- INDO-EUROPEAN Language Tree (Cathy Ball, Georgetown Univ.)
- English-ITALIAN Tests (Goethe-Verlag)
- 100 fill-in-the-blank vocabulary tests of Italian for English-speakers.
- ITALIAN Language News and Magazines (M.I.T.)
- About 50 newspapers and news sources listed and linked, all in Italian.
- JAPANESE-English Dictionary
- Requires a browser with a Japanese environment (in EUC-JP mode).
- Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server: Japanese-English Online Dictionary
- Requires Japanese character utility. Translate words in Japanese text,
Search for words in the dictionary, find Kanji in the database,
use hand-written Japanese Interface. Also info on setting up a Japanese environment
for your browser. Also, cell phone interface. Dictionary definitions are
complex; e.g., searching on the English word apart brings up 10
nuanced definitions.
- Introduction to KOREAN (J. David Eisenberg - language hobbyist)
- Alphabet, conversational Korean, vocabulary, numbers, grammar.
- LATIN<->English Dictionary
- Why Your Kids Should Learn LATIN essay (N.S. Gill - About.Com)
- Solid but easy-to-read essay on the topic. With good links to similar pages and to Latin resources. Ms. Gill also has a page
on Greek and Latin etymology, terminiology, suffixes and prefixes.
- Basic English-MALTESE Dictionary (Grazio Falzon)
- Alphabet, words list in English alpha order, with pronunciation of Maltese words.
- NORWEGIAN in 5 Minutes a Month (Sons of Norway)
- The alphabet and 36 thematic lessons.
- POLISH Phrases
- Some useful English phrases translated into Polish, with pronunciation guide and audio.
- Brazilian PORTUGUESE Tutorial (Marko Huuhilo)
- Illustrated tutorial of Brazilian Portuguese grammar and words/phrases, with .wav sound clips.
- PORTUGUESE Language News and Magazines (M.I.T.)
- About 15 newspapers and news sources listed and linked, all in Portuguese
- RUSSIAN Language News and Magazines (M.I.T.)
- Eleven newspapers and news sources listed and linked, all in Russian. Requires
that you have Russian fonts installed.
- Serbian School (Stan Smiljanic)
- Free on-line Serbian language tutorial; the New Testament and History of Serbian Culture
in Serbian with with English translations; Bible readings with
English translations; Crosswords; Word of the Day.
- English to SERBIAN Dictionary (Internet Cruiser)
- Also Serbian to English, German to Serbian, and Serbian to German. The Serbian-English
dictionary contains 260,000 words.
- The Alternative SPANISH Dictionary (The Alternative Dictionaries project)
- Over 300 slang entries, all added by Internet users. Arranged in alpha order by Spanish word/phrase, with
detailed English definitions and explanations of derivation.
- SPANISH Pronto!
- Nice site, very handy, with lots of (unannotated) links for learning
Spanish, arranged in these categories: Accents, Lessons,
Pronunciation, Slang, Vocabulary, Alphabet,
Media, (post your) Questions, Technical Spanish, Of Arabic Origin,
Names, Reading, Telenovelas, Dictionaries, News (CNN
in Spanish!), Sayings, Translations, Grammar, Pen Pals, Search Engine,
Verbs. Also tips for learning Spanish and
print bibliography. Come here first!
- SPANISH-GERMAN Look-Up (Travlang)
- From Travlang, contains 5,000 words. You can also go from German to Spanish.
- English-Spanish Vocabulary Quizzes
- "Over 100 Quizzes to Help You Learn and Review Vocabulary. This is a part of The Internet
TESL Journal's Activities for ESL Students." Quizzes ordered
by topic (Crime, Insects, Meats, Adjectives, Religion, Geometry, Courtesy, etc.).
- SPANISH: Spanish Language News and Magazines (M.I.T.)
- About 80 newspapers and news sources listed.
- SPANISH: La Jornada en Internet
- On-line version of this Mexican newspaper (in Spanish).
- Internet Living SWAHILI Dictionary (Yale University)
- Swahili<->English dictionary. Also useful words, introductory lessons,
brief history of the language, pronunciation guide, and grammar notes.
- SWEDISH<->English Dictionary (Swedish SchoolNet)
- Also versions for Swedish-Finnish and Swedish-Greek.
- Bjorn Engdahl's SWEDISH Course
- Pronunciation guide, lessons, irregular verbs list, Swedish national anthem. Also
Spanish and
German versions of the Swedish tutorial.
- TAGALOG Home Page
- Sample tutorial and order info for CD-Rom tutorial.
- Dharma TIBETAN<->English Dictionary of Buddhist Training and Practice (Karma Kagyu Buddhist Network)
- Look up English or Tibetan, 65,000 entries.
- Online TURKISH (Necla Bal)
- Free trial lessons available: Numbers, Colors, Personal Pronouns, Demonstrative
Pronouns, Units Of Time, Plural Forms Of Nouns, Family Members,
Telling Times, Adjectives, Shopping. Also offers Turkish alphabet lesson,
pronunciation guide, helpful expressions, a
Turkish-English dictionary, and fee-based courses.
- TURKISH Dictionary (From Language to Language)
- Translate to/from Turkish to/from English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian.
- TURKISH Acronyms to Live By
- Turkish abbreviations and acronyms, listed in alpha order, with the abbreviation spelled out in Turkish and the English meaning.
Did you know Av. = Avukat = Lawyer?
- WELSH Tutorial (Brown University)
- Lessons, pronunciation, grammar, lexicon, and other Welsh links. Also a
22,000-word English<->Welsh Translation Dictionary.
- Learn Welsh (BBC)
- Collection of Welsh language learning tools including a dictionary, spell-checker,
and grammar guide. Features resources relating to Welsh in the workplace, GCSE Welsh
revision, and games for three-year-old Welsh learners.
- The Ariga Glossary of YIDDISH Expressions (Michael Fein)
- Alphabetical list of Yiddish words and expressions, with English equivalents.
