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Nine Easy Pieces: Useful Websites for Computer-challenged English Majors
(and Faculty)
Gary Hubbell, Spring 2003

MLA DOCUMENTATION:
Comprehensive documentation guide w/many examples & a sample paper.
www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/english.html

GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH:
Use with the exact phrase window to enter a phrase or line to find out where it came from. You can use this search to satisfy your intellectual curiosity or to track down a suspicious phase that has been borrowed without proper documentation.
www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

LIBRARIAN’S INDEX TO THE INTERNET
(where many reference librarians start): For general internet research.
www.lii.org

B00KS AND REFERENCES ON LINE:
A great site for reference books online, verse, fiction, and nonfiction.
www.bartleby.com

ADVICE ON ACADEMIC WRITING:
An interesting reference for students.
www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html

POETS & POETRY:
Find a poem or find a poet.
www.poets.org

NEW YORK TIMES:
Free w/registration.
www.nytimes.com

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
www.loc.gov/

LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY:
Search the Kent Free Library
www.kentfree.lib.oh.us/