This page has handy resources for writing and getting published. If you are doing a research project, try these guides: Getting Started, Find Books, and Find Articles.
Getting Published
Writer’s Market.
Offers advice for beginners, a few interviews with authors, and lists literary agents, book publishers, awards and contests, small presses, magazines (arranged by subject), and journals (arranged by subject). REF PN161 .W83 2006
See also Poet’s Market REF PN1059.M3 P59 2006 and Novel & Short Story Writer's Market REF PN3355 .F47 2004.
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory.
Provides comprehensive and authoritative information on serials (magazines, newspapers, journals, and even some zines) published worldwide. Allows you to browse by subject and gives basic information about each periodical along with web address and contact information.
Online Dictionaries and Thesauri
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Pronounces words for you!
Oxford English Dictionary.
Contains the complete text of the OED twenty-volume print edition. Each dictionary entry provides a definition, etymology, pronunciation, variant spellings, quotations, and a date chart. Sign up for the word of the day (by email or RSS feed).
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection.
Provides authoritative information from over 100 dictionary, encyclopedia, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
Roget's Thesauri.
Need a synonym? Start here!
Style Guides
These guides provide grammar, usage, and other good advice for writers. For citation style guides, see the Writing Center's website, or the appropriate manual for the citation style you are using (i.e. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers WCU REF DESK LB2369 .G53 2003 )
Bartleby's English Usage, Style and Composition Database.
American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996; The Columbia Guide to Standard American English, 1993; and The Elements of Style. Search by keyword.
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation.
A quick overview of basic rules with examples. Website also has a blog, http://data.grammarbook.com/blog, which discusses grammar-related issues (e.g, good vs. well, fewer vs. less).
Oxford Guide to Style.
REF PN147 .R588 1997
The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage.
REF PN4783 .S57 1999b
The Elements of Style. (sometimes referred to as Strunk and White)
REF PE1408 .S772 2000
Chicago Manual of Style.
Reference Desk Z253 .U69 2003
Quotations
Bartleby's Quotation Database.
Search for quotations from Bartlett's Familiar Quotatons, The Columbia World of Quotations, and Simpson's Contemporary Quotations.
Oxford Reference Quotation Search.
Search a multitude of quotations books from Oxford University Press – all at once! This search also provides a browsing option.
Browse the Reference Collection – a plethora of quotation books are available for browsing in the call number area PN 6080-PN 6095.