SWT Specific Pages

Alkek Library's Intro to Research at the Library before you head over there, read this! See also the Library Directory to figure out where everything is!
Alkek Library's Guide to Short Story Research Tools Literary criticism analyzes, interprets, or evaluates a work of literature. This short story research guide lists only a few of the tools that contain or refer to literary criticism. The guide contains the following sections: Indexes and bibliographies; Criticism excerpts; Biography; Literature dictionaries; Finding short stories; Online catalog.
Alkek Library's Guide to Poetry Research Tools same as above, but with poems!
Alkek Library's Guide to Drama Research Tools duh!
Alkek Library's Guide to Literary Research Tools
The SLAC guide to citing sources: MLA style
How to access the library databases from home do your research in your pajamas.

SWT English Dept. Writing Center make an appointment to speak with a counselor, get online help, read about the essay contest (and enter it!), get online grammar & compositon help

Other Pages


Web tutorial from Mayfield Publishing-- a great site that shows you how to make your Internet search very effective.
Schoolhouse Rock: includes the catchy Grammar Rock (You'll learn what a conjunction is but you have to listen carefully). This site takes me back to my childhood, watching Saturday morning cartoons, eating cereal, and wearing pj's with feet....
The Grammar Safari: a fun site that explores grammar the way we "learned the rules" as kids: naturally. You can learn a lot if you explore this safari.
The Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: this site, constructed by a proffesor and composer of a very popular Grammar/Composition textbook, can help you through online excercises, some good coaching, and some great advice. Site even includes a beta version of the program that you can download & try yourself, as well as online "composition chat."
Robin's nest of writers' links: a site developed by another teacher (just like your own) that has a large collection of good links to explore, including copyright, dictionaries, online programs, etc.
Guide to citation of electronic sources: When you're writing your bibliography, sometimes the "print" indexes do not tell you how to cite "cyber" sources. This website will show you how to cite MLA style electronic publications.
Strunk's online style guide: for years, the Strunk & Wagner grammar book was the definitive one. Check out this site for some tips on good style.
The Teacher Strikes Back: An essay on how teachers can spot web plagiarizers a mile away....

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